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

[purrtagonist]

[. . . . HA. he snorts in amusement at that question, but probably for reasons she doesn't yet understand]

Watching someone from a distance and recording every detail about their lives and their confidants in a stalker book that you discreetly disguise as a "dossier."

[he's dunking on Akechi]

[assent]

[ She pauses at that. ]

That is oddly... specific.

[purrtagonist]

[:')]

Want me to draw a card next? I feel like I'm talking too much about myself.

[assent]

[ c8;; ]

Please, go ahead.

[purrtagonist]

[plucks a card from the stack! and lets out a low whistle as he reads it]

This is a good one. "What skills do you have that would help you to survive a zombie apocalypse?"

[assent]

[ Ah, it's happening. She looks thoughtful for a moment, her finger pressing against her lip before she begins. ]

While the intention had not been for a zombie apocalypse, in my country all children are taught how to operate a tank. Alongside that I am able to use other artillery and guns, also.

[ Probably not what he expected, huh... ]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . . . WELP, HERE IT IS. he doesn't even have a snarky response for htat]

I-- what? Why? A tank? As kids?

[assent]

[ No one has a snarky response for this BS that is her country. ]

Yes, that is correct. I have come to find it is differrent in other countries, yes?

[ Why isn't she equally as worried about this. ]

[purrtagonist]

Generally, it's frowned upon to turn kids into child soldiers, yeah.

[JUST. . . SAYING. that's also pretty blunt]

[assent]

[ She sighs. ]

I would prefer that it were not the case as well.

[purrtagonist]

Why is it like that? Is it because of the insurgents you mentioned before?

[danger danger]

[assent]

That and Coup d'etats... terrorism... [ She looks sheepish. ] It has been like this for centuries.

[ high voltage ]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . it sounds like her country is pretty unstable. no wonder she spoke of kidnappings]

There has to be a way to ease tensions somehow.

[assent]

[ That's one way of putting it. ]

I am afraid both my parents are rather "stacked in their ways", as they say, so it will most likely not be until I become queen that will happen.

[ Stuck in their ways. ]

[purrtagonist]

[MMMMMMM]

[. . .]

[his gaze narrows slightly, expression darkening. but he doesn't allow it to linger for long]

. . . it sounds like you'll have a lot of work ahead of you, if achieving peace will be your goal.

[BAD ADULTS LEAVING MESSES FOR THEIR KIDS TO CLEAN UP, GEE THIS SURE ISN'T A THEME OF HIS CANON OR ANYTHING]

[assent]

That may be the case, however... [ She shifts, her hand reaching to grip her bicep and she looks READY TO ROLL tbh. ] ...I am confident I will be able to make a difference!

[ Yeah............. I mean it isn't always what happens in DR lbr... but her case it sounds like it. It's fine, they're prob dead now. c8;; ]

[purrtagonist]

[them being dead doesn't make it better!!]

[but that earns an earnest smile from Akira, who is about to say something when the horn finally goes off. TIME'S UP]

Five minutes goes by way too fast when you're talking about politics.

[assent]

[ eh!!! ]

[ Ah, everytime it happens she gets surprised, almost like she's made herself forget this is actually a speed dating event (clearly things are Going Well) ]

So it would seem. Thank you for your time, Akira. I shall see you later.

[ I mean they're in here for a while, it's bound to happen. ]