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]

I'M NOT A VIRGIN!!!!

[why, Edamura. where everyone can year you?? he pushes against her side when she pulls him in, albeit gently. more like a tiny kitten struggling to be held]

-- and it doesn't matter!! That's not-- it's really no one's business but our own!!!

[fireball]

[ oh wow that was loud. Poppy is going to let him go just for that. ]

You're not? Oh— right. Riiiight, you said that earlier.

[ Nodding, nodding. Right, of course not! So Edamura gets to deflower Rom then, huh.

Her grin is a bit more normal now. ]

Well, that's okay! I'll just wait for the day when you two have got a bit more colour in your cheeks. A bit more pep in your step.

[ A hearty, encouraging slap on the back. She believes in them!! ]

[ordimame]

[everyone is staring at him again. he hates this entire cast. everyone here sucks]

[just. making the icon face at her. that's it. that's the response]

[fireball]

[ ... another hearty clap on his back. ]

You can do it!

[ordimame]

Thanks.

Poppy.

Thanks. So much.

[his words are]

[so strained]

[fireball]

Any time.

[ confident grin is back. ]

I want to be a best man or something at the wedding.

[ordimame]

[CLOSES]

[HIS]

[GODDAMN]

[EYES]

Sure, Poppy. You can be. My best man.

[fireball]

[ FISTPUMP ]

Awesome! I'm rooting for you!!

[ordimame]

[he has]

[such a headache now]

One step at a time. . .

[fireball]

[ Undeterred. Thriving. So proud of and excited for him. ]

Of course! You want it to come together all natural-like, after all. And you're already well on your way!

[ordimame]

[the way he doesn't have the heart to tell her that he is incapable of rushing that far ahead with things when he ONLY JUST figured out how to step into something he wanted for himself. . .]

. . . so how are things with you and Shoko!

[SUBJECT CHANGE. FINALLY]

[fireball]

[ HEY

is that legal. can he do that. change the subject like that. ]

... They're still good! [ cries in all the backtags I have to do ] We're, uh, learning more about each other. There's... trust there? So that's. It's good.

[ordimame]

[he sure can!! he has decided this for himself!!]

[. . . also he is not going to bring up the curse stuff because he knows he learned it before Poppy and does NOT WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY STIR THE POT]

Yeah! That is good. Four weeks. . . really isn't a long time to get to know someone.

. . . but if you have a solid foundation by the end of it, then whatever comes after here will work out just fine.

[fireball]

[ Oh. Oh they're getting real now — which, Poppy belatedly realizes, is him forcing her to slow her roll. Touche, Edamura. Touche. ]

... Yeah, it's pretty easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of it all, huh? Especially when everything here's so geared towards romance.

[ Which like. She'd been considering Edamura because it would have been irresponsible not to, but this is nicer? This is nicer.

Shoulder bump. ]

I think... we might be leaving with more than we started, at least.

[poans]

[Again?]

[nrangel]

[ A fond, not overly convinced smile this time. ]

[embellwish]

[hexensabbat]

[unclear why this matters

more data needed on human sexuality]

[phenomerom]

[ ....... coughs from the other end of the room ]

[researcherstory]

[ ................................

If only her and Poppy were a match. It would make this so funny. ]

Worry not, Edamura, I've heard it said that every experience is a "first" experience when it is with someone new.

[ordimame]

[ET TU, ODILE??]

Odile, please, I don't want to do this again.

[IT'S HIS FAULT HE WAS LOUD ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR???]

[researcherstory]

Like a horse.

[ This is nonsense to anyone that isn't them. ]

[ordimame]

[IT LITERALLY IIIIIIS]

. . . I'm going to get drunk.

[he hasn't been drunk a SINGLE time since getting here]

[researcherstory]

[ Heheheh. ]

As long as it helps you relax a little. We're all friendly here, aren't we? Don't get so wound up by something you don't need to prove to anyone.

[ It's just a little joke!!! A poke!!! Some fun!!! ]

[ordimame]

[HRRRRRRGH. glowering]

Everyone is just so nosy! I'm a private guy. Am I not allowed to be a private guy?