week four | mingle

[marriagebroker]

Final week at the estate! Final week with your friends. Final week with your beaus. Time to make the most of it, everyone!

In fact, to celebrate this fact, today there is a cake. It's nothing special, just a nice little cake to enjoy with your morning coffee or throughout the day. Yay, cake!

And when Wei Wuxian arrives that morning, he is going to call out once again for everyone to join him, near the cake.

"Everyone, I have another announcement!"

Hell yeah, announcements.

Boom Boom Room | Dates | Property Damage
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Voting

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[fireball]

[ Rom is so calm. So put together. So unflusterable.

Yeah, he and Edamura are definitely each other's matches. ]

Sure, sure, one step at a time. But... c'mon, you've gotta want to get even closer to each other, right?

[ Physically close. Not the way she's leaning up towards him, eyes expectant, but like,

no seriously she can't make any gestures while she's holding her plate of cake, the implication is going to have to stand through her words alone. ]

[phenomerom]

[ Poppy leans in closer, and Rom meets her gaze evenly, with a smile. ]

I take it things are going well between yourself and Ieiri-san, then? If you have the spare attention to devote to others.

[ Yeah he's just gonna shamelessly try to change the subject. Though -- he also does sincerely care about that. How things are going between them. ]

I'm genuinely happy for you two, you know? I think it'd be good for Ieiri-san, to have someone like you in her life.

[fireball]

[ CAN HE KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS.

A beat.

Yes, he can, actually. She loves talking about Shoko. ]

You think so? [ She twirls her fork along the cake, making a slight mess of things. Doesn't notice, because she's thinking about Shoko. ] Thank you. I— yeah, it's really good. It's... nice, just. Getting to be with her... that maybe I'm helping her, but also I get to be with her, so... It's nice.

[ Looks back up at Rom. ]

And I'm pretty sure she wants you to get with Edamura too, so you should do that too! Go find the same thing we have but with him.

[ in. in the, bbr, ]

[phenomerom]

[ mmmm nah don't wanna talk about that :) ]

I'm fairly certain. That you'll be good for her, I mean.

[ He leans back against the counter behind him, taking a slow sip of his coffee as he considers for a moment. ]

I wonder if you've heard that we work in similar fields? There are significant differences, of course, but I think our lines of work also have more in common than most people would expect. [ He's wording this carefully, just in case Shoko hasn't spilled the beans to Poppy yet, but ... he thinks his chances are good. Shoko's too sensible and kind to have kept Poppy in dark after coming this far, he's pretty sure. ] So I can hazard a good guess.

[fireball]

[ Wait, he's back to talking about how good of a couple she and Shoko are. Nevermind she can stay on board with this, smiling around the piece of cake she's chewing.

Swallows before opening her mouth again, because this is a serious, and also good, conversation. ]

Yeah, she said something like that. Lots of, um... dead people, then?

[ Said softly enough, because hey, look at that. Tact! ]

That's... good to know, then. For me. That I can, like. Be good for her. So, thanks. I appreciate that.

[ Soft smile.

Also, a beat, because apparently she really can't help herself here. ]

That means Edamura should be good for you too, then. Since he's the guy version of me and all.