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

[justpure]

Think nothing of it. You did not know before, so I won't hold it against you.

[Such a gentleman.]

Though, now I'm beginning to wonder about your country's views on... Ah... Courtship, if you will.

[hopegloats]

Hopefully not, but it wouldn't be the first time a fun trip I was on turned into a killing game. But that would be incredibly unlucky to happen twice, wouldn't it?

[hopegloats]

Good catch! No, I was on a class trip before this. Or something like it.

[pecker]

[Niwatori chuckles a bit.]

Oh... I-It's not that I was clever or anything. That question was only as hard as you made it, right?

[but she is still running a finger through her hair in a preening fashion.]

[slice_of_life]

[nods] Though, i-it doesn't have to be too formal...

[slice_of_life]

...

[hopegloats]

How lucky. You might be the first person I've spoken to without that sort of history.

[justpure]

Perhaps...

[He'll just take those cards and search the deck for a better question.]

Or maybe they wish to make us all uncomfortable. It's hard to tell.

[He pulls out one card.] Here's something more pleasant. "Where do you see yourself in five years?"

[Gee, wonder what the Luminary of the Stars is gonna say?]

[slice_of_life]

Well, I do like literature... but it would be too much to say I like all books...

I'm very enthusiastic about novels with world-building elements in them. The kind where the author doesn't just create a story, but an entire setting with its own rules and history... it makes it more poignant if you can emphasize with the characters and be drawn into the plot that way.

[plsbully]

I'm afraid I can't give a more definitive answer than that.

[flamingprick]

I think some of them are close to the center, yeah. It might be kinda weird to walk around with my shirt open though, I'm not buff or anything.

[hopegloats]

You mean have it grow back? No, then it would still be mine, and as useless as the original. I mean replace it with something better.

[flamingprick]

I don't think I can hang on it, it hurts when people pull it so I bet hanging my weight from it will be even worse.

[But he does try to pick up one of the glasses from the table with it. He can't wrap it around tightly enough to pick it up though, and it just gets knocked to the ground.]

So much for that idea.

[justpure]

Hm... Interesting... But fortune did smile upon you, I recall... Didn't a priest tell you of the fortune?

[hopegloats]

[ Can't help pushing it, the blushing is too fun. ]

Any lingerie? Or is there something specific you like best?

[justpure]

[... His glare softens.]

Oh? You threw your life away to seek out one person. What sort of information have you been promised?

[flamingprick]

Right, same. Good luck?

[Because these speed dates are...interesting.]

[flamingprick]

Sure, I'll be around. I'm Rin, by the way.

[justpure]

[Smugness stays at a constant level.]

I knew it wouldn't be that easy. You'd be surprised by the lengths these robotic animals go to for the sake of containment.

[motorcycle_noises]

Oh well, I-I don't... maybe....la...cy...?

[justpure]

[Heeey, buddy. You can search the deck without throwing it everywhere.]

Must I awnser this? The most important factor is mutual affection, after all.

[plsbully]

He did.

I did not doubt him, but -- there was still the thought, in the back of my mind -- a lingering sense that it could be gone, that it could never have existed in the first place ...

[hopegloats]

Hmmmmm. No one's ever asked me that.

[ he looks thoughtful... and a little glazed over ]

If I could really choose... someone strong enough to overcome everything that I am. A person who can compliment and contradict me in a way that brings a greater hope to the world.

[ he laughs ]

But that's a lot to hope for, isn't it? I should probably just look for anyone who'll have me, in the end.

[justpure]

I was thinking more along the lines of "Is this a hostage situation or did we get caught in the middle of a war zone?" You must understand, there are some things we may not have complete control over, no matter how armed or trained for battle one might be.

[slice_of_life]

Uum... I'll pass.

Pass on the cards, I mean! I mean, I want to be creative enough to form my own question. --Sorry.

[pause, then]

So, if you wanted to torture someone... what would you do?