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

[starinhereye]

[that doesn't sound like a best friend, tatsuya!!]

Ah, that's really — Beautiful. You two sound like you were bound to each other.

[motorcycle_noises]

[ JUST BECAUSE THEY ENDED UP DATING DOESN'T MAKE HIM NOT A BEST FRIEND! ]

One of our friends called us doppelgängers, said that we were the light and dark sides of each other. When we became friends again, I was.... happy.

[ There's a fond expression on his face as he speaks. ]

[starinhereye]

[glancing down at his drink when he talks]

You're going to be okay in a situation like this? Since it doesn't seem like he's here.

[motorcycle_noises]

...I'm never going to see him again.

[starinhereye]

Ah, I see.

[glancing at the timer]

I have a feeling you'd get cut off if you wanted to get into it . . .

[so, your call: save it for later, start now and finish later, or let's not]

[motorcycle_noises]

I'd definitely get cut off. Maybe another time, yeah?

[ Tatsuya tries to smile, but it comes across as more pained than anything else. ]

[starinhereye]

I'll hold you to it. It sounds like you still want to hold onto those memories of him.

[keeping his expression neutral]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ That's literally the problem. ]

Of course I do. They're my precious memories.

[starinhereye]

[yeah, he can tell! but big emotional breakthroughs do not happen in one speed dating round . . . maybe, two?]

Should I?

[holding up a card]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya nods. ]

Go ahead, we should have enough time for at least one more.

[starinhereye]

[actually reading it and starting to blush, putting it back down . . . ]

Uh, never mind. We should leave it there.

[motorcycle_noises]

...?

[ Tatsuya peeks at the card in a fit of curiousity. ]

[starinhereye]

[Do you know how to give a massage?]

[going to look away and drink, this is safe]

[motorcycle_noises]

...Oh.

[ Fighting off a blush himself, Tatsuya puts the card back down and takes a sip of his own drink. ]

[starinhereye]

[ah, how long can this moment stretch until the buzzer sounds . . . ]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Fortunately, it does go off after another awkward moment. ]

I'll.... talk you you later.

[starinhereye]

[can't help a chuckle at himself]

Yeah, I'll see you, Tatsuya.