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

[fightingoverdose]

That's the spirit! May the best woman win, eh?

[claps her on the shoulder, friendly, as the buzzer sounds]

[hopegloats]

[ there's a flash of deer in headlight confusion on Komaeda's face before he washes it away, smiling mildly ]

You really are that kind of guy, huh?

[ and then the buzzer sounds ]

I'll keep that in mind - but ah, I never introduced myself, did I? I'm Nagito Komaeda.

[helptilistop]

But of course! I'm one of the twelve paladins of the great king Charlemagne! You've probably heard of him.

[hopegloats]

[ very interested now ]

And what does that mean? What's the purpose of something like that?

[cluelesscavewoman]

[aaaaAAA! Sit's on the floor, curling her legs under her and staring.]

Judge. I like all food! I would like that very much.

[assent]

Ah? Truly? [ That surprises her, but maybe people just are too nervous? It would make sense. ]

I had not thought about that before, however you are quite correct. Star patterns are also quite useful for being multiseasonal, I suppose.

[cluelesscavewoman]

Judge. Then the smart people can discuss how the war will end.

[assent]

W-Well... now I do not. [ She looks sheepish. ] It would be rather rude for me to request that of a complete stranger.

[assent]

[ ABORT ABORT ABORT-- Sonia just smiles at her in return, looking sheepish. ]

Ah, I would not wish to bore you, it is just something I read about. What about you?

[assent]

The problem was not the question. [ It was her... initial swearing response to it. ] U-um... if I may? "What is the scariest thing you have ever done?"

[ Well at least it isn't about having body parts removed. ]

[assent]

While that may be true, with their reactions of growing bigger when scared and smaller when angry, their energies could be put to better use.

[ Isn't this still animal cruelty tho ]

Besides, catching and releasing them simply for a couple to marry is also ludicrous.

[assent]

No problemo! I shall come and find you when we figure everything out as well, okay?

[ And then they end up too tired from socialising to bake probably... ]

[assent]

Not yet, no. Though they will be useful for future negotiations.

[ Though 30 is an immense number of languages to have in your head. ]

[cluelesscavewoman]

Judge. I like having friends.

I can talk about Tonbonkiri, what do you wish to know?

[afailedmurder]

In that world, people's hidden sides are plainly visible, and their warped desires can be directly altered. For example, an unrepentant criminal becomes suddenly overwhelmed with guilt and confesses.

RNG no

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Raises hand.]

I do not know what else to do here, so I will ask a question.

'If you could travel back through time, what single mistake would you correct?'

[cluelesscavewoman]

It is okay, we have now left England and are resting at an Izumo port. Time does not pass while we are here either.

[assent]

Admittedly, this has changed in the last 20 days, but now... I believe hamsters would be my favourite. A friend of mine [ sorta?? ] has four that are truly wonderful! They are capable of so much.

[ hamsters?????? ]

[cluelesscavewoman]

No. He died helping his master overload the Mikawa ley line reactor... [Counts on her fingers.]

...16 days ago.

[cluelesscavewoman]

There was a pond in the garden, it is gone now.

[dismemberthename]

[sudoh's sadness intensifies by a few magnitudes, just for a moment.]

He knows.

[Patpat at Akira's shoulder]

I should go. See you around.

[pecker]

They are? I thought running around in a plastic ball was the most they could do.

[assent]

so it can be more than an accident? In that case, a riddle for the detective to solve would be rather fun.

[ why ]

Or as you said, a symbol. There are cases where serial killers have left the body in a certain state too, just to show the crime is theirs.

[assent]

True, but you are able to keep turning them over. I am comfortable answering that, however. [ Really, it's fairly simple. ] While I do not agree with politicians who always lie, I believe sometimes a white lie is necessary to protect the people that you care for.

Shall I choose the next one? [ Her hand is already reaching for the next card. ]

[assent]

[ Her head tilts. ] But it is inevitable.

[ Especially ... given everything that keeps happening. Though she sits quietly as he takes another question. ]

Truthfully? A relationship that would strengthen ties between my country and another's. It it not as though ths place really gives that as an option, Komaeda-san.

[ She wasn't kidding when she said she was also terrible at this, Komaeda... ]