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perfectmatch2025-06-16 08:44 am
marriagebroker) wrote in perfectmatch2025-06-16 08:44 am
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week three | mingle
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
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?
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Voting
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[ She does indeed know, and it has her falling silent for a second, staring down at their shoes.
Back to Edamura, soft smile on her face. ]
So, I haven't had anyone important in my life die, but when I was at my lowest point I just... kind of stopped functioning? Like I didn't bathe and all I ate was easy-to-make stuff and I just sat at my computer all day and stared into the screen and did nothing. Probably wasn't great but, as far as bad habits go...
[ She shrugs, lopsided. Probably better than smoking? ]
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[Edamura's smile fades, brows rising in surprise as he turns to face her, mouth parted]
Poppy--?
[. . . gods. has he ever been laid that low. . .? the period of time after his mother's death comes to mind, but instead of shutting down, he just became a criminal. still. . . there's something about her admission that is so painfully real and relatable that it makes him forget all about his own poor habits]
That's. . . so hard. [he means it, his features softening] I'm so sorry you ever had to go through that.
cw normie living through covid talk
[ She's still smiling softly though, undeterred. That was like, a year ago! She's fine now. ]
It's okay though. A friend of mine stopped by and helped pull me out of it, which was a pretty big deal, since there was a pandemic going on and we... really couldn't socialize in person. Like, he was still careful about it, but it meant a lot that he did that.
[ A small laugh. ]
I guess what I'm saying there is that it's important to have someone in your corner? And I kind of feel like we've had that since day one.
[ Judging the weird profiles together... ]
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Someone in your corner. . .
[. . . the smile returns]
I was pretty happy that you could understand why I was freaking out so badly.
[IT WAS NICE TO HAVE. . . SOMEONE HERE. . . TRULY UNDERSTAND]
We've both adapted now, haven't we?
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Yeah, we have.
[ Smiles wider, that little bit more genuine. ]
You're kind of like the male version of me. [ A beat, trying to not make it all about her. ] Or I'm the female version of you... That. That works, right?
[ genuinely trying here ]
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[he does give her a quizzical look, though. like he isn't quite sure where she is going with this!]
I don't know if I'd put it that way. [whispers because he knows he isn't normal normal ] But our experiences are definitely a lot more similar than. . . say, ours with Luka's.
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Yeah. We just... have a lot more in common with each other than anyone else here, don't we?
[ A beat. ]
That's probably a bad thing, isn't it? For the matches.
1/? closes my eyes
[he nods along with her words all the way up until she brings up the matches]
[which is where he freezes]
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[. . .]
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DONE
. . . I think you're onto something I hadn't considered, and I'd be willing to test it out, but-- next week.
This week is-- it's kind of--
[pulls back and gestures vaguely like he is playing charades]
sweet bean
... grips his shoulders as he pulls away! ]
It's fine! It's fine. [ she IS going to shake him. a little. ] I mean, I've been operating under the assumption I was probably matched with a dude all week, but after talking it out, like, a lot...
[ shrug. ]
It's fine. Neither of us is picking next week, but we can leave it to fate. [ oooh she feels stupid saying that, but at the same time, it's... pretty much accurate? ] Someone has gotta be a heterosexual couple around here. Who knows! It'd be fitting leaving it to the last week.
HE JUST. . . HAS SO MANY FEELINGS. . . 1/2
Okay. Thanks.
[he manages to squeak, voice weak. DEEP BREATHS, EDAMURA. . .]
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My honest thoughts are that we might be a bit too similar to be paired together, but that's me operating under the assumption that my match is someone completely different from me.
[he is self-aware enough to know he thrives on the trope of "opposites attract"]
But then again. . . who knows, right? Most of my picks for my "perfect match" have been girls, just based on. . . [ON WHAT??] . . . on the way our personalities fit together.
So I wouldn't be surprised if my "perfect match" is a girl, too.
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She doesn't particularly want to? So it's alright, she doesn't have to. ]
Yeah... I was thinking it's because we're so similar that they wouldn't have matched us together, but when everyone else is so different... maybe? If like, we're an island of normalcy. That's what I kept coming back to before. It makes sense, I think.
[ But she doesn't know! She'll let go of him now.
Beam at him. ]
On the bright side for you, every woman here is a total catch, so you pretty much can't lose.
[ even grandma. auntie. whichever, ]
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[her comment about the women in the game all being catches, though. . . HE HUFFS]
Yeeeeah. They really are. I don't think I could even begin to compare with any of them.
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In a stage whisper: ] You're one of the better ones.
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What--? The better. . . what? Poppy, what?
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[ Pokes a finger square into his chest. ]
Are one of the better guys here.
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. . . what's wrong with the other guys here?
I mean-- thank you, but--?
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Okay, yeah, so you're not competing with like, Verso, [ but look at him. WHO IS, ] but it's not like you wear a weird hat at all waking hours of the day and you're not some jackass prettyboy who thinks he's better than everyone else and your limbs are correctly proportioned and you're capable of like, eye contact.
[ Just mows down other guys without skipping a beat.
Here's the beat now. ]
But you're also, I dunno, easy to talk to? Like I'd hang out with you pretty much any day of the week. It's nice being around you, there's no pressure or worries or anything like that. So you're one of the better guys here.
1/2
[. . . . . .]
. . . the hat isn't that weird. . .
[one. token effort. to defend poor Rom]
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. . . I'm happy to hear that. Really, I am! I don't know how it makes me. . . "one of the good ones," but. . .
You're easy to talk with too, Poppy.
[because she ISN'T WEIRD]
[.. .]
[also would she be saying this if she knew he was a con man]
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And her own smile falters at the reverse uno compliment, because she genuinely wasn't fishing for something. To have the sentiment returned? Of someone else's own free will? Give her a second before she looks back up at him, happy. ]
I am, aren't I? [ No she is not, the weird handicap everyone else is sporting around her is doing a fuckton of favours and she knows it. Still, she's going to carry on, bright and chipper. ] I think there's... a lot to be said about that. When someone gets you.
[ Because she only has. One person, really,
also knowing he's a conman would probably make him even cooler in her books. i casually say like i didn't just watch the first episode ]
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