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[miss-floral-thief]

Hm there’s

Some “serums”

But was loookgnfor watermelon mask

[ladyramora]

The Matchmaker 2

Submitted by @lolzwaitwhat

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Ramora glided past groups of men and women alike, wearing a blue and black dress that showed she was helping with the Valentoine Celebration... 

And a lot of leg, which she did not mind at all.

Nor did she mind the stares of the people who she passed. The dress did look amazing on her. It went well with her skin tone, her hair and she'd found some lovely little accessories that looked great with it. Along with a pair of stockings with little black hearts going up to her mid thigh and then leaving plenty to any wandering eye or vivid imagination.

But as much as she'd love to flirt and hopefully find a Valentoine to spend the rest of the holiday with, she was on a different kind of mission tonight... that could wait until later.

She walked to the back of one of the food stands where Lolz was working, wearing a dress just like hers, only hers was red and black with a pink frilly apron covered in hearts and flour, "How is everything going here?" she asked.

"Fan-bloody-tastic!" Lolz said, clearly stressed as she unknowingly coated her cheek with flour while trying to push a stray strand of pink hair out of her face, "I should've just listened to Lisette and just stuck with the regular sweets, but NO I just HAD to insist on making donuts with all sorts of fillings now didn't I?!" She ranted as she filled a pastry bag with what looked like custard, "I don't know why you didn't just slap your hand over my mouth like you did last year-!"

"Because we both need to work here to give the other Scions a reason to come, remember?" She reminded her.

Lolz froze for a moment, then gave her a sheepish look, "Sorry, it's just been a mad dash to keep everyone fed, I almost forgot the plan..."

Ramora smiled and gently patted her clean cheek, "Don't worry about it, Lolzy, I've seen the lines and I already told Astrid and Lisette that they should get a team to make these next year instead of having you taking most of this on yourself."

"Thank you." She sighed, then handed her a donut carefully wrapped in paper, "Cream filled, just in case you want to give someone a message for later." 

"Aw, Lolzy," Ramora cooed as she took the gift, "How thoughtful! I'll definitely enjoy it, one way or another."

Lolz giggled and then began filling the heart shaped pastries, "So, did you get Tataru and Wedge into the maze?" She asked.

"Not yet. Tataru wanted to look around a bit, so I insisted she take Wedge with her." Ramora reported as she took a bite.

"And she actually did it?" Lolz asked, surprised.

"I told her you had helped Astrid with the snack selection this year and there is a discount for couples, we both know Tataru cannot resist a good deal and you both do love your sweets." Ramora said, then smirked, "Perhaps it's a Lalafell thing?"

Lolx scowled and held up her pastry bag, "One more word, Rammy and I'm covering you in cream."

"Wouldn't be my first time." She purred back.

Lolz continued to glare at her before sighing in defeat and continuing her work, "Fine, I'll admit it, you're probably right about that. My brothers and sister and my whole Mum's side of the family all love sweets too..."

"So if the maze won't work, we'll make covering him in honey plan B." Ramora joked.

"Ha! No," She said seriously, then put on a thoughtful expression, "But maybe I could spill some caramel on him... Which reminds me, I should make some more once I'm done with these..."

"Lolz. Focus." Ramora said sternly, "They should be by here any min-" 

"Ramora! Lolz!" Tataru called, holding a red faced Wedge's hand, "I finally found you two!" she said as she made her way towards them.

"I'm going to guess by the looks on your faces that you both have been enjoying the festival?" Ramora asked.

"It's so much fun!" Wedge blurted, "The booths have interesting games and prizes and the food is fantastic!" He then looked to Lolz, "Ramora said you had a hand in that this year."

"Yes well, I'm hoping that I'm less hands on next year." She said, then carefully wrapped two freshly filled donuts, "Here, on me."

"Oh, we couldn't..." Tataru said, although both hers and Wedge's eyes were locked onto the sweets.

"Please do." Lolz pleaded, "The less sweets that make their way to the front of the booth, the faster they'll have someone cover me for a while to have a break." 

"Well, if you insist!" Wedge said excitedly as the two happily dug in. Lolz reached into a pocket of her apron, only for Ramora to instead pull a few coins from a small pouch she had on her garterbelt and handed them over to her instead.

Lolz looked at the coins, then down where the coins seemed to have come from, then looked Ramora right in the eye, "I'm going to wash my hands again." She said, dropping the money off at the register before going towards a small sink to wash up.

"These are great!" Tataru said, a small bit of cream on her cheek.

Ramora took another bite of her donut and moaned a little, getting both Lalafell's attention, "Sorry." She said after she swallowed, covering her mouth with the tips of her fingers. Tataru seemed to just write it off as Ramora being herself, but the Duskwright caught Wedge's eye and quickly pointed down at Tataru, the cream from her donut, then tapped at her cheek.

Wedge quickly got the hint and saw the cream on Tataru's cheek and quickly pulled out a (thankfully clean) handkerchief, "Tataru, you have some cream on your cheek." He said, "Here." He held the cloth out in offering.

"Oh, thank you, Wedge!" she said, a little embarrassed as she accepted it from him and carefully wiped at her cheek. He glanced up at Ramora, beaming. Last time he'd offered his handkerchief to Tataru, it'd been covered in oil and rust, he'd probably had to strain himself not to use the clean one Ramora had picked out for him for tonight.

Ramora gave him a broad smile of approval before he took another bite of his donut, getting cream on his cheek too.

"Goodness!" Tataru chuckled, "We should've asked Lolz for some napkins!" she then wiped at the cream on his cheek and Wedge's face went crimson.

"So." Ramora said, realizing that if she didn't do something soon, Wedge would faint before he'd have a chance to go to the maze with Tataru, "Have you two gone to the maze yet? It's the most popular attraction!"

"Not yet, we've been having plenty of fun at the booths, but we've been hearing lots of fun things about it."

"It really is fun." Ramora assured her, "I've done it several times and Astrid really outdid herself this year with this one!"

"Indeed she did!" Another voice called out from behind them, the group turned to see Lisette, looking quite pleased to see them enjoying themselves with Biggs right behind her, looking a bit uncomfortable, "Although Ramora and Lolz helping with the advertising and the menu did go a long way into helping with that." she said.

"Of course we would help!" Ramora said, "This is one of Lolzy and my favorite holidays!"

Lolz returned from washing her hands and called out for someone to take the now finished donuts to the front. One of the younger ones quickly took the completed products from her and she began pouring sugar into a pot.

"What about you Lolz?" Wedge asked, "Have you gone into the maze yet?"

"Huh?" She said, snapping herself out of cooking mode and suddenly looked a bit uncomfortable with Lisette's laser focused gaze on her, "Oh, no. I-I haven't seen what she's done with the maze this year yet."

"Oh?" Lisette asked, her tone light, but Ramora knew that the huntress had caught the scent of a single person in the waters and Gods help them, she now had Lolz in her sight.

"I've been meaning to," Lolz insisted, "I've just been so busy helping with the snacks and I promised Astrid I'd make sure the food was perfect... you know how much she wants to prove she can handle this on her own so you and your beloved can spend this holiday together enjoying yourselves instead of working. I just want to make sure that this stall was one thing she didn't have to worry about..." 

Lisette's expression softened a bit, "That's very kind of you, but neither Astrid nor I would want you to overwork yourself."

"I'm fine." She fibbed nervously, "What would make you think I was overworking myself?"

Ramora did her best not to wince at that comment. she and Lolz had been here since mid-morning and she knew for a fact that her pink haired friend had not once taken a break in that entire time, despite her warnings to go into the maze before Lisette started prowling around for single people to partner up.

Lolz was royally screwed.

Lisette slipped into the booth and quickly removed the apron from Lolz's body and strapped it to her own, quickly pulling a small coin purse from one of the pockets and handing it to her, "You've been here since the morning, as much as we appreciate your help, I think you've done enough for the day."

"B-but I promised Astrid-!" Lolz tried.

"Astrid would want you to enjoy yourself today." She said sweetly, "I'll take over for you."

Lolz clearly wanted to protest, but Ramora could see she was struggling to think of a reason. Lisette was a terrifying woman when it came to single people at her festival and while Ramora could find a partner with a snap of her finger and was therefore not one Lisette would play matchmaker with, but Lolz was unfortunately fair game in that regard and both Warriors of Light and the head of this festival knew it.

"You should come with us to the maze, Lolz!" Tataru offered, clearly feeling bad for her being singled out by Lisette.

"Oh, yes!" Wedge said, "You can partner up with Biggs! I heard him talking about wanting to try it earlier today!"

Biggs blushed and looked away and muttered something about Jessie not shutting up about it and wanting to see what all the fuss was about.

"Well then, it's settled!" Lisette said with a clap of her hands, "Ramora, why don't you show them the way to the entrance?" 

Ramora, knowing that she had no way to stop this from happening now, smiled and motioned for the others to follow her.

Astrid had been happy to see them and led Tataru and Wedge towards the entrance of the maze first, leaving the three of them alone.

Ramora turned to Lolz and Biggs, who both looked guilty and uncomfortable.

"I'm a little disappointed in you, Lolzy, you can make better excuses than that." Ramora sighed.

"That woman scares me, alright?" Lolz blurted, shaking a bit.

"You've helped kill False Gods." Ramora argued.

"Yes, so when I say someone scares me, then they're bloody terrifying!" Lolz exclaimed.

"I'm with Lolz on this one." Biggs piped up, "That woman could make an Eikon tremble in a puddle of their own piss."

Ramora sighed, as much as she wanted to be upset, she had planned on tricking them into going into the maze after Wedge and Tataru under the guise of having them keep an eye on those two and, if either Lalafell asked, they could say Lolz was due for a break and Biggs wanted to try it so they decided to go together. So this is technically what she wanted to happen...

But then Lisette had to matchmake snipe her and now instead of Lolz and Biggs going in feeling cheerful and excited at the idea of watching out for their friends potential romance, they were now both shaking in their boots at the thought of Lisette coming back to force them to enjoy the season of love if they weren't a gooey couple by the time they got out of the maze.

"I suppose that's true, she is certainly a force to be reckoned with." she conceded, then said, "You two have fun then, I'll see if I can distract her from asking you two to get your fortunes taken."

"The bloody hell does that mean?" Biggs asked.

"Love Fortunes." Lolz squeaked.

Biggs stiffened, "That's a thing?!" he blurted.

Lolz nodded in confirmation and his face went red.

"Alright, next couple please!" Astrid said excitedly.

Lolz and Biggs exchanged looks, silently resigning to the fact that they couldn't back out now and then stepped forwards, Astrid happily showing them to the entrance and oblivious to the anxiety of the two behind her.

Ramora waited until they were safely in the maze before making her way back to the donut booth.

She and Lisette were going to have a little chat about butting into other people's matchmaking schemes!

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I can't be the only one who thinks Lisette hunts for single people like a shark hunts for wounded seals and pounces at the chance to matchmake. Single WoLs beware, she gonna get you a honey wether you like it or not!

[nrok]

The trial for a man is when he is successful. I hope I pass this trial or rather I don’t face it .... but that does not mean that I don’t want to be successful! Lolx, hope I do not forget the people who are there for me when I was face down on the mud and dirt.

The trial for a woman is when her man is not successful. Well when one thing can lead to the other ... like depression and he will become a total useless idiots... but is that good enough to leave ?

Perhaps “for every successful men is a successful woman” fitsin both criteria I mention...

Sound simple huh?

But in life nothing is, you got to work on it, you got to keep reminding, keep communicating and don’t keep to yourself anything. Share the burden cos it’s not yours to keep.

I need to remind myself that in any relationship, family, lover, gf or wife. Remember not to take on all of the burden to yourself. Remember that you do not have all the absolute answer. Remember that you can not control any one. Remember that the result is beyond your estimation. What you can do is do your part and play as team player. Stop trying to fix people, start fixing yourself !!!!

Nothing is 50 50, nothing is a yes or a not, we are humans.

So understand this

I hope people stop introducing me prospects. I had enough, yes mommy I am waiting for an angel to save me, so if god force me an angle then i consider else I won’t accept any other prospect other then that !