week one | arrival

[marriagebroker]

The characters will arrive one by one, in whatever vehicle suits them the best to the front of estate. It's a beautiful estate filled with plants and trees and little ponds and all kinds of little hideaways. But it all cumulates at the main house, where they will be dropped off and greeted by a familiar face who stands outside the house and welcomes them in. They will be able to bring one suitcase with items and clothes as well as their pet(s?).

The main thing to notice when you step into the house though is that cameras are everywhere. Despite the many little hideaways of this house, there's no privacy whatsoever. Oh well!

When everyone is gathered together, the host from earlier will greet everyone with a merry:

"Welcome, my affection seeking friends! This is where you'll be staying the next few weeks. Find a place to settle in and get to know each other! I'll be around, in case you need anything."

He genuinely seems to mean it, at least?! But that seems to be it, he'll slip away in the meantime and leave you all to it.

A few things to note, of course:

• There is only one "bedroom" which is a large room, with a closet full of futons to roll out and use in said room. Sleepover time!


• There is an extra, extra, extra, extra large futon for Messmer.


• In one of the rooms of the estate, there is a lovely piano ready for use. Feel free to ask for more instruments, if you'd like.


• The kitchen is filled with food of all kinds and modern appliances so folks can cook whatever they'd like! There is also a bar in the kitchen, stocked with alcohol.


• In the living room, there is a screen showing everyone's profiles. It is touch screen, so feel free to swipe through!


• There is, of course, a banner in the living room reading 有緣千里來相會 (which, for the keen-eyed, translates to "Fate brings together those that are a thousand miles apart"). This was definitely written by the host.


• There is a welcome cake.

Boom Boom Room | Property Damage
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Voting

Comments

[beatmatching]

I said as much already, didn't I?

[ he smiles. ]

Yours.

[poans]

[Yi Sang, who is probably the first person in this manor to look away at a given moment, is inwardly gobsmacked by this.]

Then . . . are you not here for the proposed match?

[beatmatching]

[ laughter, light. ]

Are you?

[poans]

[Well-played.]

No, not quite.

[beatmatching]

Then you're in good company. On my end let's call it... curiosity, an exploration.

[ a half-truth will have to do. ]

[poans]

In that case . . . may these cameras capture your brightest angles for the duration of the game.

[beatmatching]

Thank you. But again I ask, what of you?

[poans]

I am here to rest my feet. If aught else should arise, then so be it.

[beatmatching]

You're here for a vacation?

[ kurofude nodding to emil that SEE! it's fine , smooches him. ]

[poans]

[Sweet, sweet boys.]

If I were to choose a word . . . perhaps journey would be an apt descriptor.

[beatmatching]

Work and play. Enough to be classified as such compared to your usual schedule?

[poans]

My usual schedule no longer applies to current circumstances; . . . however, if we view the game with present lenses, then the two could be conflated.

[beatmatching]

[ that's certainly one way to put it. ]

I see. You remind me of an instructor I had once.

[poans]

Were their eyes drawn to your radiance?

[beatmatching]

Oh, no. Their task was to make me shine as beautifully as I currently do.

[poans]

And such an individual is reflected upon me . . . ?

[beatmatching]

Something like that.

[poans]

. . . I cannot say that I've met someone who bears your resemblance.

[Thus, this is a one-sided observation.]

[beatmatching]

I'd be offended if you said otherwise.

[ there is only one Luka





heh ]

[poans]

[Heh.]

Then I shall refrain from voicing observations of a similar nature.

[beatmatching]

Oh, you can speak them. Just as I could respond in my own way.

[poans]

. . . As you wish.

[beatmatching]

[ . . . ]

Do you always do what other people ask of you?

[poans]

No, not quite. I simply see no reason to refuse.

[beatmatching]

But if I gave you a reason, you would?