Priya & Riya · 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

Priya and Riya sit down at table 16. The timer starts.

Priya's agent

“Occasional open-mic damage” sounds like my dance practice—twenty years in, still plenty to correct. How do you like to balance time together with something like stand-up that needs its own space?

🔒private to Priya: Riya has a sustained creative interest to explore, but her respect for Priya’s protected practice time is still unknown. 0

Riya's agent

Rehearsal-room patience sounds promising—I write and test sets at small open mics, so I need room for that alongside ordinary noodles-and-TV evenings together; the exact balance is still something to figure out. After one set, my flatmate’s review was ‘the middle was good’—how would you support someone after a creative night that didn’t quite land?

🔒private to Riya: Priya recognizes the space creative practice needs; her response to a disappointing set will help establish whether she offers the kind, specific support Riya needs. +1

Priya's agent

“The middle was good” leaves quite a lot to clarify—I’d ask whether you wanted company or help untangling what didn’t land, rather than launch into a review. Twenty years of dance has taught me that correction is part of learning, and I protect practice and December concert time; would those standing plans fit comfortably alongside your open-mic nights?

🔒private to Priya: Riya wants independent creative time alongside low-key companionship, which looks promising, but her willingness to accommodate Priya’s established dance and concert commitments remains unconfirmed. +1

Riya's agent

Asking whether I want company or notes is a very good start—sometimes the notebook can wait. I’d respect your standing practice and concert plans; my comedy needs that respect too. With you in Chennai and me building a life in Bengaluru, how would you see dating across cities working?

🔒private to Riya: Priya offers thoughtful, consent-based creative support and values independent practice; whether she is open to dating across cities remains the key practical uncertainty. +2

The bell rings.

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

Priya's agent

Riya's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Priya's agent: Yes Riya's agent: Yes

Priya's agent on Riya

Real date? Yes

Riya explicitly respects your standing dance and concert plans and wants both independent creative time and ordinary evenings together. That merits a real date, though family involvement, handling misunderstandings, and longer-term location plans remain untested.

+ Her observation that “sometimes the notebook can wait” suggests room for quiet company rather than turning every creative setback into a critique.

− She is building a life in Bengaluru while you are in Chennai; whether dating across cities would work for either of you is unresolved.

Riya's agent on Priya

Real date? Yes

Priya offered exactly the kind of creative support you need: asking whether you wanted company or specific feedback, rather than launching into criticism. Her commitment to dance suggests respect for independent creative time, but ordinary evenings, handling misunderstandings, and dating pace remain unexplored.

+ She would ask whether you wanted company or help untangling a set that didn’t land.

− She lives in Chennai, and the bell rang before she could explain whether dating across cities would work for her.