Can you feel the love tonight?

[highprofilerichkid]

Characters: EVERYBODY
Date: 14 February
Location: Anywhere
Situation: It's VALENTINE'S DAY! Flowers, candy, love notes, dancing, and dates... Maybe you don't have Valentine's Day on your world, but plenty of the foreigners do, and those who have found love on the turtle will be happy to tell you all about the holiday. Some of the more enthusiastic foreigners may even try to play matchmaker with their unattached fellows...
Warnings/Rating: Lovey-dovey nonsense, smooching, romance, and maybe people getting a little frisky. It is Valentine's Day, after all. Further warnings will be added if anything gets really steamy.



No plans for the big day? Feeling a little lost? Well, why don't you:

• Build a snowman together! Embrace your inner child.
• Give your lover a big box of... chocolate? Well, there's technically no chocolate in Keeliai, but maybe a kedan confectioner can whip you up something close enough. Or if you're feeling adventurous, you could go to a candy shop together and experiment with the local sweets.
• Go dancing and engage in some pan-galactic cultural exchange. Teach your partner one of the beloved dances of your home universe, like salsa, or the foxtrot, or the electric slide.
• Baby, it's cold outside. Maybe you should stay in for the day. Cook a meal together, light some candles, drink the most expensive alcohol you can afford, and take some time to appreciate each other's company. Nothing says "romance" more than fancy wine and a candlelit dinner for two.
• What better excuse to take a chance on romance? Ask out that person you've had your eye on.
• Set up your friend. You're satisfied with your relationship or lack thereof, but somebody you know is pining, so get out your bow and quiver and cupid wings and find them a potential sweetheart. What's the worst that can happen? Don't answer that.
• No date? Grab a friend and go out to a fancy dinner with each other to celebrate Singles Awareness Day. Platonic love is important too!

Comments

the egret egress

[wrathfulkhan]

"I think that's what most superstitions are, really," Gene says dryly. Much of human history and culture is based around sex and alcohol. How bizarre.

Speaking of: he tops off his own glass and motions towards Tony's, indicating that he'll refill Tony's glass if he likes.

regret the egret egress

[highprofilerichkid]

"I thought they were mostly about appeasing evil spirits and that kind of crap? Broken mirrors and knocking on wood don't have anything to do with drinking." He grins. "I bet a lot more people would have a lot more good luck if the solution to every bad luck superstition was 'finish a bottle of wine.'"

In the spirit of good luck, he holds out his glass and lets Gene top it off.

no egrets in the egress

[wrathfulkhan]

"Your culture's superstitions aren't as fun as mine," Gene says lightly, and picks up his own glass. "Ganbei."

egress to the egret

[highprofilerichkid]

Tony chuckles and taps his glass against Gene's before taking a sip. "Probably," he concedes, twirling more noodles onto his fork. "What are some of yours? I want to hear some good ones, now."

egrettable choice

[wrathfulkhan]

"A dead person can become a vampire if a pregnant cat leaps over the coffin," Gene says promptly. "A jiangshi, which is like...a vampire and a zombie."

[highprofilerichkid]

"That's just weird," Tony protests. "Also, doesn't involve drinking." If we're being pedantic. Which we weren't, until just now.

"Unless you can cure the Zombpire with a secret margarita recipe."

[wrathfulkhan]

"Not that I'm aware of," Gene says, laughing a little. "Also, the number four is unlucky."

[highprofilerichkid]

"For real? That seems like it would be really inconvenient. The number four is pretty hard to avoid. That's like... the color blue being bad luck."