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

[appleofhiseye]

F-fifty?! I can't even begin to imagine mastering the ones you have, let alone all of them. I would call that a considerable feat.

[assent]

[ Sonia nods, even if she had been curious. ]

Of course, hopefully I shall see you again later.

[assent]

It is merely what is necessary for the royal family in my country.

[appleofhiseye]

Royalty? --Are you a princess?!

[assent]

Yes. I am Princess Sonia Nevermind, of the Kingdom of Novoselic. It is a pleasure to meet you, um...?

[appleofhiseye]

Please forgive my poor manners, Princess Sonia. I'm Shirayuki. Ah...Royal Court Pharmacist from Clarines Kingdom.

[she offers a belated curtsy]

[assent]

Not at all, merely "Sonia" is fine for where we are right now. It is a pleasure to meet you, Shirayuki.

[ Though she'll offer a curtsy in return, of course. ]

[appleofhiseye]

Sonia, then. I should have realized right away--you're so regal! I feel a little silly about it, so please let me think of a way to make it up to you.

[assent]

Not at all. [ Please...!? ] There is no need for that. I am merely glad that we are able to speak like this.

[appleofhiseye]

Alright, then...At the very least, please tell me a little bit about the occult! You seemed very excited when you mentioned it.

[assent]

Um... Only if you are really interested. Most people do not enjoy it, however... I felt as though I could ask you anyway. I am not certain as to why. The occult is the use of the dark arts and the rituals surrounding those. I... actually find it fascinating.

[ She's trying very hard to not let loose now ]

[appleofhiseye]

[Shirayuki is so curious but also doesn't want to come off as too ignorant in front of a princess.....an actual internal dilemma]

Dark arts and rituals...I can't claim to be familiar with them, but it doesn't sound like anything you should be embarrassed about liking. It's sort of like something you would hear in a fairy tale, isn't it?

[assent]

[ Ssh, you can just be yourself, Shirayuki! ]

Well, it is quite bad for a princess to enjoy that kind of genre, I suppose. It is not exactly the same as in fairy tales. [ She pauses. ] Sometimes a blood sacrifice is necessary.

[appleofhiseye]

A blood...

[dark arts may be sketchier than she was first picturing]

...Is that safe?

[assent]

[ It's v sketchy. ]

It is not supposed to be...

[counterfaith]

[ they can both be formal ]

Mm, yes. Are you Japanese, Miss Sonia?

[counterfaith]

Yes, that's right. But, it is no title of royalty or high status, and so, there is no need for formality.

[counterfaith]

. . . I see.

. . . In my world, humans are no longer able to communicate with gods. Even with a catalyst like a priest, it would be impossible.

[assent]

[ Formalception. ]

No, I am not. Why do you ask?

[counterfaith]

Ah, I simply wondered, with your sonkeigo. You're very polite.

[assent]

It was the way I learned... that is all.

[ Princess life, basically. ] Is it really that obvious?

[counterfaith]

I would say it's natural, to the point that I would not have batted an eye if you said that you were Japanese.

[liftoft]

Nah. If you're mad, then I wanna hear why.

Listen, I'm not saying you're worth the number of people you can save or that you should feel bad for not being able to save everyone. Honestly, if you're asking me, then I don't think there's anything wrong with not trading your life away, no matter how many people it'd save. People aren't objects, you can't measure lives one to one like that.

[counterfaith]

I'm not angry.

[ with a soft look, pulling his elbows on the table to cradle his chin with the backs of his hands ]

Nor do I think you are implying such to induce guilt. No, I'm thankful - your words are firm, but kind.

[liftoft]

Mm. You're right, too--I don't have any idea what it's like to have to bear that kind of burden. Not many people should, and everything... and whatever choice anybody'd make in that situation, I'd say it was the best choice, 'cause shit if anybody's prepared for that.