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]

Oh yes, I see. The potential of danger could rise if you are dating someone that has killed before.

[truthstranger]

You're right, of course. I—

[ bullhorn blast ]

[loveisanopenseal]

Is it? How so?

[aria_ardeinae]

I wouldn't want to start a regular habit of pulling them out on purpose, however. It's a bit like having a habit of chewing your nails.

[thickandchunky]

Resting in the forest, huh. Maybe I should try that. I'm really bad at relaxing, honestly. I hardly know what to do with myself besides swinging a sword around.

[slice_of_life]

...Oh, uum... um... Sorry.

I just thought... it'd be more fair if it was... a two-sided th-thing? If I tried something I usually wouldn't try, too...

N-No pressure to come up with anything...

[misterwormtail]

Not as far as I know.

[The question's a little... questionable... but honestly it doesn't strike Peter as entirely out of line for a dating game for teenagers, because let's be honest wizards are absolute shit at avoiding child endangerment.]

[aria_ardeinae]

Ah, like a staff?

[ Reyson's already assumed Peter's either a mage or a cleric anyway for the above reason. ]

[hopegloats]

[ Komaeda gets a look on his face like he's about to get REAL INTO this answer when the buzzer sounds, and he smiles mildly ]

Ah, but I guess that'll have to be a conversation for another time.

[dismemberthename]

Oh yeah, definitely not as a regular thing. How much crime are you planning?

[hopegloats]

How very wholesome.

[ and then suddenly the buzzer goes off ]

Ah, but it looks like that's our time. It's been a pleasure, Okumura.

[fightingoverdose]

If you've got a campfire, that's a grill and/or smoker for those ribs; you're missin' out!

[she also grabs a bite, keeping pace]

...Rice. And stuff that goes with rice. So basically, everything, I ain't too picky.

[motorcycle_noises]

....I guess we'll have to talk more later.

[motorcycle_noises]

We'll talk later, Kitagawa-san.

[aria_ardeinae]

Even infants and elderly were shown no mercy. The mob believed us to be monsters and murderers, and they burned all of Serenes to ash and bone.

[aria_ardeinae]

Yes. It's a fantasy. I'd never be capable of doing so.

[truthstranger]

Some of both, I suppose. He's had a rough time in the past, so he's still working on it.

[motorcycle_noises]

I'd rather not get rid of any of them.

[ Tatsuya pulls a zippo out of his pocket and flicks it open and shut.  ]

But if I had to...? Probably one of my ears.

[hopegloats]

It would have been shameful, it's true. Still, there are so many ways for those situations to go badly. I'm glad you were safe, Sonia-san.

[dismemberthename]

I can't really imagine someone not being challenged in day to day life.

[fightingoverdose]

Ah-- No, no need to apologize, I'm just messing with you. It ain't a problem to come up with somethin' to present. If you want, anyway.

[truthstranger]

[awkward laugh]

Y-Yeah. Um, how about you? What are you looking for in a partner?

[misterwormtail]

I mean, I guess, if you want to get all dark ages about it. Most modern wands are more like, a foot long, maximum.

[afailedmurder]

There are good people in the world, of course, but on the whole we're greedy, selfish, stupid, and violent.

[chuckles]

Well, I probably shouldn't be saying such cynical things out loud. But somehow I feel like it's fine to tell you.

[hopegloats]

[ Komaeda looks very approving of this ]

That's admirable. That you didn't give into revenge.