[WORLD ONE] SPEED DATING EXTRAVAGANZA

[spellbindmods]

Who: Participating coven members
Where: The Palai marketplace
When: Day 49
Open/Closed: OTA

[ Any and all who are in the marketplace will find that there is suddenly a mysterious barrier around the marketplace (that may be eerily familiar to some) -- specifically one large portion of the marketplace with a large number of tables and chairs, perhaps purposefully set out for nefarious reasons.

A few Palai are ushering coven members to chairs, and everything seems about normal. As normal as the Palai can be when they're putting on a show anyway. It's not until a sizable portion of the coven members are seated (and also supplied with breadsticks and small shrimp), that things get a bit more bizarre.

Thanks to the power of the Eltos, a small band of energy keeps coven members stuck to the chair (magic can interfere, of course), but that's not the end of it. On each table, next to those delicious smelling breadsticks and shrimp, is a bowl of scraps of papers. Every five minutes, a strip of paper will pop out from the bowl.

If you ask the Palai, they'll be inclined to explain speed dating to you. Asking questions, getting to know a person, then being shimmied off to the next potential mate -- this is made possible by Elto magic yet again, through flying chairs that transport their holder to a new table at standard intervals.

The Palai are extremely invested in this exercise? Will you let them down? ]

[ OOC: In the spirit of speed dating, each character will have a top level. All who want to respond to this top level can with questions from this post, but the threads have to end at 10 comments from each character. After this last tag, the characters can be assumed to have been whisked to a different potential match. You're free to have characters make up their own questions, interact with Palai serving food, etc. ]

Comments

[yancat]

[Teenagers are awkward, man. But it's okay. Jumin knows people go through this, even though he's never experienced that stage of life himself.]

I know what I am. I'm an intelligent and attractive billionaire and an excellent executive of one of the top conglomerates in Korea. I have my faults, but they are far and few. You could say they're negligible.

[potentite]

[Honestly if Jumin told Jake he was born a full, self-actualized adult, Jake would believe him.]

Wow. That's amazing. You don't worry about your faults mucking up any of the good things you've got?

[yancat]

No. That's a waste of time.

[He just ignores his feelings like the healthy, functioning adult he is. It's fine...]

I've eliminated all my undesirable habits in my youth. I'm not saying you should do the same, but it is efficient. [read: you should do the same.]

[potentite]

[Jake is definitely taking notes from repression-senpai. Teach him how to forget his emotions.]

How did you go about eliminating them? Boy howdy, you should really write a book about this, though. I mean, um, sounds like you're sitting pretty on cash but you're knowledgeable about this. I bet it'd help loads of people.

[yancat]

Do you think so? Hmm. I don't believe wisdom should be sold. But you're more than welcome to ask me about the matter.

I'm Jumin Han, by the way. [Finally, he invites Jake for a handshake. Repression-senpai is here.] It's a pleasure to meet you...

[what's his name he forgot his name]

[potentite]

[Oh! Jake smiles and accepts with a firm shake.]

I'm Jake English. It's nice to meet you, too. Honestly, any assistance would be much appreciated, um, as long as you don't mind. I won't take advantage of your magnanimous offer.

[yancat]

[Nice second impression, Jake. You get affection points for that.]

Good to know, Jake. It is only our minds that prevent us from achieving success. I only hope that many can come to realize this.

How were you able to reach the Uvi base, by the way? You never did say what you were.

[potentite]

[Jake is amazed that he can pull such cool lines out of his ass.]

Oh! Um, well, I'm human, I'm just... also a god I guess? [That feels so weird to say.] So I'm able to fly right quick and whatnot, so getting up through the ocean isn't too difficult.

[yancat]

[It's all about practice, my dude.]

A god.

[said in flat disbelief.]

You speak to others as if you're the last in the food chain and you say you're a god.

[potentite]

[He really doesn't blame him for that tone at all.]

It's a recent development? And it isn't, um, like... anything major.

[yancat]

Becoming a god isn't a major thing.

Right.

[He figures it's better if he doesn't resist it.]

I'd offer to become a follower and help with your self-esteem, but I'm Christian, I'm afraid.

[potentite]

Oh, oh no that's quite all right. I'm very fine without any of that. Besides, I haven't really done anything yet. [Though.] That's nifty, though. I've never met someone religious. I actually don't know too much about religions, except some stories and things that come up in movies!

[He just thinks Jumin is really cool.]

1/2

[yancat]

[Thank you, Jumin also thinks Jumin is really cool. He is not.]

No, no, I wouldn't call myself religious. I don't pray. I barely attend Mass.

[A pause and averted gaze a few seconds longer than he intends.]

But if I lose faith now, I'm afraid I'll miss out on something beautiful.

[yancat]

That and converting is a bureaucratic pain.

[Just thinking about all those documents he has to change stresses him out...]