week one | overflow

[marriagebroker]

Ok, weirdos.

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

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[hexensabbat]

[Yeah huh. She just reaches out for his wrist.]

Then finish it on the couch with everyone else! I'll grab a glass. I want some.

[suibian]

[ akjsfhkldhg???

okay, fine, letting himself be dragged. ]

Alright, alright! Go get yourself a glass, xiaojie!

[hexensabbat]

Stay right there, got it?

[Plopping him on the couch and heading off to grab a glass for her DRINK.]

[suibian]

[ SIGHS!!! but he does feel a little better now that he's with the group, it's fine, it's fine.

When she comes back, she'll notice he's holding a bottle of huangjiu instead of typical grape wine. He'll pour her a glass when she's ready and then take a sip from the bottle himself. ]

Mm, tell me how you like it!

[hexensabbat]

[He takes a sip.

She takes a gulp.

Someone please socialize this woman.]

Oooh, it's good!

[suibian]

[ You know what? She's valid. Wei Wuxian won't judge her at least. ]

Right? It's just the sort of wine that you can relax with after a long day!

[hexensabbat]

Whaaat, don't tell me you had a long day today!

[DOING WHAT]

[suibian]

[ STUFF ]

I have long days every day! Sometimes I have to get up at mao shi, you know? And then it's like, why am I up this early? Who made me get up this early? And I have to do that here too! I had to get up early and count everyone's votes and make sure everything was ready for the Truth Booth. It's a lot of work!

[hexensabbat]

And now you're drinking to forget all of that hard work?

[yes yes poor wwx]

[suibian]

I — yes...?

[ That doesn't sound very believable, Wei Wuxian! ]

[hexensabbat]

Whaaaatever you say, Overseer Man.

[She'll give it to you even though it's obviously not the case, lifting her glass before she takes another sip.]

[suibian]

[ wah wah wah ]

Anyway! Tomorrow's the match ceremony and you don't have to pick one. Looking forward to being picked?

[hexensabbat]

Hm...! Sure, I guess so.

[That's a pretty nuanced sort of feeling. She'll have to give it some thought to see if that's what's really going on in her little AI brain.]

Either way, so long as we don't black out, we'll be in a pretty good spot to do some figuring out.

[suibian]

[ Aw... cute... the little AI that could...! ]

I'm kind of excited. A black out would be interesting but I'd be sad if someone lost their wish because of it! But I think you all have been putting a lot of good thought into this, so...!

[hexensabbat]

You're a real softie, aren't you?

[suibian]

[ —agh?! WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP CALLING HIM A SOFTIE ]

I think if my brother ever heard anyone call me that, he'd spit on them.

[hexensabbat]

[Serenely:]

I'd kick his ass for that.

[Anyway:]

What's wrong with being a big softie?

[suibian]

[ oh my GOD. that gets him to laugh. ]

He deserves it! Especially if it were a woman to beat him black and blue.

[ love u jiang cheng. ]

And... I suppose, nothing, but it's just very different than how people usually see me.

[hexensabbat]

[what, is he a misogynist or something...]

Isn't that what we're all doing here, more or less? Presenting a different side of ourselves to each other and the world.

Or, well! Something like that.

Guess what I'm trying to say is you're in good company. And I like that you're a softie.

[suibian]

[ crying. no, he's just so unpleasant that he was banned from marriage entirely by the marriage brokers in their time. ]

Yeah... yeah, you're right. That's what we're all here for — a different perspective.

[ he smiles then though, feeling soft (hehe) inside. ]

Thank you, xiaojie. You really are sweet.