[open] he ate my heart

[journaler]

Who: Leia & anyone, especially anyone bitten by the love bug (or even if they haven't been--)
When: 02/03 - 02/14 (Valentines' Day!) IC.
Where: Over the network/in front of the Game Center
What: Heart candies for everyone -- aka an IC hearts meme, modified from here! Come get 'em and give them out to anyone and everyone to tell them how you feel!
Rating/Warning: none

a.) actual tv star (video)

Hey, everyone! Wow, I'm really recording, huh...?

[Leia's face appears on the camera. She might look a little bit nervous, because wow--you can't take back something you say live on video as easily as you can on paper, but don't be fooled. She's determined, and since signing up for a blinde date, she's far more into this Valentine's thing than she ever expected.]

So I know there's a lot going on right now, with everyone recovering and exchanging information. The last thing I want to do is interrupt all that, but it's a new month, and I think Mabel's got the right idea. We need cheer in our lives again, and we need a little romance!

I'm going to be helping her out by selling these adorable heart candies I found. [She holds up one between her fingers before the camera pans to show a small bowl of various colors.] They're color-coded with meanings, so you can tell your friends and loved ones exactly how you feel--and you can even make up your own meanings if you want to.

I'll have them available starting today all the way up until the big day, so be sure to stop by the Game Center and see me! The name's Leia.

Thanks for listening!

[WIPES SWEAT drinks juice really fast. That was a lot of talking she just did. Hopefully she made sense.]

b.) but what if you're color-blind (action)

[Later on, just like she said, Leia can be found behind a booth near the gaming center. She's set up with little jars of the aforementioned heart candies, as well as small fancy-looking pouch bags coming in white, pink, and red. There are also two neat piles of tags with string attached so they can be tied to the pouches: with one side having the standard To: and From: labels, and the other containing a legend of various colors corresponding to the hearts.

In one pile, the meanings are spelled out; and on the other, they're blank, in case anyone wants to write their own, as she promised.

At the end of the table also, there's a copy of the latest issue of the Cerealia Times for anyone to pick up and read, as well as fliers for Mabel's blind dates. She hopes you've signed up! She isn't shy about inviting people over, either, so if you're passing by, even without having seen her video, you might hear her calling out to you.]

Hi! Need some special candies for your special someone? Maybe a friend?

[She'll give the explanation as many times as she needs to, and talk about all of the different meanings if that's what your character wants! Anyone is welcome to try a couple pieces from the free sample bowl as well, to see how they taste (spoilers: sweet as hell).]

(( ooc: Interact with Leia or amongst yourselves (top levels are welcome)! This mingle log is dated all the way up til Valentines' Day ICly. You can expect the booth to be set up for at least a couple hours almost every day, likely after her work shift (so if you want cat costume shenanigans, just say the word).

Backtagging and forward dating (with discretion) is encouraged! ))

Comments

[unathletic]

No.

[ And yet as he's saying it, he's still grabbing the heart pieces from her all the same, as if his answer was actually the opposite. It's not like he's lying - he doesn't like sweets that much, after all. But even so it's like he's not rejecting him as badly as he should, but that it's just a honest answer without any rejection in it.

He doesn't care for sweets, but he can feel something about him almost having hurt her feelings here (or maybe he has, he sucks at reading this lately), and he feels the need to make up for it. Because he's much more of a decent guy than he'd ever let on to. ]

Not at all. [ And yet there he goes, shoving one into his mouth... good job, Heung Soo. Seeming totally cool and smooth here. ]

[journaler]

[ ...And she laughs. Because they really are sweet, and this is coming from someone who likes that kind of thing. Not that she expects him to overreact to it or anything, but she does casually grab a bottle of water from beneath the booth where her legs stay when she sits.

If he suspects a stash, he'd be right.

He offers it to him. ]

Here, then. You might need it.

[unathletic]

[ Wow, Leia, can you not point out the fact that he might need something since he ate them all the same - despite knowing they're sweet, because come on, those things look like sugar bombs just by sheer appearance..

But he'll at least take the water and down some of it to wash away the taste. It's hard when you're secretly nice but have trouble expressing it, okay. The hard life. ]

Thanks. [ He'll at least say that curtly as he shoves gives the bottle back to her. ]

I'll leave you to it then before I have to eat more of them.

[ LIKE ANYONE IS FORCING YOU, HEUNG SOO.. ]

[journaler]

[ What. What is she supposed to do with the bottle now? It isn't like she's going to drink from it after him...

Darn, right after she got him to say thanks, too. Seriously, that feels like an accomplishment. ]

Wait. Why don't you take it with you?

[ ...she holds up the bottle. ]

It's yours now.

[ She doesn't want it... ]

[unathletic]

[ Wow, Leia, way to make things more difficult! You know, social interactions, it's terrible and all that.

But he at least stops at that, turning back and holding out his hand towards her. ]

Sure. Just give it.

[ Don't drag it out after he said thanks, gosh, how is he supposed to linger in an embarrassing situation? Asking a lot from him here. ]

[journaler]

[ Please, Heung Soo. She'll have the water bottle back in his hand within seconds, though she's not impolite enough to let him go without saying anything.

Sorry, not sorry. ]

Thanks for coming... See ya.