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.
gorgeously_unrestrained: (other confident smile)

[personal profile] gorgeously_unrestrained 2019-08-20 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Why did he have those cards ready? But that's a question for later.]

Ah, yes! Surely some spectral hound is snapping up the bones of unsuspecting victims and hiding them away for some terrible purpose.

[Really he's just having fun now. Also, spectral ghost dog sounds like it would make a really fun adventure.]
figmentpigment: (Deadlines)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-08-22 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ He would absolutely watch a show called Spectral Ghost Dog.

Though, now that he's considering it, a terrible, truly mortifying idea has struck Bendy. He flips through his cards frantically, and pulls out another.
]

MAY I TELL YOU A SECRET?
gorgeously_unrestrained: (interested/curious)

[personal profile] gorgeously_unrestrained 2019-08-26 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Fionn would really enjoy hunting a spectral ghost dog. What a fun way to spend an afternoon!

The sudden shift to the conversation gets a raised eyebrow.]


Of course.
figmentpigment: (FX)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-08-26 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bendy hesitates. They have such a good rapport going right now. Will this confession ruin it? Still... if they are to be friends, he needs to be honest with his concerns.

Quickly scribbling down another note, Bendy takes a breath and holds it up.
]

I THINK I MIGHT BE A DOG NOW?

[ He lifts up the scruffy tail he grew last month. Is... is he the one stealing all the bones???? He never realized he might be the culprit in his own mystery... what a scandal! ]
gorgeously_unrestrained: (slightly uncertain smile)

[personal profile] gorgeously_unrestrained 2019-08-26 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's another one that takes him a moment to process. He's still not entirely used to some of the realities of this world.]

Ah, you mean that monster business?

[His smile turns gentler.]

Let me give you a word of advice, my friend. Even if this world changes your form, you will never be a dog. Or any other animal or monster. So long as you remember yourself, you will always be you.

[Fionn has... issues with magic trapping people in forms not their own. It's the one thing he's really not fond of in this place.]
figmentpigment: (Boarding)

[personal profile] figmentpigment 2019-08-26 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bendy blinks at Fionn's reassurances. In truth, he'd just been making more japes, playing up his concern to continue the bit. Whatever he'd expected, it certainly hadn't been something so heartfelt.

More startling yet, the kind words hit something far, far deeper in Bendy. He looks down, and rubs at his forehead to make sure he hasn't started leaking. He spent a long time not being himself. It's easy for him to doubt what version of himself is the real one--if, indeed, any of them are real at all.

After a moment, Bendy pulls out another card.
]

THANK YOU
gorgeously_unrestrained: (knowing smile)

[personal profile] gorgeously_unrestrained 2019-08-27 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, that did get a little heavier than Fionn intended. It calls some unpleasant memories to mind. But either way, he firmly believes what he said.]

I feel I should be thanking you instead, for a very interesting conversation.

[It certainly went places he didn't expect. But then the music speeds up, indicating the four minute mark.]

It seems our time is nearly up, but... I wouldn't mind chatting again sometime. Only if you would like to, of course.