week one | overflow

[marriagebroker]

Ok, weirdos.

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

Comments

[reverso]

With those two? We're definitely going to get a show.

[fireball]

I know, right?

[ munch munch. actually, offers the bowl to Verso too ]

They're very, um... [ remembering that she doesn't have beef with Yingying. only Luka... ] showy.

[reverso]

[Oh thanks, Poppy! He grabs a handful — but courteously, not like a heathen.]

They are. We'll see if that's good enough, even if it's superficial.

[ ... ]

I bet you'd be happy to see Luka get his perfect match, though, right? [so he can be banished into the honeymoon suite]

[fireball]

[ he could do it like a heathen. he has pretty people privilege. but courteous is nice too.

chokes on her popcorn at that last remark, though. coughs. she's fine, she's fine, ]

I, um... Well, yes. And also no? I mean, do you think it's fair to Yingying?

[ SOMEONE has to be paired with him though :/ ]

[hexensabbat]

Yingying's the one who called him out, so I wouldn't worry too much.

[Grinning!]

She's the sort of person who can definitely handle herself and knows what she wants.

[fireball]

[ but then Poppy might have to lower her opinion of Yingying :/ ]

Oh, yeah, no, totally. [ trying. trying to be nice. ] I guess it's just, um, hard to see us getting a pair right on the first week?

[ even if this is the pair she voted for. because they were being weird the night before. ]

[hexensabbat]

Oh, yeah, totally. The odds are way against us.

[She shrugs a bit, leaning back with her arms crossed as she watches.]

Probability-wise, we're the most unlikely to get this one right.

[fireball]

Yeah. But then you've gotta think of who else they'd be paired with, and then it becomes a whole thing...

[ welcome to being on a reality dating show, Poppy ]

[hexensabbat]

Yeah, but then we've got a bit more math on our side, right?

[Not... that Ringo has the computing power that Aion does, but still!]

Knocking out a match removes a whole bunch of options. Sure, we'll have even more to figure out, but that's part of the puzzle. Which we can totally solve, for the record.

[fireball]

Oh, no, definitely. You're right. I'm not worried! [ She probably isn't? ] I just kind of want to get to the end, you know?

[ Impatient!! ]

Say, you're probably pretty good at math though, right?

[hexensabbat]

[Impatient... Ringo blinks at that, but she'll go ahead and focus on the latter question.]

Hm! Yeah, pretty good at it. Not as good as my sister, but probably better than the average human.

Why, wondering about our odds?

[reverso]

[Whoops. He chuckles, thinking he should preface with:]

It's all right, I'm not judging, you know.

[Munches on some popcorn, giving her an apologetic look.]

Why would it be unfair? They seem to get along well enough. And they'd both get a nice little upgrade to a new suite, from what I understand.

[fireball]

[ He might not be judging but SHE IS. It is WORSE that he's not judging. It means she's BAD.

God he's so nice. She should try to be a better person around him. ]

I... I guess you're right, yeah. [ Her demeanour is a little more meek now, even though she's just gonna keep saying stuff. ] I just... really can't imagine someone wanting to spend their every waking moment around. Him.

[reverso]

[POPPY.... Verso notes that change, hoping he didn't make her feel worse OH NO she doesn't deserve that.

He considers that, realizing he had only ever heard what Luka told him about their interactions. He wonders at her side of the story.]

He really got to you, didn't he? What happened?

[fireball]

[ she kinda does deserve that though

She crosses her arms above the popcorn bowl. Nervously taps one of them with a finger once, twice. ]

He was just kind of, I don't know, a jerk? Told me to dress nicer, when he's out there looking like that.

[ what is wrong with her nice little hoodie collection. at least it's normal. ]

[reverso]

[SHE DOESN'T, NOT TO ME

But is it really something so simple as that? Well, no, he shouldn't minimize it. Sometimes personalities really do just clash for no reason in particular.

So, helpfully(?):]

Really? That's silly. I think you look just fine.

[fireball]

[ Verso is so generous... Poppy does not deserve him.

But she's going to latch onto this anyway. ]

Right! Thank you!

[ A beat, considering. ]

I mean, I know I'm not as stylish as you, but... I think it works for me.