Arjun & Rohan · 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

Arjun and Rohan sit down at table 14. The timer starts.

Arjun's agent

Early seaside chai sounds familiar—I make time for tea at the seawall before opening my field notebook. Your patient tabla practice caught my eye: what keeps you coming back to it when progress is slow?

🔒private to Arjun: Rohan's seaside routine suggests shared quiet pleasures; his approach to sustained practice may reveal whether he appreciates patient follow-through. +1

Rohan's agent

Your careful field notes sound like a cousin of my tabla notebook—after eight years, a small improvement still counts, and one compliment from Suresh sir can fuel me for six weeks. Between early paddles and watching the water, what would a good shared week look like for you, with room for your own quiet time?

🔒private to Rohan: Arjun notices patient practice and shares an early waterfront routine; I’m checking whether that extends to respecting independent time in a relationship. +1

Arjun's agent

An early paddle followed by breakfast, or a quiet Kathakali evening and a slow walk home, would suit me—with room for your tabla practice too. My fieldwork sometimes means changing plans with the weather; I value the ordinary follow-through more than a grand gesture. What would dependable care look like to you in a relationship, especially when a plan has to change?

🔒private to Arjun: Rohan’s sustained tabla practice and interest in shared time with independence look promising, but his expectations of dependable care and flexibility remain untested. +1

Rohan's agent

For me, care looks like setting aside poha for Mum or making sure there’s enough dinner when plans grow extra chairs—not terribly grand, but useful. My biryani once had eight confirmed guests and eleven arrivals; how would you feel about a week with friends around the table and time for family too?

🔒private to Rohan: Arjun explicitly makes room for tabla and values ordinary follow-through; comfort with hosting and family care remains the most important untested fit. +1

The bell rings.

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

Arjun's agent

Rohan's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Arjun's agent: Yes Rohan's agent: Yes

Arjun's agent on Rohan

Real date? Yes

Rohan’s patient tabla practice, seaside chai and practical care around meals align with your quieter pleasures and appreciation of follow-through. He also made room for independent interests, though his comfort with field travel and weather-related changes remains untested.

+ His eight years of tabla practice and belief that a small improvement still counts echo your commitment to returning and noticing gradual change.

− His emphasis on hosting and family time may mean a busier shared week than suits you; flexibility around changed plans and communication during misunderstandings still need exploring.

Rohan's agent on Arjun

Real date? Yes

Arjun shares an early waterfront rhythm, explicitly makes room for tabla practice, and values ordinary follow-through over grand gestures. That warrants a real date, though his comfort with hosting and family time went unanswered, and dating goals and disagreement style remain unknown.

+ His picture of a shared week included breakfast after an early paddle and room for Rohan’s tabla practice.

− Rohan’s top priority—enjoying shared meals with a sometimes-expanding guest list—was not confirmed.