[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

[dragoness]

[ someone does indeed need to be smooshed into such a great bosom, but eliza could never accept such a thing. she's gotten used to only being a doll, with people only loving her for her looks.

but, as much as she knows she should appreciate a statement like that, eliza can't help but immediately get defensive. her life has never allowed for her to be herself when surrounded by her supposed family, so she can't accept such a thing right away. ]

H, hey! How can you say that so casually?!

[ensorcel]

[ has no one ever given this child a hug?? or maybe she's like leo, the kind of person who tries to seem more adult-like than they are in an attempt to fend off patronizing adults. maybe if camilla was a little older and didn't have this weird thing where she smothers other people in order to fill the hole in her heart her shitty mom left-- maybe she would have fallen for it. too bad!!!!! in a way, maybe camilla even does the same thing, albeit in a low-key and probably more successful way. ]

What do you mean? It's simply a matter of fact. You and I are both much more than pretty faces.

[ camilla brightens her smile, trying to lull eliza into a sense of security. just like leo, she'll probably take some time to win over, but that's okay........ camilla is a patient woman. ]

What is a hobby you really enjoy? As for me, I love stitching, sewing-- all kinds of needlework. I find it relaxing. How about you?

1/2 i'm so sorry for that i couldn't resist

[dragoness]

[ how does she deal with this??? she doesn't know how to deal with this.

at all.

the tips of those dragon ears feel hot, but it's obvious this woman won't go away until they get through all of this, so the best she can do is just hold it all inside until she has a chance to let it sink in. but one things for sure: camilla's got herself a little fan. emphasis on little. ]

Uhhm.

[dragoness]

Well — singing!

[ and immediately she brightens. ]

Ah, but I wouldn't consider that a hobby! It's a profession, when I'm not taking care of my producer, of course! ♥ [ but the whole thing is to ask questions, right? lizzie loves talking about herself and how great she is but in order for any of this to continue, she has to reciprocate the questions, so ... ] Can you make clothes?

[ LIZZIE NO ]

AAHAHHFHSEALIF ITS OKAY ITS NOT LIKE IT WAS A LIE

[ensorcel]

[ camilla...carmilla... ... ... The Truth Is Out There [xfiles_theme.mp3] ]

There we are, that's the sort of beautiful smile I love to see. I'm certain it's as beautiful as your voice. I'll have to request a song from you sometime. Judging by your way of dress, you must have a very interesting style. I'm sure your producer thinks so too.

[ if camilla could sparkle (not just her boobs this time), she would. she has no idea what producers have to do with this (maybe it's a sponsorship or money-related thing...), but eliza seems happy enough, so camilla is satisfied. ]

Scarves, mittens and gloves, and stuffed animals for my little sister are all I'm very good at, I'm afraid. I have a hunch you were interested in tempting little old me into making you something cute. Am I right?

[ honestly, camilla wouldn't be adverse to trying. god knows there's not much else to do in this bumblefuck world. ]