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

[flamingprick]

I think so!

[And oh look there goes the timer.]

[liftoft]

Yeah.... and, y'know, even if it isn't... it wouldn't be worth it to try and rush the door, when all they're asking us to do right now is go on some dates. I get it's weird and embarrassing and kinda creepy, but... it's gotta be better than risking your life, when you don't need to.

[liftoft]

I dunno, I think the point is that we're supposed to get to know each other. You don't wanna learn about me?

[dismemberthename]

Yeah, pretty much. There's no reason to escalate things, at least not yet.

[flamingprick]

Yep~ You should see the big ones, they're as big as a mountain!

[See, that is the key difference here. Rin is holding strong, but sweat is starting to form at his brow, and his elbow is starting to shake slightly. They're evenly matched right now, but Rin will run out of steam before Akira does.

Recognizing this, Rin suddenly pushes forward with all his might, trying to do one last attack to gain some ground. If he's going to do it, it'll have to be now.]

[liftoft]

Is that what that kinda stuff means? Haha--I always wondered! I read a lotta magazines about that kinda stuff, y'know? It always seemed like a weird thing to include. How do you know somebody's personality from what kinda blood they've got?

[flamingprick]

Five months of fighting? You mean, back home?

[cantry]

"If"? I think your odds are pretty darn good compared to some of these losers.

[cantry]

Yeah! It's a school club. All the real members are here, you can see us wearing the same uniform together.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . hold on]

So you asked the question without even knowing what it meant?

[HE'S A LITTLE AMUSED, he'll explain personality types in a sec]

[cantry]

Sure would be nice if some folks got to read them. Though the library here burned down, apparently...

[appleofhiseye]

And puppies are a lot of work, too! You must have had to learn a lot about how to train them. It hasn't been giving you too much trouble, has it?

[liftoft]

I figured I'd learn something either way!

[liftoft]

Necessary--?

[liftoft]

Glad you agree! I'll be the first guy ready to fight when there's something to fight, but I'm not gonna let people put themselves in danger just for the heck of it.

[liftoft]

I dunno, it seemed pretty clever to me! Like, outsmarting whatever fucked up person's trying to get you to give up a body part!

I'm Momota Kaito, Luminary of the Stars! How about you?

[slice_of_life]

W-What? Burned down!?

That's terrible...

[liftoft]

As useless as the...?

[ uh ]

Okay, I feel like I'm gonna regret asking this, but what would "better" be like, here?

[dismemberthename]

Seems like we're pretty much on the same page, good.

[purrtagonist]

Huuuh. I can't argue with that.

[hums thoughtfully]

According to those magazines, people with blood type A are earnest, fastidious and patient. The glasses-wearing student council president.

Comparatively, people with blood type B are passionate, energetic, and a little reckless. The overeager jock.

[and he pauses there, to let Kaito absorb those two before he moves on]

[appleofhiseye]

Intelligence, huh? That's not a bad thing to treasure. The fact that you can say it so easily is pretty amazing too. It means you've got a good understanding of yourself--or at least, that's how I see it.

[liftoft]

Okay, that's Shuichi and me, then...

[ Knowledge absorbed and immediately applied! ]

That all?

[flamingprick]

It is, but a few of us have been here before, me included.

[liftoft]

Hey--I agree it's a pretty tasteless question, but you don't need to take it so hard. It's just a question, right? We can just pick a different one.

[cantry]

Yeah! Even in a short story you can hear the different author's voices right away. That's why each story should stop at the natural ending instead of trying too hard to resolve every little thing. Finish it where you think you're done, you know?