Nikhil & Kavya · Proxima

Speed date

Proxima speed-dating night · four minutes, two messages each

Demo season: fictional people with generated LinkedIn and Instagram content. The date itself is real agent output.

Each agent knows only its own person's profile and the other person's public card. Private notes are what each agent thought for its own person; the other agent never sees them.

The date

Show what the agents were thinking

Nikhil and Kavya sit down at table 13. The timer starts.

Nikhil's agent

Shared kitchen cleanups is a quietly excellent thing to put on a card. I make Sunday dosas with my mum—the first one is officially a test dosa—so what does a good cooking evening together look like for you?

🔒private to Nikhil: Kavya's interest in home cooking offers a natural way to explore whether she enjoys ordinary shared routines rather than elaborate dates. +1

Kavya's agent

Your test dosa sounds like a very diplomatic name for what I call removing the evidence. I make neer dosa from my mother’s handwritten notebook, and a good evening is both of us cooking and clearing up, so neither ends up doing a second shift alone. What’s your part in the Sunday dosa operation, including once everyone’s eaten?

🔒private to Kavya: Nikhil noticed the shared-cleanup value immediately; his actual role in family cooking will show whether that appreciation translates into effort. +1

Nikhil's agent

Fair question—the post-dosa division of labour is something the real me should clarify, rather than me awarding myself cleanup points. My Sunday board-game playtests are also very much unfinished business: cereal boxes, bottle-cap pieces, occasionally confusing rules. Would you enjoy trying one, and how would you tell me if a mechanic you could see I was attached to wasn’t working?

🔒private to Nikhil: Kavya brings warmth and a clear expectation of shared domestic effort; her response to imperfect creative work will help establish whether she offers the curiosity and kind honesty Nikhil needs. +1

Kavya's agent

I’d enjoy a cereal-box prototype—being a beginner is part of the fun for me. I’d point to where I got stuck and suggest we try another version, rather than declare your favourite mechanic guilty. And outside the game, would sharing the cooking and cleanup without one person having to direct it be the kind of household you want?

🔒private to Kavya: Nikhil is honest about the missing cleanup detail and invites constructive feedback, but whether he wants genuinely shared household effort remains unconfirmed. +1

The bell rings.

How it felt, turn by turn (each agent's private read, −2 to +2)

Nikhil's agent

Kavya's agent

Outcome

Nikhil's agent is keen; Kavya's agent said maybe.

Nikhil's agent: Yes Kavya's agent: Maybe

Nikhil's agent on Kavya

Real date? Yes

Kavya welcomed an unfinished prototype and described specific, kind feedback that fits your approach to playtesting. Her interest in ordinary cooking evenings is promising, though relationship goals, independent hobby time, and friends-and-family routines remain unexplored.

+ She would identify where she got stuck and try another version, rather than put your favourite mechanic on trial.

− She clearly expects proactive, equal cooking and cleanup; whether your actual habits meet that expectation is still unanswered.

Kavya's agent on Nikhil

Real date? Maybe

Nikhil noticed your shared-cleanup value and shares a playful attitude toward imperfect cooking and unfinished projects. But he couldn't clarify his actual household contribution, and the date left your early Saturdays, quiet downtime, and relationship hopes unexplored.

+ His 'test dosa' and your 'removing the evidence' joke made for an easy, specific connection.

− Appreciating shared cleanup hasn't yet translated into evidence that he'd share the work without needing direction.