[closed-ish] Signs of love overshadowed by dreams

[pseudonyms]

Who: Everyone who signed up for speed-dating/speed-friending! (and maybe some people who just wander in?)
When: IC Date: 6/9
Where: A large booth at the CERES Academy cultural festival
What: Rise's holding a special event to help bring people together at the cultural festival! This may be chaotic
Rating/Warning: N/A thus far! Rise with a megaphone might be a warning though...


[The cultural festival at the school has been in full-on planning mode for a few weeks. Rise is no exception to the planning and included in the flyers that have gone up is a notice printed on bright pink paper and bold lettering for a very special event.

The booth itself has been set up with a small cluster of tables to accommodate for the amount of people who have been signed up and even for a few last-minute sign-ups. The tables themselves have been decorated with special candles and a tray containing two bowls, two spoons, and a a tray with all the ingredients needed for an ice cream sundae.

At the front of the booth is a collection of heart-shaped name tags with all of the names of each individual whose signed up, along with a number attached. Rise will smile at each person, handing both the name tag and a small envelope to them with instructions not to open it until she says so.

It’s only when everyone has arrived and is crowded inside the booth that she pulls out a megaphone (and really, who gave her that?) and she turns it on.]

Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Cerealia School Speed-Matching event! Meeting people can be really hard here, but don’t worry, we’re making it easy! You’ll see that the tables all have numbers assigned to them. On my count, open your envelopes and see who you’re starting with. When the bell rings, switch partners! Seems pretty simple, huh?

[Nobody gets to get a say in this apparently, but they may see one Yu Narukami who’s sitting on the table behind Rise just watching everyone casual as can be. Why is he wearing glasses? Who knows.]

Okie dokie! Let’s get this show on the road! On your mark…get set…open!

[Hope you’re ready, colonists. Inside each envelope is a starter number for the first match, and also a list of starter questions for asking people about themselves. Some people have lists corresponding with the speed dating route, while others are for the “friends only” route. But wait…what’s that? Some of those lists are crosswired? Your character would try to mingle with everybody and flirt anyway? Well hey. At least people will be talking and mingling.

Oh, and don’t mind the people who may wander in and out of the event. Rise will try to moderator the event to her best ability but hey, she’s pretty social herself. Some people are bound to slip in and out under her watch. Have fun! And remember, beware of the bell! (Or Rise announcing "SWITCH" in a loud voice via megaphone, same thing.)]

[ooc: Hello everyone, welcome to the speed-friending/dating event! Thank you to everyone who signed up; above you’ll see a list of people and numbers for you to pick from! Pick your number and your friend/date by visiting the number generator to randomly pick a number to match your character with! Feel free to post top-levels inviting others to just tag in or tag around, too, without using the RNG. Any questions, please hit me via PM or on plurk at alternatively]

Comments

[mysophobic]

[ Of course he noticed, ghoeiuw. But he's an old man compared to most people here so it's like he never even thought about it that way?! ]

Of course I noticed! I...I just never really saw it that way.

[playboyknight]

[Stop being old, Shigeru. Angelo will need to take him out on the town one of these days.]

Not one into dating, huh? Well I'm simply in this to get with some ladies.

[His type of dating is more intimate than most.]

It hates us :c

[mysophobic]

[ Not unhappy, just awkward. But Shigeru is always awkward so it's just his thing. Either way he looks back at Shiho with some surprise in his features as he tilts his head to the side. ]

You don't have to do that! I...I wasn't angry or anything like that!

[ He looks all sorts of awkward as he types up his replies quickly for her to read. ]

It wasn't really your fault, so, you shouldn't have to apology for something like that.

[good_ideas]

Pretty sure it wouldn't be called "playing dumb" if I didn't know it.

[playboyknight]

[He decides enough is enough and gets up from his seat to get behind her then picks her up into his arms.]

How about instead of bickering, we settle this with trying to be nice to each other?

[saudadist]

[ Huh...this has certainly never happened before. I mean, how often is it she's complimented? Not much at all, really, and by a skeleton too?! Goodness. So, naturally, she stumbles a bit over her words before clearing her throat. ]

"Lucy" is fine.

[saudadist]

I don't really sit down and watch TV that much.

[ Living basically on the streets for five years, then imprisoned in a research facility for three more years tends to rob you of the chance to watch the latest Kamen Rider. ]

[freeinghorror]

Mm, that might be for the best. Some people wouldn't come if they had to pay.

Although bringing some old electronics would probably be useful. You can't let them destroy your stuff while they are still learning.

[theshiningone]

Wait, seriously?

[Oh. Oh. Hiro looks a little awkward now... As sociable as he was, he wasn't always the most subtle or tactful guy. Well, he didn't mean to seriously make her angry even if she was making funny grumpy faces.]

I feel like I've fulfilled three check marks on your list. But I'm totally a good guy! [The good kind of jerk...]

[bloodbiter]

A detective agency? [she's only heard about them in her experiences in different worlds - detectives weren't even a topic of fiction in her home. as such, there's a new sort of curiosity in her eyes.] What sort of tasks did that entail?

[she has to pause for a moment to think of what to say.]

More than anything, I suppose... Making the world a more peaceful place. Somewhere safe for everyone.

[theshiningone]

[Hiro looks a little taken aback. He wasn't expecting something like that even if it sounded like what he's experienced in his world... Twice in a row in fact. There's a slooow blink from him before he speaks up again.]

... That's horribly similar to what I've seen demons do. [A beat.] Though you make it sounds like you're fighting against overgrown football players.

[Yes... He's seriously thinking of 50 foot football players running around cities and eating people.] Can't they all just share a football?

[It's an innocent question with that image finally in his head...]

[adornmental]

Eh, I can give 'em a little leeway here since so many come from such different worlds and all.

[A gentle, sloping shrug follows, and he reaches forward for one of the gummy candies.]

[adornmental]

Yeah, there's no way I have the money to cover replacement costs if they go and ruin a bunch of stuff... Maybe there's some sort of like, bargain store, but for microwaves and ovens or whatever.

[If there isn't, someone needs to get on inventing that asap, clearly.]

[jinko]

[ There really does seem to be something about Adelina that's a bit awe-inspiring; it's not every day you hear someone talk about making the world a better place, after all. And with such sincerity and no malice of forethought.

He blinks, a bit surprised, before shaking himself out of it. ]

Oh, uh— well, we were trying to keep the peace. In our city. Helping the police investigate crime...

[ That trails off, because he wants to address the rest. ] ...It's amazing that you can say that so confidently, Adelina-san.

[feminine_carnivore]

Sure you are!

[ Okay, now by being awkward, it's made Chie feel awkward too. She could be perfectly fine being angry, she's good at anger, but suddenly having him pull back like that makes her feel like she's doubly alone out here, where people are definitely watching. But she's not going to apologize about being passionate about justice.

Instead she just moves her hands slowly to her lap, taking a deep breath in through her mouth and out through her nose. ]

Why don't we just start over. Who are you?

[criticalhip]

I hear ya.

And what better way to get a free sundae?

[Sans says as he glances down at the slowly melting ice cream in front of them.]

We should probably get on that.

[notsolomon]

That is a good point. Is your world terribly different?

[Oh that's right, there's ice cream. Time to start building a sundae.]

[moribound]

[Minato's noticed Chie acting somewhat nervous all throughout their conversation, but it's hard to say whether he cares or not considering his lack of reaction, only smiling faintly when she's finished telling her story.]

It's a cute story, though. [In the meanwhile Minato's made as close an approximation of a Jack Frost as he could with the available toppings, and he's about to tuck in.] I enjoyed listening to it, and I hope you'll see Yukiko here too someday.

[bloodbiter]

That sounds like a wonderful place to have a career. You must have so many stories about it... Might I hear one?

[police officers and detectives are people she's only heard about, not encountered, so she's curious as to what their work must have entailed, or even working for them.

at his statement, though, she pauses.]

Is it? That is, it's very kind of you to say. I don't want to seem ungrateful, I'd just never thought of it that way before.

[adornmental]

Nope! It's 2205 where I come from, so it's pretty similar.

[He doesn't seem keen on building a very big sundae himself, and pretty much just loads up his bowl with fruit.]

But I was first around in the 1700s, so I can get what a huge whiplash it is. There's still a lot of stuff I'm learning how to use.

[LIKE MICROWAVES... Though he hasn't touched one since he blew the last up.]

[bloodbiter]

I'm sorry to hear that. It must be painful. All the same, I'm glad you seem to have such fond memories of it.

[she was about to agree, but she doesn't want to gush about how amazing it is to be in love when he's just admitted that the person he's speaking of doesn't reciprocate his feelings.]

It might sound silly, but... At one point in my life, some circumstances forced me to travel far from my home. While I traveled, I saw just how widespread the problems my country faced were. I decided I was going to do all I could to ensure that no child would have to grow up surrounded with that much danger.

[dirtdevil]

[ honestly, it's not far from the truth. just imagine all those 50-foot football players are also nude. or maybe don't imagine it. that might be better. ]

I don't know what that is.

[ there's no fun allowed where he comes from. ]

[jinko]

No, it's nothing like that— sorry, that must have come out of the blue.

It's just something that's nice to hear, what you just said.

[ A small smile, and he presses on. ]

As for my job, I hadn't really been there for that long. But there was a lot to do, yeah...

...For example, we investigated a murder! Even if all I really did in the end was help the real detective navigate the train lines.

jeez, i didn't get the notif for this thread?! thanks DW, also so sorry for this delay?!

[jinko]

Ah... they both have spaceships in them, though... right?

[ He's made an enemy of about 500 people by saying this, no doubt. He seems clueless, however. ]

D, do you like space...?

oh my god i never got the notif for this?! 500 YEARS LATER... I'M SO SORRY

[jinko]

[ There's just something so charming about the way Usagi delivers that last statement that Atsushi has to laugh, though there's nothing particularly derisive about his reaction; her enthusiasm a bit of normalcy that he's thankful for, really. ]

Well... we should probably eat as much of it as we can while we're here, right?

[ Here, have some more chocolate chips!! He's a sharer. ]

Speaking of. Did you sign up for this event yourself? I didn't, but somehow I got roped in...