InsaneJournal

January’s senior monthly bonding is being hosted by a very (very, very) reluctant Mr. Chettri. He’s smiling, but there’s something behind his eyes that suggests that this is his nightmare.

He’s reserved the atrium, which has been filled with small tables and chairs. Students are assigned a partner, and are asked to sit at a table together. There are pastries, coffee and tea available if you want them. (Vegan options are offered.) You’re also provided with a piece of paper. The goal of the game is to sit and talk quietly so he doesn’t have to, and try to find as many things as possible that you and the other person have in common.

THE RULES

• Your characters have an hour and a half.
• They must write down every item that the two of them have in common.
• These things must be discovered by playing out the scene to qualify for a win.
  • Clarification: This means that you must roleplay the discussion and discovery of items in order to have them be counted. Simply listing them without your characters talking out their similarities will not count. This event is meant to reward a pair who plays out a scene with a lot of dialogue.
• If you come up with something that breaks the game, Mr. Chettri will be amused but he’ll discount your inflated numbers. (For instance, saying you have 206 bones in common.) This is about getting to know one another, not trying to outsmart your teacher.
  • Clarification: Any time a category of very similar things (friends in common, classes in common, hookups in common) exceeds 4, Chettri is going to count them as one single item when we calculate the winners.
• You have until 11:59 PM, Sunday Jan 8, after which we’ll count up how many things each pair came up with.
• The winners will receive a pair of old little drawstring pouches, which are revealed to be bottomless. They can fit any number of (nonliving) items inside of them, assuming what you put inside can fit through the 5” opening.
• Edit: There will be a hidden RNG element during final selection.

The senior pairings are as follows:

Magdalen & Jeremiah	Irene & Anuhea	Cressida & Ivy
Nathaniel & Wesley	Leonardo & Ty	Tabitha & Jesse
Zoey & Isaiah	Levi & Beatrix	Theresa & Dahlia
Rafael & Wilhelmina	Ravinder & Cecil	Asher & Robin
Quinn & Penelope	Henrietta & Christopher	Laurel & Ryan
	Diego & Marilyn*

* As the assignments are handed out, Mr. Chettri realizes the numbers have come up odd. Someone must be out sick. This doesn’t immediately worry him, as he figures he can sit with the spare student and do the activity with them. Mr. Chettri is imagining one of the shy, introverted students, or perhaps one of his Divination prodigies. That would be nice. But when he looks up from his papers to see who’s standing alone, he immediately recognizes Cecil’s extremely chatty best friend with the glasses, Diego Morales. Oh no. This is not happening. In desperation, Mr. Chettri grabs Marilyn, and before they know it they’ve joined Senior Bonding!