Thursday DE: speed dating (or speed hating) edition

[needsmoreresearch]

You ever feel like it’s hard to meet characters? Hard to find reasons to throw two characters together, and not sure you want to commit to a whole scene? Let’s try speed dating: Comment with your characters below, and people will tag in for a speed date. To simulate the time limit, each conversation can go no longer than 7 tags from each person. Characters who come as a set can absolutely join too, nothing wrong with a three-way or more-way date! (And no, these absolutely do not have to be dating-type conversations. Speed arguing, speed hating, speed friendly chatting, those are good too. Just throw characters at each other.)

This is all off-the-record, of course, not really IC. Unless someone has a character who wants to ICly set this up.

EDIT: this is open till whenever, tag on in!

Comments

[man_without_fear]

He picked up on her the moment she entered the front door, but gives no indication until she speaks; smiling at the comment.

"I'm not sure if that's a compliment or more commentary on my wardrobe." She has expressed disapproval for his... evening clothes on more than one occasion.

[nocturnalmedicine]

"Can't it be both?"

She only disapproves of his unprotected evening look for the sake of safety. The aesthetics are more than fine.

[man_without_fear]

He breathes a chuckle and then sips his coffee.

"Well then thank you, for the compliment." And he'll continue ignoring the commentary.

"How are you, Claire?"

[nocturnalmedicine]

"I am ... not entirely sure," she says, crossing her arms. "There are what appear to be fish swimming around in the fireplace, and the servers are rats. Actual, uh, vermin."

Surely that's a health code violation. Or several.

"So is this some kind of messed up, Disney-fied fever dream, or have I just joined you in purgatory?"

[man_without_fear]

Ah, so she is new; he was wondering.

She's taking it awfully well.

"The rats are clean," he says by way of assuring her and confirming that this isn't a dream.

"Welcome to Milliways, I'm told the window has quite a view." He gestures towards the observation window where the universe's end is on full, spectacular display.

For him it is just the source of a disturbing void in his senses. A wall with nothingness behind it.

[nocturnalmedicine]

She stares at the interstellar destruction for a long minute, until her eyes are nearly watering from the brightness of an exploding nebula.

" -- okay, if this is where you bring all your dates, no wonder you're sitting by yourself."

[man_without_fear]

He chuffs a laugh, small smirk tilting up the corner of his mouth.

"You're actually the first person I know who has ended up here. Although, I have met other people from our world who come in."