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

[loveisanopenseal]

It might be nice or it might not be. It is hard to say.

But I can say I have a deep admiration for those who are faced with challenges on a daily basis.

[starinhereye]

. . . Never mind . . .

What's the scariest thing you've ever done?

[discerp]

['What company?' she almost asks, before she turns red. ?? Her? Was he talking about her?? Does not computer.]

Th-there's a lot of r-really interesting people around! A little...strange... Some of them, or scary, but... At least it's not boring?

[artisticliberty]

How did you come to be involved with something like that?

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya takes a moment to consider that. ]

...When we were children, we each gave each other mementos. Important gifts to each other. I gave him a watch that had belonged to my father, and he gave me a lighter that had belonged to his. Even after we drifted apart, we held onto those gifts... And when we met again, they helped bring us back together.

...I guess that makes it sound like the gifts were the important part, but that day we exchanged them... It holds a special place in my heart.

[motorcycle_noises]

That sounds right to me.

[discerp]

Y-you wouldn't? [Well, no, she kind of knows that by now he wouldn't. Still...]

...Yeah, Hinata-san is... Hianta-san is that kind of guy... That's why, even if this situation seems so scary and strange... I'm glad Hinata-san is here with ['me'] us.

[She suddenly looks flustered and embarrassed] S-sorry, I'm sorry! I was saying weird things, pl-please forgive me!

[futurebullets]

I... don't know what you mean, actually. [Hinata feels himself getting confused at a rapid rate.] Why wouldn't I trust you, Komaeda? I always have.

[hahaha what are you talking about Komaeda]

[dismemberthename]

Nnnnot really. I only traveled to one time, and I was just a normal teenager before that.

[starinhereye]

[thinking that over for a beat]

A falcon? Or a stag.

[taking a card, considering it before reading] Where do you see yourself in five years . . . ?

[motorcycle_noises]

It's.... a pretty long story. It started out with rumours becoming reality and swiftly went downhill.

[artisticliberty]

You say you hope to be "used for the greater good", but that is far too vague. What do you mean by that?

[plsbully]

Out of this place, ideally.

[ new card... ]




What sort of skills do you have that would help you survive a zombie apocalypse?

[truthstranger]

It's... fine. I've—

[he's interrupted by the bullhorn blasting]

[dismemberthename]

Nah, I'm good.

"What do you wear when you go to bed?"

Oh.

[hopegloats]

[ Komaeda sits down across from him with a smile. ]

Not interested in the questions? Some of them are a little strange.

[hopegloats]

[ Here's Komaeda leaning too close again, looking over Hinata's face like he's trying to find something. ]

Hmmmmm.... Could it be you don't remember the killing game either?

[dismemberthename]

[standing]

Let's talk later, okay? Not- not necessarily about that, unless you want to, but...

[he feels bad for that card and it's clear on his face.]

[counterfaith]

Oh? Though I thought that was water under the bridge. Well, but it's nice to have a pace of change, don't you think?

Ah, that's true. Shall I ask a different question, then?

[helptilistop]

Wellll... I'd like to bring my Master some measure of peace and happiness, wherever he is, but it's a little hard to know he hasn't found that already...

[futurebullets]

N-no, it's fine! Really, you don't have to apologize for something like that...!

[He lets his embarrassment simmer for just a moment before it settles, and then he's quietly able to admit...]

I'm... glad to be here with you guys, though. [Hinata's gaze trails to the side for a moment, just a hint of sheepishness in his tone.] I'd rather we weren't going through this at all, but... If we have to, then I want to be here with you all.

[starinhereye]

[eyes are going a touch wider as he processes that and as zen's putting together a response, the buzzer goes off]

Ah, I'll see you, Shirou?

[helptilistop]

[ Hunches forward across the table from him, scowling right back.

Not purposefully, but it's way more adorable when Astolfo does it. ]

[starinhereye]

[that doesn't sound like a best friend, tatsuya!!]

Ah, that's really — Beautiful. You two sound like you were bound to each other.

[starinhereye]

Usually exactly what I'm wearing now. I forget to undress.

[or, well, people barge into my room in the middle of the night too often]