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[darkestbefore]

Name: Yona
Date: 6/1
Format: Text

[ Considering how long she's been here now and how... enthusiastic her Coven mentors have been about her finding a Bond, Yona's finally worked up the courage to try and use this strange device for herself and ask for some advice. ]

How did those of you who have made Bonds know that your partner was right for you? Was it just something casual and easy? Was it something deeper than that? Did you have a hard time finding someone when you first arrived?

[ Was that too intrusive? Insecure? She hopes not... ]

And those of you who haven't yet... what is it you're looking for?

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[darkestbefore]

[ ... This person reminds her a great deal of Jae-Ha - or at the very least, the persona he often puts on for show - and she can only smile at that. ]

I think that's a very important requirement, actually. I think I would have a very difficult time being bonded to someone I had no shared interests with, or who I couldn't connect with easily. I think it would grow very awkward very quickly, if not.

[glitzandglamour]

See? You already have some preferences of your own. One of the things you can use to understand if a potential partner's right for you.

...As I'm assuming you've authored this post because you're on the hunt for a Bond, but have no clue where to start. You should start with what you demand in a Bond. Do you need someone with a similar personality, or someone your opposite? Will you only Bond with Witches or Monsters? Do you prefer someone who won't pry into your feelings, or would you rather keep your hearts open? What are your thoughts, beautiful?

[darkestbefore]

I think I needed to understand what preferences I needed to prioritize, honestly. So many seemed to treat it very casually and others spoke of their bonded as if they'd found their soulmate. It gave me many new perspectives to consider, at the very least.

I think... I think to have so intimate a connection, I'd prefer something open. Something shared. Someone I trust to know me, to see me. Even though sometimes letting that happen can feel very scary. The rest... that just seems like details, of lesser import than the person themselves.

[glitzandglamour]

If that's all things you've learned since making your post... You've learned a lot! Actually... We're not so dissimilar in our demands, you and I.

[He doesn't even need to give his Secret Short List anymore, since she almost nailed it. Not explicitly, since it lacks the "I can't trust just anyone to know my history" qualifier...]

However. It took me six months to find a suitable Bondmate. I don't recommend it. Given that, I hope finding someone you can trust yourself to isn't too specialized a case! Ha-ha. You don't anticipate it to be so difficult, do you?

[darkestbefore]

I hope not. [ She can't help but laugh at that. ] But I suppose I shall have to look and see, yes? But I'm very glad you found someone who matched what you were looking for! And I greatly appreciate your perspective. I think this will help in narrowing down what I should be looking for.

[glitzandglamour]

Fabulous! The very moment you think you've found someone, don't hesitate! If they meet your demands... you'll know. I knew mine for only a few hours, prior to finding ourselves walking the aisle... Hahaha...

[it's not marriage, mettaton.]

[darkestbefore]

[ That reference goes completely over her head anyway. ]

There's an aisle?

[ Was this some strange bonding tradition she didn't know about? ]

[glitzandglamour]

[He doesn't register that she doesn't catch the reference, just that she might be startled about marriage... And that's fine...]

It's a vast room where ceremonies take place at the Coven, darling. Of COURSE there's an aisle! What sort of wedding would it be without one??? It is, after all... a marriage of the souls.

[darkestbefore]

Wait, a marriage?

[ She's certainly missed a step here. What does marriage have to do with this? ]

[glitzandglamour]

Your surprise delights me. Yes!! The Bonding process quite literally ties the knot of the couple's magical signatures... In other words, their souls! How intimate... Yes. Thus, "a marriage of the souls."

[darkestbefore]

I suppose that's one way of looking at it. Although others are thinking of it as far more of a test sort of thing? I don't know how many have told me, if it doesn't work out you can just end it.

[ Marriage is definitely not an 'endable' arrangement to her. ]

[glitzandglamour]

[Marriage divorce... Bond divorce... Both perfectly endable arrangements.]

Yes. Of course you can end it, darling! That's why, even if you've only just met the person, if you feel it in your heart... There's scarcely a risk to Bonding. I've even heard of some taking temporary Bonds, to start... Though, regular Bonds can be annulled, too.

That way, you can find the one you want to keep. How romantic...