estoria | [closed-ish] Signs of love overshadowed by dreams

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

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[ it's true he wants to meet more people, so he's going to try his best at this! he's a pretty awkward person anyway. although looking at these questions... hmm... no, he can't imagining himself asking these.

oh no. what did he get himself into...

maybe he'll just ignore these questions and try to get through this himself. it'll be fine! he just wants to meet people - it's not like he's even good at the whole dating thing (the first time he was asked out was sort of a train wreck anyway), which is why he signed up for the speed-friending instead.

well, it's time for the painfully awkward greeting - ]

Hello... It's nice to meet you. I'm Shion.

[ yes... good enough? ]

Hi! I'm Kashuu. Your eyes are really pretty!

[He's not even doing the speed dating thing THAT IS JUST. Literally the first thing that comes to his mind, so he says it, because gosh why wouldn't he?? Anyway, pointing at the food and moving right along...]

Let's start with some basics. What kinda toppings do you like?

[ of course, Shion's hands immediately fly up to cover his face!? look he's self conscious, and also slightly embarrassed. nooo the first thing that was noticed about him were his weird-o eyes nooooo...

slowly sliding hands down face... ]

T...Thank you.

[ QUICKLY MOVING ON...because that's a pretty easy question! ] Ah, well... I really like cherries, for one. [ he's suppose to... ask something back, right? ]

What about you, Kashuu?

[What the heck Shion you're talking to someone with even redder eyes IT'S FINE, THEY'RE FINE.

But he'll just leave that embarrassment behind them... Time to talk about more important things, like the merits of adding cherries to a sundae.]

Cherries are good! I like these little crispy rice things, too. Have you tried 'em? Oh - and I know the person who made these brownies over here, so they're gonna be really good!

[ stop he didn't notice that at first!? he doesn't notice a lot of things, okay! so that might make him feel a bit better... he's a self conscious boy. ]

Not on icecream, yet. Although, my mother runs a bakery, so I got to try a lot of baked goods she sold. [ His mother truly made the best baked treats!

at first he was kind of hesitant to try, but this stuff was set out for this speed-thingy, huh... but he'll take a brownie and takes a bite-- it's pretty obvious what Shion's thinks about it because his face immediately brightens! ]

Oh! You were right, these are good. Compliments to the baker is what I should say, huh..?

[SOMEONE HELP HIM OUT. Red is a great color?? Don't make him get Grell in here.]

See? Probably not as good as stuff you're used to from home, especially when it's nice and fresh, but still nice and tasty. [A satisfied nod!] I'll pass that on as soon as I see 'em again, alright?

[But he's back to poking around on the tray after that. HMMM what other choices do we have here...]

—What're these supposed to be?

[A gummy...]

[ STOP... he won't talk bad about red! what if Grell makes Shion a ton of red clothes... that's not his style!? ]

Ahaha, well she is pretty good at what she does.

[ and he's quite a momma's boy, to be honest... team mom. ]

Oh, have you never seen a gummy? They're gelatin base, and usually taste fruity. I think you would like them, they're very sweet since they're made with lots of sugars.

[ unless it's a green gummy... those are the nasty ones. ]

[Grell probably would AND THEN WHAT! Then he'd be stuck in red hell just like them...

Team mom is cute though?! What a moe. Kashuu laughs a little, but there's no malice in it.]

Nice, nice! Good baking is always nice. [Also gosh, Kashuu doesn't even like sweets?! But he carefully fishes out a red-colored gummy in the shape of a small butterfly, flapping it around a little.]

Huh... So it's like gel fruit or something? Do the colors have specific flavors?

[ no red >:( ]

I guess you can say that. [ a nod! ]

Yep! I think red is usually strawberry or cherry ... Even raspberry - it depends on who makes them I suppose. Orange is self explanatory, is it... Yellow is mango, green is green apple, purple is grape, blue is blueberry, and so on.

[ he recited most of the flavours from the top of his head. he really isn't a gummy kind of person though. ]

I never seen them in this shape though... [ he picked up a red-coloured gummy too, similar to the one Kashuu picked up. ] It's pretty cute, isn't it...?

[EMBRACE IT...

But Kashuu will easily gush over the cute shape of these butterfly gummies instead, since that is 100% the most important part of anything going on here.]

It is! What shape are they usually, if not this? I think these'll be my favorites anyway, though.

[Who doesn't like butterflies in bright colors??]

[ it's really hard to not gush over the cute shapes, especially because Shion will promptly answer his question with... ]

Bears, for one... Sometimes worms. The latter doesn't sound so appetizing to eat, huh?

[ he can't help but ask... ] This city is pretty modern though, you really haven't seen candy like this yet? [ he might sound rude here... oops. ]

Ew! Who would wanna eat worms?

[What in the fuck literally just-- WHO DOES THAT. Also, Kashuu will just reveal how much of a weirdo he is right now, prepare yourself Shion.]

I don't like sweets a whole lot, so if it's in the candy aisle or something, I've probably missed it.

[For like, 8 months...]

Well... It doesn't mean they taste bad! They're still really good, I think.

[ but he's not a gummy person!? but Kashuu doesn't have to worry about being weird because Shion is weird too? so this is a no judge zone... ]

If you don't like sweets then what do you like?

I don't think I'd be able to get over the worm thing.

[More power to the people who can, though... BUT GOOD, a fellow weirdo. Matching weirdness, even!]

I like spicy and salty foods best! What about you?

[closed-ish] Signs of love overshadowed by dreams

Shion

did u think u could escape me

HOW DARE YOU >:) beats u up

UGH GO TO BED

MAKE ME??? ok but i am in like 10 minutes,

ugh good night demu...

im alive

buries u, no

are u burying me in coffee grounds...

no u just get dirt

this hurts me!

GOOD

>:( ill beat you up

WHY....