Trash Squad Day 1 - SPEED DATING

[chinhotta]

Alright, kiddos!! Gather up in the cafeteria for your first event!

[ The cafeteria tables are arranged differently now, long tables pushed to the edges of the room and filled with finger foods and drinks, and the center of the room open except for a bunch of tall, small round tables which are empty except for a stack of cards, but about the right size and height for two people to put drinks on as they stand around.

Vanilla is also standing on one of the tables with a bullhorn. ]

We're starting with a classic! Speed dating! You'll have five minutes each round! When the horn goes off, that's your cue to switch it up and talk to someone else! If you need some conversation starters, try one of the questions on those cards!

...Or don't! You can do whatever you want, I'm not your mom. I'm going with 'uncle' for now!

( The structure here is pretty casual:
- Make a top level
- Tag some people! Optionally, start off with a question from the deck of suggestions!
- Thread! You can ask more questions if you want.
- Try to keep threads around 10 comments from you maximum. This isn’t a hard limit, but assume a bullhorn goes off around there to signal a switch.
- Pace yourself, kids, this runs until Thursday. )

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Comments

[dismemberthename]

[extremely high stakes alteration of history

i mean, give him a minute.]

...Travelling?

[cantry]

Then you're not the kind of slob who wears jeans and a T-shirt to the big traditional Japanese festival?

Good.

[cantry]

Oh. That's pretty cool. [Her eyes are soft.] I've never really left home.

[counterfaith]

[ with a nod, as he listens. there's a distinct elderly air about him, but he looks to be pretty young - no less than seventeen. ]

I see. That's good to hear, that you get along with your mother. Then, what would be your favorite birds?

[cantry]

Oh, hearts are nice and cute, and chevrons have character. And you can make them fit together. [Smirk.] Unlike hearts, no matter what our creepy kidnappers think.

[dismemberthename]

I went pretty far from home. But I met people I really care about where I ended up, so it's pretty great.

What are you into?

[artisticliberty]

That is quite vague. How exactly do you imagine it?

[artisticliberty]

My apologies, I did not hear that. Could you speak up?

[cantry]

[Muttering.] Huh, you can't really draw that, it's kind of a hipster answer... about what I should have expected...

[Being more attuned to see her uniform's silhouette, Yuri may have noticed that Natsuki has sprinted so tightly-wound between tables because she's making the most of the five-minute breaks to stuff her face. Natsuki looks up, more respectful.]

They can look really pretty though. And you like to write about the colors of light and water and stuff, right? So it makes sense.

[counterfaith]

A place that is neither too hot nor too cold, one where there is no sadness or pain or death. A place that children can live without fear, where no families are torn apart, and everyone is happy.

[slice_of_life]

H-Hm...

I'm just wondering... if that is a good interpretation or a bad interpretation? A Fantasy... could be something good, or it could be an unwanted thought you just can't shake out of your head no matter how much you try...

So, I'm... n-not sure how to answer.

[counterfaith]

You should see them sometime. They're quite a sight, though I suppose by now they must be somewhat commonplace in Japan.

[cantry]

...Literature.

[cantry]

"By now"?

Please don't say some weird time travel BS.

[dismemberthename]

[seems genuinely interested]

What kind?

[slice_of_life]

...

[Sighs, though she tries to be subtle about it.]

I... may have used that sort of imagery in my writing... it's not quite that literal.

Though, was that question on a card? I'm interested to know...

[cantry]

Nope. I'm rebelling. You won't catch me reading any of the cards they put their filthy mitts on.

[counterfaith]

. . . My.

[ with a smile, as he pats his own cheek, looking - embarrassed, maybe? ]

Did that sound like that? My apologies for misleading you, I can assure you it isn't anything exciting like time travel.

A hobby of mine is reading historical books, and my first encounter with such a flowering tree was in a historical botanist text. In the area that I grew up in, it isn't very commonplace, however.

[motorcycle_noises]

We can talk more later. It was nice talking to you.

[motorcycle_noises]

I'm glad I got to talk to you. Until later, Elizabeth-san.

[artisticliberty]

Indeed, you are correct. The passions of the heart are truly what make an individual.

[tl;dr he likes people with strong feelings]

[slice_of_life]

[blinks]

Um... That... was my idea, too, actually.

[pecker]

Well, that's interesting. I thought a favorite is something familiar you wouldn't want to go without...

[cantry]

[The longer she talks the more obvious it is that she's dancing around something.] Well, I'm pretty open-minded! In the literature club we're supposed to read anything, no matter how big or how small.

[artisticliberty]

Yet you still desire it. If not out of hatred, then where does that desire stem from?