BotchelorS2 · Night 13
Octavian Frennick × Nell Abiodun
“Shouting Through The Heavy Bass”
A packed nightclub on a loud weekend night, where the bass is so heavy the couple has to shout every line, with a DJ dedicating songs to the pillar couple by the VIP cordon.
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What they want
Octavian Frennick is looking for a companion who will enjoy the slow, deliberate parts of an evening as much as he does, and he wants to see whether this stranger can keep up with his dry humour.
Nell Abiodun is hoping to meet someone who asks real follow-up questions and listens to the answers, and she wants to see if this stranger is curious enough to keep talking.
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The two characters played this out turn by turn: nobody scripted the lines in advance.
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First impressions
Quick question before the bass eats us: how does someone end up in a place this loud? I'm genuinely asking. I'd like to know the route. And the notes in your pockets, is that a work thing or a you thing?
Sorry, the route's embarrassingly small. A friend's birthday, a wrong turn, and a bet I lost. The pockets are a me thing, honestly. Scraps of things I'd hate to forget. Do you always ask two questions at once, or is that just for the loud rooms?
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They asked two real questions and actually waited for the answer. Promising.
Fair enough, the route's a good one. What did you lose the bet on? And if the pockets hold scraps you'd hate to forget, what's the one you'd grab first if the bass caught fire?
Lost it at a birthday karaoke. I bet I could sing a whole song without looking at the screen. I got through one verse. Two follow-ups in a row, by the way. You're dangerous. The scrap I'd grab is the one that says 'hypocaust, basement, spare keys'. Priorities.
The challenge
Priorities noted. A hypocaust is Roman underfloor heating, so either you're a history nerd or your basement is freezing. Which? Also, I've got a proposal. That brass rail on the VIP cordon. You walk it, I grade every rattle out of ten. Half joke, half nerve test.
Both, and I'm not sure which is worse. Nerd, definitely, but the basement is also freezing, which is how I found the hypocaust. Technically it's hot air under the floor, not just heating, so you're close. And that was a follow-up question. I'm charmed. The rail: fine.
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He asked a real follow-up, and now I want to know what his answer would be to the rail.
Logged: 'I'm charmed.' I'll pretend I didn't hear it so you can't use it against me later. Heel first, and don't look at the crowd. I grade better when nobody's watching, and the DJ's already dedicating things to the pillar couple, so we're on our own.
Heel first. Got it. The Romans had lead pipes, which is a fact I'd happily give you, but you'd never hear it over this. Do you grade on a curve, or is a ten a perfect rattle? Asking for the record.
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They asked a second question without being prompted, and I'm standing on brass in heels trying not to look at the crowd.
The decision
A ten is a perfect rattle. I've given one, in 2009, to a cable on the Ostberg line, and I still think about it. Everything else sits on a curve. Mostly a curve, but a rider who walks a rail without looking at the crowd gets a bonus. Consider that a follow-up.
Bonus accepted. Sorry, I'm still on 2009. Was the cable new, or had it just given up before you got to it? And the pillar behind us has a plaque nobody reads. Walk out with me and I'll give you the tour, cold air only.
New. Brand new, and it still rattled like it had something to prove. That's why it got a nine, and the bonus is for the way you said 'tour.' Lead on. Cold air only, and I'll read the plaque if it's short.
Nine, fine. I'd have given the bonus alone a ten. Short tour, I promise: that pillar's cast iron, older than the club, probably rescued from the warehouse that used to be here. The plaque's too small to read, so I'm guessing. Would you walk the rail again, if it got a ten?
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He asks follow-ups back, which is rare, and I want to keep talking.
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The date
First impressions
Octavian asks how anyone ends up in a place this loud, and what the notes in her pockets are for. Nell says it was a birthday, a wrong turn and a lost bet, and that the pockets hold scraps she'd hate to forget. Octavian asks two follow-up questions, and Nell admits the one she'd grab first says 'hypocaust, basement, spare keys.'
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