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trustfell2017-09-13 12:43 pm
innocentloveholic) wrote in trustfell2017-09-13 12:43 pm
it's not unusual to have fun with anyone
[ The ballroom's a little swanky for a simple get-together like this, but...
Well, actually, judging by what you see when you come in at the appointed time (or even before that, but Aligula'll be huffy if you do!?), what was advertised is not exactly what's going on. Continuing her war on paper, Aligula's put up origami hearts (or her attempts at them; she got better as she figured out what she was doing, but they're not the best) pretty much everywhere. There's also sheets taped to every wall with encouraging things in her curly-cute script like GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER! and FIND A PARTNER! and WELCOME TO SPEED-DATING!
...Yeah, welcome to speed-dating.
There's a lot of chairs paired together, presumably for the whole "partnering up" thing, and everyone anywhere near the ballroom will be getting a sheet of questions titled SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS. There at least seems to be food like she promised? At least... there's signs pointing to the dining room across the wall to suggest it, and entering the dining room gets you hot chocolate (and water, if you're boring, as well treating you to the sight of a parfait bar, with various cups and glasses to stand in for actual parfait glasses. There's also things for making sandwiches—she pretty much grabbed whatever she could think of from the fridge and such—and of course, plates and utensils and etc.
And if none of that's appetizing then, like, kitchen's not that far, go make something yourself. She put a lot of work into this whole thing but especially the parfait bar because she loves parfait and everyone can have fun making those.
If you don't think your character would've come without a little help, don't worry; even if Aligula can't bodily drag everyone, she sure can bother them aggressively until they come just to get her to leave them alone. All in all, don't sweat the small stuff and have a good time getting to know each other! Or go sulk and play the piano, whatever. ]
Well, actually, judging by what you see when you come in at the appointed time (or even before that, but Aligula'll be huffy if you do!?), what was advertised is not exactly what's going on. Continuing her war on paper, Aligula's put up origami hearts (or her attempts at them; she got better as she figured out what she was doing, but they're not the best) pretty much everywhere. There's also sheets taped to every wall with encouraging things in her curly-cute script like GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER! and FIND A PARTNER! and WELCOME TO SPEED-DATING!
...Yeah, welcome to speed-dating.
There's a lot of chairs paired together, presumably for the whole "partnering up" thing, and everyone anywhere near the ballroom will be getting a sheet of questions titled SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS. There at least seems to be food like she promised? At least... there's signs pointing to the dining room across the wall to suggest it, and entering the dining room gets you hot chocolate (and water, if you're boring, as well treating you to the sight of a parfait bar, with various cups and glasses to stand in for actual parfait glasses. There's also things for making sandwiches—she pretty much grabbed whatever she could think of from the fridge and such—and of course, plates and utensils and etc.
And if none of that's appetizing then, like, kitchen's not that far, go make something yourself. She put a lot of work into this whole thing but especially the parfait bar because she loves parfait and everyone can have fun making those.
If you don't think your character would've come without a little help, don't worry; even if Aligula can't bodily drag everyone, she sure can bother them aggressively until they come just to get her to leave them alone. All in all, don't sweat the small stuff and have a good time getting to know each other! Or go sulk and play the piano, whatever. ]
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Some of these questions are a bit strange...
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...some of these talking points are...
[Odd? Weird? Embarrassing? WHY ARE WE KINKSHAMING THIS EARLY IN THE ROUND?]
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[She's not interested in dating anyone, thank you very much]
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Have you ever had a nickname? If so, what is it?
[She likes the nickname question. Maybe it will be a perfect way to segue into her own nickname.
Let’s be real, it is a way to segue into her actual nickname that she cherishes!]
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[Sayaka peers up from her...well, kind of insanely sweet parfait with a smile. Look at this shit, it's freakin' insane.]
What about you?
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... Mostly because she sort of likes aligula a little bit? But yes, Elda's here. She's got a glass of water more for appearances sake than anything, and once we get into the swing of things she is studying these talking points? These talking points are weird? But whoever sits across from her is going to get an initial greeting in the form of: ]
You're too young for me.
[ Or if that does not seem to be the case (so most people over 20 or so) ]
My husband only died recently.
[ . . . Or if you happen to be Fern ]
What are you doing here?
[ This is like one of those galas were you try to find a match, right? She can at least try to play it straight. ]
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I figured Aligula would hunt me down if I didn't.
...You?
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She spends a moment reading over the questions while eating her parfait, and if you sit down across from her or just happen to be nearby she'll ask: ]
If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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. . . Uh. Can I pass on that one?
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Maybe she could play the piano...? No. No, she doesn't like this.
She's willing to talk to anyone who comes over, at least, though she's still glancing over the question sheet as she nibbles at the parfait.]
Some of these are pretty personal questions...
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[ You know, other than the species thing. The small woman with long hair is going to be sitting opposite of her. ]
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Still, she...literally lives right next door to the pink terror, there's no way she can politely avoid this. Considering that she's the one who suggested it, it'd just be in poor taste.
In any case, Sayaka's out and about--kind of keeping close to the parfait table with quite possibly the most cavity inducing parfait known to man. If it's sweet, it's on there and she is enjoying herself like hell. God, who allowed her to be this close to so many sweet things, someone stop her or judge her--
Of course, she'll also be going around and...kind of pausing a bit at some of the questions, but if she sees you, she'll wave to you before walking up.]
Hi there! I don't suppose I could ask you a question or two?
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[Some of Aligula's proposed conversation topics are...a bit too odd for Kyrie]
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Did you know you can find out a lot about a person's personality if they answer something like what kind of power they'd want to have?
[In other words: how about you answer that?]
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Really? It just seems like kind of a kiddie question.
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...and well. if anyone wants to hang with him, he's folded the list so that only two of the columns are visible, and... yep. it's not the one about kinkshaming and that sort of thing.]
Well, the parfaits are good, aren't they?
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[ 'sup, Tarrlok. Chie's got a cavity-inducing parfait with her that she's eating at an almost alarmingly fast pace. ]
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She stays against the wall, doing her best to avoid... all of this. She will be a wallflower Fern and stay that way unless engaged.]
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[just kinda walking by with a water, because he's boring]
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He's got a pen out and he's carefully going through the questions, crossing out the ones that he doesn't like just to give himself something to do. He's definitely looking as displeased as usual though, but hey, he's here! That has to count for something, right??
If you approach his table (which he hasn't even moved off into a corner, surely that's a good thing) he'll speak up.]
I can't believe anyone here would actually be interested in dating right now. These questions are ridiculous.
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I agree on the dating thing, but they're not bad questions? Kind of confusing for some of them though. What's a... limerick?
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If I were a vegetable, I think I would be....a tomato! So I could be both a fruit and a vegetable if I wanted to, hehe!
[ orihime that's not how it works ]
What about you?
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[ HMMM... ]
Maaaybe... a carrot?
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She returns with her own slew of paper and hot chocolate in hand, and a pencil behind her ear; it's just a few sheets, but it'll be more than enough. Parties were never quite something she was incredible at, but she uses the setup to her advantage, spending the night playing musical chairs with herself. The questions are definitely embarrassing, but they're enough to give someone an idea of what people are jazzed to talk about, and for her purposes, that's more than enough. She shifts from seat to seat throughout the night, intent to keep track of...well, something.
That's not to say she's not open to questions, herself, if someone wants to sit in the pair of the seat she's decided to plop herself in and chat with her. She won't go out of her way to ask anyone things, far too content to listen in on people, but she's at least a little sociable! She might scramble a bit to put her papers away, should anyone approach her, though! Whatever she's writing, it's obvious she's shy about it.
Good thing she's about as subtle as a gun, huh? ]
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Oh, Chitoge-san! Are you making some questions of your own for the party?
[...Yeah, she's saying that right behind her. Uh. Don't jump, hopefully?]
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Hey, I don't understand this question at all. This means a kink like a pain in your neck, right?
[She mimes having a kink in her neck.]
Why would someone go and shame somethin' like that?
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Its. Erm. Complicated.
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[The flattest look. Caren sighs and runs a hand through her hair.]
You know what, I'll give you socializing, but this is ridiculous.
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[ but she'd like it if people busted their asses and did in fact to talk to more than one person here. ]
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She's built herself a decent parfait - there's a lot going on in it flavor-wise, but she's trying to try new things here - and has a list of the questions she's reading over. She also has a mug of hot chocolate, which she seems to enjoy immensely. ]
Wow, these sure are... thorough.
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I tried to have a lot of variety! So we could, like... not have the same two conversations over and over again. That's no fun, you know? [ Aligula's got her hot chocolate too, what's up. ] Any catch your eye~? I'm not on the dating circuit or anything, but like, I'd be a totally bad hostess if I didn't answer questions too!
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Still, socializing isn't a BAD thing. But]
W....WHAT THE HE'LL ARE THESE QUESTIONS?!
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[ So says the older woman on the other side of him, who seems to have taken this seat, looking over her own little chart of questions ]
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Ohhhh, you sneaky lil' weasel.
[ SPEED-DATING. WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A TITLE LIKE AMOROUS, HONESTLY, SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN,
Alex is...well, of two minds. Really she's been bored out of her mind and just about climbing the walls with all this restless energy. But she's not really interested in...
So she'll do this, with a condition to anyone who comes to sit by her: ] Straight up, this is no dating type thing. It's a...questionnaire between two strangers. Not dating. Capiche?
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When is your birthday?
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But he'll take a seat at one of the tables anyway, crossing his legs and going over the set of questions every so often. Which...may or may not also include more rolling of his eyes. These are so stupid.
So for anyone who stops by for a chat:]
Go ahead and ask me something else if you don't want to stick to these. I don't know how many of the answers to these are supposed to tell us anything about each other.
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Don't you think there's someone who's way too angular to be real here?
[ ...this is sort of a question from her sheet, he will notice. ]
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But eventually it clicks, and you know what, he's here, and he's rather curious about this whole process rather than troubled by it, and as a result he'll be sitting there with an absolute fucking disaster of a parfait? Like "how many ingredients can I shove in this glass and not actually disgust myself" levels of disaster (spoilers: it's a lot. a lot of ingredients. so many.) so at least Aligula's efforts in that regard haven't gone to waste.
He'll take one of the chairs and he'll cross his legs idly at the knee, reading over those questions and just. This parfait is excellent, if nothing else he is getting excellent parfait out of this. He'll set it aside if someone approaches him, however; no sense in being rude about it.]
I see they've changed how things like this are done nowadays; doing this in a group is a little unorthodox at best, and I don't see how this is supposed to accomplish anything, but I suppose there's something to be said for trying anything once.
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Does it really gotta accomplish something? There's totally nothing wrong with doing things because they're fun, you know! Thouuugh, I totally wouldn't be against stuff happening anyway...
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Besiiiiides, mixers like this are totally common! I thiiink there's usually a more even split between guys and girls though... [ They're sort of heavy one way this time, uh. ]
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Yoo hoo! I'd love to hear your favorite thing about yourself, if you don't mind!
[She'll even pat the seat right next to her. Come, sit!]
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Well, I would probably say that I like my dedication--I always strive to work as hard as possible, because every little bit of effort I put in will help make my work stand out all the more.
Will you entertain the question back at yourself, Blue-san?
1/2
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.... This is ridiculous.
[ Time to go over to the food and never leave. This is her home now. ]
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...You're not alone in the "only came to look sulky" group, you know. There's like, at least two other people. I bet you'd get along super well with them, sourpuss.
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He's looking over the list of questions with a lot of concern, but at least he's here? He's present. Somehow.]
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Either way, this promises to be interesting. Once Rin gets herself a high protein parfait, she's going to park herself in one of these chairs over here, and she's not getting up out of it anytime soon. Left arm in her lap, she'll greet whoever sits across from her with a bright grin and proffer the first question. She's going off script for this one, but it's the most important question of all, really.]
How do you feel about pineapple on pizza?
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[ Hi Rin. Nice parfait. Aligula's going to wave her like... fifth or sixth of the night parfait, it's just like most of her others (that is to say, aggressively strawberry and cream). ]
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Still, he's going to take a look at those talking points. He gets through most of them, but by the time he gets to the saucier questions he is slamming the paper back down on the table.]
You can't ask these questions! They're not polite for mixed company!
[Because it's improper and embarrassing to even think about.]
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Which is why we are not even touching that section.
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