TNDG Day 9: First Date

[keybroad]

[Lotus is perched at a barstool, writing down the fourth round version of the lite brite board on a notepad. Her seat is within arms reach of the long table that has rolled out with the food for the date; hors d'oeuvres, some sweet, some pretty substantial like sandwiches, the type of thing you see at a conference and can get away with eating as your food for the whole evening if you manage to fight your way through the crowd for seconds.]

The boards will probably be easier to work with if you take them down first, then put them flat over there.

[She points at a nearby pool table.]

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[court_chesster]

Got it!

[He'll get right to work on that, munching on a sandwich as he does.]

[keybroad]

[She relaxes, popping a bonbon into her mouth.]

I'm glad you see my point of view here. Even if Zelda does get better [isn't "if" a little cold, Lotus!?] I think this format is superior.

[court_chesster]

It's nice to have a visual guide for everybody. And it's too much work for one person, anyway. It's everybody's responsibility.

[Separating pegs into careful piles.]

[keybroad]

You like the colors too? I'm glad, it really helps me remember everything.

But seriously, even me doing a paper list by myself would be too much responsibility, no matter how healthy and beautiful I am.

[court_chesster]

Yeah, there's no reason why it shouldn't look nice.

...Hey, do you mind if I rearrange these a little? I promise I won't mess it up.

[keybroad]

Hmmm, sure. I'll let you have some creative vision, you're the one doing the work.

[court_chesster]

Thanks. I'll put it back if you don't like it.

[Money approaches the board and Simon, not missing a beat, flicks a penny away from it, sending the monkey off.]

[keybroad]

[Her eyes follow Money. Lotus uses her hand to muffle her laugh. She seems disinterested in attracting an animal's attention up close.]

I guess you weren't kidding about having just a little spare time. You must practice a lot.

[court_chesster]

Yeah. The circus I work for is super small, so we don't get a lot of downtime. And I'm still in training, so I need to put in extra hours.

[Starts putting names down the side.]

These things are kind of fun. I've never played with one before.

[keybroad]

You modern kids were deprived. I was so sad when I found out these were out of production by the time I had children. I ordered one online.

[court_chesster]

It's for the best. We'd have lost all these little pieces on the inside of a week.

[keybroad]

Well, hopefully this game won't last too much longer, and the buckets of pegs will survive the attrition until then.

[court_chesster]

No kidding. I feel like I've aged about a hundred years in the past week.

[keybroad]

I think this is when it started to sink in for some people. Mari is taking it really hard, she wanted everyone to be okay so badly. Maybe it's also because before it seemed more like "as long as I get a vote this round, I'm okay".

[court_chesster]

Poor girl. There's no way she'd be used to things like this.

[keybroad]

[NO way? Her lips quirk... Well]

It's almost like the producers put the battle of the bands right before the hotel pass contest on purpose. One last chance to put her in her element. It was really nice that the young people could get together and have a nice time.

[court_chesster]

Oh yeah, good point.

[pause]

You think they'd do a circus show for yours truly?

[keybroad]

You already have so many votes, you don't need any help!

[Whacks his sleeve playfully]

At the same time, I'd kind of like to see that...

[court_chesster]

I still can't believe it! I wish I was that date-able in real life.

[laughs lightly]

I could do an animal act. It would be kind of a sad animal act with just Money and Hocus, though.

[keybroad]

Hmmm... oh, wait, ugh.... yeah, though, that's right.

They brought in a donkey one time, right?