Rule of 3: Hooking up at the Con

It was the week of the Convention and John's hands were already clammy. He had been planning this trip for a while now, got the hotel all picked out. Even packed all his best clothes and shit.

He'd been online dating with this girl, ConSlut69, for a short while now and he wasn't sure they'd ever meet. That all changed when the Geek Convention attacked- I mean arrived. She always hinted at herself being a bit of a dork, John liked that as she felt genuine about it. they'd have conversations about Final Fantasy 14, retro video games, and all that. Shoot, Shag, Marry with fictional characters was a fun game they'd play from time to time.

She was going to be at the convention that weekend and turned it into a little game. He'd not seen a picture of her yet, except for some closeups and blurry pictures. She proposed that he'd have to track her down in a sea of people. How hard could that be, he thought, its not like the convention doesn't have over a thousand people going to it. It was a challenge, but he managed to beat Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring. He knew how to overcome difficult challenges. And if he found her, she promised to reward him for his efforts.

He walked through the front gates of the convention, grabbed his badge and started to do some looking. The only hint she'd given him was that she'd be "Dressed for the occasion". A pretty difficult hint because a hell of a lot of people were dressed for the occasion. Was she dressed in cosplay? Was she dressed for a date? Was she dressed to work there? He shook his head, got himself back in the game and went to find her.