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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[Yuri, Maiden of Mystery]

[slice_of_life]

I can do this, I can do this...

[she repeats it like a mantra, psyching herself up.]

Um... so... then!

Have you read any... good... books... lately?

[assent]

[ She isn't the only one dying inside, apparently, but--

At least she's asking good questions. ]

Have you ever read "Child of God" by Cormac McCarthy? It is a masterpiece.

[ If you haven't, never read that book tbh. ]

[slice_of_life]

Oh... um, yes, I have, actually.

I do like novels that... that challenge the reader's perspective...

[assent]

I suppose that is one way of looking at it. [ She just really likes serial killers tbh. No mater... the type. ] Do you have a favourite genre?

[aria_ardeinae]

No.

[ LOOK it's an easy answer ]

[slice_of_life]

Ah... you don't have much opportunity to read?

[aria_ardeinae]

I prefer reading letters to books. They're more personal.

[cluelesscavewoman]

No! I do not wish to see a book again after living in a library for a week.

[slice_of_life]

...O-Oh.

[frowns, like a kicked puppy]

[cluelesscavewoman]

[She smiles, oblivious.]

They are good for throwing at people who are annoying.

[flamingprick]

[Does it look like this delinquent child ever reads?]

Um.

I think the last book I actually read was a comic book.

[slice_of_life]

...Ah. Not much for reading, then?

[flamingprick]

I mean, the stories aren't too bad? But it's hard to focus on the words. It's like they keep jumping around anytime I try to read. That's why I watch movies or tv instead.

[tsunderine]

I actually just got back from a flight from London, so not recently, unfortunately... you don't happen to have any good recommendations, do you?

[slice_of_life]

O-Oh, I can recommend some...

Do you have a preferred genre at all? I've been reading more psychological books with a horror bent, lately... but... I know it might not be everyone's... cup of... tea.

[tsunderine]

I'm pretty good with anything, so give me what you've got.

[fightingoverdose]

Mm... I ain't much of a reader. But some of the tanka we had to read for class weren't so bad. You a poetry fan?

[slice_of_life]

Oh... yes! I am. Did I tell you? I'm... very much into literature... that includes poetry.

[pummelgranite]

[ . . . ]


No.

[slice_of_life]

[crestfallen look]

...Oh.

[dismemberthename]

I haven't gotten a chance lately. Do you have any recommendations?

[slice_of_life]

Oh, I certainly can make some...

Do you have any... specific interests...?

[thesystemisdown]

Well, you already know my preferences. We'll need to come up with a different icebreaker.

1/2

[slice_of_life]

Oh, um... hi Monika.

[pause, what did Monika like again...?]

W-Well, it goes without saying that we're both passionate about books. Maybe just this once we should use the cards...

[She pulls one]

[slice_of_life]

[reads...]

... Oh.

Um...

"What was your most embarrassing moment?"