[closed] i'll follow you until you love me

[playerkills]

Who: Everyone who signed up for this.
What: FRIENDMAKING ASSASSINS
When: The entire duration of the friendmaking activity, which will last until sometime August.
Where: anywhere!
Rating: pegging it at PG-13, but anything else has to go to another log.

This is just a catch-all log for those who want to play things out regarding the friend-making assassins event. Actionspam it up, prose your way around, it's all up to you and your partner. If you finish with one task and want to start anew, just reply under your sub-thread. Don't forget about the quest list! Optional questionnaires per level are available from Sena and Yozora - just hit their inboxes once you finish all the tasks in Level 1/2/3 and they'll be glad to deliver.

ALADDIN & RIRICHIYO SHIRAKIIN
AOTO & VANITAS
CHARLES FEI-ONG & CLAUDIA AUDITORE DA FIRENZE
CHARLES FEI-ONG & HOPE ESTHIEM
CHIE SATONAKA & DREAM
EURI TAVERNA & SHINOBU TAKATSUKI
HANAKO & MAKO
HIMARI TAKAKURA & JOHN WATSON
K' & ROXY LALONDE
KODAKA HASEGAWA & NANASE KUGA
KOREA & AUSTIN O' BRIEN
KOREA & CHERIA BARNES
LIECHTENSTEIN & ERNEST
MASAHARU NIOU & HIJIRI SHINOZUKA
NIKADO RYUUGAMINE & JOHN EGBERT
MINATO ARISATO & SAMANTHA GREY
NOA & SOKKA
PAINWHEEL & RED
RAPUNZEL & LOKI LAUFEYSON
RAPUNZEL & RIKU
ROMANIA & CHARLES XAVIER
TAIWAN & ENGLAND
SENA KASHIWAZAKI & HILDA
SENA KASHIWAZAKI & LUCIFER MORNINGSTAR
SHIKI TOHNO & XION
SHION SONOZAKI & KAZ
SOPHIE LHANT & FREYJADOUR FALENAS
SOUSHI MIKETSUKAMI & RORY WILLIAMS
YIFEI "ARGENTA" ZHENG & DATA-SORA
YOZORA MIKAZUKI & LYON

Comments

[selfestheim]

[... well. okay then. that's definitely not what Hope was expecting. he just has to blink a couple of times as he tries to formulate an answer. WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL FOR A WORK SITUATION LIKE THIS. IS THERE EVEN ONE.]

You're... looking for me?

[onceknighted]

[prepare for even more unexpected things, since he opens the folder and extracts a picture of... Hope.... and holds it up to him to compare the image to his face.]

...Hm. Yes, I believe I am. [tucking that picture away again like it's no big deal friendless losers why. maybe if he worked on the art of subtlety it would be a little less creepy for everyone involved, but unfortunately, he doesn't care enough to try that.] I asked around for your name, I hope you don't mind. I want to be finished here as quickly as possible.

[selfestheim]

[WOW THAT'S NOT WEIRD OR CREEPY AT ALL. Hope's just. staring. it's all he can do right now. did he do something wrong? is he being hunted down? WHAT?]

Uh... who are you?

[onceknighted]

My name is Charles. [opens his folder again directly after stating this and marks something off. definitely not at all suspicious...!]

I have a few questions for you.

[selfestheim]

[that... is the complete opposite of reassuring. Hope is getting increasingly uncomfortable, his body language reflecting this as he stiffens up a little.]

Did I do something wrong?

[onceknighted]

If you've ever managed to cross the path of anyone named Yozora or Sena, yes. Yes, that could essentially be labelled the worst mistake you'll make in Asgard. [though he's kind of hoping it's the case since even he will be creeped out if the two of them just randomly gathered pictures of anyone they ran across in the city... it is at least marginally reassuring to think they selected targets from a pool of people they already knew....]

The questions, now. Do you mind?

[selfestheim]

Uh, I've never met them... but, uh, go ahead?

[the quicker they get through this, the better, right? at this point, he just wants to get back to his job, man.]

[onceknighted]

[he's pretty reluctant about this whole friendssassin thing too, so he's busting through things with only a vague attempt at quick efficiency.]

You haven't? My apologies. They seem to know you, at least to some degree, unless they just took your photograph while you were unaware. [sleep well with that knowledge...]

Let's start with your hobbies, then. What are some of your favorite ways to pass the time?

[selfestheim]

[... he's just going to. shift uncomfortably in response to that. NOTE TO SELF, FIND OUT WHO THE HELL YOZORA AND SENA ARE...]

I... don't really do much. Most of the time I just read, if I'm not hanging out with people or working. [and even though he wants to be done with this as fast as possible, he can't help but ask:] What exactly is this for?

[onceknighted]

[no hope no, flee while they only know your face...]

Think of it as a survey or something like that. A survey for points. [which is basically what it is! if you take out all of the creepier 'getting to know your target' parts of course] For every item I can check off of the list, points are awarded. For every question left unanswered or every item left undone, I imagine the chances of waking up with Sena's face pressed against your window grows by about five percent.

[selfestheim]

[sadly it is Hope's destiny to always inadvertently ruin his life.]

... That's the weirdest thing I've heard of in a long time.

[onceknighted]

Truly? I'm a little surprised, they've done much more questionable things over the network and in broad daylight. [sigh!!] I'm envious of you for having managed to escape their attention for so long.

[but back to more important matters than Hope's state of future suffering...! he flips back to the paper he had been looking at and scribbles something in the margin.] At any rate, I'll need a few of your dislikes now as well. A list of three ought to suffice.

[selfestheim]

I... guess I'm lucky on that front. [yes, let's call it that for now...]

[...but ok what is this. it's like they're playing a game—how much worse can this get?] Uh. Anything in particular, or...?

[onceknighted]

Or you were lucky, since it certainly seems like you've caught their attention now. [this is said more like a passing comment and not like the totally horrific revelation it is...

he gives the list another glance before shrugging.] There aren't any specifics listed here. I'd stick with some general things, though. Like... certain hobbies or activities, I suppose? [yes that is a question small talk is not one of the things he's good at]

[selfestheim]

I guess I don't like monsters and rude people... [yeah, he's totally just being boring and generic on purpose. HE'S STARTING TO GET REALLY CREEPED OUT NOW, SOB.]

I think weird surveys from strangers are somewhere on the list, too. [... yeah ok he couldn't resist letting that one slip.]

[onceknighted]

[wow, he falls under every single thing Hope mentioned... just shooting him an ultra flat look.]

This isn't exactly my idea of a wonderful time either, but since I'm such a generous person, I'll give you a choice. You can either deal with me asking you these questions, or you can deal with Sena or Yozora. But I'll tell you now that I'm only asking the questions, do you really want to deal with the people who wrote them? [do you really want the Friendless Loser ringleaders in your life]

[selfestheim]

[OOPS??]

... No, it's fine. Sorry, that was pretty rude of me.

[...and yeah no that's ok]

[onceknighted]

[IRONIES but yep waving a hand dismissively]

It was a reasonable reaction, I'd likely have the same one if our situations were reversed. [no his reaction would probably be ten times more bratty and twenty times more violent] It would simply be in your best interest to humor me for the moment. I'll even go easy on you, it isn't as though they would be able to discern which bits of information are true or false unless they decide to take up stalking you.

[he doesn't sound like he's joking about that last bit at all...]

[selfestheim]

[sooo much foreboding, oh my god.]

... All right. How many more questions are there?

[onceknighted]

[see he is saving them both in the end, really...

also glancing over that list again] Let's see... There are nine more items to cross off, but only two of them are questions. [looking over that address question...] One of which I'll spare you.

[selfestheim]

Is it that bad? Or... what?

[onceknighted]

You would likely find it a bit bizarre for a stranger to ask it of you, that's all. [...] It makes me wonder exactly how much social tact those two are lacking in, though. You wouldn't approach a stranger and ask where their residence is, would you? [SIGH yozora and sena...]

But they might not have intended for this to be a question to ask directly in the first place.

[selfestheim]

...

The fact that it's supposed to be asked underhandedly makes it even creepier.

[onceknighted]

Trust me, I'm well aware. The only reason you're being subjected to this at all is because I wish to avoid having to deal with their alarming antics myself.

[but after he looks over the list again he realizes that none of these are suitable questions to ask strangers sena, yozora, what are you thinking... so instead he taps on his bracelet to send a text while speaking at the same time.]

I'll spare you the other question, on second thought. I'm assuming even they have their limits when it comes to causing discomfort in the people around them, so I doubt they'll double check. Allow me to check one more thing off of my list before leaving, then. [the text reads:] "First text" is quite simple compared to "ask address", I'd say.

[selfestheim]

All right. [at least he's... considering the weirdness of this. he's then alerted by his own bracelet, after which he gives quite a questioning look to Charles.]

Do I, uh, have to reply back by text, or...?

[this is so silly... but okay, he'll take it over creepiness any day.]