fandomtownies | Three Minute Dates - Caritas

A sign was posted at the front door:
G.O.B. Bluth Presents:
The Tenth Anniversary Edition of
Three Minute Dates at Caritas
hosted by A Matchmaker Named G.O.B.

Just before 6:00, the lights went dark and a sole zombie walked out onto the stage and sat down at a piano. The zombie then started playing The Final Countdown, followed by the other zombies, all with violins to join in. And then GOB walked out onto the stage, holding and petting a lovebird. He then released the bird, which flew up toward the ceiling before somehow getting stuck in an air duct.

As GOB went into his spiel about how 3MD was a Fandom institution that he started and how he had brought so much love to Fandom with it and that the tenth annual (he still hadn't figured that part out) edition demanded the respect that a piano and not doing magic ("Unless any of the legal ladies out there want to see me make another lovebird appear," and yes, he was talking about his penis).

Meanwhile, the lovebird was still stuck in the air duct. As air rushed past the bird and into the lounge, some strange pheromones released by the bird were thrown back at the stage, where it reacted with the already strange combination of zombie smell and cologne used to hide the zombie smell on such a classy occasion, somehow generating a powerful love potion that would be making its way into the lounge, affecting people at random for three minutes at a time. Bizarrely, that was exactly how long each of the dates tonight would be.

Sometimes Fandom worked in mysterious ways. Mysteriously sexy ways.

"I call your names, you meet up with each other, talk for three minutes, and then you'll hear the sound of a zombie smashing his hands against a bunch of piano keys. Go ahead and do it," GOB said. The zombie started smashing the keys randomly. One of the other zombies joined in because a band was all about teamwork. "And that's how we start!"

[The Bar Before the Dates | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | OOC]
[Regular post-dates Caritas post]

[OOC: Lots of OCD ~~coming~~ IS UP. RANDOMLY ASSIGNED LOVE POTION IS MARKED IN THREAD TITLES WITH ONE OF THESE "*" AFTER THE AFFECTED PERSON'S NAME! For example: "Nick* / 3MD Participants" means that I will spend the next three minutes loving everyone who signed up. But not in a dirty way because that would be exhausting and I have a sister among the participants and eww.

Remember that you can also choose to be affected by love potion in any round(s) at your discretion. Also, the love potion can only affect people in the lounge during the dates. People at the bar and on the stage will not be affected. People who are affected will just be incredibly drawn to their date, flirt harder, maybe go for some physical contact more quickly, but they shouldn't necessarily go straight for making out. Unless you choose to have them go for it. The upper limit is player's choice.

As I'm going along, if I made an obvious mistake, like skipping a character completely for a round or posting a pairing twice, feel free to grab me on AIM or in the OOC thread and I'll make a quick fix. And remember, attacks on your dates will get you teleported elsewhere on the island.

Also remember that most playing should happen on Saturday, but if you need to finish a thread or two on Sunday, that's fine.

GO FORTH AND PLAY!]

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"Oh, active retirement, of course," Hook said. "I may still be able to thrust and parry with the greatest, but there comes a time when every man needs to wave goodbye to the life at sea and see what he can do to establish a true legacy and experience new adventure, don't you think?"

"Well," said Jane, still unable to quite lose her chuckling and quite adoring beam, "I can only imagine you've already had quite a legacy built up on the high seas, and plenty of adventures to be had there! You can't possibly expect me to believe it was all ho-hum, business as usual! I've been on several voyages myself, you know, and they're never boring!"

"Oh no, not at all," Hook said. "And I thought you looked like a seasoned woman. The spray of the ocean, quite invigorating and all that. I had quite the reputation, back in Neverland. But the adventure, that's what was over. New places afford new opportunities."

"Oh." Jane could only blush at Captain Hook's words. To be considered seasoned by such an experienced gentleman, despite her obvious youth, felt like such an incredible honour, though she hardly felt worthy of it. Still, she did have much more experience than other women that she knew, so perhaps he was not so far off. "Yes, of course! I quite agree, which is why I myself have taken up the challenge of coming to a completely different world all in the pursuit of spreading knowledge. I have to admit, though, I've never heard of Neverland before; is it very far away, Captain?"

"Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning," Hook said. "If you've a pinch of fairy dust and some happy thoughts available. A journey I will not be making again, sadly."

"Oh, that's positively poetic!" Jane gushed.

It didn't make any sense, of course, but it was definitely poetic.

"But why won't you be making it again? That must be terrible, knowing you can't return home, no matter what the adventures ahead may be."

And there was the sound indicating their time was up. "I suppose we'll have to reconvene," he said. "Perhaps over a glass of sherry?"

Jane may have given the source of the sound a bit of a glare. Really, this timer thing was quite upsetting for the hope of developing something a little more, wasn't it?

But, for Captain Hook, she was nothing but eager smiles. "Oh, why, yes, I think that would be lovely! Absolutely divine, even! This three minute nonsense is so silly, I barely feel as if I got to know you at all, Captain. We simply must plan to get together sometime and develop this conversation a little more."

"Soon," she said after the slightest pause.

"Very soon."

Three Minute Dates - Caritas - Saturday night

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