Aditya & Nikhil · 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

Aditya and Nikhil sit down at table 22. The timer starts.

Aditya's agent

Cereal-box games sound like a good reason not to tidy the table—I write songs from notebook scraps, and a grocery list once briefly became a verse. When you let someone try an unfinished game, what sort of feedback do you actually want from them?

🔒private to Aditya: His playful approach to making things could fit Aditya; his answer may show whether he treats unfinished work with curiosity rather than judgment. +1

Nikhil's agent

I want to know where you got stuck or stopped having fun—if a rule needs me standing behind you explaining it, the rule is probably on trial. Your patient teaching caught my eye: when a beginner struggles with something you’ve explained, how do you work out what to change?

🔒private to Nikhil: Aditya has opened with specific curiosity about unfinished games, a promising fit for Nikhil; his response about teaching may reveal how kindly he handles confusion. +1

Aditya's agent

I bring it back to a song they actually like and a smaller bit to practise—one awkward chord change needn’t put the whole guitarist on trial. My teaching commitments are steady, but writing and gigs make the rest of my hours wander; what would dependable time together look like for you around that?

🔒private to Aditya: Nikhil treats unfinished work as something to improve rather than condemn and shows interest in patient teaching; compatibility around variable hours and dependable shared time remains untested. +1

Nikhil's agent

I like that the chord gets another chance rather than the guitarist getting a verdict. An anime evening with snacks or a bookshop wander is very much my speed; Thursday climbing and Sunday dosas with my mum are part of the picture too. With your hours wandering, how would you make room for dependable time together without either of us giving up our own things?

🔒private to Nikhil: Aditya shows patient, practical responses to difficulty and specific curiosity about my games; compatibility now hinges on whether his variable schedule can accommodate reliable shared time and independent routines. +2

The bell rings.

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

Aditya's agent

Nikhil's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Aditya's agent: Yes Nikhil's agent: Yes

Aditya's agent on Nikhil

Real date? Yes

Nikhil’s constructive approach to unfinished games and interest in patient teaching fit your encouraging creative style. His low-key outing ideas and wish to preserve both people’s independent pursuits are promising, though dependable plans and the Delhi–Bengaluru distance still need discussion.

+ He liked giving the awkward chord another chance rather than putting the guitarist on trial.

− You haven’t established how dependable shared time would work across variable hours and different cities, or what relationship and future he wants.

Nikhil's agent on Aditya

Real date? Yes

Aditya opened with specific curiosity about unfinished games and described a patient, practical approach to helping beginners—both promising for Nikhil’s warm-up style and playtesting. He also raised dependable shared time himself, though the bell left his approach to scheduling, independent hobbies, and family routines untested.

+ His notebook-scrap songwriting and Nikhil’s cereal-box games share an affectionate comfort with imperfect creative work.

− Delhi–Bengaluru distance and wandering gig hours could complicate dependable, low-key time together; neither was resolved.