trans_9 | What is Love? [Valentine's Date Event]

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What is Love? [Valentine's Date Event]

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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Mindy really liked the changed. Granted, she had always liked Ruffnut the way she was, but the changes had been welcomes ones, and she knew they were from that modeling thing.

She went for a brush and started to attack the long long, though not before shooing some water on it firs. She would have killed anyone before admitting that she liked this, being able to maintain her girlfriend's hair, hell, being able acknowledge she actually HAD one to begin with.

"What do you want to do today, Ruffnut?" She asked, working on braiding her hair.

And the feeling was clearly mutual as Ruffnut closed her eyes allowing Mindy to groom her. Feeling a new sort of pleasure from allowing that one special girl to see her actually giving a damn about her looks, and to help her with them.

Plus it ensured that she looked however Mindy liked. Mindy's approval was more important then anyone elses at this point. She wondered just when that shift had happened...?

"Uh...I dunno." She confessed a look of puzzlement on her face. "Back home a date was usually you know...hike in the woods. Dinner at the tavern. Maybe go for a swim or something. N-not that I've ever been on one." She added hastily, and instantly wondered why she felt the need to clarify.

Just what was this relationship turning her into?

Mindy couldn't help but like his: she had never so much as had a doll when she was young(er), and the only way she would have felt comfortable with hair was Ruff's anyway. She didn't know why, but it made her feel like, maybe one day, she might be maternal and not cold and unfeeling, where she usually felt herself steering.

"Oh shut up man," she said, shoving Ruffnut. "I wouldn't have cared if you dated some viking back then! What do I look like? But I'll tell you what: if that's what a viking date is like, then we should do all of that. So what, hiking first, then Tavern and then swimming? Sounds fine with me."

She'd have to change into boots though.

Ruffnut snickered "Yeah but if I had dated anyone even if you and I were together you'd still wanna punch him and remind the world why I chose you over him." She teased eyes closed, relaxing into the pampering in a way she never imagined. Who knew something as silly as hair could be for more then keeping warm and looking fierce?

"How are we gonna do any of that if we can't get out of here though?"

"Yeah, but its not like it'd make sense to be jealous now. Your world and my world is gone, and now we're here. Everything is different now. Like, how I'm doing your hair and you're actually letting me. Who could have predicted that was gonna happen?"

She grinned. "Who says we can't get out? We just can't be apart, right? I have no problem with that."

"Yeah I guess your right." She laughed softly and then met Mindy's eyes in the mirror. "It's cuz we're awesome. You can't predict what we're gonna do next."

At Mindy's words Ruff's cheeks went red, embarrassed that she hadn't figured it out sooner. "So all we gotta do is leave at the same time?"

Way to state the obvious Ruffnut. Not that she was too bothered by Ruff tooting their own horn, she was just more inclined to show, rather than tell people how she did stuff. Being unpredictable was like that.

"Yeah," Mindy said. "It really wouldn't make sense for GLADOS to do his dumb experiment and have us in the same place, would it?"

"Since when have GLADOS or Stacy ever cared about what made sense?" Ruffnut countered. with a snicker.

She gave her reflection another look to see what Mindy was doing with her hair, not that she was in a hurry. No one could tell her how fast or slow to spend her time with Mindy.

"Stacy barely makes a decision anyway, you know that," Mindy said, shaking her head, "and GLADOS is still a robot based on logic even if she is a bitch about it. We'd have to actually be having fun in order for the stupid experiment to work."

If you believed that.

The hair looked nice though: it was in a long braid, and somehow Mindy had managed to give Ruffnu tidy bangs. Go figure.

Ruff rolled her eyes "Logic pft. What has logic ever done for anyone?"

Sometimes you really had to wonder about how much she was kidding when she said things like that.

"Ready to go then?" She stood up shaking her head to admire her braid.

"Well living is definitely good," Mindy said, punching her arm. "You need logic in everything you do. You might call it something different, like instinct or viking...I dunno, knowability or some shit, but either way its logic."

Even Mindy was never sure, hence why she tended to clarify these things.

"Yeah, Sensoriums," she said without hesitation. "I'm still from New York, so hiking is really not a thing there. I'm gonna have to depend on your memory."

Ruffnut let this one go, she usually did. Mindy had her opinions and she was so much better at arguing them the Ruffnut was.

It wasn't a long walk to the Sensorium. As it happened Ruffnut's tower was near one of the edges of the city. The minute they stepped into the sensorium it was Berk once more. The crisp Ocean air, the scent of some kind of meat being cooked over a fire. Sweaty musclebound men and women lumbering about working on houses or doing chores.

Ruffnut sighed and there was a visible change in her. Whenever she was in a place she felt comfortable like her tower or Berk she was more confident. She walked with a spring in her step and a smile on her face a little wider then usual.

She never broke stride and led Mindy through the town. Some of the locals were staring at them walking hand in hand like...well girlfriends.

It was fine for Mindy: all she wanted was to make sure that Ruffnut started to use her head a little more, so if a fight like that DID break out, she would be ready. No point in thinking that stuff about fights now though: they were trying to enjoy themselves.

Mindy wondered how well she concealed it, but she always did like coming to Ruffnut's perception of Berk. It was her idea of a place you might vacation on New York as a summer home, minus all the ritzy assholes and obnoxious tourist crap. She loved the smells, the people, the overall feeling that the place would last so long as its inhabitants were willing to try and save it.

Of course, she hadn't actually come to Berk in quite the way that she was now: dressed down, no thought of fighting, holding hands with her girlfriend. Despite knowing they weren't real, sghe still found herself reddening slightly.

Ruffnut was oblivious to most of it till about halfway through town. Then she caught the blush out of the corner of her eye and grinned wickedly.

Without warning she turned sharply and locked lips with Mindy grinding all the activity in Berk to a dead stop.

Really Ruffnut? Then again, Mindy was usually the aggressor in most things, so this was a rather sharp turn of events. True, Mindy WAS getting older now, and therefore looking a less like jailbait, but this was still pretty mortifying.

Not that she didn't kiss back. She wasn't a dead fish, after all.

And because this was Ruffnut's imagination, the vikings applauded and cheered like the girls were long lost war heroes come home. Which they sort of were.

Ruffnut smirked into the kiss and when it broke tried to resume her walk through town playing it cool.

"Dude, that would never have happened if we were at Berk for real," Mindy said, apparently over being shy once they were fairly out of earshot. "I'm not an expert on viking tradition, but even I know that would have been far different than the reaction of 'hey, Ruffnut's back with that weird girl that dresses funny.'"

She was shaking her head, but she hadn't let go of the viking's hand.

"You think too much." Ruffnut teased with a crooked grin tugging her along leading the smaller girl through the trees and along a seemingly random path. "If they had a problem with it we'd just show them how badass you were."

"Kinda my job," Mindy protested, but walked with Ruffnut nonetheless. Heck, she was sure that she would have been itching to show vikings she was up to their level.

She was glad she chose the boots: going around Burk with her shoes would have just been a mistake. "So where exactly does this lead?"

"I unno, wherever we want I guess." Apparently she hadn't been planning their route. This wasn't terribly surprising for Ruffnut all things considered, and there really wasn't much of a path at this point. Thick trees began to block their view of the village behind them.

"What do people do in your world for dating?"

"Figures," Mindy said, but then they WERE hiking, and it wasn't as if that really had any set path, right? So it wasn't a big deal that they didn't know where they were going. She just hoped that Ruffnut's memory of Berk was fairly complete.

"Uh, the usual places I guess? It really depends on the people and what they're into, you know? Restaurants, amusement parks, whole, like, romantic outings: it depends. What do you figure we're like?"

"Lots of cursing." That was the first idea. She stepped up onto a tall rock and pulled Mindy up after her "And loud noises. And you live in places like the city but taller and less dead looking." Because she'd only gotten a few glimpses into what Mindy's world looked like in previous sensorium trips.

"Definitely taller," she said, taking Ruffnut's hand and climbing up, making sure to watch her footing. "But there are also plenty of places to hit in the city too. The Village, St. Mark's, Rockefeller Center...there's always plenty of stuff to do. But this is really cool too: I always liked the way Berk looks."

"It ain't much, but it's home." Ruff smiled warmly. "But it wouldn't be without you...so I guess home is wherever you are." It was a weird thing to say but sweet in it's own way. Ruff wasn't sure though so she just smiled and plodded on up a steeper slope.

Mindy stopped a moment, taking that moment in. Many people would have claimed that Ruffnut wasn't the smartest person in the world, but she showed her emotions without restraint. She tightened her grip on the older girl's hand, smiling.

"You're so corny," she said, her eyes saying something different. She was still having trouble doing that herself, but she was trying. "But you're right anyway. Even if we're enemies later, its still a world I want you in, or not one worth that much."

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