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The Soulmate Meme

A soulmate (or soul mate) is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, sex, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility.
In our world, the concept of soulmates is quaint, but frankly antiquidated. But somewhere out there, in the vast cosmos, there is a world that still values this tradition. No, not just values. Society is practically built around it. After all, they've found the powers of the soulmates. When they're together, both halves of the whole can find a peace that is desired by all; not only that, either, but also the two can unlock the. Everyone is believed to have a soulmate, and those who have yet to find there's a sense of emptiness that cannot be filled by other distractions. There are few limits on who can be destined for each other. The fates have often chosen people completely opposite of each other, some even on opposing sides or factions. Attraction between soulmates is instantaneous upon the first meeting, though relationship styles can very. It's almost always romantic, but sometimes not sexual, despite that usually being the case. Some even say that procreation can only be done by soulmates, but that's only a rumor and highly untested. Yet this bond is not always sunlight and rainbows. You'll practically feel each other emotions

The problem, of course, comes in finding one (if you even want to at all, as some rebel against the system as much as they can). How many people are out there, and what's the probability of finding them in a lifetime? What if they're not in the same country or even the same planet! There's also the dilemma of having only one soulmate. Though people can have plenty of lovers, those in this world can only find true satisfaction from their other half.

It's a twisted and difficult web, and sometimes unmatched people can face prejudice from those around them and the established order, but finding that one special person is said to trump all of that.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Comment with your character
2. Reply around, using whatever option you want OR the RNG.
3. Play out some threads. Be soulmates, friends, other lovers, etc.

Prompts

1. First Meeting: You'll feel the spark almost on first sight. Yes, he's not your type. No, she's is a villain and your a hero. It doesn't matter. You can't chose these things.
2. Not Accepting: No, this person can't be it! They're so...so not what you've expected!
3. We Belong Together: You've decided to come together, like it's intended, and you're reaping the benefits.
4. Like Ships in the Night: The obligatory sex option. The two of you are cementing your bond in the most traditional of ways, and you'll soon learn that sex with others can't compare to sex with someone who's completely yours.
5. Stronger as Two: In battle or in life, the two of you combined are unstoppable.
6. There's Someone Else You've met your soulmate...but you're with someone else. Now that you know your other half is out there for sure, can you keep that up?
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart: Someone is hurting one half of the pair, and it's bringing pain to both of you. Maybe you can protect or save the other.
8. Not Fortune's Fool: You're flying solo. You have no intention of becoming a matched pair. Forget about what anybody else says, just focus on you.
9. Soulmates Never Die: Except when they do. Somehow, yours has passed on or is dying in your arms, leaving you alone in the world. How do you feel?
10. WILDCARD: Choose your own.

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[ open to anything , even Aria. Though Samara is a hard one to catch~ ]

[ ooc : would you mind some cross-canon? ]

[no problem!]

[ ooc : cool! got any preferences or should I just pick anything and run with it? ]

[Anything works! I can roll with it]

Arthur is the kind of person that scoffs at concepts like "soulmates" and "love at first sight". He considers himself a realist at heart, often playing the role of the cynic in order to keep things on a more logical plain (and working in dreamsharing, that's not a trait to be snuffed at).

He is suspicious of most people, often keeping his distance and questioning their motives and beliefs, and all for good reason (he feels). Although, being the kind of person known for collecting information, wanting to get all the details right on a job, probably has something to do with it, too.

At the moment, he's demonstrating that ability as he tails his most recent mark in order to get down his schedule, noting the patterns and also any changes that occur from day to day so their forger can follow them and observe them further. Right now, Arthur was simply collecting information for the team, dressed in his more casual clothes and blending in with all the other people out and about.

Or so he thought.

He didn't know their Mark was actually being watched by IMF. Nothing like that had shown up in any of the research he had done before getting to this stage in his routine.

Edited 2012-11-13 09:10 (UTC)

[Brandt wasn't stupid. There was being tailed and there was being tailed by something he can't put his finger on. He crunched the data in his mind as he picked up his cup of coffee, looking down at his phone, turning it over. He could call the team. But what would that prove?]

Picking up his own cup of coffee at his table, just a few tables away from his Mark, Arthur could feel himself getting distracted. Something practically humming at the back of his mind and he wasn't sure what it was.

Risking a glance around the room once again after setting his cup back down, eyeing the front entrance first, he couldn't tell what this feeling was. It wasn't like his hunches or feeling like he was being watched. Not exactly. It didn't feel... familiar.