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[peninhand]

[ Monika started the video feed on an impulse. She'd been spending hours trying to work up the courage to post the quest in text form, but to no avail. Best way was to get rid of it without thinking. ]

Hey everyone! So um, I'm here about that quest from Merlin. [Okay, she needed to clear a misconception first:] It's not like I need it or anything, but I kind of get completionist instincts when I see a time-limited quest reward. [There.] And besides it could theoretically be very useful if you had a crush on someone and didn't know how they'd react to your confession... If that spell worked on them, that'd mean they're also attracted to you, right? N-Not that I have anyone like that yet, but you never know... A-Ahaha...

[ Gosh. Why couldn't she have shut it up after she mentioned the completionist thing? ]

Um... Anyway, that's a pick up line first, right? [She cleared her throat.] Well, u-um... Are you an overdue book? Because you have fine written all over you!

[ With that said, she marked a pause and looked away, her face red as a tomato. That was the best she'd been able to come up with... Thankfully, her best was incredibly lame. Surprisingly, it was more embarrassing to say stuff like that to an open audience than to a single invisible player. ]

As for a line that'd work on me... When I look into your eyes, nothing exists for me anymore because I lose myself in them. [An agonizing pause. If lameness could kill, she'd be dead.] I-It's pretty good, right?

Comments

[morganknight]

"Someone that caught your eye", how about? It's simple, easy, and probably true!

[peninhand]

I guess that's truer. Well I don't have someone like that anyway, so that's a moot point, ahaha!

[morganknight]

I'm guessing you're the sort who needs to be particularly charmed before you consider making a move? [Because she could have someone easy if she just went for it, he has no doubt. Not that there's anything wrong with being the opposite, though!]

[peninhand]

It's... A bit complicated.

[ Truth to be told, she was probably more desperate for love than anyone else on this entire island. But actual love. ]

I guess that's accurate to an extent. [A pause.] I'd need to feel as though it's someone who can love me and care for me.

[morganknight]

That's not the easiest thing to tell, from the start. And not always something you evaluate properly, I'm sad to say.

[Maybe a little personal experience there.]

[peninhand]

I guess... [A pause.] But I'm really not interested in like, mere hook ups or whatnot. I know it's really silly, to hope for something serious right off the bat.

[morganknight]

Not at all! I know a lot of people who approach their first romance that way, right off the bat. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Everyone's going to be unique, so don't apologize for wanting what you want.

[peninhand]

Thank you.

[ She smiled and nodded. It was a bit hard not thinking of her dreams as silly sometimes. More so considering what had happened back home. ]

Well, it's probably not going to do me any good to think too much about it anyway.

[morganknight]

But I will say, don't think dates obligate a romance. They're for getting to know someone, finding out if you click at all. If you want to find that special feeling, do your part to look for it yourself, or you may end up feeling like you missed out.

[peninhand]

Mhm. I think really I would only go for a date if I felt romance was a likely option, ahaha.

[morganknight]

The important thing is that you're happy with your choices, and prepared to evaluate them when needed. So long as you do that, things will work out!