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[marriagebroker]

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[ordimame]

sweet Serpilia. . . the coolest person in the cast. . .

God, poor Serpilia was unfortunately the recipient of most of Edamura's early game normal man-ness. Coming from a completely non-fantastical setting as he does, he was always going to have some growing pains re: adjusting to the non-normies of the cast. Fortunately he is pretty adaptable, so this did not last longer than a week! But like. God. POOR SERPILIA. I FELT SO BAD FOR HER IN THAT FIRST THREAD. . . because there was just no way he wouldn't look at her physical appearance and think "cosplayer" or "LARPer??" Which he had no problem with; if people wanted to LARP their way through the competition that was their prerogative, and he would just deal! But in his mind that meant there would always be a fundamental disconnect between him and the "LARPers" of the cast, since that was veeeery much not was he was looking for.

AND THEN NICO BROKE HIS BRAIN A LI'L, and he had some time to really think about it, and come to terms with the fact that his worldview. . . might not be nearly as neat and pretty as he thought it was! That was actually why he was staring at her during spin the bottle, because he was realizing that perhaps. . . she was not roleplaying, nor cosplaying?? And if that was true, then he had been pretty rude to her?? Thinking she was a weirdo? And the thing about Edamura is even if he is loud and fussy and reacts to weirdness by deadeye staring at the camera as if he is on THE OFFICE, he is also a very empathetic guy! And also very cognizant of his mistakes, and capable of admitting when he is wrong. So the moment he realized that he was inadvertently kind of a dick to Serpilia, he apologized and genuinely tried to reach out to her to make up for it. I didn't really think his apology would change the course of their CR-- I truly DID think they would just go four weeks kind of side-eyeing each other like "WHAT DO I DO WITH THAT STRANGE PERSON OVER THERE"-- but I think it's sooooo cute that it put them on a trajectory to become good friends.

Because after putting down his preconceived notions, he found out that he actually really DID like Serpilia. Quite a bit! Their parakeet date left a very strong impression on him, with her going out of her way to help him feed the birds that hated him, and he came away from it thinking, "wow, she's pretty cool, actually! I wouldn't mind spending more time with her!" He did have cognizant date-like thoughts towards her after that, though they weren't anything NEAR a crush nor genuine romantic notions, and those admittedly were quashed at the end of the week two match ceremony when he keyed in on her genuine feelings for Ringo and Furina. But after having his first LOGICALLY MATHED "perfect match" (Ringo) disproven, he also thought she was a very solid option! Simply because he could perceive their differences (she was so self-assured, and he was not) and their similarities (she worked for a government agency doing mysterious shady things, and he worked as a conman doing. . . also mysterious shady things). When she approached him about wanting to pick him for logical reasons, he genuinely thought it was a good idea, which is why he agreed to it! And it was admittedly kind of a surprise for him when they turned out NOT to be matched.

Similar to how it was with Shoko, once he let go of any date-like thoughts and decided he just wanted to be her platonic friend, it became a bit easier for Edamura to bond with Serpilia in a very genuine way. He was pretty touched by her opening up to him when she told him her reasons for coming onto the show. . . and that made it a bit easier for him to be honest about his own reasons, and his true thoughts on romance and the "spark" he kept bullshitting about. He definitely thinks that he and Serpilia work on two different playing fields when it comes to forming romantic attachments, which he doesn't mind at all, but kind of hammered home to him that he and Serpilia were much better off just as good friends. And when things did wind up working out for her with Ringo and Furina he was sooooo genuinely pleased for her!! Because with how cool he thought she was, he thought she deserved it! And even if she had come onto the show for job-related reasons, it was kind of sweet and romantic, for him to watch her find people she could bond with anyway. It didn't escape his notice how the both of them kind of had similar journeys, in a way. . . that is, coming onto the show without any actual intent to form a romantic connection, and then leaving having given their hearts away to someone else. It's probably something he would lightly tease her for (and be teased in return) just because!! He feels that level of comfort with her now!!

Edamura leaves the game thinking of Serpilia as a very good friend. Someone he is lucky to have met! Someone definitely precious to him, that he would like to keep in touch with as they make their way through both of their budding relationships. IT IS HIS GOAL IN LIFE TO FIND A COFFEE THAT SHE LIKES WITHOUT ADDITIVES. . . though after his initial attempt, he will respect her preference for sweets and not push TOO hard.