Vanilla (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chinhotta) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
randangonpa2018-02-17 06:03 pm
chinhotta) wrote in randangonpa2018-02-17 06:03 pm
Trash Squad Day 1 - SPEED DATING
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. )
Game navigation
SUBMIT YOUR HOT OR NOTS HERE by Thursday, 6pm PST!
[ 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. )
Game navigation
SUBMIT YOUR HOT OR NOTS HERE by Thursday, 6pm PST!
no subject
[She shrinks away, holding her hands behind her back.]
I don't really have one... I guess? Maybe... maybe you could count when I indulge too much in my hobbies...?
no subject
Ah, you don't have to go into that if you don't want to. How about...
[He draws more cards, which are "What's your worst habit?" followed by "Which body part seems tastiest?", which he discards to the side.]
...Um, what's your favorite part of your hobbies?
no subject
I-I've been told I can space out easily...
no subject
1/2
[That gets a little glance from her.]
no subject
Ahaha... sorry. I'm... sort of an introvert. I'm not u-used to... being around so many people. And... talking about myself.
[she takes a deep breath.]
My favorite types of novels are ones that devote real thought into the world-building aspect of fiction writing... telling a story in a world that seems foreign to our own, that plays by its own rules, and has its own uniqueness to it... doing all that while also weaving together a good story and creating intriguing characters is something I can really appreciate.
For example... suppose you created a setting where it's the same world we have now, except magic exists and everyone can use it. Well, there's no way the world would be the same, would it? People wouldn't need machines to travel... they wouldn't need to domesticate animals for labor and food... it's possible everyone would speak a universal language because boundaries between cultures wouldn't exist anymore...
If the story can reflect that the author put real effort into thinking about the 'how' and 'why' of those implications then you know it's something worth reading.
no subject
[something crosses his face for a brief moment as well, but then he smiles again]
Ah, I agree, I think. It's really interesting to think about those sorts of things. Even if it's not a fantasy setting... reading a story where the choices the author makes all have consequences in the story, and it ties together in a believable narrative that doesn't rely on what the reader is expecting... that's always the most interesting, I think.
no subject
Recently I've become interested in the horror genre... especially books that are psychological and take advantage of your perspective. Books where the story is less about unambiguous 'good' and 'evil' and more about how the protagonist gets wrapped up in the antagonist's machinations by accident and their own naive choices are to blame for the situation... that moment when you as the reader realize that, the feeling of your whole interpretation of the events shifting as you realize if you had a little bit more imagination you would've realized it earlier... it's a really fascinating experience for me.
no subject
no subject
no subject
1/2
[HESITATES]
Well... I've read some of her work and enjoyed it, but...
[looks down, before continuing.]
Well, to me, atmosphere is very important when it comes to reading... if the book can't set the right tone, it's hard to become 'wrapped up' in what's happening and start taking the characters for who they are and taking the world on its own terms...
I read And Then There Were None, and I thought that, in addition to being a detective novel it also did a great job establishing the atmosphere, so I enjoyed it, but...
[frowns]
If you compare it to something like Murder on the Orient Express, almost the entirety of the novel takes place in a little railway car, as the detective brings in suspects one by one to question them... there's no atmosphere there. No metaphor. No little touches in the descriptions to bring out your imagination... just a steady stream of "And the suspect said this about this sort of evidence..."
...I understand why its written that way, of course, to make sure the reader knows 'here, you know what the detective knows, try to solve it,' but it just seems like a waste of what fiction can be...
no subject
[pause, then she looks away, blushing]
I-I'm sorry... I... I have no right to criticize your tastes... f-forget what I just said...
no subject
And it's not like I really disagree with it, either. Mysteries like that can be fun as an intellectual exercise, but as far as stories go I actually like things with a bit more feeling in them.
no subject
...I still feel bad though. I really... that was outright wrong of me to say those things... Everyone's entitled to their own tastes... and I wouldn't like it if someone told me what I liked was bad, either, so...
I'm really sorry...
no subject
no subject
...Um.
What is your name? I'm... Yuri.
no subject
no subject
...
Do you mind if I... check...?
[she glances at her tablet]
Oh... you're a... detective?
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
...Aha, n-not... sorry I'm not implying anything there...
no subject
[the bullhorn blasts]
...Ah, I guess that's it for now. It was nice talking to you... maybe we can do it more later.
no subject
I'm sorry. I'd like to talk with you later, Shuichi. Maybe at the library? That's... probably where I'll be.
(no subject)
(no subject)