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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[nrangel]

You better mean that how I think you mean that, or I think I'm going to get embarrassed enough by my own stupid feelings to actually cry right now.

[ She probably wouldn't, but she may go into hiding for at least a day. ]

[hexensabbat]

[Well.

She's not sure how else to get it across beyond just reaching out with gloves hands to cup Serpilia's cheeks, and leaning in to press their lips together.]

... Clear enough?

[...]

Because Furina's next! To kiss you, if that wasn't clear.

[nrangel]

[ Okay, the brackets lied. She might tear up just a little. It's not a full on cry, but her eyes are definitely a little wet as she lets out a relieved, hiccup-y laugh after Ringo pulls back from that kiss. ]

Loud and clear. Yep.

[enscene]

Just how drunk are you? [Aventurine was more obvious...and maybe she is also a little more obvious.

But Serpilia's not like, too drunk-drunk, right? Soggily checking her pupils as we speak. Which probably does mean holding her face.]

[nrangel]

[ She'll lean in for it, laughing a little more. ]

Sober enough to know what I'm doing.

[ So with her face nice and close to Furina's, she'll lean in the rest of the way to press a small peck to her lips. Though as she pulls back a bit and gives Furina one of her usual smiles, she will admit: ]

But I would maybe not trust me to drive a car right now.

[enscene]

[It's time for a second fussy whine when the kiss is so small and brief, very-so-subtly angling for another. Furina is also definitely feeling bolder and less everything-shy, less self-conscious and more prone to chasing what she wants. This whole group of four is going to get what they want tonight because they have the best plan. Bet on it.]

That's okay! We just need to find a way to push this thing over to the other property. It's not a long stroll at all.

[nrangel]

[ A laugh at the little whine, so before she responds to that request, Furina gets another, it's short, but it's followed by a third and a forth. Soft little kisses peppered on her lips, before she clears her throat and looks back at the suana.

Her expression shifts slightly to genuine confusion. ]

Wait, the sauna thing is still real?

[enscene]

[She's mollified by that, but her eyes, widened and slightly hazy, blink rapidly a few times at the question.

What's so hard about getting her big, impressive plan across?]

Ah, I think only people who have found their perfect match are admitted across the property lines... Though the path up there is quite private once you leave the borders of this estate.

[nrangel]

[ Oh, she's catching on now, blinking away that last little watery vestiges of tears as she looks at the sauna contemplatively. ]

So if someone were to get past the line without being spotted, then they'd be pretty much home free.

[ A grin as the plan starts to make sense to her now. ]

[enscene]

Precisely! It's a very peaceful walk, even late at night. [With no light...while drunk...surely they'll make it over there just fine.] We should have no problem getting the sauna down to the treeline once we get it around the main building.

...And, since Aventurine here has just signed off on donating the sauna to the Honeymoon Suite, we're also not breaking any rules! [This is added very quickly, if only as a safeguard to make sure Wriothesley doesn't show up to pick her up when filming ends.]

[nrangel]

[ Not that Serpilia has all that many issues with breaking rules, despite being someone who is meant to work as one of the many cogs in the Rules Machine.

She will nod in encouragement and agreement at everything Furina is saying though. ]

I can't see any flaws in this plan.

[ She is also drunk, so thinking plans through thoroughly would not be the easiest thing for her right now, but look... ]

[enscene]

[Now they have plenty of sponsorship for their sauna sneaking adventure...everything needed to execute the plan is right here in place.

Furina goes into a much laxer version of her director mode, clapping her hands together with determination.]

Well, Ringo let the most important sleight of hand slip to explain it to you, so we might have to reconsider the...execution. But she also expedited things in the end, so... [She gives a little fond smile that she's incapable of controlling here.] Let's just figure it out while we're getting it down to the property line.

[nrangel]

With all four of us, I think we should be able to move it together, right? Unless we managed to find something to set it up on without all of the extra hassle, and I'm all about not having to do too much manual labor.

[ She has drones to do things for her for a reason. ]

[enscene]

[Eeping ever louder, fumbling for her hands.]

Please don't cry!

[nrangel]

[ Her laughter is louder this time as she takes Furina's hand in her own, squeezing it affectionately. She is a little misty eyed right now, but she's not crying. ]

You guys are making it really hard not to right now.

[ That is a lot of fondness in her voice. ]

[enscene]

Was it something we said? [Sniffles, though she is smiling a little.]

[nrangel]

[ She's using that hand to tug Furina closer to her now. Ahhh, the warm fuzzies. Wow when was the last time she felt warm and fuzzy like this inside? Has it ever even been this strong? ]

Definitely.

[ And while she's not letting go of that hand, she is wrapping her other arm around Furina so she can press the side of her face against Furina's own. ]

[enscene]

[She's also getting a bit more emotional--and definitely hotter, flushed against Serpilia's cheek--the way emotions flow like water unimpeded with just a little bit of inhibition control lost. And Furina, of course, has always been a fairly emotional person from the very start.]

I-it's not exactly an easy subject to broach, you know, especially when... [Well, there are a lot of "whens," really.]

[nrangel]

[ You know something incredible about hugging a girl about your own height? Serpilia doesn't have to worry about her halo bonking Furina at all as she rests against her. It really is nice to stand here holding her like this.

Serpilia's laugh is a lot lighter than she expected it to be talking about this subject, but she hadn't ever expected to talk about it in this particular way. ]

It was hard, right? For a lot of reasons.

[ Who was to say that Serpilia would be open to it, even if the two of them had agreed to it before? She was, obviously, but until they spoke to her there was no way of knowing. And then they were a perfect match while she was the outlier, though Serpilia herself didn't put much stock into that notion. They also had still only known each other for a short period of time, and that was probably something they needed to sit down and talk about too, since what happened after the show would be...

Would be...

Something they could deal with later. She just wants to enjoy this right now, no future complications need be considered at least for a little while. ]

[enscene]

[You know what else is incredible about that? Furina's ahoge probably threads through the halo. She's definitely overemotional and a little overstimulated, but there's clearly a good amount of thought that's gone into this, pre-drunken impulsivity and crazy sauna smuggling plan.]

You deserve to feel wanted and to not be alone. [Who can say that with any more certainty than Furina can, after all? She knows the pitting ache of both.] But when it comes to broaching such complicated things...

Obviously, this isn't something I've experienced before, exactly. [Extra adverbs Furina means extra flustered Furina.] I wanted you to feel appreciated, not insulted.

[nrangel]

[ It's a fair concern to have. A lot of people never learned to share well, and while Serpilia didn't grow up having to share much herself, in this way...

This seems good actually. There are times when Serpilia can be wildly social and friendly and chatty, and times where she can slip away into hiding for days on end. An ambivert to an extreme that might not be entirely fair to a partner, but to two partners...

Again, bridges to cross later. For now on this show she's just going to enjoy herself and what she has, and enjoying herself means leaning a little weight onto Furina. ]

Being wanted by two beautiful women at once? I feel like that's just extra complimentary.