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marriage broker ([personal profile] marriagebroker) wrote in [community profile] perfectmatch2025-06-29 10:00 am

week four | endgame

After one last night at the estate, everyone is set to big farewell on Sunday morning or afternoon or evening, however long they want to linger until they say their goodbyes.

There will be transportation to send them out of the estate and back to wherever they came from! They will leave just the way they arrived, of course. Taken all the way back home to their respective worlds.

But before that! Everyone is given one smartphone which they will be told can communicate with everyone else, including Wei Wuxian. If they want to call or text or whatever they want. There's already a group chat set up where Wei Wuxian has posted:

Safe travels, friends!

And Wei Wuxian will also share that they are able to travel to each other's worlds. They just need to return to the estate and from the estate, they can leave back to someone else's world. The estate will function as a "hub" of sorts for these travels.

So, farewell, friends! Here's to your perfect match!

Boom Boom Room | Talking Heads | Honeymoon Suite
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[personal profile] researcherstory 2025-06-29 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... Oh. Odile can't hide her surprise, nor the warmth in her cheeks at the offer from a week previous being accepted -- it had been made in earnest, but. That hadn't meant anything if Yingying didn't want it to. She shifts to better escort the other woman along, looking to anyone else as close as sister could be as she wraps her arm better around Yingying's shoulders. ]

... Alright then. We won't be in Ka Bue immediately -- I still have some time with my fellow heroes to make do with, they're all kindhearted -- but I think Vaugarde's welcoming atmosphere is exactly what you need. We'll be parting from them in a short while.

[ ... And Siffrin will most lively come with, actually to revisit Ka Bue, they'll be a fine friend for Yingying... ]
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[personal profile] embellwish 2025-06-29 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her smile eases at Sachiko's acceptance, finally feeling completely at ease and comforted, despite the somewhat precarious state of her body. She'll contact the Bureau... and will be sure to send them updates about her condition. But, for now, her companion is right. This is what she needs. ]

Mm, that sounds delightful.

[ She nods against her, then pauses for a bit before speaking again, meeting her eyes earnestly. ]

Although... I have one more request to make of you.

[ Which she can make confidently now, and without feeling like she's being a burden; Sachiko is her sister, just like any of the women on Bloomfete Street were. The worst she can say is no. It's something of a symbol of closeness, at least to Yingying, to rely on and ask for help from family members. ]

Might Yi Sang join us? I know the two of you are close, [ Which she is also confident enough to say and tease Sachiko with, her smile faint. ] But, more than that... right now, I think he would do well, having some more time to relax in fond company.

[ His life wasn't easy or kind, as she's sure Sachiko knows. And much trouble as either of them may have saying it directly, they're very clearly dear to one another. ]
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[personal profile] researcherstory 2025-06-29 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lucky Yingying, actually, and Odile huffs a bit of laughter at the request. Her eyes soften and she sighs, shaking her head. ]

He asked me much the same, actually, though he was the one who I offered it to so grandly even before I did you. So yes, Yingying, he will be joining us.

[ Because... Odile does like both of them very much, but that would hardly be reason to ask either to join her. A bit of relaxation in a peaceful world is something they both need, and her own is genuinely without conflict -- the last one was solved by her and hers, and she doesn't foresee any on the horizon. ]
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[personal profile] embellwish 2025-06-30 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...? So I'm the second invitee... Yi Sang was the favorite all along...

[ She purses her lips, sulking, playing at being dramatic for the sake of it. Even being tuckered out like this, mania still ravaging her body, she has the mind to be this way. You HATE Yingying... ]
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[personal profile] researcherstory 2025-06-30 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ That earns her a gentle pinch, but

it's comforting to know that despite her fatigue and what pain might come from her condition, Yingying is still the same as ever. Odile'll set her carefully on a futon once they reach the shared bedroom once more, picking through the shades for one that might suit her... something light? Or perhaps dark, to compliment her hair... ]


You do have time to change that, Yingying. [ She doesn't play favorites, but. ] Would you like to learn karuta too, if you're unfamiliar?
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[personal profile] embellwish 2025-07-01 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ After all he's been through, Yi Sang deserves to be more than one person's favorite, she supposes. So she'll drop the matter, for now.... ]

Karuta?

[ She asks, clearly unfamiliar. ]

I learned a few different arts, working in the Wisteria Pavilion with the other courtesans... [ Singing mostly, but there was also poetry, calligraphy, and intellectual games. ] You're not talking about a martial art, are you?
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[personal profile] researcherstory 2025-07-01 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ For now... ]

No, no. It's a memorization game where one's wit needs to match their speed; the speaker will give half of a verse, and you're responsible for knowing the rest and stealing the card that has it on there.

[ Her Crafts may take time to set up, given how difficult and high level they tend towards... but when it comes to games, she's rather quick. Though only in some ways. Strategy games take up an evening. ]

I thought it might suit a refined person like yourself, and Yi Sang will need someone at a similar skill level to truly learn how best to play.
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[personal profile] embellwish 2025-07-01 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So it's about knowing a lot of poems...

Well, she can compete. There are plenty of poems she's had to memorize to recite, it was a part of everyday life in the Pavilion. She has no doubt she can keep up with either of them — it might even be fun to be competitive at something again. ]


I'll have to show both of you I'm quite good at things like this the hard way, [ She hums playfully, blinking slowly and turning her gaze outside. Her words fall short of being haughty — she just never seems to be insecure about her ability to do anything, perhaps as a result of being brought up in a very stable, loving environment. ] I could be a poet too... you'll see~