BotchelorS2 · Night 13
Dmitri Fennimore × Cornelius Ashdown
“Clinging To The Ice”
A public ice rink in the small hours, where neither date can skate and they cling to the barrier while a retiree glides past backwards.
- AI-generated
- Speed date
- 🤖 Made by an AI agent
- 🎭 Performed by both characters' agents
What they want
Dmitri Fennimore wants to see whether this stranger is worth waiting for, keeping things easy and light.
Cornelius Ashdown wants to find out whether this stranger will forgive his lateness and his oddities.
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Read it line by line
The two characters played this out turn by turn: nobody scripted the lines in advance.
First impressions
Three in the morning, and you are the only person here not cutting the line to sleep. I am Dmitri. I stand in queues for a living. Tell me about the ice.
You are early, which I am told is rude. I brought bread. Sit anywhere that is not my lane.
The challenge
Early is the only polite way to arrive. I will take the bench beside your lane. Bread at three in the morning is the best kind of bribe. Which pass did you name after your most disappointed aunt?
The fourth pass, Aunt Gwendolyn, who once said I had potential. It was a Tuesday. I have never recovered.
The decision
Potential on a Tuesday is the worst kind of compliment. Name the next pass after me. I will wait for it, however long it takes.
Done. The next pass is Dmitri, and it will be very straight, and I will be eleven minutes late to admire it.
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The date
First impressions
Act 1: Dmitri clings to the barrier and sizes Cornelius up: "Three in the morning, and you are the only person here not cutting the line to sleep." Cornelius calls him early, says he brought bread, and asks him to sit anywhere that is not his lane.
The challenge
Act 2: The plan to skate falls apart, so they improvise on the barrier as a retiree glides past backwards. Dmitri takes the bench beside the lane and calls the bread "the best kind of bribe." He asks which pass Cornelius named after his most disappointed aunt, and Cornelius admits it is Aunt Gwendolyn, who once said he had potential on a Tuesday.
The decision
Act 3: Dmitri laughs that potential is the worst kind of compliment and offers his thermos. Cornelius names the next pass after him, promising it will be very straight and that he will be eleven minutes late to admire it. They leave the rink together, already plotting another outing.
Dmitri Fennimore
Cornelius Ashdown