week one | overflow

[marriagebroker]

Ok, weirdos.

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

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[ordimame]

[oh my god]

I am going to take that as a compliment.

[NO ONE CAN STOP HIM]

[hexensabbat]

[She laughs at that, shaking her head.]

I meant it as one! You'll know when I'm insulting you, promise.

[ordimame]

[a breathless laugh!! though it dies down quickly as he side-eyes her, his smile fading]

Hey. Uh--

[. . .]

Can I ask you something?

[hexensabbat]

Sure! What's up?

[She's still smiling, of course, but she just tilts her head at him, encouraging him to go on.]

[ordimame]

[jiiiii. . . then he speaks, slowly and cautiously, with a hint of trepidation. but he is sincerely trying!!]

Were you. . . being serious about the AI thing?

[hexensabbat]

Yup.

[Extremely casually.]

Don't feel bad if it's hard to conceptualize, though. Back home, there's just me and my sister, so it's not like it's a normal thing there, either.

[ordimame]

[uuUUUUuuUuUuUuUuuuuuUUUUUGH]

. . .

[muttering something VERY QUIET AND ALMOST UNINTLLIGIBLE]

[hexensabbat]

Hm? Didn't catch that, sorry.

[ordimame]

[raising his voice]

. . . I'm sorry for calling you a roleplayer! The other day!

[claps his hands together and bows his head]

Seriously!

[this is a real GOMEN NASAI moment]

[hexensabbat]

Oh.

[She lifts both hands at that, palms out.]

No, no, seriously, it's fine! You don't have to get all apologetic like that...!

[That's so sincere!! It's almost a little embarrassing!]

[ordimame]

[IT'S BECAUSE HE IS EMBARRASSING, SO SORRY RINGO]

You have to understand, things like that aren't just "hard to conceptualize!" They just don't happen back where I'm from. They don't exist!






So my worldview is in a bit of a disarray right now.

[for, like. the billionth time in his life. which is, truly, not a great feeling]

[hexensabbat]

Well. Yeah. We noticed.

[Sorry, dude.]

Still! You're coming around to it, huh? That's great! You're definitely going to have a way less stressful time of it from here on out if you can just kind of... accept it? I guess?

[ordimame]

"Coming around to it" is. . . a strong way to put it.

[still thinks he may have been drugged?? not outside the realm of possibility for him?]

. . . give me a little more time for that.

[hexensabbat]

[A laugh.]

Okay, okay... take your time.

There's more to learning what we're all about beyond just whether or not we're AI or vampires anyway.

[ordimame]

I know that.

[. . . a small huff!]

People are complex. [a beat] That word is meant to include all non-people present, too.

[hexensabbat]

Yeah, there you go! So long as you've got an outlook like that, you'll be just fine.

[ordimame]

[somehow, he does not feel like he'll be just fine!]

I still plan on doing my best! My goals have not changed.

[nodnod]

[hexensabbat]

Those goals being...?

[Spill!! Spill the beans, bean man!]

[ordimame]

Meeting people. Making connections!!

[some. . . other things, but those are too deep to share with someone he just met]

[hexensabbat]

So the romance aspect? Good! That's promising!

[She seemingly takes it at face value, at least.]

I think a lot of people feel that way.

[ordimame]

. . . it doesn't have to be romantic. I'll be okay if I just make some new friends.

[not that he hasn't come to truly appreciate the ones he has back home, but. . . they're a different kind of friend. not the kind he is seeking here]

I hope everyone here feels that way at least a little bit, even if their major priorities are different.

[hexensabbat]

If it's just about making genuine connections, then I think that's probably true. Even if people won't admit to it.

That's part of just living life, yeah?

[Making connections with other people.]

1/2

[ordimame]

[he looks a bit surprised when she says that, before his gaze grows distant for just the briefest of moments]

[. . .]

[ordimame]

. . . yeah! I think you're right. It definitely is!

[blink and you'll miss it!]

[hexensabbat]

[She has hung out with way harder to read people than you, Mr. Bean.

But she lets it go for now.]

Anyway! Let's be friends. Maybe we can't predict what's going to happen over the next four weeks, but we can at least do that much, yeah?