[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

[thatdamnknight]

By having my men dispatched in locations they rarely were otherwise. Even a few men spared can make a world of difference. In addition, a knightly presence and interaction with that presence can lessen hostilities.

[not everyone hates knights, of course not. that said, some people harbor deep distrust. the knights also sometimes look down upon the common person instead of viewing them as an equal. he wants that much to change and that much he can do regardless of rank.]

It's a smaller change than everything else, but also one I believe needs to occur prior to any larger changes.

[splinten]

[Dirk actually appreciates that. While 'fuck the police' could have been his Bro's motto, it was more specifically 'fuck the clown police.' Dirk knows that if there's good will, more contact between police and marginalized communities can be beneficial.

There's a key 'if' there, but it'd be a start.]

Do you think you've got knights upright enough for the job?

[Dirk will be yoinked away shortly. But he can't stop querying even in his final question.]

[thatdamnknight]

[a good final question. flynn pauses momentarily. his knights... they stood by his side when the odds were entirely against them and battled valiantly. they obey his orders regardless of his lack of nobility. they've chatted with him and enjoyed his company despite any differences between them.

recalling that makes him sound certain as he replies.]

Yes. I can't speak for all of them, but I know most of my knights are good people. I believe in them and their ability to bring this change to fruition.