Speed Dating

[selfhelp]

Who: Anyone who wants/is forced to come
What: Speed Dating!
When: Saturday at a vaguely-afternoonish time period
Where: The Rec Center
Summary: Details here, Roster here!
Rating: PG/13/T/R/god I don't know there's too many people



[The rec center today is colourfully decorated, with posters and directing signs here and there to make this whole process easier. The main floor is peppered with a bunch of tables and chairs pilfered from various locations (primarily the school) with two chairs facing each other per table. There's a couple of bigger tables off to the side, one for food (carrying drinks and various snacks, including Teddy and Ororo's homemade rainbow cookies), and the other with a few chairs and piles of paper everywhere. And a checklist. The checklist is important.

The desk is Billy's, and he's handing sheets of paper out to anyone who comes in and was signed up for the speed dating. Give your name, get a sheet and a name tag, go to the first desk or mingle until it starts- that's what people will be told when they arrive. Teddy's not far from the desk or the door depending on where he's needed, directing people to follow the signs, get comfortable, try some snacks- whatever they want.

Finally a lounge area has been set up with cushy chairs, couches, and the rec center's supply of games and whatnot in the corner. There is a sign for the area that says, "If you find yourself on a turn without a date, come hang out!" It's also got a picture of a weird-looking potato man hanging out, but never mind that.

When everything is ready and people are good to go, Teddy steps up and calls for attention, with Billy sitting on top of the table behind him for moral support (and unhelpful interruptions).]

Hey, guys – Hey! Can everyone hear me? Everyone? [...] Great!

I'm sure everyone knows why they're here. Or, you know, not, since a few of these sign-ups look a little suspicious... [He raises an eyebrow at that, but his smile remains good-natured, and his brow smooths over soon enough.] On behalf of Alliance, welcome to Luceti's very first -

-We think.

- speed dating event! [Though Teddy glances at Billy for that interruption, he'd paused as if he expected it to come.] I'm Teddy, and this is Billy, and we're your hosts today. I'll try to be brief for those of you who just want to get this started already, but let's go over the rules and regulations first.

If you happened to get dragged into this without knowing what you're getting yourself into, it's basically exactly as it sounds. You might remember one of us handing you a list of numbers. Well, when Billy gives the signal, everyone will head to the table with the first number on their list, which will pair you off with someone in the room you just might not have met before! You'll have five minutes to talk to them and get to know them, just enough time for a good – or bad – first impression. After that, one of us will blow the whistle, and you'll go to the next numbered table. And on and on, until it's all over! By then, you might have found someone you're interested in, either as a friend, a potential love interest, or even just someone you really don't want to see again.

To keep track of it all, there's a space beside the number to write down the name of the person you're talking to and anything else you might have learned about them. And maybe by the end, you can write down a no, a yes, or an oh yes.

Try not to be too vague about it and we'll give you your matches at some point in the future.

[Teddy grins after that, a happy and excited one.] Remember, this is all about having fun and meeting new people! If you want to take a break, get bored, or don't have a partner, refreshments are on that side of the room [He gestures to the side, showing off the assorted foods and the cookies that he and Ororo spent a good part of the night baking.], or you can come up and talk to us! We're just the supervisors here, after all.

[He takes a step back after that, his attention going to Billy, his way of telling him to give the signal.] Billy?

[Billy gives a small wave, remaining on his table. Teddy did the hard part, after all.] There's a lounge, too, if we're not interesting enough. You might meet somebody there you're not paired with and find a new friend, so give it a shot.

That's pretty much it, so everyone can go on and head to your first table, and we'll blow the whistle in one minute. Thanks for coming, and try to have fun!


(( ooc: directions are as follows:

1) check your roster
2) make a top thread for your character with their name in the subject line
3) tag and be tagged
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Comments

[fashionably_strong]

Has anyone shown you how to program a training scenario into the Battle Dome yet? If not, I can teach you.

[She got the hang of it pretty quickly.]

There's different kinds of social clubs around here, too. I started a Fashion Club with my friend Quinn.

[She'd even recruited a number of people for it, including a certain blonde kunoichi Naruto knows.]

[believeit]

Not yet, that would be really good though! Let's do it.

[He looks really pumped about it, he's wanted to check out that battle dome place for a while.]

Well I dunno if fashion's my thing...

[Just look at him. Orange.]

[fashionably_strong]

You can program all sorts of stuff into it...and adjust the gravity in the room so it's up to ten times Earth's gravity.

[Which was endlessly disappointing to her father, who would have liked it to have at least a maximum of two hundred times Earth's gravity.]

...fair enough.

[She's tactful enough to not say 'obviously'. Orange isn't a terrible colour for him, but his clothing would look better if he wore less orange. An orange t-shirt with a black jacket and some blue jeans, perhaps.]

Well, if you ever want some fashion advice, feel free to come to me. I'm good at picking out things that suit people's own individual styles.

[believeit]

Gravity? Eh?

[okay, at that she just gets a blank stare. Gravity is that- thing that keeps you on the ground, right? Why would anyone wanna change it?]

[Fingers come up to rest n his chin as he thinks:]

Well you sound like you know your stuff so maybe I can give it a try.

[fashionably_strong]

[Bulla's aware that technology and scientific knowledge varies greatly by worlds, so she thinks nothing of explaining.]

If you increase the gravity in the room, it feels almost like...really intense weight training. Like, if you increase it to double Earth's gravity, everything becomes twice as heavy. So it takes twice as much effort to kick and punch.

[believeit]

Oh!

You mean like Bushy-brows and his leg weights? [It's basically the same thing, right?]

[fashionably_strong]

Bushy-brows?

[Pause. She takes a moment to think of someone who fits that description, and she can, but she doesn't want to jump to conclusions that it's Rock Lee. Even if she does think his eyebrows could use some quality time with some tweezers to thin them out a little.]

...is he here in Luceti?

[believeit]

Yeah!

[Lucky for you, he's going to describe him.]

Always in a green trainin' suit and leg warmers. Huge bushy eyebrows!

[fashionably_strong]

Oh, do you mean Rock Lee?

[That description is pretty specific. She'd like to give Lee a makeover to thank him for training with her, but she has no idea how to bring it up tactfully.]

[believeit]

Yeah, that's him! You guys know each other?

[fashionably_strong]

He helped me train so I could handle sparring with my dad for Father's Day. He's a pretty good martial artist! ...and extremely enthusiastic about his training.

[She's known some seriously dedicated people and Lee's just so cheerful about it all.]

[believeit]

That's Bushy-brows alright! You gotta admire him for always being so worked up about his trainin' though. I think he's got more energy than me. [And that's saying a lot.]

[fashionably_strong]

I think he has more energy than just about anyone I've met.

[Well, at least when it came to hyperactivity and an excitable temperament. The contenders for highest amount of life force energy still remain her father and Goku.]

[believeit]

Yeah, same.

[He leans back, relaxed as arms rest behind his head.]

So uh.. are we meant to do anything else? I never went to one of these weird datin' things before..

[fashionably_strong]

I think it's just a get to know you kind of thing. You sit down and talk to the other person, and figure out if they're someone you'd like to hang out with in the future, or if you'd rather just keep a polite distance from them.

[Most people here seem okay to her, but there are a couple of questionable people in the mix, too. Luckily, they haven't been matched up with her.]

[believeit]

Oh! Right. Well we're having fun, right? I think so!

[This is at least a good way to make new friends, he thinks.]

[fashionably_strong]

[Bulla concurs with the making new friends part. The romantic matches...well, they might be better arranged if there was more of a focus on common interests and if people could only fill out their own cards. But then, there probably would have been less people in the romantic list. She knows a few people were signed up without their prior knowledge and coaxed into attending.]

I think so, too. And I know a few people from your world already, so it makes sense to hang out. I also know Tenten and Ino. They both offered to help me train, too, and Ino joined Fashion Club.

[believeit]

[He was one of them- he's only here because it was his Mom who signed him up for it, whoops.]

Oh, yeah? They're both my friends, they're good people. Sounds like Ino's kinda thing too. [Girly things like fashion, that is.]

Oh, how many are here from your place, then? You said your parents, right?

[fashionably_strong]

My parents are here...a friend of our family was here for a while, too, but the Malnosso sent him home.

[The house had been much quieter ever since. There also weren't holes being blown through the walls now and then anymore.]

So just three of us for now. Seems like there's a lot of people from your world.

[believeit]

It's good to have people here instead of being alone, definitely.

There's.. [Wait just how many ARE there? He's trying to count.] Gotta be more than fifteen others from Konoha.

[fashionably_strong]

Well, considering this place takes people from all different timelines, I can think of a few people that I'm really glad aren't here from my universe...but it's great to have friends and acquaintances here.

[Just not evil aliens bent on destroying or taking over the planet.]

[believeit]

Yeah. Same. We're lucky none of the bad guys showed up here. Maybe they only pick the good guys for this place?

[Its kind of naive to think, but it's also true! So far, at least, from what he has experienced.]

[fashionably_strong]

I don't know if that's necessarily the case, but they seem to mostly pick good or at least neutral people. Or maybe the bad guys don't see a point in causing trouble here because they're stuck here just like everyone else is.

[One could hope, anyway.]

[believeit]

Maybe. I just know I ain't really seen any bad looking guys, that I know.