week four | endgame

[marriagebroker]

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
Love Meme | tl;cr Meme

Comments

[beatmatching]

[ luka isn't around much come the final day. in fact if you want to find him, you probably need to go on some kind of where's waldo? or just hang by maya for long enough since he exists in her periphery if you wait long enough.

when you do find him, it's notable that his dress is considerably simpler than his outfits while he was here: a plain long sleeves shirt with matching cotton pants. no bare skin, no back out!

he seems more interested in watching out for Something or Someone than actually saying goodbyes, but that probably makes some degree of sense. if you make eye contact with him he will speak up, never one to back down even at the end. ]

You haven't left yet?

[fireball]

Nope.

[ And she will meet his eye contact head on. ]

Neither have you.

[ A beat, as something registers, her gaze roving up and down his frame before meeting his eyes again, a little tilt to her head. ]

You look normal.

[beatmatching]

[ rather than address the former, he goes for the latter. he's not going to rush maya even if he's vibrating in his skin, expecting to see segyein or robots any second now. ]

I like clothes like this better. [ this is something he actually does know, preceding his time here. ]

[fireball]

[ if Poppy's account was still paid this is where I'd be giving you a 1/? with a bunch of her goofy faces

as it is, she gawks at Luka for a moment. he should probably tell her to close her mouth, but before he can get the chance to say anything, if he was going to— ]

We could have been friends.

[ what the fuck. she's very surprised. ]

[beatmatching]

[ his reflex is to say "no we couldn't have", but his curiosity over how shocked she is wins out. ]

Over our clothes?

[fireball]

[ Just gestures at him. ]

Over you being you. And not putting on some stupid show.

[beatmatching]

[ that stupid show was literally the only reason he's alive today, but luka isn't really in the mood to push it given that he's still standing here and not being shuffled back into his literal bubble.

he just sighs instead, with a wry smile. ]

You might not like the real me either.

[fireball]

[ Poppy, who if she was in Alien Stage would think she could win the whole thing but would absolutely get murdered, like, immediately, returns his wry smile. ]

Probably not. But I'd like him better than the version I had to meet.

[beatmatching]

Is this your way of asking me to text you?

[ ngl his current plans with the phone are to leave it under a pile of books until yingying calls him needing to put him on speaker to put on a violin performance for her. ]

[fireball]

[ ...

Is it? ]

... I don't know.

[ Another pause. ]

I mean, you can if you want.

[ ?? She's confused regarding both him and herself now. ]

[beatmatching]

[ shrug. ]

I guess you'll see then. [ the answer here is probably no if you're just leaving this up to him. ]

[fireball]

[ ... another beat. ]

You should text me if something neat happens, I guess.

[ ... ]

I could do the same for you.

[ what even counts as "neat." well. a vague ambiguous instruction is fine, surely, ]

[beatmatching]

[ "neat" what is "neat"...

luka looks at her for a few moments. ]

You want to do that?

[scooptimistic]

Look at you! You look so comfy!

[ She's so proud of him. ]

[beatmatching]

[ naturally she gets a smile because compliments from her will always brighten his expression. it is an uncharacteristically nervous one though, because he's more than a little anxious given Everything. ]

I like clothes like this better and it helps me stand out less.

But I'm still going to bring my other outfits. Unless you think I shouldn't?

[ more because they're clothes of His than any real reason. he doesn't hate them, but he doesn't like them really either. ]

[scooptimistic]

I think it should be fine! Especially if you like wearing them.

[ They'll figure out his outfits. Or, like. Ulala will.

Because Maya is hopeless. ]

... But you look like you're trying not to be sick.

[beatmatching]

[ their combined power will net luka a wardrobe that is half cozy and half aesthetic. ]

...I'm nervous. [ saying that alone is too much but he really is trying, even if it's taking all his willpower not to count his fingers. ]

Being nervous isn't—wasn't allowed.

[scooptimistic]

Hey...

[ And she reaches out, to grasp his hand. ]

It's allowed here. It's okay.

[beatmatching]

I know, but— [ a million things, a million worries, because he's also someone who's been trained to think of every possible outcome. his fingers curl around hers, with some delay, but tightly. ]

I'm worried they'll find me. I know my father will put everything into finding me and that he'll be mad.

[ even still, luka doesn't want to make him mad. ]

[scooptimistic]

If you don't want to go back to him, then I won't let him anywhere near you.

[ It's very quiet.

But it's also very sincere. Maya has dealt with way too much to be afraid of something, or someone, like that. ]

[beatmatching]

I don't. I want to be with you. [ an immediate answer, stronger than the one she gave him the last time they spoke about this.

he leans down, not for a kiss, but to bump their foreheads together. as much as he's usually one to ask for affection candidly, right now he feels a little shy even about that. ]

I want go on more dates with you, learn new things with you, and help you in return once I figure out how.

[scooptimistic]

I don't think that last one's very hard! I'm sort of a disaster!

[ With an airy but very sincere laugh. ]

But if that's the case, then I'm ready to be your guide and support for your new life!

[beatmatching]

[ uwah... hearing it like that makes him blush like a doofus. anxiety eased!

though his expression is a funny mix of pink and confusion. ]

A disaster? How?

[scooptimistic]

I don't eat very well, just whatever's cheapest, I have low blood pressure in the mornings so it's hard for me to wake up early, sometimes I forget to even match my socks together...

[ Yeah. ]

[beatmatching]

[ maya???

luka blinks but suddenly feels more sure of himself. ]

I'll learn to cook. [ he needs to learn to eat like a real person too, but he can do both! ]

I can help with your clothes too and I'll wake you up in the morning. I'm always up early so I'm used to it.

[ there's definitely going to be kisses and other affections involved but hey, it'll probably be effective! ]