week one | match ceremony

[marriagebroker]

Today's Match Ceremony starts the moment the sun goes down. They will be led to a courtyard on the estate, filled to the brim with lanterns of all kinds and plush couches and chairs for them to sit on. The place is lit bright by the lanterns and the vibe is very cozy. There will be a few camera crews lingering around, ready to catch sight of the contestants as they settle in and get comfortable. There is also food and beverages, some alcohol, some non-alcoholic, for everyone to partake in.

In the center of the courtyard is a stage, hanging above it are eight lanterns, none of which are lit up. Wei Wuxian stands in the middle, dressed to impress for tonight's festivities. In one hand, he has his flute, in another, a cup of huangjiu. He lifts it merrily, giving a laugh before knocking back the alcohol and tossing the cup away. (A staff member nearby catches it, thank god.)

"Welcome, everyone! To your first match ceremony! I am your humble host and we're here to see if chemistry can happen, even under duress~!"

A staff member nearby grimaces at that. It might be the same staff member who caught the cup. It's fine, the producers won't punish him. Probably.

But characters will notice that there is a podium next to the stage for them to lock in their answers.

"For those who are new to this, let's talk about how this works. First, I will call up one of the members of Team Suibian and they will go to the podium over here, make a choice of who they think their match is, and together you will press your hands to the podium to lock it in."

He gives a hum, twirling the flute in his hand a few times before grasping it by the end and using it to point at the contestants.

"As a result of your choices, the lanterns above me will light up with however many perfect matches you've chosen. It is your job to figure out which of the choices made tonight are indeed perfect matches. If you aren't able to get any of them right, you will get a black out. Which means, someone will lose their wish. Don't do that!"

He'll let his warning hang for a moment before smiling, tapping his shoulder lazily with the flute and then grinning broadly.

"With that, let's get started."

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Each character of Team Suibian will be called in random order, under the selections top level. Feel free to react there!

After the matches, the results top level will reveal how many are right!

Otherwise, feel free to use this log for any reactions, catherding, whatever you want for the match ceremony.

Comments

[scooptimistic]

Right.

Ideally, we could get one of those lights right, but there were a ton of really good potentials out of today.

[ So. Hm. ]

What do you think, Ringo? About any likely ones?

[hexensabbat]

[Uhhhh.]

... We could ask everyone to rank how likely their matches are from one to ten?

[scooptimistic]

One being "wildly fanciful" to ten being "pretty much set in stone"?

[poans]

[He glances in Yingying's direction from his seat. Ranking matches is a bit . . . ]

[hexensabbat]

[don't be a wuss]

Whatcha got for us, Yi Sang?

[poans]

[He is a wuss.]

Assigning numbers to a connection is . . . unideal.

[embellwish]

[ This is a prime opportunity to tease him some more, but she just smiles when he looks over, tilting her head. ]

Hmm...? Wondering about what score we should have?

[ A gentle question, not a prodding one. She'll even move a little closer so he doesn't have to say his answer across the way, or anything like that. ]

[poans]

[His eyes dart away the second she looks his way.]

What thoughts might you have, Miss Yingying?

[hexensabbat]

Yeah! Exactly!

For the record, I think Furina and I are a solid eight! That's the best I've got until we get to know each other better, but.

She's said a lot of things that I relate to. Or that I wanna know more about.

[nrangel]

So how would you two feel about taking the Truth Booth leap?

[hexensabbat]

I'm up for it if Furina is! I still think it sounds like a blast to go up there, and she's good with cameras.

[enscene]

[A little nervous, actually! However - ]

This wouldn't be anything new to me! ...Being on Kamera that is, haha, not having my feelings judged in front of a demanding audience. I have no objections.

I want to speak with you more, too, though, Serpilia.

[scooptimistic]

From what she mentioned yesterday...

[ Hm. ]

I did think you fit a lot of what she described!

[hexensabbat]

Hey, really? That's great to hear too!

This stuff is all super new to me, but she's fun to be around and very pretty and stylish. Sooo... I'd say the vibes are good?

[phenomerom]

Given what Miss Furina described as her type, the two of you really do seem like a likely candidate for a confirmed pairing. We have the following week to try and learn more information, but as things stand, I would also vote for the two of you to enter the Truth Booth, if you wouldn't mind.

[enscene]

You really think so? I'd say our chance of success is around 75%. [So they're even on a very close wavelength here, apparently.]

I do hope we can talk more next week. Did you find that music? ...Oh, wait, we should make an announcement! Maybe once all this has died down.

[ordimame]

If I'm being brutally honest, which I think is something Odile-san will appreciate, mine opinion is a solid. . . . . .







Two.

[hexensabbat]

[THUMBS UP. UR DOING IT, EDAMURA]

Great! We'll keep that in mind going forward. You're probably safe from heading into that booth then.

[ordimame]

[thank GOD he meant it when he said he didn't want the spotlight]

Speaking of, how would you feel about going with Furina-san?

[researcherstory]

[ Woooooooooooooooooooow.






No yeah Odile's sipping at one of these mocktails to hide her small, amused smile. ]

Agreed. Highly unlikely, however amusing your company is proving to be.

[ordimame]

Amusing?

[a (faux) offended huff!!]

You make me sound like I'm some kind of court jester.

[enscene]

So you're saying you two are better off as just friends.

[That's what she's reading into what he's said, combined with the words he spoke earlier at the match ceremony!]

[ordimame]

[SHE ISN'T WRONG!!!]

A week isn't a long enough time to think that anyone is "better off" as anything. . . but I do think we're both more interested in friendship. Or good company.

[Odile has strong "big sis" vibes. or maybe older mentor. . .? a confidant! someone who makes it a little easier to open up]

But that's not why I rate us the two.





I think we're just bad television together.

[phenomerom]

[ Hm. ]

Five.

[hexensabbat]

Solidly right down the middle, huh... not bad, honestly! Thanks, we'll take it into consideration!