[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

[goodlistener]

[if he's not her enemy, he's something close to an ally. just the fact that he always concentrates on what she's feeling means a lot. jeanne closes her eyes and sighs, which seems to be more an attempt to let off tension.]

"Platonic" is what I would prefer... However, "date" always gives a specific impression, doesn't it? That's the word modern centuries use to refer to outings shared by lovers or prospective lovers—or courting?

[talim]

... It is, I can't deny that. The Palai have rather interesting priorities. How about, um... a platonic meeting? Gathering? What do you prefer?

[ consider that his first question ??? ]

[goodlistener]

[oh my god]

A conversation between comrades.

[she smiles.]

[talim]

[ comrades is a rather interesting word choice, but he'll take it. ]

I like the sound of that. Comrades it is.

[ curious, jude decides to draw a paper from the bowl to see just what kind of question he gets... ]

"Do you believe in ghosts?"

[ hm. ]

I guess that's a safe question, right?

[goodlistener]

[hopefully, it won't be a nsfw one... ah, it isn't.]

Y-Yes, that's... far more acceptable than some of the others. [no mentions of mommy and daddy kink, here. at least that's a welcome relief.] So I'll answer. ... Well, I think I count as a "ghost", hmm? And I believe in myself!

[jeanne...]

[talim]

[ jude was faced with mommy and daddy kink himself...... he's glad to be in another position this time.

that being said: jeanne???? ]

Wait, what? You're a ghost?

[ jude is slack-jawed. dumbfounded. she's just messing with him, right? ]

[goodlistener]

[not... exactly. she is delighted by the fact he's so shocked, though!]

I died a long time ago.

[talim]

You what?

[ cue hypothetical spit take. fortunately, jude doesn't happen to be drinking anything. he might choke on his breadsticks. ]

Ahaha... Just a joke, right?

[ jude doesn't quite get it, but he's laughing nervously all the same. jeanne is a perfectly nice woman. he doesn't want to offend her just because she has an odd sense of humor? ]