OPEN - (1: Natasha setting up blind dates for Steve Rogers / 2: dates with Steve Rogers)

[krasnayapautina]

WHO ||

1). PART ONE is: Natasha Romanoff + any ladies in particular of the castle who are at least over 18. (Please read this for more details, including how to sign up.)

2). PART TWO is: Steve Rogers + his dates!

WHAT || If you specified that you wanted to play out the initial interaction with Natasha, this is what is happening in the first part of this log. The second part of the log is the actual dates!

There will be a thread starter (edit: here now! ) for the initial interaction with Natasha (I'd rather multi-thread this than have it single thread, for the sake of my sanity). Jesse, however, is the guy to talk to about starters for the dates with Steve.

WHERE || In and around the castle, with Natasha. For Steve, anywhere the date is happening.
WHEN || Natasha and Steve talked again at the April after party, so we can say this is ... May/June? I can adjust if needed, however.
HOW || Prose or action.

Comments

Steve Rogers ♣ Elena Gilbert

[recruited]

Italian Cooking Class @ La Cucina Caldesi

[doubletake]

[Oh hello, handsome. Best blind date ever.]

So, you do a lot of cooking?

[Elena doesn't. It's for the best.]

[recruited]

[ Steve doesn't really know anything about Elena, but he's always willing to hop right onto that horse. He's not great at dating, but he's trying. It helps that she seems pretty easy to talk to and easy on the eyes. ]

Um. Yeah. Nothing fancy. I lived alone back home so it was sorta make my own food or pay an arm and a leg for takeout.

[doubletake]

[Elena is rocking a 43 disguise check. Easy on the eyes might be a bit of an understatement. She can't turn this off, sorry.]

Well, you might be doing the heavy lifting there. I figured I would warn you.

[recruited]

[ He was trying to be gentlemanly, Elena. Some guys can't just say fuckable and get away with it. At least Steve thinks he can't. ]

Not a big cook? [ He smiles and gives her a shrug. ] If we burn anything then there's always the option to run out the exit and go get dinner? No one can blame us for running away.

[doubletake]

I have many talents. Cooking is definitely not one of them. [She grins over at him, glad that he can have a sense of humor about it.] Deal. With luck, I'll pick up a few things. If not, at least we have a back-up plan.

[recruited]

Really now? I'm intrigued. What're these supposed talents then?

[ Steve's moved them into a room where an instructor sits at the front. There's a single counter set up for the two of them and he leads her over there. He grabs an apron to hand to her. ]

You better run fast because I'm not waiting around to get caught. So I wanna see some hustle.

[doubletake]

Oh, you know. Body manipulation, demolitions, dancing. The usual things, really.

[She looks cheeky as she puts the apron on.]

Hopefully you can keep up with me.

[recruited]

Wow. That's some resume. Body manipulation, demolitions and dancing. I think the most impressive has to be demolitions. It's not everyday you find a girl ready to blow stuff up. Pretty amazing.

[ Steve puts his own apron on and once it's in place it does look a tad small on his hulking frame. He'll deal. ]

Enhanced super soldier. I'm kinda worried about you.

[doubletake]

I made a bomb made entirely out of fireworks once. It blew a building sky high.

[:)]

Maybe you should be.

[She's...probably teasing, right?]

[recruited]

Seriously? That's kind of frightening. You could totally make a bomb from the things you have in this kitchen huh?

[ He might have to hide a few things if that's the case. ]

I guess I can just sweep you up and throw you over my shoulder.

[doubletake]

Hm...maybe.

[Probably. That makes her chuckle, though.]

You'd have to catch me, first.

[recruited]

You think you're faster than me now too?

[ Steve is incredibly amused. ]

That's some big talk for someone so tiny.

[doubletake]

Who said anything about being faster? You have to find me before you can catch me.

[Said the girl who can look like anything.]

[recruited]

Find you?

[ Whatever. No one told Steve she could do that weird shit. He's a little lost okay. ]

[doubletake]

Well, I did say body manipulation.

[She shrugs her shoulders.]

I can look like almost anyone I want.

[recruited]

In all fairness body manipulation could mean a hundred different things.

[ Not she turns into random people when she wants to. ]

Really? That's--handy I bet. Can you look like me?

[doubletake]

Alright, I'll give you that.

[And then her expression turns mischievous before she glances around quickly to see if anyone is watching them. When they aren't, it happens...very quickly, so quickly that it's probably kind of startling, and also disturbing.

Considering her bones are literally shifting under her skin, which stretches and morphs in front of his eyes.

For a couple of seconds, he's staring at his literal twin; not even like standing in front of a mirror because it's not a mirror image, but a literal copy (disguise 64). Other!Steve quirks a brow at him, as she gives him a moment to stare/gape/whatever.

And then she's slipping back to herself even faster before she turns toward the counter like nothing even happened. People...might have looked over by now, but she doesn't seem to give a fuq.]

[recruited]

[ Steve watches carefully. Part of him thinks that maybe it won't happen. Maybe she'll have an issue and not be able to turn into him. He doesn't expect that she'll suddenly just--become him like that. The whole process has Steve's eyes trying to craw out of his head. He looks more than a little shocked.

When she finally turns back into Elena he nods his head. ] Wow. That's--handy. [ He shakes his head. ] So, you can just do that all the time huh? Turn into whoever you need to.

[doubletake]

As often as I want.

[She does not seem to be put off by his expression. She's...used to it tbh.]

It hurts like a bitch, though.

[recruited]

[ That sort of power with no real cool down period kind of seems dangerous to Steve, but he can't throw stones. She probably doesn't even think to use it for evil. Steve, your faith in the world is stupid. ]

Right. I would imagine it could hurt with all the changes that're happening to your body.

[doubletake]

[Wow rude it was like one time and she totally had her reasons.]

There's a reason surgeons knock you out before they move your insides around.

[:)]

[recruited]

[ Well, one of his best friends made a giant robot who tried to destroy the world. He can't be too upset about her thing. ]

Yeah. Ouch. This ability didn't come with some sort of natural anesthesia to get you through the shift pain free?

[doubletake]

Of course not. It doesn't matter anyway. I'm pretty used to it.

So. Cooking?

[Hopefully you're paying attention, Steve, because otherwise they're gonna burn the place down.]