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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[rosethorns]

[Can it be any worse than the endless bounty of fish Professor Byleth wrangled out of the Academy’s pond…? She’d rather not find out.]

Barbecue it is, then!

[And she’ll be falling into step alongside him with a smile. As they walk, she’s glancing from truck to truck, crowd to crowd, taking in the atmosphere.]

Do they have food festivals like this where you’re from too? I have to say, it does feel a little reminiscent of some of the busier parts of the market back in Enbarr.

[The trucks are a little novel, though.]

[newlugers]

[ he nods. ]

Oh, yeah. We had big state fairs - all the fried food you can eat and then some. Plus, they had fair rides and stuff. [ a beat. ] What's Enbarr like?

[ because it's obviously not from the Earth he knows... ]

[rosethorns]

[If this is familiar territory, she’s happy to follow his lead here.]

Sprawling and bustling, with beautiful canals running all throughout it. The opera house I performed at is in a district with some wonderful gardens nearby. [Slight pause as she takes a broad glance at the surroundings.] Though it feels like a totally different place compared to a city like this.

[Based on what she’s heard from the others and seen herself out here.]

[newlugers]

So sort of like Venice, then?

[ as if she would know what that is?? It just comes out of him without thinking, and he doesn't start thinking after it's left his lips, so he doesn't offer any explanation. sorry dorothea. ]

Sounds nice. And you're an opera singer? That's cool.

[rosethorns]

I can’t say I’m familiar with Venice, so… perhaps?

[Steve pls.]

But yes, I’ve sung with an opera company for a number of years now. Though I’ve been on a bit of a break—trying to see what paths might open up for me while doing some studies at an Academy.

[And, y’know, maybe hunt down a viable suitor. As girls do.]

[newlugers]

[ she's some kind of hoity-toity rich girl, isn't she? Steve feels out of his depth already. Then again, she's down for food trucks, so maybe she's more down-to-earth than she sounds from this description. ]

Fancy. I've never even seen an opera before, to be honest with you. My family's more of a hunting-and-camping-trip-in-the-mountains deal.

[ or they were... ]

[rosethorns]

Oh, so you're the outdoorsy type, then?

[Probably would not have been her first guess, but people are always full of surprises.]

You must be close with your family, going on trips like that. It sounds nice.

[A touch of wistfulness to the words.]