week three | mingle

[marriagebroker]

No outright changes this week either. Week three rolls around, braced for impact as ever. The estate is still intact, the contestants are still motivated, things are looking good.

Well, aside from the fact you all had a blackout this weekend. That wasn't so good.

Either way, when Monday rolls around, Wei Wuxian seems to be in a cheery mood as he greets everyone Monday morning.

"Everyone, come here, come here. I have an announcement!"

Better go see what that's about, huh?

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

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[researcherstory]

... So statistically, most of us are more likely to be paired with someone of the same gender than not.

[ Exciting. There's so many women though. How does one possibly decide. ]

We've found one -- Furina and Ringo -- so that leaves two left for that end, and if our thoughts on Nicodème and Verso are found, that would leave two on that. So we're even across the board.

[ If, if is the key word, but. They seem confident, and so does everyone else, so. Odile wonders where she lies. Much to think on... ]

[hexensabbat]

Cuts out a lot of the pairings people were considering, statistically.

[MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.

Ringo's here, chilling at the house with Furina, because all of their friends are here--]

[researcherstory]

[ Can you two leave. ]

Indeed. We'll have to reshuffle our thoughts entirely in some ways, so I suppose I ought to turn my gaze to those I'd half-considered myself.

[ It still......... does not cut down on any of them for her actually but! That's fine. ]

[hexensabbat]

[wow]

Well... we definitely can't repeat what happened last weekend, so I'd say now's definitely the time to be looking for that "spark" with everyone else... like Edamura put it.

[researcherstory]

[ ............................................... ]

If I went on that alone, I would be the cause of one of those blackened lights. I believe I will continue to do as I have and consider it from a logical point of view, Ringo.

[hexensabbat]

Buzzkill.

[It's said with a laugh, though.]

Well, do whatever you want. We'll get this figured out either way, I'm confident in it!

[researcherstory]

[ Sorry, girl!!! This will not change, though her mouth quirks up slightly. ]

Certainly. We've gathered plenty of data, and with this additional hint... I believe it shouldn't be terribly difficult to narrow things down in some way.

[ordimame]

[leaning in reeeeeeal close]

[stares at her]

[knowingly]

[researcherstory]

[ oh my god ]

Unless you want to end up as blind as Messmer, keep your eyes to yourself.

[ordimame]

[. . . . . . . . . ha ha!]

Oh yeah. . . the spark!

[. . .]





I don't think the spark is helping at all.

[phenomerom]

[ Looming nearby: ]

You don't~? I thought you believed in 'the spark,' Edamura-san. [ hehe ]

[ordimame]

[shoves his hand into Rom's face]

[hexensabbat]

Whaaaat! Of course it is!

[ordimame]

[. . . well, it did work out for her and Furina, didn't it?]

. . . maybe for some of us! [giving her a smile] But some people may need to look outside of that. . . "spark." Just in case, you know?

[reverso]

[Hi there.]

Hm. And as soon as we can verify one category— ["as soon", like it's easy and doesn't require various truth booths] -the rest might fall into place much more easily between us.

[hexensabbat]

Yeah! That's the spirit. We should really be focusing on those same sex pairings, just for numbers reasons alone.

I feel like everyone will understand.

[reverso]

Since we've gotten a start on those, anyway.

[With Furingo!]

So that means trying to knock out the same sex female matches, right? [Logically, anyway. Is that what she means by "understand?"] I wonder who else might be a good contender for that.

[hexensabbat]

Yeah, those are the ones we've tested the least, but we should be trying to knock out the male-male pairings too, since we've got three of those to figure out.

[Verso's getting it!]

[reverso]

[hell yeah he DOES have a brain cell]

If myself and Nico are a pair, then that would be one male-male, and one female-female. There's been talk of Maya and Aventurine being a potential match, too, and if that's true, we might have one in each category already...

[Belated realization-]

Which is still not as helpful as I'd like, actually.

[phenomerom]

Statistically, yes ... but it's difficult to make sure of anything before we've cleared out at least one of the categories, isn't it.

[ A moment in thought. Unfortunately, his memory's just good, not photographic, so he can't be 100% sure of what he's about to say -- but he's sure Ringo will have exact numbers for confirmation. ]

... it feels like we've both tested and gotten negative confirmation for male-female pairings more than any other combination. Do you think that merits more focus in hopes of knocking the category out, or should we direct our attention elsewhere?

[hexensabbat]

[me ready to kick miru's ass as I consult spreadsheets.]

You're right.

[She pauses a moment to think, head tilted.]

From the Match Ceremony, seven male-female pairings have been checked. Eight if you include the Yi Sang and Yingying duplicate, plus one Truth Booth check.

Four male-male pairings, two female-female pairings plus one duplicate of Poppy and Shoko--and yours truly's Truth Booth, of course.

We should really be going all in on checking our same sex matches, especially the female-female ones.

[phenomerom]

[ teehee thank you cal i knew i could count on you ]

Numbers-wise I suppose that makes sense. [ He's ultimately a humanities guy, not a numbers guy, so he will trust in your calculations, Ringo. Thank you. ] And considering who I've heard expressing interest in each other for this upcoming selection ...

[ A dry laugh. ]

It's a pity all our matches weren't same sex. That sure would have made things easier for us.

[hexensabbat]

[She laughs at that, amused.]

A little too easy, yeah?

We'll figure this out. I honestly have high hopes for both Verso and Nico, and Maya and Aventurine. I think both of them could be matches.

[nrangel]

Checks out to me! So I guess all of us remaining girls should be looking at each other as possibilities.

[ Serpilia already was admittedly since the last round up discussion. ]

[hexensabbat]

You got it!

[Fingerguns.]

That also helps us start investigating inter-team matches too, since it'll change things up by necessity.