fandomtownies | 3 Minute Dates 21 - Caritas

A sign was posted at the front door:

Caritas Presents:
3 MINUTE DATES

Unlike most 3MDs, there didn't seem to be a host. The zombies were just set up, all quiet, when the lights went out.

After a few moments, music started to play. A man's voice started to sing "Ooooooooh" while backing vocals repeated "come on."

The first chorus played before a voice that might have been familiar to longtime residents came up and completely failed to introduce himself. "Welcome to Three Minute Dates. I gave this CD to Tino years ago, just in case this thing I started turned a sexy, legal to drink in the rest of the country 21. In honor of that, have an open bar, courtesy of me, to make sure my name is never forgotten. When somebody reads your names or whatever happens, pair up, get drunk, and let those beer goggles take over for three minutes until this sound plays."

The song cued back up, singing, "You're hopelessly HOPELEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!" It was, perhaps, a mixed message.

"Have fun. And try not to bang too many people at once, like I'm definitely doing right now."

Finally the lights came back on. Jessica turned to Tino at the bar, taking a free drink, and asked, "Who was that?" Tino just shrugged. He clearly knew, but he was admitting to nothing.

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

[OOC: Three minutes = ten comments total, five per person. You don't need to do your threads chronologically, but try not to Joss yourself.

OCD starts now. If I fall asleep before it's done, don't mind me. I'll finish up when I wake up. ETA: That's happening. Final 2 rounds posted when I wake up. Feel free to start on the first 3 rounds now. FINALLY DONE!

If I made a blatant 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. 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 things up on Sunday, that's fine.

A regular post-dates Caritas post will go up Saturday afternoon sometime.]

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Jalian! Peridot liked Jalian! Jalian was one of the very few sensible beings around here, after all.

Peridot clanked her way over to sit down with her, still casting a dubious look around as she did so.

"I don't understand humans."

How was that for a starter?

"Most humans don't, either," Jalian answered, a bit short herself after her 'date' with Kuzco. "What don't you understand right now?"

"Any of this," Peridot settled on, waving her hand around here. "The human I was assigned to before you was fixated on open bars and... fetishes. I don't say this often, but for once I'm not completely certain I want to understand."

"Open bars means you can drink whatever you want and not pay for it," Jalian answered. She frowned. "A fetish is..." she gestured. "A small carving or stone, I think. Thought to be inhabited by a spirit. I don't know what that has to do with a bar."

"Or with processing alcohol," Peridot replied, frowning a bit as well. "What's a spirit?"

There were a few of those behind the bar, so maybe there was a connection after all.

Jalian hesitated. "Spirits are distilled alcohols. But also a spirit - like in a fetish - can be a disembodied intelligence. A dead person or a god. I don't know if there's a significance that the two words are the same," she confessed.

"This is getting confusing," Peridot admitted with a sigh. "But I suppose the alcohol definition would make sense within the context of the rest of the date..."

Because Frank.

"Maybe there's a meaning of something infused with alcohol?" Jalian suggested. "I don't know."

"I suppose that's a possibility. I might have to look into the matter more thoroughly," Peridot decided, nodding her head as the timer sounded. "Something else to learn about the humans of this planet."

NO PERIDOT DON'T DO IT

"Probably not worth it," Jalian advised. "But maybe." She stood and nodded to Peridot. "Enjoy your other dates."

3 Minute Dates 21 - Caritas - Saturday night

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