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

Comments

[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.

[researcherstory]

No, unfortunately not. I believe our failures bring us closer to the truth than our possible and assured successes, really.

[ Cutting down options seems easier to her... ]

I have faith we will solve it yet -- though perhaps...

[ ... A shake of her head. ]

Nevermind. I'm sure we'll all have thoughts closer to the end of the week of how best to approach this too; if nothing else, this group has been rather cooperative in that way.

[reverso]

[Arches a brow.]

Yes, we have. Cooperative enough that if you have any lingering thoughts, you can share them if you like.

[ma'am?]

[researcherstory]

I would like to think on them more before I share them, Verso. I try not to be one who puts the cart before the horse.

[ Not getting shit out of her right now. ]

[reverso]

[wow]

...All right. Just don't keep it to yourself on account of believing any of us would be critical of it, either way.

[Not that this has ever been an issue, but. It needs to be said.]

[researcherstory]

... No, I think some would even find merit in it, truthfully. But I'm considering the idea for the wrong reasons. Better to reconsider it later and see if I feel the same.

[ No, Odile is certain that even if it isn't well-received, it would be considered as a viable thought process. Just... not for the right reasons... ]

[reverso]

[ ???

]

All right. No one's going to pressure you, either way. I've certainly learned that here.

[researcherstory]

[ Buddy is partial Rock type for a goddamn reason-- ]

I would hardly mind a little more pressuring, truthfully. But thank you.

[reverso]

[Pressuring from the guy who asked not to be pressured last week? He doesn't even consider it.]

Oh, but if it's time you need, we're patient. I think we all trust you to say what you need when you choose to.

[hexensabbat]

It's not bad, though. That means we'd need two male-male and female-female pairs, plus one male-female pair.

Let's take a look at what we've got left for the female-female pairs, for instance.

We've got Maya, Yingying, Shoko, Poppy, Odile and Serpilia left. Six people, fifteen combinations.

Shoko and Poppy can't be a match though. So for them, it's fourteen combinations each. This doesn't take into account the male-female pairing, obviously, but numbers-wise, we're getting close.

[reverso]

[Ringo that is way too big-brained for him. But he understands, overall, her meaning. That by confirming in any of those categories, it's still a step in the right direction, even if it doesn't eliminate certain potentials completely.]

Mm. So, really, the best way to test things going forward, outside of the booth, is to try to match these parameters in the next match ceremony.

I don't think that'll be too much of an issue.

[hexensabbat]

[She's gotchu, Verso.]

I don't think so either. I know Serpilia and Yingying have been talking about having potential options they've been thinking about that way, and, well! Everyone's pretty reasonable here.

Probably doesn't make for great reality TV, but I couldn't ask for better myself.

[reverso]

[Actually laughs at that.]

Oh, I don't know. Last match ceremony was drama enough for me, so that should keep the viewers invested for a while, non?