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ACTION, OTA: Aphrodite's Love Matching & Arcade
[ Emerald is making no effort to hide herself. She never got a criminal record in Genessia or any of its cities. There's no evidence to prove she did, so even if she'd been on the bad peoples' side at home, there was nothing anyone could do as long as she kept her nose clean. (Or at least prevented anyone from seeing her get it dirty.) In order to keep up the image, she had taken over as matchmaker at Aphrodite's.

That hadn't lasted long before all of the lovesick morons had made her want to lose her lunch, so she was making an amendment to the allowances to come visit her in the "Love Matching office." Namely, the door was kept locked unless someone submitted a filled out contract of Emerald's own making.

She was fairly certain that would keep out anyone who wasn't serious, and anyone who was serious deserved her intentionally terrible matchmaking skills. Try and catch her while she's filling the little tray outside of the door with blank copies? Or perhaps you're going to try to get her to unlock the door? ]

TEXT, Mercury
Save me from this awful place. I'm dying. This was the worst idea I've ever had.

TEXT, OTA
These phones are terrible. Who only loads up a phone with Candy Crush and doesn't give us anything else to do? What's the point of having these things if they're just wasting pocket space most of the day?

If anyone here is holding back on app-making skills, shame on you.

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[The reason Ryou was there at all could be summed up easily into two words. Arcade games. There was Monster World fighting game spinoff there and he had easily killed an hour there playing. Even if his stomach had not rumbled, getting his attention he was down to his last token. He could ignore it and keep playing, but...last token. Probably a sign it was time to get moving.

Oddly enough, when he looked around he didn't see too many people. The ones he did see were engrossed in their game and he knew about creeping up on gamers when they didn't want to be disturbed. He wanted to ask if there were any bakeries around. Ryou hadn't had his favorite dessert in quite some time. He spied a pair of stairs. Where did that lead?

~~Curiosity killed the nerd.~~ He made his way up wondering what the deal with the heart motif was and cautiously poked him head around the corner. "Um, sorry to bother you, but is there a bakery nearby anywhere?"

He really hoped he wouldn't have to hop cities, though the way his sweet tooth was acting up he would. No, Ryou did not read any signs. One track mind when the kid is hungry for sugar.]

Edited 2016-05-05 05:21 (UTC)

[ Emerald knew a hopeless case when she saw one. What kind of person went all the way back here to ask about a bakery? Probably one who would sign something without reading.

She held out one of the papers she was setting up to him. ]

My contract says I can't talk to people unless they sign this, or to tell them as much.

[ it was complete bullshit, but itw ould probably get her out of the conversation. ]

[He eyes the girl with uncertainty. Red eyes? That was different. At least he'd learned to not stare too much by now.]

That's a weird way to do business. Is it like one of those places that make their workers sell discount cards or magazine subscriptions and get on their case if they don't reach a quota? A friend of mine worked for a place like that.

[His violet eyes scan the paper with uncertainty. But he hasn't read too much of it yet. Does he need to really read all of this? He's starving. And he doesn't want his stomach to growl in front of some girl he never met.]

Edited 2016-05-05 05:40 (UTC)

[ It's not her eyes he would have to worry about if they ended up on the wrong side. But she had no intention of doing anything to draw attention to herself beyond being a normal person. She already had her time in the spotlight. Now was a time to wait until Cinder needed her. If Cinder needed her still.

She shrugged and held out a pen. ]

[Ryou's had crappy jobs so he knows how it is and tries to help the sales people out where it's reasonable. Besides, all he had to do was sign something and then he might just get spa - he froze on the second sentence and felt heat start to rise to his face.]

U-um...what kind of contract is this? [The hearts make sense now. And suddenly he wants to run. ~~Crying~~ Possibly screaming.]

~~Sell him a sad enough story Emerald and you might still sucker him into it.~~

Edited 2016-05-05 20:21 (UTC)

I'm trying to save someone's poor tragically lost soul by helping them find their missing connections, a place in this world.

[ She actually sounds like she's passionate about it, from the look in her eyes, to the way she clenches her fist. ]

By sending people on dates? [Now Ryou looks more confused than ever. Though Emerald is doing a good job of selling it. She looks like she believes what she's saying even if to him it just sounds bizarre.]

I know, it sounds stupid, but if people don't have the chance to get to know each other without the pretense of worrying about the friend zone, they might miss out.

What's the friend zone?

~~Only what your female classmates will be stuck in perpetually because you are scared of them, Ryou.~~

[The silver-haired boy looks mystified. It doesn't sound horrible. After all, he'd fought so hard just to have friends.]

[ Dude is hopeless. ]

It's a tragic place in which someone likes a person, but that person only thinks of them as a friend and has never even considered romance an option. Don't tell me you've never heard of it, you're probably one of its perpetrators..

[He kind of is. Help him, Emerald.

He blinks and looks slightly mortified.]

I....

[Well the girls did make a fan club for him. But surely none of them like him, they knew him all of five seconds! He can't recall having shot down anyone because no one confessed to him. Unless his other self did and the idea of having someone confess to the thief is slightly horrifying, considering their fate might be worse than the 'friend zone' depending on how much they annoyed him.

He feels slightly sick.]

...wouldn't do that. I don't think I did.

[It sounds lame even to him.]

Edited 2016-05-10 03:46 (UTC)

Were you popular in school? A fanclub? People who followed your every whim?

[ She's going to come up with a stereotyped scenario and accuse him of it anyway. He seems like the pretty boy type. ]

[Depends on what part of his life you're asking about. With or without dark Bakura hanging around? Before or after the rumors?

Though he has to admit, at Domino he's generally well liked. Though when people don't have terrible things happen to them when they are around you anymore that helps your chances.

But girls, in his world anyway, seemed to always take to him right away even though he was so shy he never spoke to them much.]

Well...I did have a fan club, actually. But I didn't want it! It was embarrassing, really, I didn't do anything to deserve that kind of attention. [How did she know? Is there something about himself he's not aware of? Did he do something to paint himself as someone who looks like they enjoy forcing rejection on others?]

But no one confessed to me. [Because you never met with any of the secret admirers that left you letters, Ryou!]

Edited 2016-05-10 04:01 (UTC)

They probably did or wanted to and you either were too oblivious or just ignored them. Or maybe you didn't even realize it was a confession. Or you could've friend-zoned them before they had the chance. Someone could've given you something nice and tried to say something and you were like "I'm glad we're such good friends" and broke their heart just like that.

[ There are plenty of ways she can twist this. ]

[He thinks really hard. But the truth is he can't even remember and he feels awful for that. A lot of people have given him things. He never stuck around to chat, he just always fled into the safety net that was his friends.

Did he freeze out someone who may have genuinely been trying to get to know him? He looks at his feet, looking slightly miserable.]

I don't remember. [He admits this softly. Poor possible girls he's slighted...]

Edited 2016-05-11 00:50 (UTC)

Then you probably did...

[ Emerald pats his back comfortingly, then holds out the contract again. ]

I'll help you make up for it.

[She's probably right. No one ever outright called him on it. Sure, Jounouchi teased him about it, mostly to hide that he was envious but no one would say anything. They were all too nice.

He blinks at the piece of paper.]

H-how will that help? No one in this world likes me like that. [~~But you're captain oblivious, so how would you know?~~ If talking to girls is hard, dating some stranger he didn't know was terrifying.]

You thought no one in your world liked you like that too, didn't you?

[He lifts his head at that. That's true, isn't it? And if no one does like him here then signing this thing won't make a difference, will it?

Suppose someone does have those kinds of thoughts about him, though? Does he want to find out this way? That's silly, though. The people here barely know him. So what is he risking? In fact, people here hardly had the reaction to him that people had back at home. Probably because so many people here were attractive themselves.

He pens his name feeling a little more assured.]

Well. I highly doubt it. No one here knows me. But if you think it helps anything, I don't see the harm.

~~What have I done?~~

Edited 2016-05-17 00:47 (UTC)

[ Good boy. Emerald smiles at him in what seems as if it couldn't possibly be anything other than earnest enthusiasm. ]

Great. I need to ask you a few questions then, just so I can find the best match, okay? Come into my office.

There are questions? [He asks that in surprise. There was a process to this kind of thing? ~~Oh Ryou...~~ Now he's kind of afraid. But it's too late.]

Well yeah, it's a match-making service. I have to match you. I'm not going to do it based on who's got a fetish for red doe eyes and killer bangs.

[ Or else she'd just be giving everyone who hits on her to him.

..Eh, not a half bad idea. Too late now though. ]

So you introduce people based on personality traits and shared hobbies - or something like that? [Well he has to admit, that even though he's shy about girls, that doesn't sound too awful.]

Sounds like a game almost. It also sounds like a lot of work. You must like your job.

That's about it.

[ It really isn't since she's just talking to people and then arbitrarily picking, even if she says otherwise. ]

I love it. Matchmaking just makes me feel like I'm doing right in the world. [ A soft smile paints her lips. ]

Is that how you found someone? [He's going to assume that Emerald must be happily with someone too to want to spread this kind of ah...happiness?...with other people.]

It is hard to find a place where you fit in the world. More power to you if you find it and you can make a career out of it. [He gives a shy smile in return.] I'm about to open my own business soon.

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