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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"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."

Cresting a curve on the trail that Ruff was carving she paused considering where they were going. "I don't think we're ever really gonna be enemies. Haven't we kinda blown past that by now?" She blushed thinking back to all the things they had been through together.

"Dude, we'll be competing Overlords," she said, "have you ever heard of creatures with that much power being able to mutually hold power over people? Even if we don't really want to be enemies, it'll still have to look that way, so we don't get attacked by other demon overlords. The whole point in what we'll do then is having the element of surprise."

That puzzled Ruffnut clearly, "Wait so we have to pretend to be enemies so that the other overlords don't realize we're united? Wouldn't they just stay back if they realized we were? Because you know...twice as much power and all that? If Zetta's right Overlords don't get friendly so...the two of us being together would probably blow their minds."

"Yeah, or they could be so threatened by two overlords gathering together they try to take us down. Dude, if you and I want to cap on this Overlord thing, we have to make them respect us by our own rights. When they fear us as individuals, we'll be awesome enough, but the less they understand about what we do, the more we have the element of surprise."

She thought a LOT about this.

Clearly.

Ruffnut may have given Mindy a hard time in the past about her overthinking things or having little obsessions but she respected her opinion and nodded, "Alright I'll kick your ass so people know we're the really deal in public." That part was still teasing.

Mindy grinned. "Hey, I expect you to get tons better, because if you don't give me a good enough fight I'm going to have to take all your territory away from you!"

She was joking-mostly. "Anyway, that's not going to be for awhile, so who cares? Let's enjoy this time, you and me."

Mindy was already hiking up a few hills pretty easily, dirty and smudged but grinning all the way.

"Pft You wish. My Territory is gonna be THREE TIMES as big as yours." She declared proudly.

They reached the top of the hill and could gazed out over the ocean with viking ships dotting the dark blue world spread out below.

"Everything seems so much smaller after ya know...space." Ruffnut mused thoughtfully.

"For however long I let you hold onto it!" Mindy shot back, grinning. Yes, girlfriends they were, but Mindy's competitive streak and need to push things always had a way of showing itself. In this case, she wanted to see how the two of them would fare against each other as Overlords.

Once they were on top of the hill though, there was very little need for postering. In fact, as Ruffnut mused, Mindy put an arm around her waist and laid her head on her shoulder a moment.

"That's the risk you take, when you go to see the world," she said. "You get to see exactly how big it is."

"Just means we gotta get bigger I guess." She spoke idly, like even she wasn't sure what she meant by it. But it sounded good. And having Mindy right there felt good. it felt great actually.

"Something like that," Mindy said, "Or make it so the universe has a spot for us in it. I want to be an Overlord, Ruff, one of the strongest, and make a world worth living in."

It was a quiet, heavy though, especially for someone like Mindy, Granted, there was a lot in what she said that was unsaid.

"But when that happens, I want you there, every step of the way."

"Of course." Ruffnut just agreed, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I can't let you have all that fun by yourself." She grinned wickedly.

Leaning in she whispered in Mindy's ear "Come on, show me what it'll look like. Your world worth living in."

"I love how you say 'of course' like its the easiest fucking thing in the world," Mindy said, rolling her eyes, but grinning. "Just do your best to stay alive, ok?"

At the prompt, she snickered. "So you were getting over the hiking thing already? Fine, but don't say that I didn't warn you."

The scenery changed: now they were looking over a horizon, the color an orange red. Before them was a rolling cityscape that seemed to be inhabited by demons and humans, both in uniforms. There also seemed to be a few other strange creatures here and there, including a section that seemed to be inhabited only by ponies. In the center of all of this was a grand arena that looked like this, only the flags had the symbol of a purple mask with a viking helmet. Overlooking everything, high on the throne, was, of course, demon Mindy.

Ruffnut wanted to protest that she wasn't "over" hiking and was just acting on whims as usual, but she let the protest fall away as Mindy transformed their world.

"I wonder if this is how other people have dates." She smirked amused as she gazed out in amazement at the lengths of Mindy's imagination.

That was OK with Mindy. Above came the roars of dragons: it looked as if demon Hit girl preferred them here, over head, and there was one right beside her very throne, looking only a little docile in its masters presence. Demon Mindy, meanwhile, looked impassive, awaiting news of her latest acquisition.

"Your highness! The irrepressible Lash is formally challenging you for a duel for the sake of the Kaliqs islands! It arrived today!"

The Demon girl flexed her arms, a malevolent grin and, hidden somewhere, the smile of a little girl. "Excellent. It's been a long time since I fought the likes of her. And the status of the viking demon in the North?"

"You mean Ruffnut, your w-"

But he was exterminated instantly with only a casual flick of her wrist, and her eyes were still looking impassive. "Let's not make that mistake again with any of you, ok?"

And the dream faded, and Mindy was back again.

Ruffnut was laughing hard at the fate of the demon and Mindy's strength. "Alright, that WAS pretty awesome." She admitted flopping down into the cool grass of Berk once more. "I still don't get why we can't be a united front though." Sorry Mindy. Your Girlfriend is almost as stubborn as you are.

"It hasn't been done before," Mindy said simply. "So if we were united, it'd be pretty noticeable. If we were attacked, they'd expect us together, and plan ahead of time for that. Eventually, we'll be strong enough where it won't matter, but it'll be a long time. But who knows? Maybe things will change where that won't even matter."

She laid her head on Ruffnut's chest. "You know, we're not hiking so much as we're just lying here together."

Not that she minded.

"I'm good with that if you are." She offered scooting closer and slipping an arm under her own head.

"Whatever," Mindy said, but huddled closer to Ruffnut. "We still have two more other things to do and get all active about anyway. We can be motivated and productive then. This...this is just nice, you know?"

"Yep, this is our date so we can take our sweet sweet time." She agreed setting her helmet aside.

She'd already forgotten that this was a GLADoS imposed date.

"Yeah so...what do you think about what's happening on the ship? You know, the random hysteria, the plots, the eventual rebellion and shit. Things were getting pretty heated in a debate I popped over to last Council meeting."

She had her hands wrapped around Ruffnut's though. "I know it sounds annoying, but this is the kinda shit we will have to think about when we become demons ourselves."

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