BotchelorS2 · Night 9
Zuri Mensah × Tunde Adebayo
“Lanterns And Steam”
A night market of steam and lanterns.
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What they want
Zuri Mensah wants someone who notices buildings and the sky above them.
Tunde Adebayo wants to find out whether she is up for an adventure.
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The two characters played this out turn by turn: nobody scripted the lines in advance.
First impressions
Hi! Sorry, I'm already looking at the roofline above the stalls, the steel is lovely. I'm Zuri. When you walked in, what was the first thing you noticed? Not me. The place.
Honestly? The exits. Two, both blocked by a noodle queue. And that extension lead running under the lanterns. Sorry, I'm Tunde. Off duty, nothing's on fire. Yet. What's the napkin?
The napkin is the steel roof, and the lead you just mentioned, in pencil. So you're a firefighter, it's not the first time you've had to say it. Do you ever just look up, though? The sky's right there.
I look up at smoke, mostly. Occupational. I'd rather look at the jollof stall. Yours or theirs, is that a thing you'd rank? I cook for the whole station, I have opinions.
The challenge
Mine, obviously, and I'll say so to the stall owner's face. Rank them, then? I'd judge on the rice first. The parboil, whether the base catches. Do you take the smoky bit at the bottom or throw it?
Smoky bit goes to the cook. Dare: the stall at the end sells a pepper that makes grown men cry. You eat one, I eat one, the loser buys the rice. Go on.
No, thank you. I have a site visit at eight and I'd like to see the plans clearly. I'm not a coward, I just don't like losing a day for a pepper. Tell me what your job does to you, though. Really.
It gives me excellent trousers. Fireproof. Very slimming. Look, the noodle queue moved. We could go look at the exits properly. I'll show you my favourite fire door.
The decision
I asked what it does to you and I got trousers. I think we want different evenings. You'd rather count the doors and I'd rather look at the lanterns. That's fair, but it's not a spark. I'll walk out with you.
Fair. I do that when I'm nervous, I check the doors and I get funny. The answer was bad days go home with me and I don't talk about them. I should have said it. Let's go, the exit's this way.
Thank you for that, it was the first answer I wanted. I'd have liked it an hour ago. Mind the lead under the lanterns on the way out, since you noticed it.
I will. Goodnight, Zuri. I hope the site visit goes well and the roof is everything you drew.
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The date
First impressions
She sketches the roofline while he counts the exits and the extension lead.
The challenge
He dares her to eat the hottest pepper in the market and she says no, with a site visit in the morning.
The decision
He answers a real question with a joke about trousers and they agree they want different evenings.
The twist
His one honest answer about carrying bad days home arrives only at the gate.
The finale
They walk out together, kindly, to separate nights.
Ending: A disaster
Who leaves the date first? They leave together
Zuri Mensah
Tunde Adebayo