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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[daughterofthemark]

[Arianna seems genuinely pleased to be here and be doing this.]

Can you tell me something about your family?

[dismemberthename]

Hmm. The family business was making wood instruments. Does that work?

[daughterofthemark]

Indeed it does! Were they flutes and the like, or perhaps more akin to violins or lutes?

[assent]

About my family? [ Sonia's head cants to the side and she looks thoughtful. ]

My mother and father are the King and Queen of my country, though I believe their views are quite outdated.

[ That is probably... not what the question intended. ]

[daughterofthemark]

[Maybe not, but it's good enough for her.]

My! I hadn't realized there was another princess here! And my father is a mere duke in comparison...

[justpure]

[Kiyo sounds genuinely pleased to be answering this.]

You know, my sister is the one who introduced me to the world of anthropology. It is because of her that I discovered a keen interest in other cultures and folklore.

[daughterofthemark]

Oh!

[THAT'S SO CUTE]

Did the two of you ever study together?

[cluelesscavewoman]

My father was a samurai and directly served the Lord of Mikawa. I do not know my mother as she died when I was young. But her soul was placed inside of Kazuno, who helped raise me.

They both died causing the destruction of Mikawa.

[Sorry you got the most depressing news from a girl whose seemingly unaffected.]

[daughterofthemark]

[...okay that bit about her mom raises some Questions but.]

...my apologies. I had not realized this would be a sensitive subject.

["Arianna she really doesn't seem very torn up about--" SENSITIVE SUBJECT]

[pecker]

Oh, um, sure! But I'm actually adopted. My relationship with the Niwas is sort of more business-like than the norm.

[daughterofthemark]

...business-like? In what sense?

[lefthandpath]

... my father was a clown--a performer.

[daughterofthemark]

I've never truly considered what the life of a clown is like. I suppose it must be more complex than it appears.

[sunbottles]

[Hi again.]

Ehehe... I mean, there's not much to say. Just think of some normal, boring parents and you have mine!

[daughterofthemark]

[And hi.]

...I'm afraid I have never known what one would consider normal parents.

[thickandchunky]

My family is my mercenary company, we all watch out for each other.

But as for blood relatives, it's just my little sister now. She's always been brave and kind, and has been growing fast... I hear she got married recently.

[daughterofthemark]

You were not able to attend? A mercenary's work would not be something you could merely set aside to return home, of course, but...

[motorcycle_noises]

My brother is a cop.

[daughterofthemark]

I see! And what is a "cop," exactly?

[starinhereye]

There's three of us. Me, my older brother, and my mother. We don't see each other a lot, but it's always interesting when we do.

How about yours?

[daughterofthemark]

I am an only child, but aside from my parents, I have a grandmother and great grandmother living with me. It has been that way my entire life.

[lacrimose]

... My parents are doctors.

[daughterofthemark]

Do you intend to become a doctor as well?

[thesystemisdown]

[Ahaha well time to make some bullshit up]

They're... very normal.

[counterfaith]

[ he stops, looking down at his cup for a long moment before he speaks. even when he does, he isn't looking to her - instead, there's a bitter smile, eyes closed so tight that one would think he'd opened his eyes to the sun. ]

. . . My mother embodied God's grace; my father, God's faith. My sister, God's compassion, and my brothers, God's mercy.