Speed Dating

[can_fight_ugly]

WHO: Anne Weying
WHERE: The Inn
WHEN: Friday 15th
OPEN TO: Speed Dating Participants, mingle section OTA
WARNINGS: N/A, will update as needed

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Anne had gotten the box earlier in the week, and while there were not any actual instructions included, it was pretty clear what the items were intended for. Name tags, cards, the candies, hell - a whole supply of contraceptives - the only logical conclusion was some sort of dating event. Apropos as they were just a day over her world's Valentine's Day, to boot. She appreciated the distraction putting together something like this would provide.

One additional request needed to be made, considering her idea on formatting the evening, and that was for a brass bell from Tony's forge.

She arrives at the Inn early to set up; moving tables aside and setting it up for a couple rows of two-person seating, and setting out mugs on each table full of conversation hearts. She pulls one table up by the front where she gathers sign-in materials; name tags, metallic sharpies, little info cards and pens ... she also gets two large bowls and fills them with the condoms and diaphragms; might as well make them accessible.

The index cards she fills out with questions that she thinks will be relevant, puts an announcement, and fusses with a few last minute touches.

Info Card:
<br /><b>Name:</b><br /><b>I've lived in the village for:</b><br /><b>My Idea Of Romance Is:</b><br /><b>My thoughts on pets are:</b><br /><b>My favorite place in the village is:</b><br /><b>One thing I miss from home is:</b><br /><b>I am looking for: </b><br /><b>[] Friends</b><br /><b>[] Friends+</b><br /><b>[] Romance</b><br /><b>[] Other (please specify):</b><br />

Name	Position
Reeve Tuesti	Rotating
North Dakota	Seated
Marian Hawke	Rotating
Peggy Carter	Seated
Lucifer Morningstar	Rotating
Alistair Theirin	Seated
Samantha Moon	Rotating
Reyes Vidal	Seated
Thor Odinson	RNG - Rotating
Rosa Diaz	RNG - Seated
Ezio Auditore	RNG - Seated
Phryne Fisher	Rotating
Leonado de Vinci	Rotating

Comments

Tables

[can_fight_ugly]

Get yourself a name tag, fill out an info card, and Anne will direct you to be seated or wait for the bell if you're going to be the one moving partners. Once everyone is signed up and ready to go, she'll ring the bell to begin, and then every five minutes for a full rotation.

Hello, my name is: Alistair

[nobroth]

Name: Alistair
I've lived in the village for: Just over a month, I think.
My Idea Of Romance Is: Probably silly. Bad jokes, flowers, kindness, long talks, gentleness.
My thoughts on pets are: I prefer not-dogs if there are going to be pets.
My favorite place in the village is: I don't know yet.
One thing I miss from home is: Not very bloody much. I kind of miss hearing some of the hymns sometimes.
I am looking for:
[X] Friends
[~] Friends+
[?] Romance
[] Other (please specify):
[He has drawn a picture that might be an animal but looks more like a fuzzball with eyes.]

Hello, My name is Awkward Fail

[plate_builder]

The bell rings, Reeve gets to his feet and... Just about freezes when he gets to the next table. Oh. Well... this wasn't awkward at all. For half a moment he dips into the navy blue power, returned to him on his way back up to the village from the farms down South. Surely it would tell him that bypassing this table would be the best option for him right now. Instead the soft light just hovers over the chair he's meant to fill.

Yeah, I get it. Apologize.

With a sigh Reeve sits down and doesn't look right at Alistair. Doesn't even put his card on the table yet.

"This is likely not the appropriate time to do so, but I ask your forgiveness. I pressed more than I should have, I failed to speak to the faith I had in you, and let my concern get the better of me. I would like to blame it on the fact that I spent several days operating under a different colored device, which seems to have had some impacts on my core personality. But the truth of the matter is that such behavior might have been slightly altered, but the sentiments behind them were my own. I was concerned for you, and I expressed it in a way that was inappropriate and hurtful to you. I understand you have no reason or need to forgive me, but I ask that you consider it anyway, for I truly do wish to be your friend."

There. With all of that out, in a practical rush of speech, Reeve finally looks up, meeting Alistair's... Well, not his eyes. He's still too self-conscious for that. But he does at least get his eyes up as far as Alistair's neck. So it's progress in the face of his shame. Especially considering his knee-jerk reaction to the whole thing had been to flee south for a few days.

[capturetheworld]

Leonardo was uncertain he understood how any of this works. But it seemed like an entertaining distraction from his work, and there were people he knows there! So he could have cheerful conversations and eventually go back to what he was doing. At the moment he still has soot on his fingertips, although it's mostly blended in to his skin so it won't dust on other people, but the rest of him appears (mostly) clean. There may be an occasional streak of soot on his cheek or neck as well, that he didn't see.

He smiled at Alistair and leaned in to read his card, curiously. "You don't like dogs, my friend? Alas." Leonardo quirked a finger at him, leaning in playfully as if he was telling a secret. "I prefer cats myself, outside of knocking everything off of my work table." He had no pets of his own, of course, mostly for that reason. He leaned back in the chair. "Oh, and birds. I love birds."

He frowned at the card. "What does friends and that symbol mean?" To the +.

[championofsnark]

Oh Hawke cannot wait for this. She had a grin like the cat that ate the canary when she sat down across from Alistair. His highness, although not apparently, for this poor soul. He still was handsome as all can be, but she found his awkwardness endearing, and if nothing else, Hawke loved socializing and making friends. She still couldn't help wanting to tease them all the same, so that was the mischief in her dark eyes.

She looked at the card and chuckled. "Your idea of romance might very well be the sweetest thing I've read, Alistair." It wasn't a bad thing, but as far from her concept of sex there was. Romance? Well, she was still wounded about that, underneath all the bluster, but it wouldn't show.

[womanofvalue]

She's not supposed to rotate, she knows that, but Peggy's curiosity can't help but get the better of her and she wants to see what other people have written on their sheets. When she reads his, lurking just a little, she narrows her eyes curiously. "Not-dogs?" she reads, giving him a look that says she can't just let that sit as it stands.

"Cats? Or is there another not-dog you had in mind?" she asks, her mind running the gamut of possibilities, furry and otherwise.

Hello, My Name is: North Dakota

[duel_wielding]

Name: North Dakota
I've lived in the village for: Two Weeks-ish
My Idea Of Romance Is: Warm smiles watching sunsets. Laughter with friends. Corny jokes and kind words.
My thoughts on pets are: They are absolutely wonderful and I clearly need a dog.
My favorite place in the village is: The Inn, so many great people.
One thing I miss from home is: My Twin Sister
I am looking for:
[*] Friends
[no] Friends+
[?] Romance
[*] Other (please specify): Due to circumstances, I identify as biromantic asexual. Please ask me what that means if you're not familiar with it. If that isn't cool, let's be friends.

[fishingfortrouble]

While Phryne will freely admit that she has mostly gotten involved in this particular sort of event because, well, how could she not? It might not be anything that she has any significant amount of experience with, but she's pretty sure she gets the general idea even so. And for all that she might, admittedly, be seeing if she can find someone to spend an enjoyable evening with, she can't deny that this particular card is interesting in its own right. Enough to have her settling in opposite North after only the briefest of pauses, at the least.

"I believe I'm understanding that particular identification correctly, but I don't suppose you'd be willing to help me with the finer details? They aren't terms that are terribly commonplace, back home."

The concepts are, if she's understanding correctly. But the terms themselves are mostly only as understandable as they are thanks to her having a passing understanding of the components to those particular words.

Hello, my name is: Reyes

[vidal]

Name: Reyes
I've lived in the village for: Two months
My Idea Of Romance Is: [...] Sharing adventures together.
My thoughts on pets are: I'd like a peacock cat. If someone happens to have too many cats in their home, please contact me immediately(!)
My favorite place in the village is: The back corner of the inn on a busy night.
One thing I miss from home is: Jump jets. Blaster pistols. Whiskey. Holovids; god, I miss movies. (Sorry, those were four things.)
I am looking for:
[✓] Friends
[✓] Friends+
[?] Romance
[ ] Other (please specify):

[plate_builder]

"I'm more of a bourbon man myself," Reeve muses as he looks over the card, smiling at it. "But a good whiskey is most definitely comparable, in a pinch. As for movies, I don't think I've seen one in a few years."

He does chuckle as he puts aside Reyes's card, and offers his hand across the table. "Reeve, as the name tag says. I've got to ask, what constitutes an 'adventure' in your books?"

At least he dressed up in his 'nice' clothes today. Which in this case is a nice pair of jeans and, well... the shirt isn't as nice, but at least it makes him look more approachable than a scrubs top does.

His own card, of course, he has already passed over to Reyes.


Name: Reeve Tuesti
I've lived in the village for: Two Months
My Idea Of Romance Is: A really good question that I don't know how to answer
My thoughts on pets are: Cats are divine, dogs are good
My favorite place in the village is: My office
One thing I miss from home is: Cait Sith
I am looking for:
[*] Friends
[*] Friends+
[*] Romance
[] Other (please specify):

[championofsnark]

Hawke absolutely cannot resist. She slides into a chair across from him looking innocent, even fluttering her eyelashes more than necessary. This is what innocent women look like, right? She tries to banish the mischief from her eyes, but of course it is impossible. It is her permanent state of being. Still, she reads his card with a smile, raising an eyebrow at him. "Don't you think you should check with your housemate before bringing home a drug cat? For shame."

She playfully nudges his foot with hers under the table, because she is incapable of not flirting and messing with him while doing it. "I'm afraid you filled this out wrong, Sirrah Vidal, four things are an unacceptable answer to this question. You have to pick one."

[thegreatexperiment]

Sam really, really didn't know why she was doing this. Probably because she was reeling. Spiraling. And possibly falling into a very, very dark pit. And she knew it. She had to give herself credit for that. She knew there was something broken inside of her and, for better or for worse, she was afraid of it.

Maybe doing something stupid was the kick in the pants she needed.

Maybe doing something halfway normal was the answer.

Or maybe it was a big mistake.

There were a lot of maybes in the scenario, with left her closing off her posture, gripping her stupid card tightly against her chest as she took a seat at the first empty spot she saw.

It didn't occur to her to say something clever like 'hello.'

[womanofvalue]

She knows that she shouldn't be peeking over at the next table, but there's a lull between the switching and she'd missed introducing herself to the man before she'd sat down. When there's a moment, she leans over, offering a warm smile as she glances to Anne and makes sure she's not going to get in trouble for disturbing the order of things.

"Well? Anything promising yet?" she asks, fiddling with her own tag and trying to keep it on somewhat straight. She does hope it goes with the mildly embarrassed flush she's had all night, indicative that she's never done something like this before.

[pop_of_color]

"Friends plus," Rosa states, glancing at the card before sliding it back to the guy opposite her. She'd already taken him in from a purely physical point of view. The guy's good looking. Anyone who denies that is a fucking idiot, as far as Rosa's concerned. She's seen him interact with the others. He does it with ease, doesn't seem to think about it at all. He couldn't be more of an opposite, and that's both alluring and disgusting at the same time.

Rosa generally doesn't go for the charismatic sweet talker. She generally thinks they're sleezeballs, but not in the good way. Like The Vulture's a dick, yet she'd still bone him if it came up. The Sham Wow Guy? Total creep and probably has lampshades made of human skin in his basement, but she'd bone him, too, just not around the lampshades. She's only gone after the more charming people when it comes to dating women, but with men, she's got a Type, and this dude is not it at all.

Still, she's .. intrigued. She folds her arms across her chest and leans back in her chair to consider him.

"So, you wanna do this, or what?"

Re: Hello, my name is: Reyes

[ataashihunter]

Bull waits until the main event is over and everything is starting to be put back in its usual place before he heads over to Reyes. He glances at the card and then smiles.

"I might be able to help out with the cat actually. Alex's my roommate"

Hello, my name is: Rosa

[pop_of_color]

Name: Rosa
I've lived in the village for: Anything longer than one day is too fucking long
My Idea Of Romance Is: Food, basketball game, bone down
My thoughts on pets are: I would murder every human on Earth to keep my pet safe
My favorite place in the village is: Outside of it, as in, not in it
One thing I miss from home is: Everything
I am looking for: Boning
[X] Friends
[X] Friends+
[] Romance
[X] Other (please specify): Whatever. If we're into it, we're into it.

Re: Hello, my name is: Rosa

[plate_builder]

Well, if the card isn't straight-forward, Reeve doesn't know what is. He actually has to bite his lip to keep from chuckling before handing it back to her.

"I can always respect a woman who is very clear about what she wants," Reeve mused as he reached out for a candy and rolled it over his fingers. "If I have to ask, what sort of pet did you have? You strike me as... a dog person."

Perhaps he's not as straight-forward as she is. A few days ago he might have been. Right now he was more interested in playing at conversation for a moment.

Hello, my name is: Thor Odinson

[assemble_the_lovbacken]

Name: Thor Odinson
I've lived in the village for: Two and a half months, I think!
My Idea Of Romance Is: Hunting and defeating a mutual foe and coming out of said battle victorious; banishment leading to a chance encounter of getting hit with a car and striking up a friendship that leads to romance; bonding over how terrible my brother is (but not actually being mean because I love my brother)
My thoughts on pets are: I love them! I would like many of them! I currently have a peakitten, but I would love to have a dog! How do we get dogs?
My favorite place in the village is: The Forge; the beach; anywhere I can observe the native wildlife
One thing I miss from home is: My powers
I am looking for:
[X] Friends
[X] Friends+
[X] Romance
[] Other (please specify):

Hello, my name is Peggy:

[womanofvalue]

Name:Peggy Carter
I've lived in the village for:3 years? Who can remember?
My Idea Of Romance Is: Fighting side by side with someone in order to achieve a mutual goal and being communicative and efficient.
My thoughts on pets are: I'll likely kill them through accidental forgetting.
My favorite place in the village is: My room, with a cup of tea and a sense of satisfaction.
One thing I miss from home is: My job.
I am looking for:
[X] Friends
[X] Friends+
[X] Romance
[] Other (please specify):

Mingle Area

[can_fight_ugly]

While half of the Inn Anne has rearranged for the event, the other is left relatively untouched so people not participating in the event can still come and go and get their regular meal - or, if people in the event decide they want more than five minutes to talk to someone.

Post Event Mingling - All Those Lovely Rotators... | OTA

[plate_builder]

After the bell stops ringing Reeve gets to his feet and heads over to the 'mingle' area that Anne had mentioned while he was getting his name-tag. It made sense, after all. It was a good place to talk with some of the people he had spoken with earlier. And, more than that, it was a good way to potentially connect with the people who had been in his own position, moving around tables to meet other people.

He settles down with a cup of tea and his card still twirling through his fingers, because frankly, it's a bit strange to have it. The name tag he was used to. Back home he had a nice brass-plated one for when he was at official gatherings like this, just in case people didn't recognize his face. But for now, though, he was happy to sit and wave down anyone who might look interesting to talk to.


Name: Reeve Tuesti
I've lived in the village for: Two Months
My Idea Of Romance Is: A really good question that I don't know how to answer
My thoughts on pets are: Cats are divine, dogs are good
My favorite place in the village is: My office
One thing I miss from home is: Cait Sith
I am looking for:
[*] Friends
[*] Friends+
[*] Romance
[] Other (please specify):

post-event mingle | closed to anne

[vidal]

Reyes hasn't had much of a chance to speak to the organiser behind the whole event, besides a short exchange when signing in, but once the rotations and meet-and-greets are over and people are just mingling, talking, he makes a point of seeking out Anne.

It feels almost strange, talking to her in such an aggressively normal environment compared to the hike back from the shrine -- no longer exhausted camping in an unfriendly and alien wilderness, snuggling close for warmth despite the fact that they didn't know each other at all beforehand, that they were total strangers to each other. They are friends of some sort, now, though he can't quite define what that is.

"And you didn't put yourself down at a table?" he asks. Gently teasing. "Seems unfair, that the rest of us should have all the fun."

Bull is late to the party OTA

[ataashihunter]

Bull somehow had managed to miss that this was going on and when he figures it out he kicks himself for it, it sounds like it would have been fun. He shows up near the end and heads to the untouched part of the inn, settling at a table with a bottle of beer he had brought with him and watches the goings on.

Sign In Table

[can_fight_ugly]

Anne's table has all the necessary items to get started, and she is on hand to answer any questions.

I've Got A Question...

[skyward_eyes]

This... wasn't how the inn was usually set up. Nida is absolutely mystified as he enters, intending to get some food and maybe some supplies for his outing tomorrow. What he finds instead is... Well, this. There's a table with Anne sitting at it, clearly looking like she's in the process of something, and that gets Nida to stroll over, looking a bit confused.

"Uh... what's up with all of this?"

Wait, are those condoms? Well, yeah, a few of those are going into his pocket.