week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[hexensabbat]

Well, apparently not! They wouldn't have sent us here if they didn't think it would make good TV, right?

[A beat.

She arches an eyebrow at him.]

You know you have to jump, right?

[ordimame]

[gck. . . yes. . . surely it's no different than parachuting off out a burning, crashing airplane. . . or even jumping through a glass window at the top of a skyscraper??]

[. . .]

Don't rush me.

[grumble grumble as he slowly peels himself off the tree and scoots towards the edge of the cliff to peer at the water below]

[hexensabbat]

I'm not, I'm nooot.

[She is.

She follows him as he scoots.

Just.

Strolling.

Peering around him.]

Hey, only four meters to go!

[ordimame]

[JUMPS WHEN SHE SPEAKS, flapping his hands at her defensively]

. . . you don't have to commentate!!!

[and then takes another step forward]

[to the edge of the cliff]

[stares down at the water below and takes a deeeeeeep, deep breath]

. . . it's not as bad as I thought. . .

[hexensabbat]

[She steps up next to him, also peering over the edge.]

Right? It's totally fine! It'll be a blast once you jump!

[ordimame]

[. . .]

[smacks his cheeks!! to psych himself up!!]

All right. . . ! I'm ready.

Are we doing this together?

[hexensabbat]

Sure, why not?

[She's always up for a good time!!]

On three, then?

[ordimame]

On three.

[DETERMINED]

One. . . two--

[she'll have to say three]

[hexensabbat]

[She will, gladly:]

Three!

[... And she pauses, just for a moment, on the precipice. Just to make sure he really jumped. If he did, she's jumping right then and there after him.

But if not--]

[ordimame]

[HE HESITATES--]

[but only for a brief moment, before he musters up whatever courage he still has in that little heart of his and. . . ! jumps!!]

[well]

[actually it's more like tripping. very ungraceful how he just tumbles over the edge with a strangled yell, arms flailing. completely improper form. not at all how one is supposed to bungee jump]

[his cry echoes across the rocks around the river's edge as he falls]

EAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!

[hexensabbat]

[And so off the cliff Ringo goes as well!

She "woohoo"s but it's totally drowned out by his screaming.

WHEEEE........ and then, the bounce! Back up they go!]

[ordimame]

[I'm sorry he is so loud and dramatic. . . the yelling continues even as they bounce sloooowly up and then descend back down again. though eventually it does die down!! did he pass out? is he dead??? was this Edamura Makoto's last stand???]

[. . . eventually they will both come to as stop, still dangled in the air, hanging upside down by their harnesses. Edamura is completely limp with arms boneless above his head]

[. . .]

[he says nothing. . .]

[hexensabbat]

[...........

Ringo kicks her legs to swing a little, so she can pendulum closer to try to get a look at his face.]

Hey! Edamura! You good?

[ordimame]

[DEAD SILENCE. . . . . .]

[but when he gently swings in her direction, the rope twisting just enough so that he is facing her, she will find. . . . . . . . the icon face]

W. . . was that exciting enough for you, Ringo-san. . .

[hexensabbat]

[oh god help.

She stares at him with a mixture of disgust and concern.]

Uh. Yep. It was pretty fun.

...

... Er, you've. Got a little... something. There.

1/2

[ordimame]

[. . . . . ]

[LIFTS A HAND TO SCRUB WILDLY AT HIS FACE. embarrassing!!!]

I'm fine! I survived!!

[. . . . . .]

[ordimame]

[a sharp exhale, and despite everything, he does pull up a small smile]

. . . I suppose that wasn't too bad.

[the bungee jumping workers are beginning to lower them to the ground by the river now]

[hexensabbat]

Right! It was fun!

[She grins, and once they're lowered properly to the ground, she offers him a fist for a fistbump.]

Nice job out there!

[ordimame]

[he stumbles a bit when they eventually get to the rocky shore, but catches his footing quickly nevertheless. her little fistbump earns a perplexed look, but bemused as it may be, his smile doesn't falter even as he lifts his own hand to return it. BOOP]

Thanks! It was terrifying! [HA HA. . .] But I think I did pretty well.






But don't tell anyone; it might ruin their image of me.

[what image, Edamura. . .]

[hexensabbat]

Awww, why not?

[WHAT IMAGE, EDAMURA.]

I'll just tell them we went bungee jumping! Nobody will hear from me that you screamed the whole way down--

[ordimame]

[A BREATHLESS LAUGH--]

Great! Thanks for preserving my dignity. [what. . . dignity] Well, what pieces I have of it that are left, anyway.

[hexensabbat]

Heyyy, I think you still have some dignity! I mean, you've been yourself this whole time despite everything.

That counts for something as far as I'm concerned.

[She'll start to lead the way over to the, idk, bungee jumping rest area now.]

[ordimame]

[oh my god]

Who else would I be but myself? Television fame changes people, but not me!

[following her to the rest area. there's a tent set up to protect them from the shade! and some nice coolers filled with water. there's another pathway that snakes through the trees and back up the cliffside, should they wish to jump again. . . but for now, Edamura is content with a single try]

[hexensabbat]

I don't know! People have all sorts of reasons to pretend to be other people.

At least, that's how I understand it. It's pretty complicated.

[She digs out two water bottles, tossing him one in a loose lob.]

[ordimame]

[haha. . . ha. . . something flickers in his expression at that, but it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment as he catches the water]

It can be, I guess. Humans do like to overcomplicate things.