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

[gamboler]

[ Nico is quite strong...a fact Aventurine is well acquainted with despite never having seen him fight —

But Shoko's suggestion does give him pause. Part of his hesitation is that he doesn't know what will happen if he doesn't go back to the IPC. Destroying his Cornerstone wasn't enough to get him cut lose, and if he chose not to return, there's no saying they won't find a way to come after him. Should he find some way to use his wish to cripple the Strategic Investment Department? Could a wish even rival the power of an Emanator of Preservation? Or maybe he should surreptitiously return his Cornerstone without a fuss, he could get Topaz on his side, but that could put her in danger —

...He drops his face into both his hands. This is making his head hurt, he can't be the strategist like this! ]

I can't risk Nico's safety, too. Too big of a gamble, and the debt incurred...I'd never be able to pay him back. Like I said, it's all...complicated.

[irreversal]

Is it?

[ From the way he mulls over it all in his head, she's sure it is. But that's just the thing, isn't it? He doesn't have to do it all in his silly little head anymore. Complicated doesn't have to mean impossible. ]

Aren't you underestimating Nico a bit?

[gamboler]

[ ...Maybe he is. But even so... ]

I'd still be betting with his life. That's a chip I could never wager for my own gain. There's a reason I'm famously impossible to work with, you know...

[ Because when it comes to the risk, the danger, he won't let anyone else take on his share. His burden. He gambles, and he wins — so that's fine, right? It's fine. ]

[irreversal]

The reason being... you want to deal with everything on your own, even if you have someone else wanting to help you.

[ People like this really piss her off sometimes... Shoko sighs, exasperated, and presses a hand through her hair. ]

Anyway, I'm not the one you should be talking to about this shit. Bring it up with your Prince Charming, will you?

[gamboler]

[ Yeah, yeah....REMIND YOU OF ANYONE SHOKO,,

Aventurine exhales out a long, deep sigh, a chuckle chasing its end. ]

I'm too old to believe in fairy tales anymore, you know.

[ And yet, here he is. ]

[irreversal]

And yet, here you are.

[ yeah, ]