04 [written/action]

[wipesfaith]

[Classic incognito message, with the picture blocked out and everything; he even makes an attempt to disguise his handwriting, which he forgets after the first three words.]

Say you want to ask a girl out. How do you go about doing that?

Girls like flowers, right?

[See, there's actually a lot of consideration that goes into this. For a guy with a faulty brain-to-mouth filter and a do-or-die attitude, the amount of waffling here is...strange, maybe. But everyone's a walking contradiction. He has some ideas, along with maybe ten different speeches that he's mentally mapped out over the past three years and never planned on actually using, but second- and third-guessing himself leads to this pandering for advice...thing. He's pretty sure it's lame, but... It couldn't hurt, right?

Okay, so maybe he's just procrastinating.]

[Action]

[Anonymous dweebiness aside, Jean goes about his day as usual. Training at the Battle Dome; going to school; taking care of his horse at the stables, and taking him out for a ride into the woods; and checking the General Store for some...supplies, art supplies. Don't ask, don't tell.]

Comments

[written]

[wipesfaith]

I read somewhere [...don't ask] that spontaneousness [not a word, but close enough] is important in stuff like this.

If I ask if she likes flowers and then show up with flowers the next day, it's a lot less impressive.

What good is it if she doesn't know who they're from?

[written]

[forelocked]

[Wow Jean, don't you know anything?]

If it's so important to be spontaneous, then why are you figuring it all out beforehand like this?

It's called being a secret admirer. You do a lot of nice stuff for the person without them knowing, leave them anonymous presents and stuff, so they start to wonder who it is that likes them. And you build it up over time, then once the time is right, dramatically reveal that it was you.

[Not like Farlan has been on a lot of dates, but he knows these things.]

[written]

[wipesfaith]

[Because shut up, that's why.]

That'll take too long! I've already laid low for more than 3 years, I just want to tell her already.

[written]

[forelocked]

[A thug from the underground knows more than you!]

I didn't say it was a good idea, but you asked.

Just tell her then, that's what I think. What's the problem? Sounds like you know her already, so go on and be spontaneous. Though maybe it's too late for that now...

[written]

[wipesfaith]

I know, I'm probably over-thinking this. It's just [new and terrifying, because he never thought he'd be doing this anywhere that isn't just inside his head, but that would be lame to admit, so instead he finishes with:] this is really important, ok.