http://bluth-illusions.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bluth-illusions.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2011-02-04 10:09 pm

Three Minute Dates - Caritas - Saturday night

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!]

Re: Round 4: Bruce Wayne / Tony Stark

[identity profile] willbethenight.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"These are more of a sample," Bruce said. "You get some of the standard small talk out of the way now, try to figure out if you're compatible, and if everything goes well, maybe you've found somebody that you'll want a real date with later."

Re: Round 4: Bruce Wayne / Tony Stark

[identity profile] hoorayimrich.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"...from three minutes?" Tony replied. "That just seems like enough to say hi and then move on."

Or get picked up by ginger vampires.

Re: Round 4: Bruce Wayne / Tony Stark

[identity profile] willbethenight.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"You just have to be efficient with your time. The last time we had Three Minute Dates here, I actually ended the night with the start of a relationship," Bruce said.

Okay, he didn't even have a date with Ariel that night, and they had planned a cancelled date even before that. But he did get lucky based on talking to her in Caritas that night, which was good enough for Bruce's explanation at the moment.

Re: Round 4: Bruce Wayne / Tony Stark

[identity profile] hoorayimrich.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"...really?" If that meant he was going to end up dating someone off of this, it could only end badly. Because there was no science.

Re: Round 4: Bruce Wayne / Tony Stark

[identity profile] willbethenight.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Granted, I didn't come to this one looking for a relationship, but if you're charming and observant, or just luck into something, you can make a connection here pretty easily," Bruce said. "Or at the very least, meet new people or learn something new about someone. It's all in how you play it."

Re: Round 4: Bruce Wayne / Tony Stark

[identity profile] hoorayimrich.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will keep that in mind for my last date." WITH A GUY.

Re: Round 4: Bruce Wayne / Tony Stark

[identity profile] willbethenight.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good luck with that. And I'm sorry it's not going to work out between us," Bruce jokdc. And then the piano sounded.