VALENTINE'S DAY EVENT - BLIND DATING [OPEN]

[tarotcards]

WHO: Anyone and everyone! Even those who didn't sign up for the event!
WHERE: Anywhere in Recolle
WHEN: Valentine’s Day - Feb 14
WHAT: The log for the blind dates event! Awkward dates and disasters within.
WARNINGS: None!

It’s finally the fated day: Valentine’s.

Some of Recolle’s citizens might be going out, spending the day with their loved ones, while others might be sitting in bars, crying into their drinks. For a number of “lucky” ones, they might have gotten dragged into a blind date!

The Narukami twins have done their jobs. All the matches have been released. Partners have been assigned. Messages have been sent out. Now all that needs to happen are the actual dates. So, run free, everyone. The entire city is there to be their playground. They can go on their own respective dates, join up with other couples, spy on others, sabotage some, anything is fair game. After all, it’s not really fun if someone’s not crashing on another person’s party, right?

( ooc: As promised in the OOC sign-up post, here is the IC post for all the blind dates and related events to occur. This is an open mingle post, so multiple threads can happen anywhere and everywhere. Indicate if the thread is closed if you’d like to keep it private, however! Feel free to use the post as a general mingle as well. Anything is free game here! For any questions, please direct them over here and we’ll try to get back to you ASAP. Have fun! )

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CUPID'S (?) TABLE

[covenantal]

[ Thanks to an uneven number of matches, it turns out that Yu will be manning this table alone. He’s all set up in Recolle Square with a table decorated obnoxiously with pink, doilies, paper hearts, and even balloons. It’s quite a spectacle. As promised by their network post (and after talking Souji down on the matter more than once), Yu is dressed appropriately for the holiday, wings and little bow and all.

On the table, in addition to all the garish decorations, there’s cupcakes, candy, and a little sign that says "Cupid’s Booth Is OPEN."

Well. Whatever that means, feel free to come talk to him! He’ll be providing sage advice, goodies, or suggestions on where to take your date.

Approach, and he’ll politely bow his head and say: ]

We hope you and your lover are enjoying the event today.

[ ooc; Souji will be popping up in some threads! So perhaps be prepared for threadjacking. ]

[boomboombitch]

[What do cupids fear?

Katsuki hopes it's him. Stomping over. He feels like there should be explosions as he makes is way over.]

Hey. Assros. What the fuck is this?

[He shoves his phone with the message that was left in his inbox into Yu's face]

Why the fuck was I signed up?

[complementing]

[Hello Yu, here comes your senpai flouncing up to the booth in a heart themed nurse outfit.] Hi Yu-kun! Working hard? [She shrugs off the canvas bag from her shoulder and plunks a giant thermos down in front of him, as well as two packs of hand warmers.] For you and Souji-kun, so you don't freeze to death. [Never mind that she looks like she might too, with that skirt.] Wait-- where is Souji-kun?

[true_noir]

[So, this was the booth, was it? Chloe had seen the message but been busy enough not to message them. She decided, though, when she had a few minutes between work, face-time, Minako's event and her 'date,' to stop by. It was already a busy day as it stood, but she wanted to ... thank them.

Slipping up, she gave a rueful smirk over at Yu.]

So... you are the one responsible, no?

DANTE & EVIE

[darkinferno]

[In spite of his attitude, Dante's actually pretty reliable when it comes to showing up on time. While maybe sauntering in three or four minutes late would suit the persona he's been cultivating better, years of scheduled life has ingrained certain habits in him, one of which being if you're looking to make a good impression, don't be late.

So he's waiting for Evie in the square just prior to 5:00, dressed for the occasion and his hair pulled back in a low ponytail--after all, even if he hadn't signed up for this sham of a matchmaking quest, he couldn't leave a lady stood up on Valentine's Day, right?

While he waits for someone resembling her profile picture to enter the square, he's checking up on the Retrospec network on his phone. He's still not sure what he thinks about all this hallucination/memory business... but there's no denying it's certainly making things interesting.

Ah. Dante slips his phone back into his pocket when he sees her, pushing off from the building he's been leaning against to head in Evie's direction.]

Let me guess--Evie? I'm Dante. What restaurant did you pick out for our date tonight?

[Two can play at this "take the lead" game!]

[intrepidsister]

[Originally she wondered if she ought to arrive an hour early, then maybe thirty minutes early, and finally decided five minutes would be just enough. Or it would be for most people. Then again if she arrived that early she'd spend most of her time looking about or on her phone, giving the impression that she had been stood up, not that she was incredibly prepared.

So, she arrives only slightly early, expecting she'll have to wait some time for her date to arrive. When he approaches her, she's slightly surprised, though she only offers him a curt smile. She's dressed mostly in black: leather jacket, boots, pants, and finally a sort of splash of color with her burgundy blouse.]

Al Mare. It's Italian and about a five minute walk from here. It's a pleasure to meet you, by the way, even if the circumstances are rather absurd.

ARDYN & SAKUYA

[daemonized]

[It’s a earlier in the day, out when the sun is still shining high overhead. Ardyn’s already at Recolle Square, adjusting the brim of his hat as he leafs through the little booklet of (quite hilarious) pick-up lines that his nephews had been so kind to prepare for everyone.

He waits patiently for his “date” to arrive, only lifting his gaze when someone purposefully draws near, his attention taken by the sound of footsteps on the pavement. His greeting isn’t the usual hello, how are you this lovely day, but he instead takes advantage of one the terrible lines in his new book.]

“Feel my shirt. Do you know what it’s made of? Boyfriend material.”

[it’s so bad it’s good i’m sorry Sakuya this is the man you’re stuck with today??

But, you know, at least Ardyn has made an effort. He’s dressed a little sharper than usual (which is saying a lot, since he usually kind of dresses like a hipster hobo) with his usually free-flowing hair kept tied back neatly today. Even if it’s not a serious date, one must make a small effort, after all.]

[blooming_resonance]

[She would like to think she showed up early, but she sees him in the distance, and double-checks her watch. Well, look at that, she was beaten. She'll concede this victory for the moment.

Except, he's not looking at her. He seems to be holding a booklet in his hand, and then...

Good god, Ardyn. It's so bad it's funny, at least, and she laughs so hard she actually has to compose herself and center after a moment. If nothing else, she has a good sense of humor.

She's mostly casual - nice blouse, nice pair of jeans since they said something about riding chocobos, slightly more comfortable shoes. She knows what he looks like from his profile pictures, but the cleanup isn't quite as dramatic since she barely knows what he looks like normally.

So... laughing it is, instead.

She's holding a tray, though, with two paper cups full of hot liquid that she motions toward the booth with. She promised to bring hot chocolate for the twins, and she has it.]

So what is 'boyfriend' material? Cotton? Light and flexible, multi-utility... but bad for protection and not very warm? [Apparently she does have a little bit of reverse-humor, too, and she smirks as she walks toward the booth.]

[tarotcards]

[ So. Souji might be wearing his Cupid's outfit and he might not be having his date just yet, so he might also be hiding behind a tree and watching Ardyn and Sakuya with the pair of binoculars he borrowed. You know, just in case he might have to help and give input, like now. ]

[ Hope Ardyn put his phone on vibrate or silent. ]

I hope you used the boyfriend material line. That's a good one. If you flip to page eight, the second one is also good.

[ "Are you Google? Because you have everything that I'm searching for"... ]

RYOGA AND VELLA

[momentaryspring]

Ryoga didn't have much faith in his being able to come up with amazing original date ideas, and so he'd picked the most innocuous-seeming itinerary possible: a feature film.

Which meant that he'd made plans a week in advance to arrive at the theater at 2:00. He pushed his weary way through the double doors and looked up at the marquee. "Spaceship Troopers", "Mssr. Mysterio", "A Dog's Life"? Well, hopefully there'd be something here that they could both agree on.

[beastenderblood]

Vella has not been on a date since... well, ever, actually. And it also happened to be with a boy she had previously called a "dumbass". So she's already approaching it at a bit of a disadvantage.

But Vella wasn't one to leave anyone hanging or a challenge. So she's at the theater in a flowery pink dress, with a little box of cupcakes in her hands. They were leftovers from the shop's Valentines Day sale, but she did technically make them. So that'll hopefully go over well.

"Uh, hi. Again. You." Great start so far.

Peridot & Chloe

[true_noir]

Chloe had made her appearance over at Minako's baking party and arrived with a small box of truffles to the restaurant. She was in a nice, simple black dress and black hose, nothing too fancy but at least pleasant looking. She had actually called her girlfriend already. A six hour time difference was a significant thing, after all, so she'd called her right after work and face-timed for an hour or so. It had put her in a much better mood, especially since the delivery had arrived on time.

So, despite still being really nervous about this, unsure if Peridot could be sane for the duration of this, she decided to make good on whoever had signed her up and not kick their fannies for this. Besides, maybe a kaiju film would be fun? For now, though, she was just inside the restaurant door, a pink rose instead of a red one in her hands along with the box of truffles, looking around for the blonde nutjob she was certain would blow herself to kingdom come at some point.

[gemgineer]

Hopefully Chloe isn't too close to the door , because a few minutes later, Peridot positively throws it open, looking out of breath like she'd ran all the way - because, as it so happened, she had. For all the times her scooter to blow a tire...

She spots Chloe nearly immediately, and straightens like a rod. She hadn't had any idea what to expect from their date. Chloe was nice enough, but since when was Peridot interested in nice people? What if she wanted to go to an art museum or the opera? What about the advice Jade had given her? What if Peridot is too charming?

Slowly, like she's pedaling a bike in her brain, she looks over at Chloe and squeaks, "Hi!" Before reaching into her jeans pocket for a folded up piece of paper. Yes, jeans, but at least she managed to put on a button-up blouse as well.

"Um...this is for you?" Thoughtful gifts are a part of a date, right? So she holds out the piece of paper. "It's a picture of us overtaking the world!"

Augustine & May

[megabond]

[It's that time again, where love is in the air. Thankfully for him, he joined the blind dating event that was organized by the twins he met on Retrospec and right now, he's in the Recolle Square wearing a semi-fancy outfit as he waits for his blind date partner to arrive.

According to the text message from the twins yesterday, he was paired up with a woman named "May" and judging by the profile picture of her Retrospec profile, he noticed that she might be a little tomboyish and an energetic girl.

Regardless of her attire, though, he can't wait to meet her in person. But the question is where is she right now?]

sorry if this is late!

[me_matey]

-Tomboyish was probably the most generous way of putting it. The fact that she was wearing worn jeans with holes at the knees and a throwback baseball jersey, and a ragged looking leather jacket on top of that, probably spoke volumes about how she tended to prepare for "nights out". At least she sore her hair down, but the worn out, faded orange beanie wasn't doing her many favors.

Though not that he'd notice any of that at first. May purposefully made sure to spot him out of the crowd before she approached, and did so from behind, hoping to get the jump on the guy. Because why not? What better way to start a blind date than with a little excitement? She could have lifted his wallet, too, but he needed that to pay for said date, so she'd leave it be... For now.

Two hands clasped his shoulders from behind, a loud shout accompanying them.-

'SUP, ROMEO! -You only got one chance at a first impression, they say. May decided this would be hers, smiling bright for when he turned around.-

chuuya & yuuri

[doublesmall]

[As promised, Chuuya's waiting outside the restaurant by 6:30, a bottle of champagne tucked into the crook of one arm as he pokes idly at his phone with his free hand. Maybe getting a good spot with as little notice as he had was a bit of a rush job, but the important thing is that he's managed; the fact that it's run by friends of the family helps, as well as it being connected to the bar he runs.

Honestly, he's probably picking up a couple shifts later this week in exchange for the reservation, but like hell he's going to tell Yuuri that. It'll be less embarrassing to just-- pretend he has connections.

He's keeping an eye out for anyone who looks like the guy's profile photo, maybe looks a little lost-- and when he spots someone he's pretty sure is the right person, he tucks his phone away and shifts from where he's been leaning against the wall to approach, a little grin on his face.]

So, you must be Mr. Katsuki, right? Hope you didn't have any trouble finding the place.

[katsudonfatale]

[ Yuuri seems pleasantly surprised when Chuuya approaches him. He'd been glancing around, looking for him, but he wasn't 100% sure if he had the right person. This made things easier. ]

Oh, yes, hello! [ He bows slightly. ] The map was very helpful.

I hope I didn't make you wait too long.

[ Yuuri's not terribly overdressed for the occasion but his hairstyle and general looks are definitely nicer than whatever he was wearing in his (terrible) profile pic. Also, he's holding a gift bag with a big red bow on it. ]

Alice and Setsuna

[onceandfuturemascot]

[Alice is only slightly late, having needed to go home to change after just leaving her attempts at confections in the University kitchen fridge. Now in a delightfully chocolate-free sweater and scarf combo, she walks to her meeting with her surprise blind date, eyes on her phone. Surely, she's checking the time or making important grad student emails after slacking off all afternoon. Or she's playing some AR game that involves taking pictures of cute animals. Something like that.]

[quaria]

[ While waiting for Alice, Setsuna is reading through a textbook. It's on the thicker side, but he doesn't seem to mind the hassle of carrying it. The cover indicates that it's something related to mechanics. At the moment, he's seated beside a fountain outside of their chosen date location.

When Setsuna lifts his eyes and spots Alice, those eyes of his grow a little before closing his textbook and putting it away. He stands straight now, then walks forward to meet up with her. ]

Good day.

Yukiko and Honoka

[burningblossoms]

[Yukiko and Honoka had arranged to meet up after school ended, meeting up on the steps. Yukiko had been extremely excited, despite the drama surrounding how she actually got signed up for the date. Honoka was a friend, and hey, the worst that happened is that they had a good time. She didn't really expect it to go anywhere, after all, but she wasn't going to do things halfway, either. She dressed up, putting on a nice outfit for the chilly weather, and stood at the gate with a her backpack resting at her feet.

When Honoka comes into view, she waves brightly.]

Hey! Are you ready, Honoka? My car's not far off.

[korekara]

[ And Honoka, being... well, Honoka, waves back with both arms as she takes the steps two at a time. She's gotten dressed up as well -- she's not gone TOO over the top just in case that'd make things weird but it's clear there's been a bit of thought put into the outfit. ]

Yukikooooo! I'm all ready! And hey, hey, guess what!

[ she holds out her bag and gives it a tantalizing shake. ]

Bam! I managed to get a whole box of Valentine's Day wagashi just for the party!

iris & yuri

[catsudon]

( Afterschool is the obvious part, but Yuri has to admit he's never given much thought to riding animals before, and if it hadn't been for the various disasters of Founder's Day, he would never have been astride anything more alive than whatever the purr of an engine counted as.

He'd also spent approximately zero time considering what one was supposed to do when one did not want to actually be on a date, but one also didn't resent a stranger enough to take it out on them when it was your damn friends who signed you up for this. Yuri's only concessions to his usual state of affairs is to have his hood down, his hair partially pulled back into a sloppy ponytail keeping his bangs out of his face, and the single sprig of pretty blue flowers he'd snuck off through one of the parks and picked while leaving his hood up and sunglasses on.

It barely counts as thoughtfulness, since this was more him being cheap, but it was the closest to a gesture of goodwill he could drum up when he sincerely just wanted to be dancing instead of meeting up with Iris and doing the whole chocobo riding thing. His pocket vibrates; either a group message, or maybe Iris? He's not so concerned, leaning against the short wall near the turn in for the stables. Black skinny jeans, ankle high hi-tops with leopard print on the sides, lined with flat studs. A black zip up under a jean jacket with knit leopard print sleeves and a white fleece lining. The pretty blue flowers on the spring of forget-me-not he twirls between his fingertips is the most incongruous part of his whole appearance. He's not smiling, but he's not frowning either. A neutral expression is about the best he's managing as he waits, twitchy and holding back on the urge to pace. )

Sorry for the lateness orz

[borntoolate]

[A fancy black car pulls over to the side of the road nearby, and Iris steps out of the backseat. She tells the driver she'll let him know when she's done and then turns to Yuri with a smile.]

Hey there~! Waiting long?

[Iris has actually been looking forward to this. She actually cut her last class to give herself more time to get ready. She's settled on a cute winter outfit that's still practical enough for riding.]

lunafreya & jyushimatsu

[devotional]

[ Lunafreya sits upon a park bench with two small bags of breadcrumbs by her side, dressed simply in a white sundress that ends a few inches above her knees. She has her suspicions about who signed her up for this event (Prompto. It was definitely Prompto.), and while she isn't entirely on board with the idea, it's far from her place to stand up someone who may have willingly volunteered to be paired with someone else within the blind date dating pool.

Luna hasn't been waiting overly long, but part of her almost hopes that she's been stood up; her social skills extend to helping others on a grand scale, but when it comes to the formation of interpersonal relationships, she's fairly hopeless and she knows it. She has never met her date before, nor has she heard of him; this is no surprise, considering just how sprawling of a city that Recollé is.

Opening one of the bags at her side, she scoops up a small handful of breadcrumbs, scattering them before her. Nothing prepares her for the horde of pigeons that descends from the skies in a furious flurry of wings, and she presses her back against the bench in shock. ]

[jyushi]

[For someone who makes a living writing "Romance" novels, Jyushimatsu Ono is far from the most romantically active person in Recollé. He rarely goes out on dates. Heck, he rarely even gets to talk to women his own age, lately. So of course, he'd jumped at the chance to sign up for the blind dating pool. Though to be perfectly honest, he'd been half expected his mystery match to stand him up, too. The fact that she hadn't has him in high spirits before they even exchange their first words.

Having arrived just in time to see the bird barrage land, Jyushi picks up his pace as he closes the distance between himself and his date. Cutting through the eye of the feather-storm, he thins out the bird cloud with a few shakes of his arms.]

They call 'em rock pigeons! Cool, right? Maybe they call them that because they're too lazy to fly somewhere warm for the winter! Which is silly, cause they fly really fast when food is involved!

[He smiles cheerfully at Lunafreya - or at least he hopes this is Lunafreya. They'd agreed to meet here at this time, and he sees no one else that fits the description.]

Oh! Right, right! I'm Jyushimatsu! Jyushimatsu Ono. Nice to meet you!

[He bows in greeting, not minding when a particularly fat pigeon chooses that moment to plop down atop his head. Not even head-pigeons could ruin his good mood today! He's out on a date! A real date! On Valentine's Day, no less! He'll have to do his best to make sure this Lunafreya has as good of a time as he does.]

Yosuke & Karkat = a match made in complaints

[youraffection]

[ So, this isn't what he signed up for.

Okay, technically it was, as Souji pointed out. But the point is that it isn't what he wanted, so that's all the matters. Still, even if he was annoyed that he hadn't been magically hooked up with one of the cutest girls at school, his talk with Souji made Yosuke feel like that he should at least give the guy a chance.

You know, in a bro-way. After all, Karkat hadn't gotten set up with the cutest girl in school either, so he must also be bummed.

So that's why Yosuke is waiting outside Recolle High for his classmate, rocking back and forth on his heels as he scrolls through his Instagram. He'd been pretty excited to find a Valentine's Day gift at his locker, that he was sure wasn't from Karkat, so he is frantically trying to figure out who his secret admirer actually is. So many...unlikely options.

Sigh. ]

[alienates]

[ karkat almost chose to just not show up? like, technically speaking, he didn't sign up for this. he was pretty surprised when he got the message saying yosuke was his date and he almost just deleted it as spam. but then he stopped and thought about it, and decided that it was actually kind of hilarious.

inconvenient, but hilarious.

so that's why he shows up. because it's funny and don't couples usually get discounts on valentine's day?? and also, he figures anya would probably want to hear about this later, so it'll be a story to tell her. but primarily the discounts thing holy crap. he never gets couple discounts?? ]

Uh. Hey. [ he stops a couple of feet away from yosuke. now that he has actually shown up this is... kind of awkward. MAYBE HE REALLY SHOULD HAVE JUST DELETED THE MESSAGE fuck ]

Victoria and émilie

[tokencanadian]

[Well, here it is. Valentine's day. Something Victoria had never thought she'd be going through, let alone actually taking part in. But someone had to go and sign her up without her input, and now she's got a date on her hands with a famous person?

The worst part is, she's not prepared at all? Sure, it's purely platonic, thankfully something they had both agreed on. But, just what the plan was Victoria had no idea anyway. Best she could do was prepare.

She waits outside, dressed in a zipped up sweater and jeans she fished out of her closet. Half the time, she eyes the street, the other half is spent eyeing her phone for the time. And also maybe a game of Thieves Dungeon while she stands there.]

[scarlet_devil]

[ Being signed on without a say in things? Well, she and Émilie certainly have that in common, now don't they?

Victoria won't have to wait long for Émi, who makes a point of showing up on time, and... well... Guess who shows up in a guard red Porsche 918? Turning the engine off, Émilie then steps out.
For tonight, she wore a red coat over a white blouse and black trousers... All very expensive, of course. ]

Ah, Victoria? Bonjour!

Eleanor and Kurt

[notyourutopian]

[When Eleanor had gotten Kurt in the blind date, she had to admit it had been a relief. Someone she knew. Admittedly that probably defeated the purpose of blind dates, but since she hadn't actually signed herself up, well, who cared about the point?]

[Still, there was a part of her that was nervous even if it was Kurt. She hadn't been in a date in over a year, and honestly hadn't been very good at it in the first place. Plus, for all that she joked with Kurt, he was still a cute boy, so...there'd always be a bit of awkwardness, probably? Plus, she wasn't entirely sure if he'd taken all her teasing about going on a date with a 'fancy famous person' had been taken to heart. Like, was he actually going to show up in a limo?]

[Oh lord what if he actually showed up in a limo?]

[Still, putting her anxieties aside, she'd gotten moderately dressed up in a simple long dark purple skirt and blouse and her mostly-useless tiny matching purse, and was waiting where they had agreed to meet, uncertain quite what would happen now...]

[digthefuzz]

[Kurt would have been tempted to do so, except that he didn't have access to a limo at the moment, and he didn't have enough money to blow on one.

So when the time comes, he approaches humbly on foot. He's wearing jeans that actually fit and with a belt to boot for a change, along with a white shirt underneath a more formal-looking blazer. His hair is also slightly styled. As odd as it is to be matched up with a friend, he's at least hoping to make sure that it's an enjoyable experience and that he brings his A-game.

Kurt smiles brightly and waves as he approaches her.]

Guten abend, fraulein!

souji & ryoji → nyan nyan nyan nyan

[tarotcards]

[ So, Souji has decided to be a decent human being and not come to this date in his Cupid's outfit. As tempting as it is, even he knows that showing up in just a sheet, displaying his bare legs and nipples to the world would probably leave a very bad impression and would most likely led to a slap. To avoid such consequences, he chooses this outfit instead (and yes, he does pose like this whenever he wants to check out his outfit) and decides to wait for Ryoji just a few blocks down from their choice of dating spot: a cat cafe. Oh sweet meow wow, this is everything Souji has dreamt of. He has heard rumours about such a magical place but he has never had the chance to go, so being able to head there with Prince Ryoji is clearly just a gift from heaven above. To say that Souji isn't feeling a little excited is a complete lie. ]

[ As much as he'd love to run off so he could bury himself under cats while drinking coffee, he will patiently wait for his date to arrive so they could walk to the cat's garden of eden and enjoy themselves (plz come quickly) ]

[appraiser]

[ To be honest, Ryoji was half expecting the cupid's outfit because that alarmingly seems like something Souji would wear with zero shame out in public, so he almost gives a double-take seeing a presentable Souji at the end of the block when he jogs down the street, a small bag tucked under his arm. It was very last minute, but getting Souji for his blind date meant that Ryoji couldn't come bearing flowers and chocolates— he had to get something special. ]

Happy Valentines! I know it's not a typical gift, but I saw this and thought of you!

[ Inside the bag is a dress shirt. To wear. Instead of white satin sheets and glittery angel wings. JUST IN CASE. Only, the entire point is moot now because Souji actually has some sense. ]

jack & ana | walks in, late, starbucks, etc.

[flank]

[usually, a blind date comes with some amount of anxiousness. maybe the person just isn't who you thought they were, or maybe you just aren't quite the catch you made yourself out to be. there were about a million reason for anyone standing in front of their date's front door, fist hanging in the air to knock, to be nervous.

but no one would ever say one of those reasons should be because you've known said date for over three decades.

alright, in jack's defense, he wasn't nervous to go on a date with a woman who could beat his ass and still be gentle enough to raise a young girl. ana was (had been, probably, after the shit he had pulled for the last ten years) one of his best friends. taking her on a date would be like taking his sister out for a night. what he was nervous about was being in close contact with her.

a royal fuck-up and rare moment of silly heroics had kept him paranoid, even after living in a peaceful place like recolle for a year. add the literal and figurative implosion of his life in the military and you get a mess of a human being. well, at least jack thought so. when he had reconnected with his lost friends in the city, he had vowed to keep his distance. gabe and ana didn't deserve to have their lives potentially ruined by his poor choices.

but there he is, standing outside amari's door and having a mild meltdown. jack knows he needs to get over what happened, no one's coming for him here. he can live some kind of life. right? he wants to think so; he knocks.]