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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[ordimame]

[. . . that heads off his next question. whether Rom's master and her mentor were the ones to take him in, after his parents had left him. it eases his anger somewhat, to know that at least someone was there to pick up where biological imperative had left off]

[. . .]

So. . . what was it like? Growing up with your Master. And I know Towako-san was with you for a while too, before. . .

[he remembers how that story goes]

[phenomerom]

Towako-san was the one who rescued me, but I didn't actually stay with her. She was famous on television, so she was often traveling -- Master Mitsue was the one who took me in upon Towako-san's request.

[ His responsibility for Towako's death will always haunt him, but at least he'd been given enough closure on the matter that he can speak of her like this without issue. Rom nurses his coffee in small sips between the placid explanation. ]

She taught me all of the basics -- what tools to use, when to act and when to feign blind, what to say and how to act. Her methods are a little old-fashioned, but they were more than enough to get me started down my path. Ah, and she gave me my name! It's tradition for a Master to grant their apprentice a working name, you see.

[ordimame]

[he is pretty pleased to see Rom talking about Towako so openly, with something other than guilt in his voice. it looks like he doesn't have to worry about that either, does he. . .?]

[a tiny li'l grin]

Which name? "Shindou Rom" or "Enigma Syndrome?" The second one could use a bit of work--

[A PLAYFUL JIBE]

[phenomerom]

[ HIDOI ...... Feigning more hurt than he really is: ]

How harsh ... It took me a while to come up with an online identity that worked for my purposes while still paying tribute to the name she gave me, you know?

[ But after another slow sip of coffee, ]

... I don't have much attachment to my legal identity. Things like my original surname and my actual age -- I lost them with my parents, and what's there now is just for the sake of paperwork. The name she gave me is the only one that matters.

[ordimame]

[a cheeky li'l grin, but it softens almost immediately afterwards]

It must feel weird, to not even know how old you really are.

[what did his profile say. . . ? around 30?]

But. . . I think you've got the right attitude. Hanging on to something given to you by someone who actually matters. [and not the people who had chosen to abandon him] For what it's worth. . .

. . . I really like the identity you've forged for yourself now.