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marriage broker ([personal profile] marriagebroker) wrote in [community profile] perfectmatch2025-06-07 10:00 am

week one | match ceremony

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.
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-08 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
To what words do you refer?

[He uttered quite a few. Too many, in fact.]
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[personal profile] irreversal 2025-06-08 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
That you thought Yingying to be - luminous was the word we were saying back and forth. But you also said that everything's lost its luster to you.
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-08 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He did say those things. Put into juxtaposition, he sees the contradiction in them.

Yet does it not still align with reality? What he's lost, he cannot have.
]

Two statements can exist apart from one another. That, too, is true in this instance.
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[personal profile] irreversal 2025-06-08 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ She nods. ]

They can. They contradict each other, but I can see why it feels... like it's not something meant for you.

[ Shoko knows what it's like, in a way, to exist in the same world as someone, yet seemingly not at all, at the same time. ]

Now. Remember what I said? About how what I believe can change? [ ... ] What if being unable to see the radiance of things can change, too?
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-08 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[What if?

He craves it, had abandoned what little he had left to seek the very change of which she speaks, yet it feels so far out of his reach as to be a pipe dream.
]

Have you arrived at an answer?
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[personal profile] irreversal 2025-06-08 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ They had talked, that first day, about choice, too, right? ]

I'm choosing to believe that it can change for you, Yi Sang.
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-08 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Worry not. I will continue to walk, even if my legs limp.
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[personal profile] irreversal 2025-06-08 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ She reaches out to rest her hand on his shoulder. ]

Just— you don't have to walk alone, hm? That can change, too.
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-08 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[The hand on his shoulder is warm and distinct. He falls quiet, though it's plain to see that he's heard her by his shifting gaze.

Three weeks from now, who will walk with him? The game will end, and they'll scatter onto their respective paths again, as Odile has said. He'll continue to walk, of course. Will a fox, a rose, or a snake greet him? Or does naught but darkness await?
]