What is Love? [Valentine's Date Event]

[fabricaketions]

It's shaping up to be another average day on the Transmigration 9. Crew members are going about their business as usual and all is (to most appearances, at least) about as "well" as things ever are on the ship.

Some crew members are going to be stopped out of the blue by impact with a force field.

"Attention Crewmen: You have been chosen to participate in an experiment!" GLaDOS's voice informs. They're not alone, someone else that was nearby is also caught within the same narrow radius. "Participation is mandatory. Please try to relax and enjoy the experience, as this will improve the quality of the test results."

Clearly this is going to be a wonderful day for science.

"You and your new scientific partner are now on a date," GLaDOS goes on. "As it would be detrimental to our study of the date experience if you were to be separated, you must remain close to your partner for the duration of the experiment. This will be enforced with the Transmigration 9 Crewman Containment Field. Prolonged exposure to the Transmigration 9 Crewman Containment Field may have unexpected side-effects. While any side-effects encountered will be documented and your desire to offer yourself to science is commendable, it is not a necessary part of this experiment."

"You will be informed when the test has been completed. We would like to thank you in advance for your full cooperation in the experiment and failure to attempt to foil it in any way."

"The experiment has begun, so you may begin dating."

[OOC: The exact details of your characters' confinement are up to players' discretion. Being trapped in a sensorium or other stationary place is a possibility, as is being stuck in a sort of roving invisible force field hamster ball that only affects the two of you. How far partners can move apart is probably subject to whatever's fun but they ideally shouldn't be able to sit on opposite sides of a room ignoring one another the whole time.

ICly the "test" lasts for a few hours and you are free to godmode GLaDOS telling them the experiment is finished.

If you would like a few tags from GLaDOS herself in your thread, ping me on this account or plurk or AIM or whatever is most convenient for you. :)]

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PLANNED PAIRS

[meat_mooks]

Kerrigan/Splicer

[aboutthatevac]

...

"What." Kerrigan pressed her fists against the forcefield. "I've been your guinea pig for long enough. Now you've crossed the line. Remove this shield immediately."

She didn't even look at Splicer.

"I said LET ME OUT!"

Billy/Cassie

[morphitudinous]

Clearly the wedding had gone too well. Billy had been happy and free for once in his life! The big crowds had stayed away, no one embarrassed him too much, and he'd even had a wedding night. This morning was going to be the start of the honeymoon, even!

Not if GLaDOS had anything to say about it, though. He crashed into a very familiar wall, listening in dismay. Worse yet, a simple kiss wouldn't be enough to escape this time.

"Again, she's not interested in valid science. Just torment." He pressed the heel of his hand against the wall, trying to seal in the bubbling rage. What awful timing.

Carson/Kang

[governorkang]

Kang cursed in Nerakese, glaring up at the ceiling, "Surprised it took her this long to nab me for something. Of course I'm not lucky enough to avoid her completely."

His tail lashed and his wings rustled, and he looked over at Carson with scowl, "I don't care what the AI bitch says, this is not a date. I have a mate."

[moms_temperment]

Hana had just finished putting down his box off stuff on the floor when he’d heard the announcement and dumped into the forcefield blocking off the door.

Confused, he turned to Sandy, then looked around them.

Nothing had changed, they were still in a room of Ruffnuts ‘lair’. Their meagre collection of belongings stuff into two boxes and dumped on the floor from their ‘move’.

Even Taro seemed pretty at ease, fluttering about between the rafters of the higher bedroom ceiling that he greatly appreciated.

“Huh?”

Diana/Jinx

[keep_surviving]

Diana had dropped in at Jinx’s after work, as she was prone to do, when GLaDOS’ voice rang in her ears.

Walking out of the bedroom half dressed, she looked at Jinx. She seemed more amused that irritated. “Hear that? We’re on a date. Hope you’re taking me somewhere exciting.”

Alastirra/Morgan

[farseer_alastirra]

The Draenei, with predictable timing, had been on her way to her garden in Hydroponics when the force field sprung up about her--and she pretty much rammed head first into it, a cry of dismay escaping her lips.

She wasn't really hurt. Maybe a little dazed, as she held one hand to her head. Nor did it register just yet that there was actually someone else there with her. Not at first at least, until GLaDOS' voice pierced the haze. Her cheeks tinged blue, and she lashed out with a hoof at the field.

"This is not funny! Let me go, now!"

HOWARD/CHIANNA

[meat_mooks]

Jamie/Victoria

[bonnypiperlad]

((OOC: After this.))

After that first so called 'date', Jamie is more than ready to take the nearest available blunt object to GLaDOS, necessary AI or no. But as there's no real way for him to be able to do that, he decides to take out his frustration with a bit of a training exercise in the Sensoriums. Hidden behind a rocky outcropping, he lies in wait for the enemy to approach, ready to leap out at them with a blood curdling 'Creag An Tuire' when GLaDOS's voice echoes through the room. A disbelieving Jamie finds himself looking up at the ceiling for the second time that day.

"What, again? Och, now who's she stuck me with...?" He gets to his feet and turns, fully expecting to see another random crew member, but his eyes light up as he sees a very welcome sight instead. "Victoria!"

A broad smile breaks out on his face, and for a few seconds he's almost willing to forgive the AI for what he's gone through already just based on the fact that she's chosen to put them together. However, the swell of happiness he feels at seeing Victoria is short lived, as his previous target comes into view, raising a futuristic-looking gun and aiming directly at the pair of them. Jamie spots it, and his eyes widen in horror.

"No!"

Completely forgetting that it's his scenario and he can end it whenever he chooses, he reacts on instinct instead, flinging himself bodily at Victoria to get her out of the way of the blast.

Mindy/ Ruffnut

[hit_girl_mindy]

Stupid AI. At least, she thought the experiment as a whole was retarded and GLADOS needed to get a hobby outside of torturing people in mazes. She was sure that other people were getting annoyed, and she might be too, if she had been paired with anyone else, In fact, she might have seriously thrown her hat in for beating the crap out of GLADOS once and for all.

But she was paired with Ruffnut, so that was more than all right. What was more, Ruff had, she recently learned, won that weird ass fashion contest out a whole load of people. HER Ruffnut, viking and violence and all.

So she decided she was going to do her best to show the girl a great time, whatever they did. While Mindy was warming to the idea of wearing dresses, this outing led her to choose a hat, a low cut white tank top and matching capris, just to change things up.

TERRY MCGINNIS/AERYN SUN

[meat_mooks]

Re: TERRY MCGINNIS/AERYN SUN

[beyondgotham]

Terry had been letting the Sensoriums build a new session from his mind when the crazy AI made the announcement. He blinked, not really sure what GLaDOS was going on about this time. It couldn't have effected him, right? After all, he thought he'd been alone.

He took a step towards the Sensoriums, a session of random mooks he'd created to work out some pent up aggression. He was immediately stopped by a force field.

"Oh, slag it," he groaned, looking around to see who he'd been stuck with.

THE MASTER/BEASTBOY

[meat_mooks]

Re: THE MASTER/BEASTBOY

[changelingdude]

Beastboy had been running as a dog at the time and upon the beginning of this "Date" he didn't have the traction to stop and ran headlong into the containment field with the sound of a bird running into a glass window pane.

When he bounced off he fell flat on his back stunned and found himself looking up at multiple versions of someone he didn't know...or maybe there was only one and he had another concussion.

RAINBOW DASH/ALENDIAN

[meat_mooks]

[elementofloyalty]

"What."

No way! Rainbow Dash wasn't about to stand for this! She drew herself back, then shot off at top speed!

...and immediately crashed into the force field imprisoning her, then slowly slid down it to the ground.

MARIDIAN/JAMIE

[meat_mooks]

[seesbosscrotch]

"Ooh!" Mar said, rubbing his hand together eagerly. "A date! Finally, I manage to get one!"

He turned hopefully, eager to see which of the crew's many lovely ladies he'd been paired up with.

RIMETHIEL/NINE

[meat_mooks]

[fantastix]

Guess who was raging against the walls, loudly protesting his confinement. He flashed the bulb of the sonic screwdriver again and again, but it would not move. Foiled again, and he could hardly be much angrier.

"If she's looking for us to make nice, taking prisoners is one of the worst ways to go about it," he grunted, because GLaDOS would clearly answer no more.

IAN/SOFIA

[meat_mooks]

Re: IAN/SOFIA

[splendid_roman]

"Study what exactly?" Ian asked as he tapped the force field to see what would happen. He had no intention of going on a date with anyone for any reason. Certainly not when it was an experiment he hadn't been asked to take part in.


((OOC: Any preferences as to where they are? Somewhere that's not a 'date' type of location would be more interesting, but other than that I have no preferences.))

HOWARD/KAYA

[meat_mooks]

Re: HOWARD/KAYA

[kaya_waterwave]

Wow. Awkward.

Kaya sighed. She had no ill feelings toward Howard, but figured he wanted to date her as much as he wanted to have his teeth pulled. Kaya, of course, had a wild Nokosi waiting for her, so this was just going to make things difficult.

"Uh, sorry about this," she said. "GLADOS is pretty odd sometimes."

FUU/ANKH

[meat_mooks]

Re: FUU/ANKH

[monster_san]

"What? Excuse me, no!" Fuu nearly yelled at the computer's voice. "This experiment is completely unethical!"

It seemed that no response was going to be made to her protest--experimentally, Fuu reached forward and immediately came into contact with the forcefield. She withdrew her hand sharply, not wanting to invite any unexpected side-effects.

For a moment, she contemplated calling on Windam, but she quickly decided against it. Unless the situation actually became dangerous, it seemed a bit trivial. She was reluctant to reveal him to a stranger, too. Taking a deep breath, she turned to see who her 'date' was.

SONIC/ALLENBY

[meat_mooks]

[youretooslow]

"You're kidding right?" Sonic didn't do dating, much less dating for science. This was just as worse as Eggman and frankly, he would do a lot better right now if this was just a princess getting kidnapped than forcing him on a date with someone.

BARBARA/JIRAIYA

[meat_mooks]

Re: BARBARA/JIRAIYA

[first_in_time]

"Date? What do you mean, date?" it was difficult to pick exactly where GLaDOS was speaking from but that wasn't going to stop her shouting at the Walls and watching the ceiling for any sudden appearance. She was so busy looking above her head, that Barbara didn't immediately notice the other room's occupant.

"...has GLaDOS ever done anything like this before?" Barbara asked, feeling a little rude at not noticing them to begin with.

ZUKO/THOM

[meat_mooks]

[prodigalfirelord]

"I'm not dating anyone. I have a wife."

Zuko glances over at Thom, just to make sure whoever's been roped into these shenanigans with him is on the same page.

"I don't care if she's podded, I married her and I meant it."

SIRIUS/ROGER

[meat_mooks]

Re: SIRIUS/ROGER

[first_of_steel]

"What in the name of-" Roger stared up at the ceiling, trying to find the speakers. "All right, who did that? Someone mind telling me what's going on this time?"

CHELL/RANULF

[meat_mooks]

[catoutofwater]

At the word 'experiment,' Ranulf felt his blood go cold. His eyes widened, pupils dilating, and the fur on his tail bristled. Experiments and laguz... he had never, ever known that to be a good combination. He'd never known it to be anything short of a horrific one.

"You and your new scientific partner are now on a date."

His relief was probably palpable to everyone in the immediate vicinity of the City street he'd been strolling down. A date. He could handle a date. If it meant that he wasn't about to be twisted and warped into some manner of unnatural killing machine... yes, a date was just fine. Sighing loudly, he allowed his shoulders to slump and the tension to begin to drain from his frame.

Until the mention of possible 'side-effects' had him cringing once again. But... well, this experiment still didn't sound anywhere near as appalling as what he'd initially been imagining. He cast a somewhat nervous glance at the only other person who appeared to be trapped within the same small area as himself.

"Ah... does this happen often?"