it's not unusual to have fun with anyone

[innocentloveholic]

[ 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. ]

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[sadisticwarfare]

[As much as he doesn't want to be here, Archer is here and sitting at one of those tables. He's claimed it as his own and he's not moving, but you're free to join him if you really want to. (Why would you want to.)

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.

[captainobnoxious]

[.......... Well, while she's here! She'll sit down. This sounds like that "bond through salt" suggestion on here, let's Bond Archer.]

I agree on the dating thing, but they're not bad questions? Kind of confusing for some of them though. What's a... limerick?

[sadisticwarfare]

[Hi, Sigrun. He doesn't particularly mind her company, so he'll stop scratching questions off and turn his attention to her.]

A limerick is a type of poem. Several of these questions are fine, but nearly everything in the last column is unnecessary at best.

[captainobnoxious]

Oh, so it's boring. Is the holiday one unnecessary for you?

[Because you're boring.]

[sadisticwarfare]

...I suppose that one's not as bad, but I don't know if I have an answer for it.

[Who would want to take a holiday when you could be working and possibly getting promoted????]

[matchbreaker]

What do you think's up with the angular one?

[ You know, othrr than your nose.

... She'll just be taking this seat. ]

[sadisticwarfare]

[wow rude!!!

Archer doesn't mind Elda's company and he'll look up from scratching out another question when she sits.]

I have no idea. It's probably pointed at someone in particular.

[. . .]

That wasn't intentional.

[oh my god]

[matchbreaker]

[ THIS IS A SKEPTICAL SHAMING LOOK. ]

[sadisticwarfare]

It really wasn't.

[oh my god he hates puns, they're so dumb how could this happen to him, etc]

[innocentloveholic]

[ .......oh wow!! ] You actually came. [ Color her like, genuinely surprised. Like yeah, she totally wasn't gonna let him go until he said eh would, but like. He actually came?? ] Welll, maybe there's totally hope for you yet! You totally poor opinions about my questions aside. [ |T THEY'RE WONDERFUL QUESTIONS, AFTER ALL— ]

[sadisticwarfare]

I figured you'd show up at my door and wouldn't leave until I agreed to come to this, and I wasn't in the mood for dealing with that.

[Yes he showed up, now shhhhhhh.]

[innocentloveholic]

[ SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO SHHHH?? EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW... THAT ARCHER CAME.... well, it's not like he's hiding, so she'll let him off this time. ]

Just admit you wanted to have some fun, dummy. No one's gonna make fun of you.

[sadisticwarfare]

I didn't come here to have fun.

[He says, like having fun may in fact kill him.]

[chessturner]

I'd like to think they're playing along to indulge Aligula-san and aren't taking it seriously, but I guess that'd be wishful thinking.

[Who dates while you're kidnapped and told to kill each other, that has to be a very bad decision for everyone involved]

[sadisticwarfare]

[Oh, you use "san" too! He recognizes that at least thanks to Sayaka, so he won't comment on it.]

I certainly hope no one's taking this seriously. Trying to find a date here is a horrible idea.

[So naturally it was Aligula's idea...

Anyway, Archer doesn't mind Kyrie's presence and motions for her to take a seat. Might as well; we can talk shit about this party for a little bit.]

[chessturner]

[Sure, she'll take a seat]

It's not like we're all going to see each other again once this is over, since we all live in different worlds. If anything happens, it won't last -- because of death or because they're getting separated.

[One reason more to think this all is a folly, yep]

[sadisticwarfare]

Precisely. We've only known each other for a few days anyway; seriously considering pursuing a relationship with someone after only a few days is ridiculous.

[zomgboom]

Stop being a party pooper, old man. You're, like, killing the vibe.

[Does she care about the "vibe"? No. Is she absolutely down for insulting people she views as authority figures whenever possible? Yes.

[sadisticwarfare]

[Hi, Tabby. Nice to see someone's having fun!!]

I don't particularly care for "the vibe", I'm only here because of Aligula.

[zomgboom]

C'mon, at least try and play along. [She looks down at the sheet. What's the most garbage question here - oh, perfect.] What's, like, the dirtiest thing you've ever done?

[sadisticwarfare]

I'm not answering that.

[So he's a pain and a prude! Have fun, Tabby...]

[ninehundredlives]

Surely nobody but the crazy pink girl is really looking for a date?

[Right...? She's just gonna join the No Approach table over here, this seems safe enough.]

[sadisticwarfare]

[Welcome, Susan. This is absolutely the safest place to be right now. Probably.]

I sincerely hope no one else is foolish enough to try.

[But it's said with a tone that implies he's not sure what to make of half the people here to begin with.]

[ninehundredlives]

There are a lot of teenagers. But I don't think they're quite that silly about it. Dating someone in a place like this is an awful idea in so many different ways.

[sadisticwarfare]

It really is. I'd like to think no one here is stupid enough to seriously pursue it, but I don't know anyone well enough to assume anything about them.