Potential Presidential Meet [Karen]

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As he crouched down to pick up the cards that thankfully only fell at his feet the person he bumped into seemed to recognize him right away. Looking up he saw that he had bumped into his classmate Karen! Normally Isaac would be somewhat embarrassed about the kerfuffle. However given how Karen introduced herself he didn't feel too ashamed about his clumsiness. In fact her opening speech for president nominations was still lingering on his mind. Mainly due to the stark contrast in their speeches. She seemed far more confident and easy going so this slight slip up was nothing Isaac thought he should linger on. Another huge bonus was that Karen was super good looking so this was the perfect excuse to try and charm her. Thankfully she had his name remembered so he was one step ahead already! Oh right don't forget the honorifics. "Oh you really don't need to, but thanks anyway Karen-Chan." He said smiling widely as she went down the hall and picked up the cards that seemed to be the furthest away.

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For Isaac picking up the cards would be no trouble at all. Simply using his quirk so that each card stuck to his skin he had almost all the cards collected in no time at all since most fell at his feet. The others would nearly be stuck to the ground. The cards were new and the floor was just waxed so unless she went out of her way to damage the cards it'd be very difficult to get a grip on them to pick them up. Luckily, Isaac had a cunning plan to both pick them up and impress Karen all in the one go! Walking up to her as she would just bend down to pick up her first card. "How about we make this a little interesting Karen-Chan?" With a somewhat malevolent smirk his Red Eyes gleamed with a childish glee. He figured that he would leave the details vague for now to see if she would agree. Seeing as he had a deck of playing card there would really only be two possible options as to why he had them. Magic tricks or card games. The latter seemed unlikely since he had the cards he collected in his pocket and he was more so focusing on the cards beside them. "I bet that I can guess what this card is and what the other two cards are as well. If I call it wrong you win and if I call it right I win, but if you can figure out how I know then you'll win. Seems fair? You even have twice as much chance to win." Ending with a wink he wanted to see if he could get Karen to bite at this challenge. "You can choose the stakes should you win and I'll be happy to oblige. SO what do ya say?"

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Right away Karen knew that Isaac was about to do a magic trick. Perfect! Her attention was caught! Although his intentions were easily sniffed out by his classmate. She quickly pointed out that he didn't need to play any games to try and keep her interest and that she would be happy to see the trick without any stakes. She even pointed out that she would not bother trying to figure out his trick since it was not in the spirit of magic. "Sorry, that's kind of a habit of mine." He said with a small shrug and coy smile. "When I do some street magic people always ask how the trick is done, so instead of refusing I try to let them guess with another kind of game. Glad to know that you already have enough interest in me so that I don't have to do that." with another wink he'd let her speak again as she told him the stakes of their little game.

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"Ahh I see. Some one is confident in their chances. But sounds fair all the same. But if I call them all right you have to try and make time in our busy schedule for a date." With his coy smile growing larger he wondered how Karen would react. It was a little out of the blue but since he had already sprung the game on her he was half hoping that the sudden confusion would help him somewhat. Being a rich girl from the higher side of society, Isaac assumed that a girl like Karen would not usually think of going out with a guy like him, hence the magic. It was rather lucky for the blue haired boy to even bump into her today since she was so busy. This seemed like the most opportune moment he had to try and ask her out. If those stakes are okay, let's begin!"

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"Don't worry, it doesn't have to be right away Karen-Chan, I'm sure we can sort something out." With another wink the confidence in his voice and tone was plain to see. He figured that a girl like Karen would be incredibly busy. Although he didn't know much about Karen she gave off an air of importance. She was running for class president, not to mention that she apparently had a lot of other responsibilities also. If Isaac really wanted someone like that to notice him he really did have to pull out all the stops! Lucky for him he was very used to card tricks and losing didn't seem like much of an option, so the date was basically guaranteed! But one thing was not. How he was going to play up the crowd, or in this case, a single person.

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With his finger under the current card Isaac knew which card it was, but the other two were still a mystery. Hmm, maybe this could work... he thought to himself. "Alright Karen-Chan, these cards are going to tell a little story!" He said with a coy smile. "This story is going to be about you and your presidential outcome. I guess you could call it a fortune telling. And what better card to represent a beautiful girl that surely captures the hearts of most boys she meets than the Queen of Hearts herself." Isaac didn't even look at the card he lifted his finger. The card was stuck under his fingertip as he pointed it at Karen.

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Although he kind of went a more personal description of Karen and the queen of hearts he hoped that she could take it as a compliment. "Now then! How about the numbers?" Jumping up from his crouched position he went over and place his finger on the card as he took a minute looking a hit. "I feel like, it's, hmm, four, four of hearts for the queen." Winking at her he picked the card up in a similar way and pointed it her direction. Once again it was correct. "I'll go out ona limb and say that's how many votes you're gonna get in the election and from our class numbers that's enough for a win!" If he was wrong this would be an awkward conversation to bring up again. So as he made his way to the last card he was silently hopeful that Karen would absolutely win. "Now for the last card. Hmm, I already got a card to describe you and how many votes you'll be getting in the election. How about another personalized card?" For the third time he placed his finger on the card. His face faltered for a split second. "Ace of Spades, a stark contrast to what I've been picking so far. Probably my fault for getting ahead of myself." His coy smile turning to an embarrassed one. "Well then, that's all the cards. What did you make of it?" He asked with another wink, hopefully she didn't take the ace of spades as a bad card to get. After all up until the last card Isaac knew exactly what he was picking up, maybe she would think he did that on purpose. Hoping for the best he awaited her reply!

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"Aww man, diamonds! Of course!" He said putting his hand to his forehead in a face palming motion. Oh well, given that Isaac had to made do with the remaining cards on the ground he was pretty happy with the trick overall and his disappointment was clearly fained as his smile was still fairly wide. All in all he was happy with how it went and by the looks of things so was Karen. Although she didn't go right into the praise but instead commented on his winking habit. The comment definitely struck a nerve. Although Isaac liked to wink to aid his flirtatious behaviour he primarily did it because he wasn't a huge fan of his own eyes and he assumed a lot of other people wouldn't like them either. Being almost blood red in colour Isaac and generally having an aggressive resting face Isaac often got frightened looks when he made eye contact with people. Although he was probably imagining it he always winked to take the attention away from his eyes and more so as to his body language in general the the persuasive words he spoke. Although his smile wavered it was still on his face and he tried not to let it be noticed like his expression from earlier like Karen mentioned. Deciding it was best not to answer he remained quiet to hear what else she had to say. Still, the comment was weighing heavily on his mind.
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Focusing on what she said afterwards, Karen even gave him a score for the trick and presentation! "For my own self gratification I'm gonna assume those scores are outa ten." he smirked, stopping himself from winking by rubbing his right eye instead. He was happy with the outcome but he knew he could do better even if he was just assuming the scores were out of ten. And most of all it seemed like Karen took the ace of spades as a compliment, even if it did kind of spoil the trick somewhat. Well at least she didn't see the ace of spades as a black heart like Isaac did, that could have been bad. "Well yeah you can think of it that way! Although I'm curious to know how it speaks to you." He then mentioned. Most people usually resonated with a face card and those who preferred the aces usually had varying reasons so he was interested to hear Karen's reason.
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Before he knew it Karen was then claiming Isaac's win and asking about what they'd be doing on their date. Needless to say Isaac was taken off guard by the forwardness of Karen. Most of the time he was the one who was acting blunt with the roles reversed he was rather taken aback. "Oh um, to be honest I don't have a clue." He scratched the back of his head nervously. "To be honest I was thinking of taking you out when you were free, either to the city so we could spend the day together or if something like a festival came up i'd take you to that. Oh and things like food and presents would be my treat of course." Unable to stop the habit this time around he winked again. "I hope that's would keep you interested, Queen of Diamonds."

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"Ah I see." he said now certain of what she meant. Although she did give a reason as to why she related the the ace of spades Isaac found it a little vague. Having a high number could mean that she holds herself in high esteem rather than striving for it and the same goes for the luck aspect. This response though humanized the girl though. Before she gave the impression of budding perfectionist who did nothing wrong but now with her furthering her explanation it really seemed like she was simply trying to do her very best and looking for meaning in everything she did. "That explains it better and hey, I got to hear more of your lovely voice." And of course there was the obligatory flirtatious comment thrown in there too just to keep the atmosphere light.
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Back to the topic of their date, Isaac noticed a slight shift in her body language. He could only imagine that she was disappointed that he didn't have a more solid plan in place for their date. She is a high standing woman with high expectations after all. But was there something else too? He couldn't be certain. Much like their meeting it was by chance and he had no control over it. if he had made a plan to meet her and dazzle her with his card tricks he would have been sure to organize the activity for a date beforehand but put on the spot he wasn't sure exactly what to come up with. In truth he thought that he would have been shot down from this meeting, either that or she would have agreed to his original proposal and tried to win herself making it so if he did lose he could come up with another plan after the little game. At the moment Isaac was totally winging it and it did not seem to be going his way. At least for the most part. Karen seemed nice enough to play along with his flirting at least, which was another thing that surprised the boy.
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Most girls he had met so far like Rowan-Senpai and Sapphira had been somewhat embarrassed by his flirting and didn't reciprocate. It was something he had subconsciously gotten used to. So when Karen began to hold her own and even managed to shoot a few smooth lines of her own at Isaac he was taken aback, but not totally down for the count. He had gotten a little nervous in the heat of the moment but taking a breath he was going to reply in kind when he had his chance! Which would be rather soon since Karen wasn't going to ease up on the teasing either. She first mentioned his winking again which didn't sit well with him at first until she added that she didn't mind it since it made him comfortable. It really did put him at ease but having it brought up felt like it was putting him on the spot, even though there was no real reason to think that. Next she said that she did promise to go on that date with him but if he could keep her entertained it would be up to him. "I can probably entertain you with my hands alone Karen-chan, being a magician and all." he said with a chuckle and a wink. He took a small pause in his words to let her mind wander, where to was up to her but the implication was fairly plain to see. What came next was a comment that could almost be considered a light jab but given the current mood it was more so a tease and challenge! "Nothing really, just exploring. In fact I didn't even mean to try and get a date but when opportunity knocks and all that." Replying with a shrug and wink he the crossed his arms. "To be honest I'm kind of disappointed with myself. If I had sometime I coulda thought of an even better way to sweep you off your feet and think of a really good date for the two of us." He shrugged again but kept his smile. "I'll do my best to see what I can find to entertain you. What is it in particular that you enjoy? Other than teasing me back." He replied again with a smile, hoping to keep the general atmosphere the same while also quizzing Karen so he could know her better. Other than how she related to the ace of spades and the general idea he had of her in his head he didn't know much about the girl and if he wanted to bring her on a good enough date he needed to start finding out so what better way than asking the her himself.

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Damn! She was good. She seemed as experienced as Isaac in the illustrious art of flirting, if not better! But he wouldn't admit that nor would he back down from this challenge! Karen's reply not only acknowledged Isaac's intended thought process but also improved upon it! Truly she was a skilled at word play, but he wasn't too bad either. "Well then, I hop you can put me through my paces and show me your own brand of magic. And even if you hate losing, if I win I gurantee you'll be feeling like a winner." Although it was a fairly basic reply he was doing his best not to back down. At this point Isaac wasn't even sure if it was a game flirting anymore, it almost felt like a game of chicken, the first person to back down would lose! Although it was getting a tad late so more than likely their little match would end in a draw.

Nevertheless their conversation continued. Karen answered ISaac with a bit of a reverse question asking if it was okay to find out more about him since she wasn't too fond of speaking about herself. He was about to that he would prefer to hear more about her, until he little quip at the end. "I'd be lying if I said magic wasn't a big part of my life." he began putting his hands into his pockets. "But I have some other interests too. I like most sports in general but primarily marital arts and rugby as well as a few other Irish sports that aren't too popular either." He hoped that this answer would suffice even though he was being sort of vague. That was the point however, using the vagueness to have her enquirer more about the other sports so she would have to reveal more about herself! It was all he could do in butte to her comment on him winning the date. So she was going to ask me out? She probably had some other reason so it wouldn't quite be like the date I have in mind, but still! He thought to himself. Weather either won would be kind of irrelevant since they were both looking for something out of this upcoming date. This was sure to be interesting and Isaac was loving every moment!