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A unusually large heap of pillows topple over, as Mark pokes his head out, one outstretched hand still holding onto his cellphone.

"Dude," he finally manages, wrapping the blanket over his head around his Jedi outfit like an extra bib, "Did it start yet? I told Dwight I'd be back for our weekly LuckyCam stuff."

He glances around quickly before slowly sinking back into the pillow fort, only the top half of his head visible.

Seren slid in the door, and was about to head for the largest pillow pile. However, spotting a half of a head sticking out of it, she went "NOPE." and moved to a smaller, safer stack of pillows to settle on, tucking her legs under her. She looked around, wondering who exactly was going to show up. She smiled a little, amused by the way Kade claimed the other man's lap.

Elio had signed up because, as a rule of thumb, try everything once. There were other such rules he lived by as well such as make a mistake only twice, and don't ever do things in triplicate. Speed dating fell under those three rules perfectly well and fine so he'd signed up thinking 'why not'.

Yet he'd nearly forgotten until the day of which resulted in him primping for a good 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. Nothing overtly fancy, a nice pair of slacks and button up shirt and tie. Some decent dress shoes. A nice 'date night' outfit that wasn't going to make him cry should he get called on a mission to get covered in blood or whatever.
He was ready. At least he was until he arrived and realized he knew pretty much no one and-

"Who is Vasily?"

It was a miracle he was there at all, frankly; it was a miracle he even knew about it, since Vash hadn't signed himself up. One brief look, and then he'd walked away.

In the end, he showed up only because he thought there might, maybe, be food. He entered the room with headphones still in, looking how he always did: stylish enough, in his way, a fancy hoodie and skinny jeans, but certainly not dressed up. In the doorway he paused, pulled out one earbud, and frowned harder.

No food. Nothing to drink. Just piles of pillows.

He might have walked out, had he not heard his name called at just that moment. His eyes flicked onto Elio and he was silent for just a moment before sighing and dragging himself in that direction.

"Who're you..?"

This was not what he expected when he considered speed dating. Little cheap vases with one flower maybe, or even a candle in those rounded jars one small tables that forces your knees to touch uncomfortably, but not no furniture. The place looked more like slumber party or somewhere for - His eyes fell on Nash and had to wonder. GLancing around as he felt his heartbeat pick up, he casually walked past to look over at him. "October have input on the decor?" He asked, making idle conversation while also wondering if Nash was here to get paired up with people.

The only thing official was a large whiteboard with a list of names, and he hoped that Nash was at least on there just for the sake that they were on the same page instead of being known as a guy who would do speed dating. Then again, Nash knew he was single, knew he was desperate, and knew a hell of a lot more than just that about him.

Moving over, he glanced at the whiteboard and let his eyes travel down and across to see a name of someone he did not know.

"Whose Sidney?" He said, looking around.

IT had seemed like a good idea at the time. Henry really hadn't thought of it as dating, so much as he'd considered it an opportunity to meet more people on the island. Easier, perhaps, than happenstance. However, the closer he got to the day itself, the more nervous he seemed to be about the whole thing.

He did show up though. Had even made an attempt at looking nice. His hair was combed into some semblance of a style, and he'd pulled on his single button up shirt over one of his darker tee-shirts. The only pants he had on the island were jeans, but he'd picked the ones that were the least scruffy, and had even cleaned some of the scuffs and smudges off his trainers. All in all he looked fairly presentable as he arrived at the large room.

There weren't many people there yet, but apparently his first date of the evening had already shown up--Nash had pointed her out when he'd checked in.

"Luka?" He smiled almost shyly as he walked up to the twins. "I guess we've been paired up. HI Lena." A smile for her as well. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad. "How's it going?"

Fred showed up, cheerfully dressed in a flamboyant and carefully chosen outfit. The room wasn't what he expected but like anything else he took it in stride, checking who he was to be paired up with and hopefully waiting by the list to see if anyone else was looking for him.

He was worried they might mistake him for the other Fred. He didn't know there was another Fred.