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

[recruited]

Hey! I got confidence. I'm just not overly confident. It's just never been something I've been very good at.

[ Tony has confidence in spades. Steve tends to be more low key. ]

[allaboutme]

Don't worry. Practice makes perfect.

[recruited]

You must've had a lot of practice then.

[ Because she's so practice. Get it? Check those awesome Steve Rogers moves. He's not overly confident, but he's getting damn good at flattery. ]

[allaboutme]

Pretty much a pro. [ they head up to the podium, where she glances over at him. ] We do have a reservation, right?

[recruited]

How'd you think we were gonna get in? [ He smiles and tells the man at the podium his last name. ] Though having said that I'm pretty sure I could have just charged in and smuggled you with me.

[allaboutme]

If you want to throw me over your shoulder and carry me out of here later, that one's still on the table.

[recruited]

Really? Well, I'll take that into consideration.

[ The man finds the reservation and ushers past the podium. ]

You might have to find something to cover you up if I throw you over my shoulder. [ He glances at the bottom of her dress. ] I don't know how much that'd show.

[allaboutme]

Big on modesty, huh?

[recruited]

[ Steve looks at her for a moment and smiles. ]

I'm from the forties. Half the clothes everyone wears--they wouldn't really fit in back home. Guys and girls alike. I like them though. They're different.

[allaboutme]

Well, they definitely do you some favors. But I'd be lying if I wasn't curious to see you in some kind of old-fashioned get up.

[recruited]

[ Steve grins and bows his head. ]

I don't think my dress uniform made the trip through the veil. I'm sure I could scrounge one up at a thrift shop for ya though? [ He's a giver. The host finds their table and Steve moves to Cordelia's chair to pull it out for her. ]

[allaboutme]

Thanks. [ she gives the host a bright smile, perching on the seat ] Well, I'm certainly never going to say no to a man in uniform. Unless it's like, a postal worker.

[recruited]

[ Once she's seated Steve helps to move her chair in and then moves around to his own seat. He settles into it and leans forward. ]

I'm not a postal worker so you're in luck. If you're really lucky I'll show you the shield. [ Another smile. ]

[allaboutme]

Just to be clear, that's not a euphemism, right? You didn't strike me as skeevy euphemism guy but sometimes that kind of thing sneaks up on you.

[recruited]

[ Steve's brow rises when she asks that. He's not sure who would ask that question in that manner. Apparently she's had some practice with those guys. ]

No. Not a euphemism. I have an actual shield. It's my weapon of choice. [ He pauses. ] Do guys really ask you if you wanna see their--"shields"?

[allaboutme]

Guys ask a lot of things they shouldn't. And apparently think it's cute these days to text pictures of things no one wants to be surprised with in the middle of eating lunch. Talk about no.

[recruited]

Whoa. They send you those in the middle of the day?

[ Steve looks outraged on her behalf now. ]

Who are they? [ Steve gonna beat them up. ]

[allaboutme]

Nobody from around here. Have you heard of this Tinder thing?

[recruited]

No. What is it? It sounds weird.

[ Tony has yet to get around to explaining the fun world of internet dating apps. ]

[allaboutme]

You basically look through a pile of subpar looking people and weed out the actually dateable ones. And if they said the same about you, you can talk on your phone.

[recruited]

Wow. Dating got a lot more high-tech since my time. Do you talk-talk or is the text talk?

[ He sounds super old right now. ]

[allaboutme]

Choose your own adventure.

[recruited]

You can do both? Wow. Definitely not what I expected back when tech was just coming around. Definitely thought there'd be more flying cars. This is fine too.

[allaboutme]

Personally, I'm not sure how many people I trust to drive on the ground.