week one | overflow

[marriagebroker]

Ok, weirdos.

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

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[hexensabbat]

[Get it, Maya. And from the couch:]

Hey, yeah! Anyone feel that super special "spark" I've been told people feel when they meet that special someone?

[Thanks, Edamura.]

[enscene]

Love at first sight?!

[Has anyone here been so lucky...? Furina looks like she's all ears... she can't help but be a little thirsty for entertainment.]

That'd be such a bombastic start to our time together!

[hexensabbat]

Right, yeah, that was the phrase!

[She forgor...]

If anyone's feeling anything like that, now's the time to speak up!

[enscene]

I wish I could say, but I'm not even sure I know what it would feel like.

[She can play a woman in love perfectly. Who knew it would be so different?]

[hexensabbat]

[oh thank god it's not just Ringo]

Oh, yeah? Whew! I was starting to think it was just going to be me. That's a relief, though.

[enscene]

I wonder if I expected it would be easier than this. Given my experiences, I've seen and read countless love stories, but never lived my own.

[She'd like to think that if she does fall in love, she'll at least be able to recognize that. But what happens if it happens in slivers and becomes impossible to notice until it's done?]

I'd like to experience each step of the way, though, so maybe I'm grateful I didn't go simply goggle-eyed immediately. [Said both truthfully and with a little envy.]

[hexensabbat]

[... Oh. Now there's an interesting perspective. Ringo blinks for a moment. She's always been the sort to go hurtling forward, not holding back, not thinking.

But...

"I'd like to experience each step of the way".

Huh.]

... Yeah. I think I can understand that. Wouldn't want to miss any part of it, right? Especially not if it really works out and this is the one and only time. [Because after that, you have your true love.]

[enscene]

[If this was the one and only time... It wouldn't be so bad. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't, either - though she hopes for a story that lasts much longer than that. Life is full of firsts and lasts and everything in between. Furina can't let herself get caught up in things that are missed or long past, but each day can bring something new with it.]

You understand exactly, my dear partner! This is a story that I'd like to write myself - my experience, and someone else's, in tandem.

[ordimame]

[ur welcome]

[gamboler]

Maybe this would be a good time to unveil the results of your research...

[ Though most of them did a fair amount of research during spin the bottle, huh. ]

[hexensabbat]

Huh, you think so?

Edamura made it sound like it wasn't research that would help with figuring that sort of thing out, though.

[gamboler]

Did he? Aha, he says a lot of things that may not be sensible.

[ Mr. Bean catching strays out here... ]

I'd say physical compatability is very important. That's why our little game of spin the bottle went over so well, too.

[hexensabbat]

[Sorry Mr. Bean.]

See? That's what I thought! But I'm not really the best judge of this sort of thing.

[Ahem.]

How should I know what humans think leads to a good romantic match? Or what a "spark" feels like?

[gamboler]

[ Don't ask him... ]

Your guess is as good as mine, friend. Though as I hear it told, it's one of those things that when you know, you'll know.

[hexensabbat]

... Ugh. Those parameters are so vague.

No wonder this show's so popular! People must love debating what the most likely matches are. And the algorithm's hidden enough that almost anything can be argued for.

[gamboler]

Welcome to the whims of fickle human hearts.

[ They're all a bunch of hot meases, sorry, Ringo. ]

You're not able to, I don't know...hack into their algorithm and sneak a peek that might help us?

[ordimame]

[HEY]

They're perfectly sensible for me!

[grump grumble grouch]

Everyone is built different, so the way people approach finding their "perfect match" is going to be different, too.

[gamboler]

[ Oh, this does actually bring to mind something they should establish, good work Edamura. ]

You're right, actually. Everyone is built different. We should take into account sexuality, assuming the producers and their algorithm did, too.

[ordimame]

[oh. oh, yeah! that actually is a good idea, and Edamura's consternation melts away almost immediately. thought it does bring up one question--]

That isn't actually what I meant, but. . .

Do you think the producers and their algorithm actually know our preferences?

[gamboler]

[ Well...his mouth pulls into a frown. ]

Something that Wei Wuxian said in my interview with him suggested that the crew did some digging on us beforehand. A lot of digging, actually.

[beatmatching]

[ hello ringo! sliding up wherever she is. ]

You owe me an answer, at least.

[hexensabbat]

[Sup. She's chilling on the couch, so it's easy to join her.]

I haven't kissed everyone yet, so the data's incomplete, but.

[A sheepish laugh.]

The way things are shaping up, I might not actually manage to kiss everyone, so maybe that's the best I'm going to get.

[beatmatching]

Then continue.

[ ringo deserves all the kissies though... ]

[hexensabbat]

[some people disagree.]

Alright! Then here's what I've got.

Passionate or dramatic kissers: you, Verso, Shoko, surprisingly!

Clearly capable of dramatic kisses but keeping it reasonable for a first kiss: Serpilia!

Perfunctory kissers or keeping-it-chaste-kissers: Maya, Yi Sang, Shindou!

Seemingly effortlessly suave kisses: Nico and Aventurine!

Very gentle and sweet kissers: Yingying, Furina!

I'm missing data on everyone else.

[me, cal, dying. Also don't @ me if I'm wrong about her kiss with Furina I haven't tagged that thread back yet.]

[beatmatching]

[ interesting. ]

And do you have a favorite type of kiss?