Jalisa is still very happy from her date with Angus when she meets up with Esteban. He is in a confident mood. He accepts her embrace…and she notices that his costume smells fresh and clean. It seems as if he made an effort to get ready for their date.
Voidcritter: Happy Love Day!
Yeti: Happy Love Day to you, too!
They enter the building and go straight to the bar for happy hour.
Voidcritter: So, what do you want to drink?
Yeti: Lady’s choice…
Voidcritter: Okay…*to the bartender* Two Salty Llamas, please!
Yeti: Hmm, a Salty Llama?
Voidcritter: Wrong choice?
Yeti: No, I don’t think there is a wrong choice.
Jalisa and Yeti talk for a while as they wait for their drinks. Yeti even laughs at some of Jalisa’s jokes this time.
Voidcritter: So, do you sing at all?
Yeti: Nope, but if that’s what you want to do…
Voidcritter: We can’t come to a karaoke bar and not sing, can we?
Yeti: I can…but what the heck – if you’re willing, I’m willing.
Esteban finishes up his drink before he and Jalisa step over to the stage.
Voidcritter: Okay…what genre are you feeling?
Yeti: The ‘go sit back down’ genre.
Voidcritter: *laughs* Let’s try pop…
Yeti: As in ‘pop’ some eardrums.
Jalisa chooses the song, and she and Yeti do their best…which is flat out awful but doesn’t fail to be entertaining.
After their performance…
Voidcritter: That was interesting.
Yeti: Yeah…well, you can’t say I didn’t warn you. You have a nice voice, though.
Voidcritter: Thanks for putting yourself out there for me.
Yeti: You’re the only person I’d do this for.
Voidcritter: Now that we’ve got that out the way…how about we just sit and talk?
Yeti: That’s what I’ve been looking forward to. A chance to spend some time with you.
Voidcritter: That’s sweet of you to say.
Jalisa and Esteban sit down.
Yeti: I mean it. I thought I was gone during that last elimination.
Voidcritter: Well, I’m glad you’re not.
Yeti: You know what’s great about dating in a costume that’s as ugly as this?
Voidcritter: What?
Yeti: No matter what I look like underneath…it can’t possibly be as bad as this.
Voidcritter: *chuckles* I guess that’s true for all of us, right?
Yeti: There’s no way I could ever picture you being bad looking.
Voidcritter: We’ll know soon enough, won’t we?
Yeti: I look forward to seeing you for the first time. It’ll be the highlight of my life.
The date ends with Esteban feeling energized and Jalisa feeling happy. Their relationship is elevated to lovebirds.
(The Voidcritter) Love day has been awesome. The more I get to know Angus, the more I like him. He’s a genuine sweetheart, and he doesn’t try too hard. He’s true to himself, and that’s something I can see myself falling for. And Esteban…I don’t know what changed, but he was engaging, and he actually laughed at all of my jokes and silly stories. It was refreshing and fun.
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