lucetilogs | Speed Dating

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
4) THERE IS NO QUESTION MARK ONLY PROFIT ))

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I... don't know! I haven't been there yet! [She leans forward on the table, still holding Gai's hand. This is exciting--she's going on a date!]

Have you?

[Her excitement is contagious, and he can't help but smile at her.]

Yeah, every so often when I'm in the mood for a drink.

[He notes the fact that she's still hanging onto his hand, but neither points it out nor makes any motion to remove it. He is totally down with this, man.]

I will warn you that it is a bar, though, which means that it has all of the things that go along with that.

And what sorts of things are those? Bar fights? [She grins, trying to imagine people with wings punching one another.]

And loud drunks and bad singing.

[Honestly, he has yet to see an actual bar fight take place there, though he doesn't want to squash her dreams by saying that.]

Do you think you can handle that? Some of them can be painfully off-key.

It sounds amazing. [Elizabeth grins, clearly very excited at the prospect of seeing something she hasn't experienced before. Loud drunks and bad singing, maybe someone will even dance on a table!]

[Gai is quickly coming to the realization that it isn't so much him being a bad influence on Elizabeth as it is her being a bad influence on HERSELF and him just egging it on. He can live with that if it means she can't blame him for anything that happens.]

Good Spirits it is, then.

[While here, Elizabeth will try just about anything if it sounds new and different. And with no one there to tell her to rethink things, prevent her from doing it, or giving her disapproving looks... Elizabeth is experiencing a lot recently.]

[She's about to verbally agree when the whistle blows. Apparently their time is up, and Elizabeth looks a mix of disappointed but still excited. Even if she was going to go talk to someone else, she and Gai still had a date after.]

Don't go making dates with any other girls, now. I beat them all to the punch today.

[Ugh, that damn whistle. In every other scenario this evening, that was the sound Gai had been looking forward to, but in this case, he'd like to take whoever was blowing it and dump them out the window. Oh well, at least there's going to be this evening to look forward to.]

The same goes for you. Don't think I haven't seen some of the other men here with their eyes on you.

Oh that's an exaggeration. [Elizabeth feels the same, if not a little less violent, about the whistle. It seemed like this five minutes simply flew by... Which makes her anticipate the end of the event even more.]

I'll wait for you outside?

[Not an exaggeration at all; Gai notices everything, and the other guys weren't exactly being subtle about checking her out.]

I'll escape as soon as I can, even if I have to chase the other girls away in the process.

[Okay, he can't resist a little bit more teasing.]

[And Elizabeth is just oblivious. Or thinks they're being friendly. 'Checking out' isn't something she's at all aware of.]

[She scoffs and puts her hands on her hips.] Not if I chase them away first.

[Elizabeth turns and walks away, but she can't help turning back and grinning at Gai.]

[Gai has to admit that he would like to see that, even if he won't say so out loud. He has no doubt that she actually WOULD do it, too, which is what makes the idea that much more amusing.

Though he hates that he'll have to suffer through a few more far-too-innocent girls first, when Elizabeth turns around to grin at him, he smiles right back. Looks like this day ended up not being a waste after all.]

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