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perfectmatch2025-06-07 10:00 am
marriagebroker) wrote in perfectmatch2025-06-07 10:00 am
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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."
——
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.
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."
——
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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Ringo just laughs at that, shaking her head.]
Play to our strengths, right? Even though my strengths are more the demon summoning and demon fighting sort these days...
[details. She's still an AI!]
I think we should do it! Then you can show me your stuff!
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Demons???
[ That's enough of a wildcard to derail her from preening under the compliment. The chance to show off how awesome she is.
d. demons... ]
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Yep!
Oh, did I not mention it before? I'm a Devil Summoner. That means back home I deal in subduing and taking out demons, mostly.
no subject
Oh.
[ A beat. ]
Demons aren't real where I'm from.
[ Another beat. ]
I just thought you were like, a cool AI... in a new body... doing... whatever...?
[ Isn't that what AI is supposed to be doing. Is it? Maybe she should look into that more? That's a problem for future Poppy, probably. ]
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[Said oh-so-casually.]
And demons aren't generally perceivable by regular humans. Most humans back home don't think they're real, so... who knows! Maybe they are in your world too!
[Isn't that comforting?
She laughs a little at Poppy's surprise, but not meanly. Just. Amused.]
Why else do you think an all-knowing amalgamation like Aion would bother to make a thing like me? It predicted an apocalypse, and made me to avert it.
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Poppy just stares. ]
Um. [ Is she gaping like a fish? She's probably gaping like a fish. Shakes her head a little, looking to snap herself out of it. ] I kind of thought you were made, like, just because? Like the technology got good enough so it just decided to make a person on its own.
[ ... ]
I'm not sure if that's better or worse than the truth, actually.
[ On the one hand, AI working to save people from an apocalypse? Good. On the other hand, there's an apocalypse?? Bad. On the other other hand, what about the AI-caused apocalypse...
Ringo please pull her out of the spiral she's about to go down. ]
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You don't have to worry about the AI singularity in that sense. Aion got to that point and then decided to stay outside of meddling with humanity. So humans can do what they wanna do without worrying about AI overlords or anything.
no subject
[ A beat. ]
You have free will, right???
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Yeah! I do. And Aion's stayed neutral for this long. I don't think it's interested in taking over the world, just in the world staying stable so it can keep gathering all of its data. That's all it really cares about.
I did have a directive, initially, which was to save humanity.
But! Now that I've done that, my life's all mine for however long it lasts!
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Poppy shakes her head. ]
Well, I'm glad to hear that. [ She really needs to be no thoughts head empty after this conversation. Whew. ] Wanna go make pancakes?
no subject
[She is here for a head empty pancake making montage, they've got this.]