starseedling: (but i'm not amateur gay either)
Steven Universe ([personal profile] starseedling) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2019-08-08 01:59 pm

★FIRST EVER WITCH & MONSTER SPEED DATING!

Who: All the people who signed up for Speed Dating!
When: Aguril 10th, 7PM-11PM
Where: The Little Melody music hall, side room.
What: Steven has organized a speed dating event for witches and monsters to meet each other. This log is closed to helpers and people who have signed up on the OOC event post.
Warnings: Good clean fun. Hopefully.


Finally, the day arrives. Steven will have contacted everyone coming by watch in advance, giving them the venue information and confirming their arrival. It turns out that he has arranged for a side room in the Little Melody music hall to be used for this event - he's made a positive enough impression with some of them that he managed to get it without charge, in exchange for doing chores around the hall. It's a somewhat ornate music room with a piano, chairs along the walls, 10 tables set up for dates, and one larger table set up with a potluck 'buffet' or sorts.

The offerings definitely include at least one quiche and one pie, provided by Papyrus, complete with a little note card thanking him and a description of what each food is. Papyrus's pies are actually pretty okay, even if the crust is a little crispy in places. Alongside that is water, a couple types of juice, and four trays of sandwiches: ham with cheese, chicken salad, egg salad, and veggie. Beyond that, Steven will display anything people bring with them, and write up little note cards to go along with the others.

Each table is set up with a lit candle and a sheet with a series of 'Icebreaking Questions', which read as follows:

1) What would you take with you to a desert island?
2) If you had to be someone else for a day, who would you be and why?
3) If you could invite anyone, dead or alive, to dinner, who would it be?
4) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
5) What would be your ideal holiday destination?
6) What's the most reckless thing you've ever done?
7) What makes you laugh?
8) Do you have a party trick?
9) If you could be granted three wishes, what would they be?
10) What time in history would you have liked to be born in and why?
11) What is the most adventurous thing you have ever done?
12) What would be the title of your biography?
13) What is your favourite restaurant meal?
14) If you were given 1,000,000 cunes what would you spend it on?


Of course, using these questions is optional. Each date will last FIVE MINUTES, during which Steven and Elliot will be playing music to accompany on piano and violin. Towards the end of the five minute period, they will ramp up the tempo a bit to indicate that you are almost done, and then stop to tell people to change tables. During the whole proceeding, Steven will be projecting a sort of ambient illusion over the room, making the roof look like twinkling stars and leaving impossible to touch sparkles in the air.

OOCLY, I have made top levels below for every participating character, indicating who they have been randomly selected to tag. ICly, all witches will presumably have the chance to talk to all monsters, but since it isn't realistic to expect everyone to do 10 threads, we are starting with two tag outs. Beyond that, you can tag out to any additional people that you like. Find you character's name down below, see who you are assigned to tag (and who you have been tagged by!) and start a thread as soon as you are able. I understand that life happens and not all of these threads will happen, but it would be really cool if they could! I recommend keeping tags short and light to ease the load - and also because that seems suited to Speed Dating, anyway.

After the dating session is over, you can also make general mingle threads of people hanging out afterwards. The dating will only take about an hour, and Steven has the venue booked until 11PM.

NOTE: When you have an idea how your threads are going, please fill out the Google Form to submit your character's grades for each date. This is mostly just so you can have the fun of seeing who would formally approve of and reject your character.
overworker: Official Manga (pic#13323484)

[personal profile] overworker 2019-08-09 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Good evening. My name is Towa-- it's nice to meet you.

[Right. This whole thing is timed. It's strange, but not unpleasantly so. When she got pulled into this she said she was going to do her best and that's exactly what she's going to do.]

Sorry, I'm not used to things like this. If anything, I'd usually be the one setting something like this up, not taking part in it.
figmentpigment: (Keys)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-08-10 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Completely ignoring any trepidation she may have, Bendy greets Towa with a hearty handshake, silent and smiling as ever. When he pulls back a card is left in her hand, scrawled upon in large letters: ]

NEW THINGS ARE WONDERFUL!

[ It's the closest card he has to anything that might reassure her qualms on the matter. Bendy straightens his bowtie, and holds out his card for introductions. ]

HELLO! I AM BENDY. IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU!
overworker: ToCSIII screenshot (pic#13376453)

[personal profile] overworker 2019-08-13 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[With enthusiasm like that, how can she possibly not cheer up?]

Oh! How charming. Hello Bendy. Are you having a good time?
figmentpigment: (Registration)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-08-15 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bendy's chest puffs out a little. He's quite charming. He pulls out another card from a small stack. ]

IT IS SWELL! [ and another: ] EVERYONE IS AWFULLY NICE. [ and a third: ] HOW ABOUT YOU?
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[personal profile] overworker 2019-08-28 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
They are, aren't they? I'm having a very nice time. Getting to meet so many new friends-- this might be exactly what I needed today.
halfheartedmagician: (but hold me fast hold me fast)

I am so sorry for the delay

[personal profile] halfheartedmagician 2019-08-24 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Despite how he might seem usually, Asra isn't entirely comfortable with meeting new people and, as he's quickly finding out, it's much more difficult when it's a random stranger allocated to him. At least in other circumstances he'd have an easier time finding a topic to start with.

As it is, he tries not to stare and instead ends up looking elsewhere, desperately searching for something to talk about.]


Have you... ever done anything like this before?

[It's only one of the most obvious starters around but at least he tried, he tells himself.]
figmentpigment: (Registration)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-08-26 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, it's very nice for Asra to avoid staring, but in this particular circumstance it's not terribly helpful for Bendy's needs. Craning one arm up to try and reach Asra's periphery, Bendy waves to catch his attention and point down to his response cards. ]

NOPE! [ and ] IT IS A MYSTERY!

[ Still, he's having quite a good time. Unlike Asra, Bendy very much enjoys meeting new people. Especially when it's for friendship! Everyone enjoys making friends, right? ]
halfheartedmagician: (left a clouded mind and a heavy heart)

[personal profile] halfheartedmagician 2019-08-26 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He jumps a bit as the other starts waving at him and then it becomes clear why and Asra blinks at the cards.]

Oh, you can't speak? [He's tempted to ask if that's normal where he's from but that doesn't seem entirely polite either.]

I suppose introductions are a good place to start. I'm Asra.
figmentpigment: (Arcs)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-08-26 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 'Normal' is a deeply subjective term where Bendy comes from. As is, he nods cheerfully at Asra's question. If anything, this whole card-writing business is a lot newer to him than relying on pantomime, but with the limited time of their meeting he has to take efficiency into account.

Bendy produces another card:
]

HELLO! I AM BENDY. IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU!

[ He taps at his chin. His companion seems to be having trouble summoning up talking points, but never fear--he prepared a number of cards with fun starters! ]

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUND TO MAKE?

[ People make so many fun and weird noises. He wants to learn them all. ]
halfheartedmagician: (Haunted by the ghost of you)

[personal profile] halfheartedmagician 2019-09-03 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Favourite sound...

[It's such a strange question he's not even certain if he can answer it as well as the oddly charming creature deserves. But he tries.]

I haven't really thought about sounds I like making, but I like hearing other people laugh, when they're clearly having a good time. It's nice to know that they're happy.

Are there no sounds where you're from?
figmentpigment: (Overlapping)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-09-13 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He nods along enthusiastically. Laughter is definitely one of the nicest sounds he's heard, though perhaps being built to entertain gave him a bit of a bias in that regard.

Rubbing his chin, Bendy considers the question. He holds up his hands in front of his mouth, miming the playing of a clarinet, before then strumming an invisible banjo. Music was always there for him, even when no one was playing. Perhaps it's just the sheer force of his pantomime, but one could almost swear they hear the chords.
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