meat cutes singles night

[wiztrict]

MEAT CUTES SINGLES NIGHT

what's up?

Love is (possibly) in the air at Meat Sweats: All You Can Meat Steakhouse (Good First Date Spot!), which is trying to live up to its name by cramming as many first dates into one night as it possibly can. Cocktails are arguably Valentine's Day themed, and someone went to the trouble of charming paper hearts into fluttering around like drunken butterflies.

The small dining room is packed, and the tables have been arranged so that there are plenty of spots where couples can sit across from one another. Over the speakers, an "oldies" playlist of early 2000s Muggle ?love songs? is on shuffle.

Participants who get Bingo get a special prize! Anyone who gets a blackout is a madman, but there's something special in it for you if you do. And of course, signing the attendance sheet gets you half-off on rent at Henhurst Hall.

Tonight's menu is:

• A pink sweetheart cocktail that tastes a little bit too much like pepto bismol, garnished with a strawberry and twisty straw.
  
• Tater tots shaped like hearts.
  
• Your choice of pizza (pepperoni shaped like hearts), salmon (it's pink!) or curried cauliflower with red food colouring (the veggie option).
  
• Chocolate cake dessert.

The dinner begins at 7:00 PM and Olive kicks everyone out at 12:00 AM, but like, who wants to stay at Meat Sweats for five hours?

visuals!

volunteer slots!

Hugo Weasley ends up stuck talking to an older wizard who is clearly very drunk and keeps asking extremely strange questions. On the bright side, they do manage to fill out one elusive spot on their bingo card! (By taking this spot, you can mark any one of your bingo spots as filled for free!)

Grizzy barrels into [CHARACTER C] while they're both dashing to get to the next table, and they go tumbling to the ground. Now that's a Meet Cute!

[CHARACTER D] feels like they've been plunged into ice water when Morty passes through them on his way to another table. The sensation is brief, but then they feel something cold and wet stuck to their back. It's partially digested pizza encased in ectoplasm.

how bingo works!

🍗 Remember, this IC/OOC is forward-dated meaning that it takes place on Sunday, February 14th. Please wait until Sunday to make journal posts that take place during the event.

🍗 Speed dating rounds last anywhere from thirty seconds to five minutes before Bud blows his whistle and participants are expected to get up and run to a different table, musical chairs style. There's not much organization to this event and there's nothing stopping residents from cheesing the game by running to people they already know.

🍗 Organizers insist that the seating arrangements were randomized, which is why sometimes participants are seated across from a relative or otherwise-inappropriate potential mate. They insist that, legally-speaking, this is a networking event — so don't worry, mark off those cards, and keep going!

🍗 Click here for the Bingo Card template.

On desktop: click File > Make a Copy.
On mobile: press "..." > Share & export > Make a copy.

  Follow the directions in the spreadsheet to learn how to set up your card!

🍗When you're all set up, you can either paste the code in its own entry on your journal (fancy!) or grab a sharable link to your spreadsheet (convenient!). Either way, come on down to SPEED DATING BINGO and make a new comment with your character's name in the subject and your link in the body.

🍗 Reply to others and fill your card! Have fun!

🍗 The cutoff for submitting completed Bingo Cards for prizes is February 15, 12:00PM EST. You can keep playing in your threads for as long as you want, but you just won't get the Mystery Prize if you haven't submitted by the cutoff.

locations!

💘 BEFORE THE MEAT CUTE: Are you ready to find love and avoid gastrointestinal issues?

💘 SPEED DATING BINGO: Date! Meet! Win! Post your cards here with your character's name in the subject. Others can reply to your thread to start quick scenes as they fill out their cards in search of a BINGO — and maybe... true love?

💘 AROUND MEAT SWEATS: Same time, same place as Speed Dating Bingo but this section is for those MEATier scenes. (Any non-speed-dating scene)!

💘 AFTER PARTY: After you've either won or given up on Bingo, there's a plan to meet up at Poor Lenore's for drinks. A local band is playing tonight, and it's a more pleasant setup for dancing and flirting if that's your jam. You might miss the subtle aroma of a New York striploin, though.

🥩 OOC – QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS! Don't forget to submit your card under the subheader when you're got a bingo and/or blackout!

Comments

SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[cristrelawney]

Admittedly, Criswell has been more focused on completing the task at hand than actually socializing but...Corrie has a point. He supposes. He places his card on the table, making certain that it's perfectly lined up in front of him, and then offers the young woman his hand, "In that case. Criswell Trelawney. A pleasure."

Re: SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[corriespondence]

Corrie smiles and takes his hand, nodding in time with one firm shake. "Very nice to meet you," she says. "So..." she glances at her card. This didn't look like a weird bloke, so maybe lay off the weird squares for a mo, go with something anyone could answer. "What do you like to do when you're not rushing round asking about people's eating habits?"

SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[cristrelawney]

"There's nothing wrong with being task-oriented," Criswell protests, though he has the decency to look a bit sheepish about this approach now that he's been called on it. Twice. He doesn't mind at all when Corrie returns to her own card, though.

He considers the question, his slim fingers twining together in front of him. "...Well. I work a lot. I'm training to be a luthier. Apart from that, I play music, I read, I go out. There's no shortage of things to see in London. I...divine. Sometimes." His lack of success doesn't seem relevant. Stopping there, he nods toward the girl. "...What about you?" This question isn't on his card, but it seems like the appropriate response. In the spirit of actually getting to know one another.

Re: SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[corriespondence]

"Oh, that's a lot," Corrie says, considering whether music or divination was more the favourite hobby, because surely one of them must be. Probably music, since it connected to his job? "I play Quidditch, I do a lot of flying. I like concerts. Read some comics." She frowns a little. Is she coming across like a meathead? "I like puzzles too," she adds, though that didn't feel like a hobby exactly.

"You play guitar then, I'm guessing? Not like you play harmonica or trumpet and just got into making guitars unrelatedly."

SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[cristrelawney]

Quidditch is altogether too chaotic and too brutal for Criswell. He's never made it through a match without covering his eyes. He even tenses up a bit before nodding his understanding, "Professionally? That's...ah, impressive. You must be a remarkable flyer." Remembering one of the squares on his card, he pauses and inquires hopefully, "Any chance you're the captain?"

The question about instruments, though, earns a small laugh. "I can play several string instruments with...some proficiency, but I prefer the violin. I can play the piano too. But, you're right, I wouldn't know where to start with a harmonica."

Re: SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[corriespondence]

The image of Corrie Pye, Wigtown Captain, floats through her mind for a moment, followed by another of her mum going absolutely mental. Proud Mum Goes Hog Wild, the headline would read, and then McCormack Throttles Wanderers Manager. "I'm way too young for captain," she says, silently grateful for it. "But I was back in school and I marked that for a friend earlier so it still counts." It was Decided.

"My uncle says harmonica's pretty easy, but he also says everything's easy compared to pipes," she says. Then she perks up, and the Game Face returns. "Wait -- you play piano?"

SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[cristrelawney]

Criswell doesn't know much about Quidditch, let alone about the requirements one must meet to become a captain, but he accepts this without question. Especially that part about being a captain in school. He nods in keen agreement as he marks off another square, "That absolutely counts."

Noticing the shift in the girl's expression, a sharpening of focus, he nods again. She's assisted him more than anyone else tonight, the least he can do is return the favor. "Since I was four. Mum taught piano; she wasn't going to have a son that couldn't play." Then he pauses, considering what she'd said about her uncle, "...what, like a pipe organ?"

Re: SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[corriespondence]

"No like bagpipes, he pipes, he's a piper," Corrie says vaguely, leaning over her card as she finds -- and marks -- PLAYS THE PIANO. "Annnnnd I have BINGOOOO!" Her voices builds to a cheer and she raises her arms in victory, just as the whistle blows.

SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[cristrelawney]

Criswell doesn't have time to be disappointed in grandfather Pye's instrument of choice. Corrie's delight over her bingo is too contagious. He smiles to himself as the whistle blows and he stands up, preparing to depart, "...Congratulations."

Re: SPEED DATING BINGO: Corrie & Criswell

[corriespondence]

"Cheers!" Corrie says, waving him goodbye. "Couldn't've done it without you!"