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

[artisticliberty]

What is preventing you from realizing it?

[dismemberthename]

Ain't that the truth.

[it sure is not a question.]

[flamingprick]

Then it's fine. It's normal to want to see new things. I only warned you about the touching thing because that made stuff really awkward once.

[dismemberthename]

[j. just a little sharply.]

The number of them that are already dead.

[afailedmurder]

N-no! I'm a detective— I was working the case!

[hopegloats]

[ Komaeda slides into the seat across from him with a grin. ]

Does that mean you've settled on the third one? I've never tied anyone up, but I've been tied up myself many times.

[lefthandpath]

It means I've spent the past three months living on the streets. A "gentleman" implies some material wealth, you know.

[no its because he's a lying mcliarface but whatever.]

[flamingprick]

[God, he's snickering now]

I guess I'll have to ask you the secrets of having good looks next.

[Remember how he wasn't very confident about his looks and was sure people would be put off by his demonic features? Yeah, that's still a thing.]

[hopegloats]

Wow, there must be quite a story there. What could you possibly have done?

[futurebullets]

Rude is a really good word for it... [His patience with this place has run so thin.] They aren't just terrible dating questions, they're just terrible in general.

If... If you want, we can just come up with questions on our own since we're here anyway.

[They can make normal questions.]

[slice_of_life]

...!

[dismemberthename]

More than I could even start to explain in the time limit. Ask me later?

[justpure]

Yes, even if the chinchillas replaced my title with something more insulting, I still am the Ultimate Anthropologist. I travel the world learning of other cultures...

[flamingprick]

[Ahh, so it's literally red, makes sense.

Rin's expression softens a bit at that too. Because while he's very upfront about being a demon, there are other details about his life he keeps secret because it would identify him too easily too.]

...well, I guess I shouldn't give you too much grief about it, not when I do the same thing sometimes.

But don't feel like you HAVE to hide that stuff around me, okay? If you want to that's fine, but if you don't want to wear a coat or something then that's fine too.

[artisticliberty]

Ah...

[flamingprick]

[Wait for it...]

Yeah, a huge jerk yanked on it and it hurt really bad. I guess that's why cats freak out if you step on their tails.

[lefthandpath]

Have you ever heard of Pierrot? That's an example of a white-faced clown.

Basically the white-faced clown tends to be the more serious or sad one of the act, often mentoring the more hapless and bumbling sort of clown the auguste is when they're together.

[daughterofthemark]

[That's a normal question, but somehow when Elizabeth asks it, it sounds like some Madoka Magica shit. Fortunately, Arianna's world doesn't have anime.]

I would prevent the Calamity from existing.

[lefthandpath]

Hm? Oh, yes, fine.

I probably just should eat a bit more.

[justpure]

Hm... Yes. It is human nature to desire revenge against those who wronged you, no matter what the risk...

But you seem like the kind of person who shies away from risks, yes?

[dismemberthename]

[...deflates a little.]

Sorry. There's no need to take it out on you. I'm living in a pretty tumultuous time in history, is all. And everyone I know is pretty involved.

[hopegloats]

Haaaah.... that sounds like a story. What happened?

[daughterofthemark]

A back rub sounds as though it would be particularly pleasant.

[dismemberthename]

Yeah... let's do that. You wanna go first?

[justpure]

[As she mentions the Juuni Taisen, Kiyo becomes more and more interested...]

Those animals... Those are the animals from the Chinese Zodiac, aren't they? What an intriguing tradition indeed!