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Host: Rune
Bachelor: Kiwaro
Number of questions: 4
Rounds: 3 of ???
Status: Completed

Contestants
1. Amaranth by Rawrz .
2. Ambersweet by Berkshire
3. Cupcake by Blitz

"Hello once more! I'm Rune, the guest host for this show, The False Target! Once again we have Kiwaro on the show as our bachelor. He'll ask four anonymous ladies questions, and I'll relay the questions to them and answers back to him. Once I do that, he'll pick his favorite answer, and after four questions, the answers will be tallied and one of the beautiful dragons will go on to the next round!"

Rune lets Kiwaro in, before walking over to the seats. "How are you today Kiwaro? Nervous at all? Anyway - what will be your first question for the day?" he asked, offering the bachelor a seat in his usual place.

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The salmon dragon enters the room, crutches under each of his arms. "Well, I could be better rune... I lost a fight with a staircase coming out of my apartment to get here. But, never the less... I am here!" he shouts to the audience as he takes a seat across from Rune.

It's been awhile hasn't it? Glad to finally be back in this studio, I bet you are just as eager to get out of that outfit as usual too." he winks as he thinks to himself about what he should ask this time.

"I think my first question will be; Where would you have your honeymoon? And why?" he finally asks. Trying to come up with they next question quickly, before he is put on the spot again.

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"Look at that audience, a true trooper! The show must go on, as they say. I hope your leg gets better soon.. and yes, I'm eager as always. But on to the questions."

He listened with vague interest, nodding when Kiwaro had finished asking it and offering a smile. "Alright, I'll be back with the answers in just a moment!" with that, he was gone to relay the question to the girls.

Not five minutes later, he returns with three slips of paper in his hand. "Alright, here we have them! The first contestant said: A honeymoon? That sounds like a good place to start. If I could choose anywhere to go to for a perfect honeymoon I'd say that would have to be Italy. It wouldn't be just one place or just going swimming at whatever hotel we happen to be at-I'd want to go on a trip around Italy-much like that of the movie "letters to juliet' Oh! I loved that movie! All the things they did just fascinated me and I've wanted to go there ever since. Oh no, I'm probably saying too much-I could just go on an on about places I'd like to travel to, but yes Italy would be my first choice to go to for a honeymoon. It's a very fascinating place." that being said, he flipped to the next paper.

"Contestant number two replied with: I think it would be fun to go touring, maybe stop around all over the world. I’ve always wanted to casually travel, at my own pace. Although I don’t know a whole lot of geography, so I can’t pick just one place. We’d stop around Europe, maybe take a swim in Hawaii, and visit a bit of Asia. I’m thinking something fairly fun, like hanging out with my new mate, seeing new sites and experiencing new cultures and maybe some new music as well!"

He had yet to sit, even though the chair looked tempting. But he would just get up in a moment anyway, so he decided against it. "And finally, contestant three said: Oh goodness, I never even once thought I'd answer anything of this sorts, but if I had the choice I'd go somewhere far off, perhaps in the mountains where it snows. Why? Because it'd be calming, and loads of fun. I can see myself and someone special sitting on the lid of a trash can sliding down a large hill. Just saying."

He let his arms drop to his sides and looked at Kiwaro expectantly. "Alright Kiwaro! What will it be?"

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The salmon dragon laughed at rune's reply. "It's fine, I don't feel anything right now.. at least." he hit the hard, light- blue cast as it made a 'thonk' noise. "hmm, I really like all the answers.. but I think it would be nice to go lots of places... so I'll pick contestant number two!"

"So I'll ask these ladies, only once..." he turned to glance at the audience before looking back at rune. "What would you do and how would you approach them, if you either really want beans and your mate doesn't or you are the one who doesn't want beans but they do?" he crosses his good leg over his cast while he awaits the replies.

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"Thank you. I'll be back in a minute with the replies!" with that, he was off to relay the question once again. He returned as usual less than a few minutes later, again with three new slips of paper in his hand. He took a seat and examining Kiwaro, giving a slightly exasperated but nevertheless genuine smile.

"Are you ready? We have some really good replies for this one. The first one is rather lengthy so listen carefully.." he took a good breath of air to prepare for the long question, studying it briefly before reading it out loud.

"Contestant one replied with: Hmm ... That's a very stumping question, I'm almost brought up short by that one because I've never really thought of it. Then again, most of the males I've spoken to want a baby bean. I've always felt that if I had the chance to have a bean I would-it didn't matter how long it'd take so I'll answer this question that way. First off, I'd wait a while before having a bean as I think it's the very best and only way to go, but then after that if they still don't want a bean I'd just try and talk to them. Even though right now I'm the type of person who likes to keep things to herself I'd talk with them. If I couldn't talk to my mate then why would we become mates? Anyways we can always work something out by mabye getting a pet or something. Heh ... I'm not normally a leader or much of an outgoing kind of person so compromise is very easy for me. I wouldn't expect to wear the pants in the relationship anyways. Now, I must say that there is absolutely no way that I can predict the future, but right now in a good and calm state of mind this is what I'd do."

He looked up from the paper, studying Kiwaro's expression briefly and giving him a short chance to thing the answer over, before flipping to the next paper.

"Contestant number two said: We’d work it out. There’s always room for compromise. Personally, I would have discussed that subject sometime before we actually became mates, while we looked at our possible future together. Anyway, I would be the one to want kids, as I’ve always loved children. But that doesn’t mean we would have to have beans right away, I can see a good many years enjoying ourselves as a happy couple. I would probably lean toward that as a compromise, as it seems like a fair thing to do. We would definitely talk it out, as good friends should."

He repeated his actions with the previous question - giving Kiwaro a brief moment to think the reply over before continuing. "And last but not least, contestant three said: Personally, I am not sure if I do or don't want them... But if they really did or didn't I'd just try to respect their wishes, but also tell them my reasons for my side of the conversation, just to give them a understanding."

Now finished, he rested his arms on the chairs armrests, awaiting Kiwaro's response. "Take your time!" he said reassuringly.

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Kiwaro already knew his answer before rune had finished talking to him. " I like number three's answer. It's exactly what I would do. Though I have to admit, I would prefer to have a family of my own blood but that doesn't mean we aren't one without them.." he paused before blurting out his next question, one he had time to think about.

"Say you were forced to become mates with someone you didn't want to be mates with... like your owners set you up or like an arranged marriage. How and what lengths would you go to, to make it work or to get away from them?" he let his tongue flick out like a snake as his piercing tickled the top of his mouth.

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With a nod, Rune was standing and repeating the usual procedure: going to give the new question to the ladies. He returned, took his seat and begin to study the first card.

"The question seemed to purpose a little discomfort for the girls, but as usual, they come up with good answers nevertheless! So here they are. Contestant number one said: These are some very perplexing questions ... But I guess I have to answer. If I were to be forced into marrying someone (which I don't doubt would happen) then there's a lot of things that I think I might do. Though I don't really like meeting new dragons ... heh ... I'd probably try and talk to them-learn something about them ... maybe even do some things that we'd both like. Say, it was summer and we both liked swimming. I don't think friendships can work if ... if neither of us are anything alike. Sorry, this is really uncomfortable to think about ... And like last question, you'll never know what could happen-I might just go ballistic about the whole thing."

Leaning back and shifting his shoulders in a failed attempt to be more comfortable in the tuxedo, he read the next paper. "Contestant two replied with: Interesting question. It seems to say that I already know this dragon, well enough to know I don’t want to be mates with him. So of course, I wouldn’t want to stay. I highly doubt I’d ever accept an owner who did that to me, and if they did, it would be betrayal. I would see what the other dragon thought of this mess, hopefully he feels like I do, and we would both agree to put an end to it. If not, do what I could to get out of the situation, even if it spells running away from my owner. Either way, when it’s over, I would look back on the dragon in question with new eyes. And start from the beginning, making friends and slowly moving to courtship, to see if being together was really meant to be. To see if we are meant for each other, who knows, maybe it could be the best thing ever!"

He smiled, relieved at the thought that they were nearing the finish. "And then contestant three said: I... Don't think I would be able to live with someone I was forced to be with unless I loved them. I'd hate to make anyone upset, but I'd tell our owners and the fiance right there that I won't take any part in such arrangement."

Now he leaned forward a bit, giving Kiwaro the same expecting expression as he always did after reading him the answers. "I'll have to say, that was a pretty interesting question with some equally interesting answers... which one will you pick this time?"

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Kiwaro shifted in his seat as he listened carefully to each of the answers. One stuck out that seemed to hold a hidden meaning to him. So he made his mind on it. "Number two... they are still willing to give a second chance without outside sources. They seem to have a level head and a determination to fight it head on. The will to risk anything and everything.."

He rubbed his sore toes on his left foot as he proposed the next question. This would make or break the round if the second dragon perked his interest again. "Your mate has done something terrible, like put others lives in danger or even kill innocent people. They may even be going insane. Would you stick to their side regardless of what they may have become, or will you have second thoughts and refuse to have them or anyone else as a mate again? Seeing as you can only have one.." he grinned.

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"That's a deep question, very fitting for the finale. You don't plan on going insane any time soon do you? Haha.. alright, I'll be back in just a moment with the answers!" he stood, a little more pep in his demeanor as he was obviously very ready to be done at this point.

It took a little longer than usual to get an answer back, as the contestants seemed more unsettled than usual (no doubt, that was a very unsettling question to be asked). Nevertheless, he returned in about eight or so minutes with the familiar pieces of paper; the ones that would determine who would go on to the next round.

"I apologize for the delay, but here we have them! Unless there's a tie, these answers should determine who will take a step closer to being your date. So here they are!" he took a seat, examining the first card before looking to Kiwaro. "Contestant number one said: Well, this is sort of a scary thing to think about. To say that a person you love and have devoted all your life to c-could be harming others? I feel like that's never the answer to ... to well anything so this kind of makes me uncomfortable. I've had humans go insane on me ... and some were just plain mean so to think of a Dragon being this way really gets to me. Um ... I should go on, anyways I bet you I'm sounding like a broken record here, saying how I can't predict the future and might do something completely different from what I'm saying right now. It's probably because I truly believe that-and because there is a lot of pressure on me to answer this question. A-Anyways if I were faced with this situation I'd be scared, and there's not much to say that anyone wouldn't be scared-it's hard to argue that point. I also wouldn't let myself forget if I were to do nothing about it, just let him go on and about the only thing I'd have done were to be their mate anymore. Then if they were insane enough they might hurt me. Frankly, it all depends on who my mate is and how completely 'insane' they were. Sometimes people will go too far and there'll be no way to get them back, but others you might just not know how to help them as they won't tell you anything about it. I know a lot of people who will just shrug off a question that's asking how they're doing with a project they're working on. All I know is that if I loved them enough-which I should-then I'll stay by their side, even if that means they're at a mental institute wrapped up to where they can't move and are repeating things over and over. Oh, gosh my paws are shaking ... This reminds me too much of a movie I watched with my owner, 'The Invisible Man' it was titled. So, yeah ... there's my complicated answer."

The answer was long, so Rune paused for a minute as he let Kiwaro think it over. The show still had enough time for such a break, so he didn't see the harm in it. "Alright, now the second contestant replied with: I would die inside…. It would be such a shock, I don’t know if I could keep my cool. I’d stick by his side, in sickness and in health. I would feel hurt and betrayed, as I watched my mate go off to jail, or worse. No, I would fight for him, something must be done. I’d stay by his side, even if he turned insane, even if he broke my heart. That’s what it means to be mates. I would draw support from friends around me, and make sure that I get him into a situation where he can’ hurt anyone, and stay by his side, forever. Hoping and working with other experts toward a cure. If need be, I would visit him in prison, and do everything I could. You could call it devotion, so believe me, I’m not going to be linked forever with someone I can’t give my whole heart."

Again he paused, this time not quiet as long as the last. It must have been a lot to think about. Finally, he continued on to the last response...

"Finally, contestant three said: Of course, I'd probably give them a long talking to about what they have done, whats wrong, and how I can help, but I'd never leave them, no matter what the case might be. Love is a strong bond with someone, you shouldn't even commit if you're not willing to try and be reasonable and understanding with them. Everyone makes mistakes, so theres no reason for one among many to get inbetween love."

He raised a brow at Kiwaro. "Well, there you have it. Which of these answers do you like the most Kiwaro?" he asked, setting his hands in his lap and leaning forward with an expression more questioning than usual.

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He sat for a while.. letting the answers set in his mind. He couldn't believe the answers he got. In the end, he decided to stick to what seemed the most reasonable answer as he laughed at rune's reply. "No, I'm not going crazy anytime soon, it's just interesting to see what others have to say, if put in the situation." he told his friend.

Now, it was time to make that choice.

"Again, I'm going to have to go with contestant two! Their answers were flawless and possibly almost as if they were reading my mind!" he stood now, propping himself on the edge of one of the chairs to hold his other leg up.