legendary!

[stregadoro]

have you met ted? meme

So you're at a bar. Or a club. Or a Starbucks. Or the post office. You get my point.

Anyway, you're just minding your own business when all of a sudden, this blonde guy in a (well-pressed, expertly tailored) suit comes up to you and announces that he's gonna be your wingman. Without waiting for a response, he finds the closest ( moderately attractive ) nearby citizen and says to them,

"Hi! Have you met Ted?"

Except it's not Ted. It's you. How in the world does this dude know your name? Unfortunately, you don't get to find out, because — wait, where did that guy go, anyway?

Great. Now you're faced with the more pressing matter of smalltalk with the unwitting target. You can always walk away, or... or maybe you can believe in the divine cosmic powers of Barney Stinson.

Who knows? This night could be legen — wait for it — dary.

▶ HOW THIS WORKS

1. Post with your character
2. Assume your "wingman" has come and gone, leaving you to chat it up with the person who responds to your thread.
3. ???
4. Stop being sad. START BEING AWESOME.

Oh, and by the way?

You've been suited up.

Comments

Music Meister | Batman: The Brave and the Bold

[hypnotic_patter]

[This sharply dressed blonde guy looks and sounds suspiciously like him. Wonder what that's about.]

Spencer Shay | iCarly

[3daydropout]

[critical]

Actually...

[ that familiar name.

a smile grows on her face, her hand placing down a glass as her eyes scrolls down spencer. now, she doesn't recall his presence here before — no. every individual here is someone nameless to her, an co-worker, or the barkeep. this one, however, is what gives off a warm comfort of home. ]

Enjoying yourself?

Jericho Jones | The Diviners

[ironcoffin]

Haruka Tenoh | Sailor Moon

[actsmagnificent]

[ Of course she's suited up. Perish the thought. ]

Edward Nygma | DCU [Preboot]

[questionslinger]

Viktor Holston | OC

[giantsofty]

Basic Info!

[He may be wearing a suit, but all the buttons have popped clean off everything above the waist and he has no shoes.

After the 'Hi, have you met Viktor?' he spends a moment staring before lifting one of his hands and delicately waving the fingers. Hello, stranger.]

[rapscalliongirl]

[ Well this is a surprise.

She went to the bar with Muron, but then the topic of Rohroh came up and Muron called him, and they got into a fight. So that resulted in a furious red-head storming off to strangle another red-head. Which meant that this red-head was left all alone with her beer.

She had been people-watching since, twirling the end of one of her pony-tails around a finger.

And then two guys showed up and she was introduced to one of them.

For such a tall guy, he seems oddly shy, maybe, somehow. For a short moment, she stares right back, then she grins cheerfully. ]

Wow, you're so tall! I know loads of tall people but you're really tall!

[ But then she's sort of short, so most people are tall to her. But he's a fucking meter taller than her, that's so cool. ]

[giantsofty]

[One might imagine that someone of Viktor's height would get tired of getting comments about it. One would imagine wrongly. He was, after all, the shortest member of his tribe and had been teased for being a runt since childhood. Not maliciously, but it did still give him some joy to have it pointed out.

He smile was extremely small, but nevertheless very earnest.]

It is quite common for Giants to be tall, Miss, even if they are only one on their mother's side.

[His smile weakens after only a few seconds, but only with his lips. He doesn't seem any less happy... He just doesn't smile much.]

[rapscalliongirl]

[ Giants, huh? "on their mother's side" would mean that this guy's half blood? That's fine, the captain is half-blood Fanalis, after all. So there are half-giants too, huh. How interesting.

But because she has more than perfect eyesight, she catches that little smile, and if possible, her grin gets even wider. ]

Aw man, you have a really cute smile! [ She did listen though, really. ] Really? I mean, really? [ Eloquent. ] I mean, you don't see really tall people walk around every day, and you're tall! [ She is the most eloquent and the best with words, isn't she. ] I'm Razol.

[giantsofty]

Hurh-? [That would be the sound Viktor makes when shifting mental gear into embarrassment. The cuteness of his smile has been remarked upon in the past, and always with some bashfulness, but so early and suddenly only amplifies it. His skin switches from matching his hair to matching hers, glowing red.]

Ah, thank you very much, Miss Razol. Viktor Holsten of Greenland Tribe and the Gandamak Family.

[Trying to catch his bearings, a bit difficult because he is also noticing that his conversational partner is particularly adorable too, he lowered himself down onto one knee, to save her craning her neck. He's very considerate like that.] My apologies for the rude introduction of my, ah, friend. I'm a little out of my element here.

[rapscalliongirl]

[ She covers a giggle with her hand, because he doesn't stop getting cuter, which is sweet. ]

You don't have to be so formal.

[ She is surprised when he suddenly kneeling, and that's very nice of him. But she's used to looking up, it doesn't bother her or strain her neck at all.

She pulls out a chair, and pats it. ] You can sit on one of these you know. Much more comfortable than the floor. [ He really doesn't need to stay on the floor. ] Never go to bars, then?

[giantsofty]

[That small smile of his fades in and out at her little giggle, closing his eyes and lightly shaking his head, tucking some of his incredibly long hair behind his ear. With him kneeling, the ends form a shallow pool on the floor, but he waves a hand lightly to imply he's fine where he is. Regular people chairs are hard to sit on and he'd still be too high for her, in his opinion.]

No, this is only the third time I've ever been to a bar. I've not avoided it on purpose, you understand. I've just not... Had the urge, I suppose. [He shrugs lightly.] I hear it's a common question, but, 'do you come here often?'

[burning_love]

Stiles Stilinksi | Teen Wolf

[ambisinister]

[flowerbucho]

[Yukimura had kept a bit to himself at the party when someone suddenly came up to him, directed him to another person with the question if he had met Stiles yet and then disappeared in the sea of people. Yukimura looked after the stranger with a confused look and then at Stiles still as confused.]

A friend of yours?

Lois Lane || Smallville || OTA

[mystoryidontshare]

Balto

[maybeawolfcan]

[This sorta scruffy-looking college guy looks awfully strange in a suit, but maybe that awkwardness is actually quite endearing...]

[sweetenmytea]

[Josh was hanging around the campus where some students were just chilling in the lounge area. Drake pretended to be guiding Josh to a spot to study and then presents him to Balto with a simple, "Oh Hey, Balto, have you met Josh?" then promptly leaves, with Josh looking confused. Then realized, oh my gawd, he just set him up with a random cute guy. DANG NABBIT DRAKE. He stood there stuttering.]

I-Um heh Hi-Heh heh, oh that Drake, such a scallywag.

[Whom I'm gunna kill later...]

[maybeawolfcan]

Huh? O-oh, u-uh...h-h-hi.

[Balto tries to smile a bit after all his own stuttering.]

Uh...I'm Balto.

[He tries not to shy back, he really does, but...there a bit of a blush creeping over his cheeks, and he's already stepped away from Josh.]

[sweetenmytea]

[Josh gave a shy smile and chuckle back as he rubbed the back of his neck.]

Heh, It's a, nice to meet you Balto? Do you uh go here?

I mean-Not that I-Of course you probably do I'm just wondering-UM-Uh, sorry. No wait-I-[Mutters to self] I am so awkward...

[maybeawolfcan]

Y-yeah. I'm a sophomore, and I'm on the track team. What about you, Josh?

[How did this start again? How did that guy even know his name?]

[sweetenmytea]

Are you? That's pretty cool! I'm actually studying to be an engineer, I'm also in the Science club.

Oh Freshman, by the way. Just got all packed into the dorms with my brother-Drake, guessin' you know him already?

[maybeawolfcan]

No, not really...

[Balto looks over in Drake's direction, tilting his head and eying him with some suspicion.]

Maybe he just heard of me from someone on the team or something.

[sweetenmytea]

[Gives a sigh.]

Well doesn't surprise me. Even as a freshman he'd become popular and know everyone.

He's kinda a social butterfly like that.

[maybeawolfcan]

Heh, one of those types? How do you know him, anyway?

[sweetenmytea]

Oh well, actually we're brothers.

Step-Brothers technically, my dad married his mom when we were kids. And we kinda bonded, pretty much opposites, but you know it ain't so bad when you learn that just cause you're different from someone, doesn't mean you don't care about the other.

[maybeawolfcan]

That so? Kinda sounds like me and Boris.

[sweetenmytea]

Oh? Who's Boris?

[maybeawolfcan]

My old man...well, sort of. It's a long story.

[sweetenmytea]

Oh right, heh, hey no problem.

So hey, you wanna go sit down somewhere? I can get us both some drinks or something from the vending machine. Got plenty of change~!

[maybeawolfcan]

Yeah, sure! If uh...you're okay with that.

[sweetenmytea]

No prob with me, any soda in particular ya like?

[maybeawolfcan]

Anything, really. I don't drink it much.

[sweetenmytea]

Alrighty!

[Josh came over to the Vending machine and got two Sprites for them. Handing one over to Balto he indicated with a nod for them to go sit on one of the available couches that had less people around.]

That looks like a good spot I think. So you're track you said? Won any medals or anythin'?

[maybeawolfcan]

[Balto takes a second to stretch before he sits down, then pops the top of his can.]

Nah, I haven't been on the team that long.

[sweetenmytea]

[Josh nodded as he tried to pop his own.]

Ah well that's alright.

Some things take-TIME-!!

[ANNNND is sprayed in the face with soda. He gave the most annoyed look down at the can. Why do you always do this soda?]

[maybeawolfcan]

[Without a thought Balto moves back out of range of the spray, then stands up, trying not to laugh.]

Lemme go get you some paper towels. I'll be back in a sec.

[True to his word, it only takes Balto a few seconds to return and hand them to Josh.]

[sweetenmytea]

[Josh gave out a sigh.]

I got the worse luck with these kinda things.

[Looking back as Balto came back with a towel. Josh gave a smile to him as he accepted it.]

Oh thanks!

[Cleans up the soda from his face and shirt.]

You shoulda seen me, one time I was working in the Movie Theater. The Soda machine decided to act like literal fountain when it broke. My manager made me clean up the WHOLE thing. You would believe how many time I slipped and fell.

[maybeawolfcan]

[Balto lets himself laugh this time.]

Good thing this isn't that bad, huh?