week two | dates

[showhost]

You worked up your courage and asked someone out on a date! Good job!





Now you have to hope the producers are kind re: where they send you.

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[warhawks]

[ IT'S OKAY THEY HAVE THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!!

Asa's looking around with Renewed Vigor, putting her half of the braincells to good use. She knows the final clue they need is in a locked book of fairytales near the exit... and she also knows they have approximately zero chance of solving all the puzzles in time to open it the proper way.

Frowning, she picks the book up and turns it over in her hands. She can't do anything about the lock, but the leather strap holding it shut might be a different matter. With a sharp enough knife... ]

... I have an idea, but I'm gonna need your help. Think you can block the cameras from seeing me for a few seconds?

[makeine]

You got it.

[ since one of them's got an idea, why not. anna side glances to see where the camera folk are before casually stepping in the way, brows furrowed as she peers at some kind of furry creature. it's cute. she has no idea what it is. she wishes she could take a picture of it and ask will, who might know, since he's from some version of britian, and they have fairies there.

but also she wants to see what mii-chan does so she'll be peeking too. ]

[warhawks]

[ She glances over her shoulder once to make sure Anna has her covered, then inhales. It's hard to see what she's doing with her back turned, but she reaches up to take out her hairclip, then mutters hairclip pocket knife under her breath. Anna might overhear, but all that matters is that the cameras (and the people with them) don't.

A few seconds of what she hopes aren't totally obvious cutting motions follow, before: ]

Oh! It opened! [ Hastily hiding the knife inside her jacket sleeve as she reads the first page... ] It says we need to stand in front of the big wooden door and say: "and they both lived happily ever after!" Let's go!

[ Tossing the book somewhere it can't be immediately inspected and offering her spare hand to Anna, come on bestie— ]

[makeine]

[ oh!!! okay, well, maybe she's actually super smart and totally brute forced it somehow, that's her girl??? anna'll take her hand. ]

Kinda lame, but okay!

[ to the wooden door...!!!! ]

On the count of three, Mii-chan. One, two...

[ they'll say it together..!!!!





please don't be a second late oh my god ]

[warhawks]

[ Anna your delulu powers... anyway Asa's squeezing her hand as she counts down by way of confirmation. One, two: ]

And they both lived happily ever after! [ Normally she'd be right there calling it lame, but for some reason, she feels ecstatic instead. Some of it is the adrenaline from the rollercoaster of emotions she's been through today, but a lot of it is just... happiness. The happiness of feeling like a normal teenage girl. Like maybe life isn't so bad, if it has moments like this.

The door opens with a sudden flash! as their picture gets taken right at the big moment of success. Asa knows she looks like a sweaty, tear-stained mess, but she doesn't care about that right now. She didn't fall or make a fool of herself... they won! ] We did it! We really did it! This was the best date ever!

[ The only competition it has is the time she nearly starved to death in an aquarium but. It's fine. Anna doesn't know that. ]

[makeine]

[ anna's no better, but she's beaming and hugging onto mii-chan again. ]

Right?! And we've got the photo to prove it!!! Hey, can we get a copy to take back too?

[ ... yeah sure why not-- ]

We can put it on the wall for everyone to see, Mii-chan, and they'll know we're the greatest, smartest, most beautiful girls in the whole wide world!!!