week three | match ceremony

[marriagebroker]

We're back, baby!

The courtyard is lit up with lanterns all over and there is now a second special couch near the Furina and Ringo couch from last week. This is the Verso-Nico couch, if they want to sit in it. But they don't have to! Live your truth, boys! Go sit with your situationships instead!

Wei Wuxian is here, still looking happy after his absence this week, and he is dressed to impress in NOT a hanfu this time, but a modern look. He's liking it, honestly. Look at him sparkle!

"Congratulations, my friends! You are once again free from a blackout and losing a wish as you found a perfect match at yesterday's truth booth. Good job!" Wei Wuxian explains, twirling his flute in his fingers as per usual. "You might still get no lights again otherwise but, uh, let's hope not! I believe in you!"

... Does he?

Either way, he bounces on his feet and calls out, "Team Suibian, it's time to make your picks!" Looks like we're ready to go.

Comments

[ordimame]

Provided our assumptions are true. . .

[and he feels fairly confident in them! as confident as Ringo!]

We should send any combination of Luka, Yi Sang, Shoko, Serpilia, Odile and Messmer to the truth booth this week.

Any single confirmation of a match or no match will help us figure out those final few pairs. R. . . right?

[hexensabbat]

[Raises her hand.]

Figuring out the last yaoi or last yuri pair doesn't completely solve the remaining pairs, unfortunately. Only the het match does that for us, just by how the chips fall.

Still a bit of a tricky needle to thread.

[ordimame]

[taking a moment to think about that. . . . . .]

-- oh! [the probability! it clicked! be proud of him, Ringo!!] Right. I get it now.

So we shouldn't send just any combination, but a-- [SIGHS] -- "het" pair specifically. So. . .

If everyone is thinking we need a hint for Odile and Messmer, we could try. . . them?

[hexensabbat]

[She truly loves how gung ho Edamura is about his gut feelings.]

Odile isn't a bad guess to pin your gut feeling on, since she's knocked Yi Sang off of the list. At least, according to our assumptions.

Objectively, taking nothing else into account, Messmer or Luka are each fifty percent for her. That's a coin flip.

[ordimame]

[it's all he has in this horrible logic game. you think he'd be better at logic puzzles when he dad was a lawyer. . .]

Well. . . I'd like to see how she feels about it first.

[nodnods]

But it is something to think about.

[hexensabbat]

Yeah, we can't decide any of this without hearing from all of them. Maybe they'll have some insights about what they've all got in common!

[MAYBE IT'LL BE EASY??? (haha no)]

[ordimame]

[he thinks back to what Serpilia said. . . about how Odile didn't think Messmer was a good match for her. and that does mean something, even if his instincts are saying otherwise]

We have a week to figure it out, so. . . maybe for now, we should just take your math and sit with it for a few days.

[hexensabbat]

Sure! I'll keep thinking on it too. There's lots to sort through, even if we've narrowed it down pretty well.

[ordimame]

[nodnodnods!!]

[. . .]

. . . by the way.

[gestures for her to lean in a little bit]

[hexensabbat]

[...?

She leans in, of course.]

[ordimame]

[one hand lifted to his mouth, muttering quietly for no one else to hear]

Did you really think Rom and I were a statistical probability. . . ?

[hexensabbat]

[She grins at that, leaning back enough to shoot him a wink.]

A full 89%.

[She is fucking making that number up but who's gonna know??? HUH? WHO'S GONNA CHECK RINGO'S MATH?]

Full marks on chemistry and commonalities across the board, too.

1/2

[ordimame]

[IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HIM!!!! NOBODY HAS BEEN CHECKING IT ALL GAME LEAST OF ALL HIM!!!]

. . . s-- seriously?

[ordimame]

[-- wait]

Chemistry?? Commonalities???

[not that he. . . disagrees, because he wouldn't have. . . wanted to choose him for the match ceremony if he did. BUT WHO HAS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION??]

[hexensabbat]

[Hehehehe.

She just lightly punches his arm.]

So go get your happy romance, Edamura! We're all rooting for you!

[ordimame]

[OW!!!]

[r-rubbing his arm like ?!]

. . . thank you?? I think??

[he is so confused???]