★FIRST EVER WITCH & MONSTER SPEED DATING!

[starseedling]

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.

Comments

[catasstrophy]

[Still new to the concept of humans in general, there's not a whole lot that Konoe would consider quirky, or even notable. Humans don't have tails, and their ears are weird and naked. Compared to that, not much else is remotely strange.]

... It's just some burns. As long as they don't hurt anymore, it's fine.

[firewalled]

Eh, just some burns, but you'd be surprised what people can't handle. I look different, so I am different, you know? I mean, you probably would have gotten the same about your ears and tail.

[He falters then and quickly back tracks.]

I mean, I think they look hella rad!

[catasstrophy]

That's true...

[He does, indeed, get the same about his ears and tail from time to time. In a way that may be different, since he was born with them, but at the same time, the results are similar enough. He can agree with Rich, there.

The backtracking confuses Konoe, mostly because him having ears and a tail will never be an insult, so he doesn't get why backtracking would be necessary. The enthusiasm that follows is a little hard to handle, but only for a different reason: his tail has a crooked tip, and he hates that. It's kind of hard to not be extremely conscious of that suddenly, when he's being complimented.]

... Not really. They're just normal.

[firewalled]

I mean, I guess... maybe I'm just drawing attention to them in the same way. They're different to me, so I think they look cool. But I guess maybe where you're from, it's just what everyone has.

[God, he's stupid. It's not like he goes around complimenting people's ability to breathe or something. This is probably the same sort of thing.]

[catasstrophy]

[It's not the same sort of thing at all, but sadly Konoe is terrible at accepting compliments at the best of times, and his tail in particular is a weak point, in more ways than one. Part of him just wants to move on to another topic; part of him is frustrated that he feels that way, because running away from the topic only makes it more obvious that he thinks there's something to run away from. He doesn't want to admit his own weakness that way. It would be better to own his shortcomings.

So that's what he tries, rather weakly: he takes a breath and steadies his expression into something stern, as if that will somehow show how much he doesn't care. His voice, too, is a deliberate supposedly-bored-with-a-side-of-"duh!" that's meant to signal how none of this is getting to him at all.]

... Most cats have better ones.

Tails, that is.

[firewalled]

Better tails?

[Rich isn't sure what Konoe might be talking about. He can't really see the tail from where he's sitting, so part of him wants to stand up and look for it again. Wherever it is, it's obviously a sore spot, and Rich isn't sure if continuing to compliment it is going to help. He frowns a bit, shaking his head.]

And most humans have better noses, or hair, or skin. So what? I bet it's probably way more attractive than you think. And if people think it isn't good enough, fuck 'em. They can't tell you what is and isn't awesome.

[catasstrophy]

Of course they can't.

[Konoe fully believes that, too: nobody gets to decide what about him is and isn't "good". But he hates his tail, and that makes it weirdly hard to ignore. He may not care what other people think, but on the flip side of that, it's hard not to see his own opinion - about things concerning himself, at least - as an obvious truth that everyone must see the same.

He lifts his tail behind him to prove his point.]

It has a crooked tip. It really doesn't matter if the rest is awesome or not.

[firewalled]

[Rich stares at the tail for a moment, squinting at it like that might help him understand why, exactly, Konoe hates him so much. Eventually, he just shakes his head and falls back into his chair.]

If people bug you about that, they're stupid. I think it's cute.

[catasstrophy]

[Funnily enough, Konoe can't think of a single instance where people have bugged him about his tail. At worst, they've noted its crooked tip - but for him, that was enough. The insecurity is all his own, in his own head, with minimal outside influence.

Which is also why, even though he brought up the topic himself, the moment Rich calls his tail cute, Konoe feels his face heat up uncomfortably much. He has to say something - anything at all to somehow get through this awkward moment.]

O-Only a human would say something like that!

[... Shit, that didn't come out how he meant it at all..! He wanted to somehow "disprove" the compliment, sure, but he didn't want to sorta-kinda-almost insult Rich - or at least push him away - while he was at it. His ears lower in instant regret. How is he even supposed to fix this?!]

... But... thanks. I guess...

[firewalled]

[Oh, man. That is honestly kind of adorable. He didn't think people would legitimately act like an anime trope in real life, and he's sure if he called it out, he'd get even more shit, but it's just too funny.

Jeremy would murder him for thinking like this. He remembers the figurine in his friend's room and chuckles softly.]

You're more than welcome. I know it can be hard to take a compliment, but trust me. I don't think anyone would make fun of something so charming.

[catasstrophy]

[Konoe isn't happy about how he's holding up his part of the conversation, but at least it's progress. Not long ago, he would have stayed in defensive mode, incapable of taking a step back even if he wanted to. This... is still a new process for him, and he's not quite used to it, but... he feels better for it.

He still doesn't particularly like how the conversation has come to be focused on him, though. Deciding to drop the topic (and try to let his face cool down some), he grabs the question sheet on the table.]

... Aren't we supposed to talk about this stuff, anyway?

[He glances at the questions, trying to pick one. At this point, though, do they even have time before they have to switch tables?]

[firewalled]

I think those are ice breakers, if we needed them. Want to fire off a couple before we have to say goodbye? I mean, it seems only fair that it's my turn in the spotlight.

[Rich beams and leans forward across the table, trying to look casual. To be honest, it's much easier talking about others than about himself, but he can understand that there has to be a give and take here. He bugged Konoe about a sore spot, so maybe, even if Konoe asks something a little personal, Rich can give an honest answer.]