[open] lookin' for the love getaway.

[babbylon]

Who: Gilgamesh and everyone visiting Heaven's Feel!
When: 5/1—5/8
Where: Caissa, Heaven's Feel storefront
What: The grand opening of Heaven's Feel, Caissa's premier matchmaking service, has arrived! Stop by for food, drinks, and some friendly fun with your fellow Heroes! ...or maybe even pick up a date, who knows.
Rating: General audiences, except for Gil's threads because he was pretty much making out with everyone. Tread carefully.

Heaven's Feel



[Maybe you've heard, or maybe you haven't, but there's a new business in town. It's plastered everywhere, posted on the side of every building and shouted from the end of every street corner in Caissa. Heaven's Feel, Heaven's Feel, come fly with the angels at Heaven's Feel! Really, who writes something so cheesy? The owner must be a real piece of work, you think, yet there's something enticing about the sound of it...

If you do decide to stop by within the first week of May, you'll find a massive celebration awaiting you: the celebration of opening day! Eager workers wave down anyone who gets close, with offers of wine tasting, sweet treats, and even speed dating. The store's interior bustles with activity as visitors fill out cute little survey cards in hopes of a hook-up. The owner in question can be found mingling in the crowd, bartending, and drawing charcoal caricatures of couples for a nominal fee.

Overall, the atmosphere is one of excitement. Hop right in! There's plenty of room for lounging on the cushy furniture, and plenty of time to find your own hottie.

...or perfectly platonic friend. Look, we're not judging or anything.]

Comments

gilgamesh | open

[babbylon]

[Who else but Gilgamesh would open an establishment like this? But he has no shame to spare, not this day and not ever. To the contrary, he's in an unflappably stellar mood, greeting guests, pouring drinks like a professional and sketching up a storm. Those who know him will recognize that even given his typical temperament he seems unusually cheery, though it's easy to see why.

They've only just opened, and already they can barely fit everyone through the door. Someone has clearly put their charm magic to work! If you don't approach him, rest assured he'll approach you with a clap on the back and a broad grin that, for once, speaks more to genuine glee than mischief.]

Having a good time? Perhaps I might make it even better...?

[...never mind, there's plenty of mischief waiting in that statement right there.]

[hoasen]

[Here's the problem. Gilgamesh charmed a large amount of people (whether with magic or not) to come visit the establishment. Some people also came just for the free food. Everyone's going to eat so much and more food will have to be purchased for them! That's money!!!

Nevermind that she's also inhaled a good potion of the food available.

So she took a photo of his accounts book (she even tried to get the lighting just right for it to look super disturbing) and sends it to him, with this note attached:]

I know where you live.

[She'll go approach him soon, she's just by the sweets table. Very busy.]

[quaria]

[ Hi, King. Where's my flower. Setsuna finally arrives, hours later after this call. From the glass windows, he can be seen stopping his motorcycle outside the shop and shortly folding it away to his weapon belt. Once that's taken care of, he steps in and right away proceeds to look around.

The cupcakes catch his attention, but more than that, he's staring at the flowers again. Before anything else though, he moves on to find the person he's visiting the shop for. ]

[hymnals]

[ It's nice to see Gil happy. He's usually brimming with confidence and cheer in Adra's presence, to be fair, but Adra sees something else in him at the moment, something that suggests peace and ease. It's a good thing.

He drains the last of his second wine cup, and then pats his cherry-red cheeks. He can feel, quite definitively, that he is drunk. He leans forward, laughing. Maybe a little dizzy. ]

Fairly sure my time is as good as it can get. But it's nice to see you having so much fun.

[ He steps back, stumbling a bit, and makes a vague gesture towards the sweets tables. ]

I hope the cupcake towers lived up to your expectations.

[ Hic. ]

[sakeplz]

[Now, he could be filling out a card but he'd not. He's simply found his way inside and is enjoying the atmosphere. After this call one can be certain that Jiroutachi is sure to hang out here until he can see this King of Heroes in person. To say he's entertained is to put things mildly since it's not very often someone interests the oodachi enough to want to look past the alcohol. Or even given a hint that there miiiight be more than just a gorgeous drunk sword.

So he's here and fixing one of the flowers in his hair while he sits there, one shoulder of his outfit slightly off the shoulder. Not intentionally though, it did slip due to him not tying this tightly. Humming a little, he looks up at the familiar voice and smiles at Gilgamesh.]

One might say you already have.

[By existing honestly. Jiroutachi is here to flirt some more. He hasn't decided if he'll bother with filling a card out or not though. That seems silly when he came to poke at the owner.]

[sediments]

[ Better believe that Bolin's having a good time! He's a lover of good parties, especially ones that involve delicious pastries and fancy drinks.

When Gilgamesh wanders over, he carefully swallows the cupcake that he's been helping himself to. It's easy to recognize Gilgamesh as the owner of the establishment, and the earthbender looks mildly guilty as he turns toward the other man, feeling bad for eating the food without bringing any business. ]

Oh yeah, this place is great!

[ He should say something so he doesn't look like a freeloader. ]

So... what kind of matchmaking do you do? Just the romantic kind?

[houndumb]

[Well, let's see: Nora completely blew off the network post as soon as the word mongrel came up, anything with Heaven in it just sounds horrible to a demon, and he is literally the last person interested in matchmaking. And so: every single star was aligned against this particular mongrel somehow turning up to mar the classy establishment, and yet, here he is. Somehow.

Probably still dressed in a Blanc uniform that's seen much better days (we still haven't figured out how the hell they do laundry), sporting his usual fashion disaster combination of bad hair and a literal collar, and munching on something much too delicate to be gobbled the way he's doing it. Whatever card thing they gave him is probably either on the ground somewhere or stuck someplace he forgot... like his hair.

Yep, thug aesthetic CHECK. Free food CHECK.]

... Well, I mean, unless you got better food than this-- [since it is pretty good food Gilgamesh has interrupted him with, Nora just gives him a vaguely bemused look] --I don't think so?

[Rejected for a hors d'oeuvre, I guess.]

[avantguard]

[ She's only here to make sure nobody is getting killed, but she's surprised by the throngs of people at the door. Or the amount of people inside when she finally gets here and that they're having a nice time. And how many faces are familiar...

There are a lot.

By the way, she's not a huge fan of crowds. So she's walking around the edges of this gathering when Gilgamesh catches her. Her shoulders twitch from his clap on the back and she goes still, slowly looking over her shoulder to reveal that she did indeed come like she said she would.

She had no plans to talk to Gil, only to check in, and yet here she is. Face to face with the man himself. Who is grinning so happily. ]

Is that your greeting for all customers?

[burnmydread]

[ Minato really has no interest in a matchmaking service. Maybe it's because of his inherent #ProtagSwag, but getting dates isn't something he's has a problem with. However, Minato is also almost comically motivated by food, sometimes even more than the promise of completing a Social Link. (And we know how that usually goes for him.) So it shouldn't be a surprise that he does make an appearance after their previous conversation.

The contract is sealed. He never lets a free meal go.

In no small part thanks to Yukari, when he shows up he's actually not wearing his hero uniform. (But he is wearing clothes, for the record.) He was planning on looking for Gilgamesh but it seems like he doesn't have to. ]

I'm hungry.

[ Right to the point. ]

[showsnopiety]

No, that's fine.

[She's quick to say so. She hasn't been mingling too much; a little here, a little there, and she brought her own fruit. Her carrier slides over her shoulders, clearly at ease. And unlike some of the other times he might have seen her...Caren allowed Sion to dress her today. At least now she doesn't appear to be a hero. Merely a golden eyed woman curious about the new place. ]

But you can tell me where your office is.

[armorial]

[ This is Saber that he's trying to pull this over. She, like many other times, is enjoying her time with these treats and maybe a cup of wine for herself. All of it is extravagant, something of Gilgamesh's caliber, but holds a different atmosphere than the man in question.

She doesn't approach him when she sees him, opting out to looking around and people watching like a loser. Of course, she can tell the man is in a good mood. No need to ruin it because she knows if he approaches her with the same words he uses on his guests, she will throw him the sharpest daggers eyes can ever spawn.

... That's what she thinks, but when he does approach her, she's quiet. Is this the same man? Who is this? ]

Is this your alternate persona? [ It's gross. Don't do it. YOU ARE NOT FOOLING HER? ]

a few days after opening

[flirtations]

[ Jae-ha had supposed that trying to find Gilgamesh would be easier on him if he took on this quest on a day that wasn't the Grand Opening, but perhaps he had been wrong. Despite it not being the first day of matchmaking madness, business was still booming. Not that he can be too surprised-- everyone wanted to find love (or company for the evening), after all! Slowly, he stands near the edge of the room and surveys the crowd, looking for the owner, and not catching a glimspe of that golden hair, decides that perhaps he should come back later.

It's in that instant that Gil happens to find him, and his eyes widen with pleasant surprise as he turns around. ]

Ah, there you are! [ Gil looks happy, so things must be really good. ] I was hoping I wasn't too late, that something else hadn't already caught your attention. [ More accurately, someone?!

He beams. ]

Congratulations, again.

I got you something.

[sugegasa]

I am, and I'm not sure it's possible to make it better! You've really outdone yourself here, I'm impressed!

[If there was one thing Shunsui knew, it was formal parties. He was nobility, after all, and while he didn't mind the actual atmosphere or guests, his family had insisted upon his best behavior at all of them. Which had sadly left him often short of the drunken revelry he would have truly enjoyed!

Still, he'd also had a lot of experiences of this sort as a Captain, although not for a business like this! How could he resist, though? Free food and wine, and the chance to meet someone lovely out of the many attractive people in this place? He was all for it, of course.

After their conversation on the beach, he had to smile at the cozy and casual air the place provided.]

I suppose I should have expected nothing less, though.

Caren Ortensia | Open

[showsnopiety]

[She's still somewhat new in comparison to everyone else. And the crowd is new to her in general. At least from her assorted jobs she has a decent outfit on, and not her uniform. But Caren, for the most part, is quiet in her observation, not rushing to get herself a hottie.

While sometimes she can have a glass a wine in her hand, more often then not she can be found leaning back on one of the cushy couches, her snake carrier twining around her body in its lazy attempts to keep itself warm.

And sometimes she'll meet someone's eye as she bites into a pear apple. Slowly.

Biblical references what are those.]

adrasteius | open

[hymnals]

[ Just what in the hell has he gotten himself into? Adrasteius is trying not to think about it, honestly. He spent hours upon hours of effort on baking those towers of lacy cupcakes--along with whatever else--and he's just hoping people enjoy them. He's not quite sure how he feels about the business itself, but Gil's happy. The people visiting look happy, too. Vietnam looks ... slightly less happy, but he's gratified that she's eaten so much.

He avoids all other strains of thought (the network post, the bowing employees, etc) by focusing on what's important: the wine. He's already had a glass, and he's onto number two. Adra does not drink often, so even this little bit of rosé has him apple-cheeked and grinning at anyone who comes near him.

He's hanging out by one of the sweets tables, sipping his drink rather more quickly than he ought to, feeling pleasantly warm and soft around the edges. ]

Good afternoon, my friend. I hope you like--

[ He gestures, a little wobbly, to the tables. ]

--what I've done. With all this. Truly, I do.

[ He leans forward, eyes bright. Deeply interested. Possibly about to fall directly onto you. ]

[umberly]

[ Kavi has about half a cupcake crammed into his mouth when Adra approaches and begins talking to him. And from the looks of it, he's already deep into his cups. That, or he's a lightweight.

...Speaking of looks.

He narrows his eyes at Adra's face as he licks a cupcake crumb away from the corner of his mouth. ]

I think I dreamed about punching you in the face the other night.

[ hello to you, too, kavi ]

misaki yata | open

[rollin]

[ Gilgamesh is a loud one, but Yata tuned him out in the middle of his advertisement as he did his usual rounds in Caissa. They aren't so much self-proclaimed patrols as they are a cruise with Yata zooming past the city's hustle and bustle on his skateboard. But huge crowds are black holes, and the one in front of Heaven's Feel sucks a speck in the universe like Yata right in.

Shit, Yata thinks. He's underdressed.

When can he go home? ]

a: speed dating

[ Impatient fingers drum against the table as their owner—a boy around seventeen—waits for his next match. He tried to tell the organizers this crowd isn't his age group, but Heroes rake in cash, so he's here against his will, wishing the hands of his watch would move faster.

He picks up his partner's card and his eyes shift between it and their face as he tries to piece all this information together. ]

So you're...?

[ dammit how does he read your name ]

b: wine tasting

[ Wine was nothing to write home about, as Asuna told him, but he does want to know what drinking feels like. Yata can't buy alcohol yet, he thinks getting it from his friends is uncool, and despite being a bartender Yata meets with almost everyday, Izumo runs a tight ship. He has to wait 'til he's twenty in Japan, but twenty is three years away, and his juvenile curiosity urges him to take a sip. They're giving it to everyone anyway, so he's not breaking any rules, right?

Problem: the waiters won't let him have it. The moment his hand reaches out for a drink, the waiters smoothly lift and dodge the tray or empty wine glass. ]

Rrgh... Come on!

[ Yata might look like someone fresh out of junior high, but he turns eighteen in two months. What gives? Does everyone here just hate him!? You can notice the sight, or you can accidentally bump into him as he makes a beeline for the next waiter with a bottle of champagne. ]

c: matchmaking

[ There's also this. He's grossly unaware. ]

d: wildcard

[ Catch him doing the following:

1. pigging out on the free food
2. avoiding women
3. stuck in a conversation with women while wearing an "oh god please help me" look
4. striking up a conversation with you like "Does this place serve meat?" or "Why's it called Heaven's Feel..." or "Do you know where the exit is?"
5. wallflowering because EVERYONE LOOKS KIND OF FANCY ]

d!!!

[hoasen]

[He's wearing that Oh God Please Help Me Look when he glances over at her, and she's wondering why he's looking at her. He seems to be having a nice conversation with that woman over there?

So Vietnam gestures a confused shrug, like "What's wrong?"]

Lapis Fathalla | Open

[oneirism]

[Lapis initially had no intentions of coming here - a matchmaking service is pretty much wasted on someone like her, since her personality isn't exactly... ideal, for that kind of thing. So it would pretty much be a waste of time.

But there's free food.

And Lapis really isn't one to resist the call of free food, which is how she ends up here now. She has a glass of the free wine in one hand, which she sips at every so often, and munching on one of the many fancy cupcakes she acquired with the other. For someone so petite looking, she can certainly pack away a lot of sweet and doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon, seeming more interested in eating and observing than actually hooking up with anyone. At least she isn't guzzling down the wine - she only grabbed that since it's free too.]

[topkong]

[ Wukong considers himself to be able to eat a lot of food in general--- high metabolism, a different kind of biology compared to humans, and just really enjoying sweets in general. So it's no surprise that he's just kind of watching Lapis eat as he still hasn't decided on a particular flavor of cupcake. ]

... is there any cupcake that you don't like so far?

lux crownguard | ota

[rememberher]

[ Lux was only here for the crowd. It pulled her in, made it impossible to leave, so she figured that she would make the best of things. Matchmaking? Please. She had no interest in that. True, she might know some who did, and while she did fill out one of the cards for fun (that's what they were for, right?), she had no intent of "hooking up" here, so to speak.

The vivacious blond can be found doing the following:
1: Hovering around one of the various cupcake displays, or partaking in some of the wine tasting. Hopefully she can hold her liquor probably not...
2: Casually observing others from afar, or, if your character happens to be a wallflower, approaching them for conversation.
3: Trying to find a way out of a casual hook-up convo. This is super awkward someone please save her.
4: Hovering around the speed dating area. She's just watching, she swears; or
5: In transit between areas, or making a break for the door. There's an opening, maybe she can make it before someone engages her..! ]

[sugegasa]

[He'd come mainly because he'd heard others talking about it, and a business like this really appealing to his romantic nature! It didn't hurt matters that the proprietor was offering wine, either. That was what immediately caught his interest, and he gravitated toward the alcohol easily, although he definitely wasn't unappreciative of the many attractive people milling about!

Especially the vivacious blond near the cupcake displays with a glass of wine in her hand. She looked a tad uncomfortable, and while Shunsui wasn't here simply to, or even primarily to, hook up, it did amuse him a little.

He approached casually, on the pretext of selecting a cupcake for himself, and smiled at her as he reached for a glass of his own.]

How is it? I'm still not used to the alcohol here, but this looks good!

Tyrnen

[path_to_the_world]

[What had he gotten himself into? He hated this sort of stuff, it was just awkward. Not to mention he really had no interest in finding some kind of partner. Unless it was related to studding or training or some other useful activity he didn't have time or interest. Yet, despite all that he somehow was trying to prove a point by offering himself as an experiment.

Though not exactly.

How did this all come to be? Maybe he should have just stopped talking several minutes earlier.]

I already feel like I'm getting a headache.

[Better to get this 'challenge' over with as soon as possible.]

Mister Gilgamesh?

[If anyone was like a fish out of water it was Tyrnen.]

[babbylon]

[And if anyone was good at hunting said fish, it was Gilgamesh.

And so Gilgamesh swims towards him. He picks him easily out of the crowd, and greets him with a pleasant smile, disguising so many sharp teeth. He swings an arm around him and laughs, like they were just sharing in some joke together, and immediately lumps all the legendary charisma he boasted of upon him.]

"Mister"? Oh, my. So polite. I do like that.

[Gilgamesh, in truth, has already considered the challenge as good as won. Though for the sake of rubbing it in, he'll draw this out a bit further, guiding Tyrnen to a seat. Despite being merely a Queen, he's all strength, all solid, all irresistible pull.]

I can see you're a bit out of place, so I'll make this quick, and ease your fears...

[Though the sort of look on his face, clever and scheming, suggested the exact opposite.]

levi | open

[powerdriven]

[ He shouldn't have come. But after all his arguing with Gilgamesh about why this was all such a huge time sink, a business opportunity not fit for heroes with a bigger job to do, in the end he was still lured by the prospects of free drinks and the stubborn insistence to tug on the ears of those he had thought better of. Maybe they haven't considered it yet, just what they've gotten themselves into...

Thus, Levi can be found patronizing Heaven's Feel in the following ways:

1. Partaking in free food and drink—mostly drink. He doesn't like all of the offerings and asks for a hard liquor, but can eventually be found nursing a glass of wine or two anyway.
2. Getting chatted up by strangers; this may have something to do with it, though unfortunately for those interested in flirting, he's extensively familiar with the one sentence shut down. This can be witnessed.
3. Engaging in conversation, which if he knows you is more than likely started off by some query on why you're indulging this, but can also be more in the realm of smalltalk. ]

[quaria]

Levi.

[ A quiet hello, before he answers the question aimed at him. "Why are you here, Setsuna?" It's a fair question, considering this place doesn't suit him at all. Honestly, it started off pretty silly; it started off with a ridiculous misinterpretation, but Gilgamesh is quick to correct Setsuna — cheating along the way to win his support, and he's stupid enough to fall for it. It wasn't a particularly complicated scenario.

Setsuna is here to support Gilgamesh regardless of this, as he isn't the kind to say something like, may Heaven's Feel recognize Hell, stupid King. Thus, he's here to wish good luck and continued success for the business. He also has a stronger reason to be here, mostly about his personal quest on discovering the meaning of human understanding — which is exactly what Gilgamesh decided to use on him to lure him here. ]

I came to see how the King is doing... And, you?

[ Levi and him have several similarities, such as being dedicated to an important cause. If Levi's here, he surely must have good reason as well. ]

Potemkin | Open

[burlyheart]

Nobody would ever expect Potemkin to be interested in a dating service. But here he is attending, for reasons that ultimately boil down to politeness, curiosity, and obligation. This is the first business to be operated by a Hero, and Potemkin wishes it success.

Potemkin can be seen, conspicuously overdressed (apparently "friendly ceremony" to him means a full suit affair), pinching a wineglass between his thumb and index finger. It'll probably take a hundred of those to get him tipsy. His intimidating looks automatically do a job of deterring invites from the crowd, except for a few daredevils (who are almost disappointed to receive merely polite conversation).

[hoasen]

Hero support is one of the best reasons for being here! At least, just to mooch the free food. And look, he tried, so she comes over to see how he's doing, since she's pretty sure she's seen him around on the battlefields.

"What do you think about this so far?"

Tieria Erde | OTA

[buildyourworld]

[ He ends up visiting after all, a couple of hours later. Not that it's surprising anymore at this rate, especially after that phone call. Tieria has been wondering about Gilgamesh and that call only intensify his curiosity. In any case, he would prefer to know who Setsuna is closed to, especially if it's someone he had a really bad first impression of.

Picking up a glass of wine, he headed further into the establishment, taking a seat on one of the empty lounge couch. He's not in a hurry to look for Gilgamesh, yet. For now, he's observing, what humans do in this sort of setting. Matchmaking... it's not a concept he's familiar with.

Leaning back into the seat, he'll just be on his own, sipping wine until you decide to approach him. He doesn't have a survey card, so perhaps you're just curious about his presence here. Or maybe you have been here for a while and is wondering when he's going to get drunk considering this is probably his fifth glasses maybe? Or is it more? In any case, he caught you staring. ]

[showsnopiety]

[It might have been the wine drinking, or the lack of survey card. Or it could have been simply because there had been a space on the couch, and this was better than sitting by some happily chatting couple. Gross.

But she could not help but tap a finger against her wine glass as she settled herself, eyebrow raising.]

Shall I ask the server for another glass?

[Since you look so thirsty. Then again....she was pretty sure those who weren't trying to eat Heaven's Feel into bankruptcy, were trying to drink it.]

Arashi Narukami; open ♡

[stagewhirl]

[When Arashi finally comes on the scene, it's with a curious shift of attention at the door, the crowd at present momentarily - just momentarily - arrested by the additional Queen's presence. But what the owner has utilized his to fill the place, Arashi attempts to suppresses, and soon enough the golden youth is able to blend in as well as anyone else again, taking time to look around and get acquainted with what's here.

Or rather, as well as anyone this pretty of a picture could anyway. Out of uniform, it's of androgyny and fresh colors: white, yellows, pale blue cutting in shapes that could suit boy or girl or in-between. Taking no wine, but definitely getting a look at the sweeter fare abound, Arashi can't help looking a little in heaven... that King, he's on to something here!]

[Find Arashi settled comfortably with a plate of Too Many little cakes, perhaps unaware of wandering eyes, as enjoying them takes over concentration on lying low.... But don't be nervous - sit down, have a share of these! Or maybe catch the idol's eye across the way yourself....]

[topkong]

[ Hm? Someone has a huge pile of cupcakes, and Wukong is in the business of eating cupcakes. He's not really in the mood for the dating thing--- granted, he's not really sure what any of that has to do with being a Hero. NEVERTHELESS! He's here, he's standing in front of Arashi, and the monkey wonders: ]

Are you really gonna eat all of those...

[ Not saying that Arashi could, but hey, Wukong is curious. Before a word is said in protest, he quickly slides into a seat. ]

... or are you willing to share?

Shunsui Kyouraku | Open!

[sugegasa]

[A place like this was just where he wanted to be. Not only was the business extremely well set up, the idea behind it both amused and intrigued him! And he was still rather new here, so there couldn't be any harm in getting to know some people, either romantically or otherwise!

That was why he was staying near the wine. Not really for himself, although anyone approaching would probably infer that he was enjoying the offerings! And he was, but he was using it more to strike up conversation with others who approached.

His butterfly carrier was perched, as usual, on his nose, so it would be a bit hard to really see his face the majority of the time, but the bright pink on its wings certainly served as a an attention grabber!]