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

Comments

[hexensabbat]

[Claps her hands!]

So! Luka and Yi Sang's a given then according to what we've figured.

[hm hm hmmm!]

The question's just which lucky lady is Messmer's match?

[ordimame]

[this isn't sex cake so he is allowed to have it]

Odile!

[HE IS STUCK ON THIS TRAIN]

[hexensabbat]

[Cute...]

Pretty confident in that, aren't you?

I still think it's a pretty good idea. Maybe Truth Booth-worthy, even.

[ordimame]

Yeah! Either her or Serpilia, but my gut says Odile.

. . . if she is okay with it, then I'll vote for her and Messmer this week.

[hexensabbat]

[Plops a hand on his shoulder.]

Good luck! I can't vote, but I'd be on board if I could!

[ordimame]

You make me feel so important when you put it that way. . .

[hexensabbat]

You're very important, Edamura.

Never let anyone tell you otherwise.

1/2

[ordimame]

[H. . . HEY????]

[ordimame]

[FFFFFFFT]

[. . . genuine. . .]

Thanks, Ringo.

[nrangel]

Actually... I think maybe it should be me and Messmer? If we confirm it's not the two of us then we know for sure it's Yingying and Poppy and me and Shoko. If we confirm it is us then it's Poppy and Odile and Shoko and Yingying. Either way the answer to that truth booth guarantees us an final result.

[ordimame]

I think, regardless of who we send, we'll get a confirmation either way. . . if we send Odile and it's not a match, then it has to be you, right?

[nrangel]

True! So in the end it doesn't matter that much, except...

Even though Messmer doesn't have much of a choice but to go up there if we want our answer, Odile does.

[ And she remembers Odile's own reservations about Messmer when Serpilia asked, so she's not as confident about this as Edamura is. ]

[researcherstory]

I have no qualms either way. It will simply be the quietest walk we've had yet, which I am certain Messmer will not mind in the least.

[ They are pleasant company for one another, without need for many words. That much has been proven. World's most boring walk. ]

[beatmatching]

I agree. Even disregarding that, you have less data than Odile because of the random pairings in ceremony one and three.

[nrangel]

That's also true, huh? No one ever seems to want to pick me.

[ The sigh is dramatic and mostly seems made in good humor. ]

[beatmatching]

[ pokes her cheek in play. ]

If you want it, you should have it.

[beatmatching]

[ luka doesn't deserve to feel smug but he sure does! yay! ]

I'd say so. [ mercifully he says nothing else and just takes a tiny slice of chocolate cake instead. ]

[hexensabbat]

As expected, you were pretty confident on what was going to work for you, huh?

[He can feel a little smug, as a treat. Ringo allows it.]

[beatmatching]

[ everyone has made luka too powerful this game. ]

I know myself, as I said before the match ceremony last week. [ some people didn't listen....

but again he'll stop himself with this chocolate cake, nom. ]

[embellwish]

[ the boys are fightinggg

she can't take sides in this divorce... but knowing luka's side of things, she feels sympathy for him. ]

Very clever, as usual. [ said with praise, as she pushes around her own cake with her fork. ] I guess this means you can relax during the last discussion, can't you?

[beatmatching]

[ she gets a smile! ]

In regards to my own match, yes. But I'm still going to do the math on the others, but it should be relatively straightforward.

[ he's invested now.... look what you've done to him.

okay he'd probably be invested on the basis of just #winning but it's more than that so growth! ]

[embellwish]

Heh. Working hard to secure everyone's wish, are you...~

[ Well. It's probably mostly about Maya, she thinks, alongside the need to put on a good ending for his fans, but that's fine, too. ]

Have you given thought to yours? Or is it a secret?

[ She asks the question playfully, but as ever, she's cognizant of the cameras, having seen him carefully aura farm avoid doing or saying certain things in front of them. ]

[beatmatching]

It's a secret, but I can give you a hint... it'll be a surprise for my father.

[ he says this full bravado as he's prone to do but

well this is just the performer in him coming out

maybe that's why immediately after he bumps her shoulder, for simple want of contact to smooth over what is actually, a degree of nerves. ]

[embellwish]

A surprise, hmm? How thoughtful of you.

[ Yes, she sees what he's doing. She bumps his shoulder back, before moving to snake her arms around him with grace, loose, but no less affectionate. ]

I can't wait to see the reveal! Maybe I should keep mine a secret, too.

[ While she doesn't know the specifics, she'll encourage his wish all the same. If it's such a secret, she's sure it's for himself. ]

[beatmatching]

You should. But you should also give me a hint. [ because he's greedy and he's given her hints before!

he settles comfortably like this, living in the moment as he tends to do. here he can just slowly enjoy this cake with the first friend he's ever had, while they chatter away. ]