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[marriagebroker]

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[nrangel]

Man, Luka ended up being such an unexpected gem for Serpilia. I think because I am canon familiar, I did not foresee the two of them having long term good CR, because Serpilia is at her core a pretty good person, even if she can have her own selfish whims here and there, and make some choices that aren't the best. I said as much on her survey though, but she does shallowly like a pretty face, so she had some interest in Luka from the get-go because of the fact that he is objectively a very pretty man, but it was a pretty shallow and passing interest initially.

It was the first matching ceremony, and the level of cool and composed he handled it all with that really kicked off her liking him as a person though. Even though she put on a good face, it definitely did suck for her not to be picked. She'd been friendly and flirty with a good chunk of the cast initially, and while it wasn't like she'd made any deep connections with anyone in a week's time, she thought she'd made a good impression, so her ego was a little bruised more than anything else. Luka treating it as if they also deserved some fanfare and attention as they walked up to center stage for a brief moment together helped soothe a lot of that bruising for a moment, and in general just made it easier to keep her chin up and put on a decent show.

She didn't necessarily think he did it for her or anything, but she still appreciated it, which is why she went to find him later to thank him and talk about it. While she didn't necessarily think their random mashing together made them likely candidates for the lights they got, she did want to get to know him better after that, test out the waters, and go on a date with him. I'd have to go back and check, but I think he is the only person that Serpilia asked WWX what he thought the chances of them being a match even was.

Going on dates with him was definitely an interesting experience though. While Serpilia and Luka never did end up having a conversation about the situation that Luka came from, so she never learned what a purse dog he really was, she did glean very quickly how controlled his life was from his strict diet to his panic when she dragged him away from the film crew for a bit. She had it mostly chalked up to idol stuff, but idol stuff in a very extreme and controlling way that had her worried, even if she didn't want to pressure him with questions about it.

I think because she recognized that he was clearly Troubled in some way, she was glad that he took such an interest in a woman like Maya, who Serpilia found to be extremely fun, sweet, and ready to roll with the punches, and it didn't really matter to her who Luka ended up with in the end, because she understood that he'd set his sights on Maya, and that felt right to her. (She doesn't know how intense it can get...)

It also meant she immediately appreciated it when during the last matching ceremony he made some vague and ominous comments that made me, the player go OH NO, but made Serpilia go "haha that's kind of weird?" until he put on his performance and made it clear that despite who he was picking for the ceremony, he had someone else he wanted to pick instead. She thought it was sweet, and also felt like Yi Sang wasn't the kind of guy to be overly bothered by that, so she was pleased/happy for him that he was able to say what he really wanted at the end.

They parted without her really knowing the depths of bullshit he was put through, but because of that I think they also ended on pretty good terms with Serpilia being genuinely fond of Luka, and hoping that things work out for him and Maya.