The Blind Date Meme

[morganknight]

For whatever reason, your character finds themselves on a blind date.

Did they sign up for it, looking for fun or romance? Did they get talked into it? Lose a bet? Get signed up by a well-meaning friend? Whatever the case, they're obligated now.

But maybe it won't be so bad...

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Morgan Knight

[morganknight]

[appletastic]

What were those fool princesses up to this time? Applejack had read the note once, promptly pulled her hat over her eyes, and mulled on it for a while. Unfortunately, she couldn't just leave the fella alone---that wouldn't be kind at all. She figured she owed at least a courtesy visit.

She huffed to blow loose hairs out of her eyes, strolled on down the road on unsteady legs. Why'd they insist on a new body too? Ugh, she'd never understand. Her eyes scanned the road, where she spotted someone who drew her attention immediately, for some mysterious reason.

"You're the lucky one?" she asked, holding a distinct pink envelope between her fingers.

[morganknight]

Morgan straightened up from his lazy lead against the outer wall of the cafe, so used to being startled by people coming up to him without him noticing that it barely even registered any more.

But he was never going to complain when a pretty girl was doing it. "I definitely am," he said with a grin. "Hi."

[appletastic]

"All right, then. Howdy, partner," she said with a smile, casually leaning against a nearby post with her legs crossed. Did she know how that sounded? Probably. But it was too late to change course now. "Name's Applejack, and you must be?"

[morganknight]

Well, luck was certainly with him. Not only had he gotten a very pretty blind date, he got one whose voice he could listen to for hours. If nothing else, his ears sure we going to enjoy this.

"Morgan Knight," he said, with a lazy, delighted smile as he touched his fingers to his chest. "Last name, not a title! That seems to get asked an awful lot."

[appletastic]

"So you're saying you haven't saved a kingdom?" she laughed gently. She had. Not that she was up for bragging about it.

"But there's still time, don't you worry about that. I'm Applejack, just a farm gal from Sweet Apple Acres."

[morganknight]

"Nope, I'm not much of a hero," Morgan said with a chuckle, hands up in acknowledgment. "'Farm gal' sounds like a pretty good life to me... Shall we walk and talk? I didn't plan anything, but there's plenty to do around here. Cafe for light drinks, window-shopping, probably more active stuff around, or food..."

[appletastic]

"Definitely," she nodded, and then after a moment of thought:

"Hope you don't mind if I'm not too fast," she said apologetically. "See, I just...haven't been feeling too well, lately. Nothing that'll keep me from this, I'm just not as strong as I used to be."

She was terrible at lies. That was about the most she could manage without her cheeks puffing up with guilt. "But that's more time to take it all in, hm?"

[morganknight]

"Oh no!" Morgan lifted a hand to ward off any thoughts she might have of that being a problem. "I'm sorry to hear that. I'll take it easy, I promise. And we can scrape the active ideas, it's totally fine."

Funny, she didn't LOOK like she was feeling unwell. Quite the opposite, really. But if it was an excuse or a dodge, it wasn't his place to question.

[appletastic]

"Hey, I never said I wanted to scrap those," she challenged with a small gleam in her eye. "I'll just have to try harder, s'all."

Well, as long as one of those wasn't horseback riding. That would be awkward.

"So how do you usually ride the, uh...dating rodeo?" That was a thing people called it, right?

[morganknight]

Whoop, whoa. That gleam made Morgan's skin prickle -- it was the sort of expression he found irresistible. He blinked, running a hand down one arm with a smile. "Well. If you like athletic stuff, we could just find an open field and throw a frisbee around, or play some volleyball. There's a park just on the other side of the shopping center."

[appletastic]

"I'd like that. So now's the warm'up, yeah?"

She's taking it pretty slowly for a supposed warm-up, but she doesn't mind that at all. More time to flick her gaze over, observe him when she thought he wasn't looking...it felt different as a human, but somehow the same.

"But I'm afraid I don't know those games."

[morganknight]

Used to people who weren't accustomed to things he knew, Morgan thought nothing special of that. "Simple stuff," he said, as he turned to start them walking down the sidewalk. "Frisbee is just throwing a disc around and catching it. Volleyball is basically hitting a ball over a net."

Marinette Dupain-Cheng | MLB | OTA

[doodlebuginette]

[Aged up to 18+ for this nonsense. Alya has most likely signed her up for this in an attempt to help~]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[So it's come to this. He has to get a blind date.]

[Edge regrets his life choices.]

[But never let it be said he won't deliver on a promise. Edge shows up at the promised time, a flower in his hand and at the ready, looking his spiffiest in the fine ninja gear of Eblan that is his right as both leader of the clan and King. Now he just has to hope his date is tolerable...]

[doodlebuginette]

[The defeat of Papillon should have been a reason to celebrate. And for Ladybug, Rena, Queen Bee and Carapace, it had been. Everyone had come out to celebrate except for the one person she'd really wanted to see. The fallout had been worse than she'd anticipated, and Adrien had left before it was over. Chat Noir disappeared at around the same time, and she was still trying not to read too much into it.

Alya was the first person she told when it was all over, because if she trusted her enough to give her the fox miraculous then she could trust her enough with her secret. So it was really not that surprising when Alya announced that she'd set up a blind date for her. And eventually she agreed just for the sake of trying to move on.

So here she was, at the appointed time, wearing a pink and white dress of her own design and a red flower in her hair at Alya's insistence. She'd said something about her date also having a flower, so she figured it would be a good way to identify him. Her? Alya hadn't actually specified, but whatever.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[Moving on. Yes, that's a thing to do. One reason he'd been pushed into coming out here in turn... not that he wants to think of that. Not that he wants to think of anything right now.]

[Keen-eyed as befits a ninja, Edge notices the flower quickly enough, and seeing who it's attached to makes him perk up. Definitely a cute girl by anyone's measure! Not that he wants to get his hopes up, but... promising.]

[Straightening, Edge lifts his flower like a beacon to catch her attention.]

[doodlebuginette]

[She'd only been standing there for a couple of minutes when she spotted someone waving a flower around. Given that she hadn't spotted a single other person even holding a flower, she was going to assume she'd found Alya's surprise. And by the looks of it, she'd have to thank her best friend later.

Deciding to take the initiative, she flashed him a smile and walked right over.] Hi. Nice flower. [He was even better looking up close, and now that she'd gotten a good look at him, she decided that she absolutely needed to thank Alya later.] I'm Marinette.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Hi in return. Nice... everything about you, from what I'm seeing! [Edge sweeps her a gallant bow, one arm going back so that his cape snaps behind him, the other sweeping out to offer the pretty girl the flower.] Edge of Eblan, and it's a distinct pleasure to meet you, Marinette.

[doodlebuginette]

[Oh no, he was cute.] Well, that's a new one. But thanks! [Her eyes widened a little at the bow and she dipped into a curtsy in response, and then she took the flower with a smile.] It's lovely to meet you, too. [She wasn't sure she'd ever heard of Eblan, though, so she couldn't help being a little curious.] So what's a cutie like you doing here?

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Same as I've been doing all my life -- waiting for you to enter it. [If she's gonna call him cute, he's going to notch up the lines a bit more. Always a pleasure to see someone actually appreciate them.] And after that, having the honor of escorting you on a date, if I may!

[doodlebuginette]

[Cute and charming? This had to be her lucky day.] In that case, sorry I'm late. [That had to be one of the better ones she'd heard in a while, and she did genuinely appreciate it. So she's reaching up to poke the end of his nose with the flower he'd just given her.] I think I'll have to insist~

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[Edge wrinkles his nose beneath his mask, amused.] Good things in life are worth waiting for. Shall we?

[He motions to the restaurant nearby gallantly.]

[doodlebuginette]

I agree. [If this exchange was any indication of how the date was going to go, then Marinette was ready and eager to get it started.]

Let's. [And with that, she's looping her arm through his.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[This is an unusual success, but Edge isn't going to question his luck (yet); why spend time worrying when Marinette seems legitimately interested in this date and he can spend time enjoying that instead!]

[So, every bit the gentleman and actual royalty that he secretly is, Edge escorts her grandly into the restaurant, where as part of this date their reservations are already made. He even contrives to pull out her chair for her when they reach the table.]