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

[ordimame]

a. just one prompt for SECRETS

[. . . ? curiosity killed the bean, so of course he goes straight for the stack of envelopes, popping each one open to peer at what is written inside. most of the secrets get a few confused squints, but. . .]

[one of them gets a loud, indignant protest]

. . . SCREW YOU, LAURENT!!!

[BECAUSE HOW ELSE WOULD THEY KNOW??]

[researcherstory]

[ Wow. ]

Which one is yours? Mister "Got Cut In Front Of" or "Grey Hair"?

[ Edamura's hair is "black" (lightless) enough, thank you. ]

[ordimame]

[immediately crumbles the card he is holding into a small wrinkled ball]

Oh, I bet you're dying to know.

[researcherstory]

Absolutely. Two have already learned mine, but I am quite confident in their confidentiality.

[ And yes, this means she isn't telling him. ]

No friends? Macaroni? Perhaps you're our suspicious fellow, rather than Rom?

[ordimame]

[he ain't sharing, either!!]

Keep throwing blind darts and you'll just keep missing, Odile. Let me have my secrets.

[researcherstory]

... I suppose I can let you have one. All I'll have to do is ask Laurent which was correct, after all. He'd hardly turn down the question from a charming woman, I'm sure.

[ Her new bestie Laurent. ]

1/2

[ordimame]

[the way he is gonna kick Laurent's ass when he gets home and it won't even be Laurent's fault]

[ordimame]

I'm keeping my mouth shut.

[EVEN THAT THREAT CANNOT FAZE HIM]

[researcherstory]

[ Damn. ]

A pity. I thought that would scare you into admittance. [ SHE'S JUST SAYING IT. ] Enjoying yourself otherwise, Edamura? You seem as if you could really use the soak, with how high strung you are.

[fireball]

[ Like she has any right to wince, considering how loud she can also be, but wince she does anyway. ]

Who's Laurent?

[ Also trying to move around him to look at the card he is presently holding. ]

[ordimame]

[GCK]

[immediately crumbles the little card into a tiny, wrinkled all]

. . . no one important! Just-- an associate I knew back home, that's all!

[fireball]

[ Damn... there goes the card. Maybe she can unfurl it later... ]

And he... has incriminating evidence on you?

[ Not teasing. Genuinely trying to parse this out. ]

[ordimame]

[. . .]

Yes.

[what if he shoves the card into his pocket. what then]

But I have way more on him.

[and he WILL get even]

[fireball]

[ He'll have to get rid of it at SOME point!!

Her eyes light up, though. ]

Okay, share something about him then.

[ Gossip is gossip! ]

1/3

[ordimame]

[leaning in reeeeeeeal close, hand pressed against his mouth all conspiratorially. . .]

[. . . . . . . .]

[ordimame]

[wait. fuck. he doesn't know any real actual embarrassing facts about Laurent. fuck. fuck!!! he has to change this when he gets home!!]

[ordimame]

He's not a natural blond.

[yes he is, Edamura you moron]

[irreversal]

[ SIR??? ]

Geh. So loud...

[ She is just over here soaking in the nude and sipping on sake, relaxing.... ]

Who's Laurent?

1/3

[ordimame]

[ACK]

[ordimame]

[. . . wait. is she wearing a swimsuit. . .?]

[ordimame]

[. . . DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT!! this is a public bathing spot, of course some people would decide to go in nude. the only reason he doesn't is because he is trying to respect the girls!!]

No one important! Just some guy.

[irreversal]

[ Are you sure it's not because of his microbea— ]

Eh...? I don't believe you.

[ pointedly, and knowing that he is a LYING LIAR!!! ]

[ordimame]

[AAAAAAAAAH]

. . . just some guy!

[a beat]

[. . . no Shoko knows]

A business partner who has way too much fun giving me a hard time.

[irreversal]

[ So a fellow con man. Got it. ]

Is that so? Hm. I can't blame him, though. You do make it way too easy, Mame-chan.

[ordimame]

Do you guys ever wonder what might happen if I snap? If I get pushed too far?

[BEAN GONE WILD??]