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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[gamboler]

[ A light shrug of his shoulder. It's...a little embarrassing, but whatever, there's worse things it could have said, surely. ]

My father died soon after I was born, so as I grew up, I received some of his clothes as hand-me-downs. Needless to say, it was pretty big on me when I was small.

[ But he's always kept it. He always will. ]

[poans]

[Yi Sang's eyes flit vaguely up in Aventurine's direction, himself suddenly aware of the weight of the card in his grasp.]

. . . Aventurine. Secret though it may be, this is neither little nor embarrassing.

[gamboler]

...You don't think so?

[ It's not something he's embarrassed by, exactly, but his...sentimentality has long been something of a sore subject. Papa's ruined old shirt is one thing, Mama's charm and bracelet are another. If he had parted with them to make some money, he might've...

...but those are arguments he's long since beat to death within himself. ]

[poans]

I do not, as it must have shielded you from the elements when you were but a child, doing what your father could not in his stead. More than that, it is a precious keepsake of the one who wore it before you.

[Sentimentality drives the value of an object for Yi Sang, who understands that some things must be sacrificed for the sake of greeting the future. Aventurine's persisting attachment to his late father's shirt is a credit to both his heart and determination; hence, the single sentence scrawled on the card carries immeasurable meaning.]

[gamboler]

[ ...On that, they are agreed. For all the wealth he has accumulated, ultimately, it means...nothing to him. He held onto everything that he could that he received from his family, and maybe that's not as strange as he thought it might be. ]

...Ha. I'm glad to hear you say so.

[ It genuinely means a lot to him. ]