WEEK THREE MINGLE

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ᯓ⭐ WEEK THREE MINGLE

Happy third week, lovebirds! Here's to hoping you're riding high on the wave of success of one whole pair being correct! Surely you must have an idea by now how to win this thing!

Probably?

The good news is that you're not going to have to find yourselves in any weird clothes this time around, except maybe that just leads to a strange sense of foreboding for a future scenario...? Who knows. You can't quite brace yourself for it this time.

But don't worry, it's not like there's nothing happening. On the contrary!

For the entirety of this week, you'll find yourself feeling... clingy. It's going to start feeling very strange if you're not leaning on someone, holding their hand, cuddling with them, sitting in their lap, stealing a kiss, or engaging in some other form of affectionate physical contact. And if it's someone you're already feeling fond of OR someone you actually can't stand, guess what?

That feeling is doubled!

You may realize this is an unusual feeling, but so what? Trying to ignore it is only going to make it feel stronger and do you really want to make yourselves feel miserable?

Shut up, masochists.

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Comments

[alcoheal]

Does this have something to do with how you received it? [Her voice is low and smooth, easily murmuring under the general volume of all the other people talking and sharing elsewhere in the slightly-larger-on-the-inside fort.]

[mechanideptus]

And that is how you justify the torture?

[helmswoman]

[ Yukong scoots toward him too, not wanting to make him uncomfortable. And yet this is what must be done.

And the secret is... frankly, a heartbreaking one. He'd remained in denial for all those years, hoping and praying that his wife would return, and yet clearly that never happened. It rarely does, as far as she's aware. Once people break apart like that, coming back together in that way is nearly impossible. ]

It took it? I see...

[ She's quiet for a few seconds. ]

Do you think you'll wear it again, once it's returned to you?

[ringsmaster]

Old habits. What's Four's name, then?

[helmswoman]

I have helped in some situations.

[ She went through the door and became a wolf for a bit! But she isn't going to just give a secret away for the sake of it, sorry fam.

However, she is curious to hear Lin mention her sister again. ]

Is that so? I recall you mentioning her once before. You were... concerned for her safety. What happened between you, then, to result in such a scar?

[cosmoid]

So it does, but I think it likely you will discover more for it.

[ ...good and bad but. it's better to air things, he thinks. ]

[hnl]

Torture? Well. Aren't we suddenly quick to throw aspersions around without having been there. Without even knowing how HNL is run on a daily basis.

You know, after everything, I wouldn't have thought you'd be so quick to dismiss my own work, it being so similar to yours.

[helmswoman]

[ Good for him!! ]

... Right. That does make it difficult. Do you think there's a possibility that your pairing was the correct one, from the last ceremony? If I recall, two different people wanted to give your name.

[mechanideptus]

. . .

[ Damn you and your sympathetic logic, Lucifer.

He's right. And she hates that he's right. After a long pause, she sighs. ]

One cannot promise to let one's personal feelings go so easily. But on a grander scale... one acknowledges that you're correct and will adjust one's behavior accordingly.

[ That is to say: she'll drop it. ]

Despite the devastation he caused, he did have good intentions. [ The road to the abyss is often paved with those, she's heard. ] And he is contrite.

[helmswoman]

[ Manuela is that concerned with what her students think of her, hmm? Interesting.

This definitely feels like stalling, though. To point that out. Yukong huffs out a laugh. ]

You're right. And yet, I did, so it seems the only way I can truly help is by making sure all of you reveal something, to earn that hint.

[ Because... it seems like they really need it. ]

[ringsmaster]

No, it didn't take it. I just... can't wear it. I can't even touch it or it'll slip right through my fingers.

[ There's probably a hidden meaning there. Thanks Riri.

He glances away. ]

I don't know. I think Zhongli's mad at me.

[helmswoman]

How rude. What prompted such a reaction?

[ Look, she has to ask. ]

[hnl]

[Sins are easily dismissed in the name of science and progress. Of knowing more of an unknowable universe. So few people understand this; it seems like Xianyun is no exception to this unfortunate rule.

Well.

Matter quite closed. For now, apparently.]

[helmswoman]

[ .......... ]

Then why wear pajamas based on him?

cw; uhhh body horror?

[cosmoid]

Hmmm, it was one secret only wasn't it?

[ she'd kick him if she found out and he would absolutely deserve it! instead, he offers something else. also she was like junior high i forgot what they call that in japan but its smh anyway. ]

The curse was mild, I made a fish grow out of her knee for several days. She came to me after it left, demanding I curse her again.

[helmswoman]

[ What the curse entailed was going to be her next question, so this is fine. ]

Again? You mean she enjoyed it?

[ringsmaster]

That's all I'm asking for.

[ He gives her hands a squeeze, looking over at wherever Maruki is getting ready to ruin Marty McBrenner's whole career. (No.) ]

I saw the first time he used that power, on the woman he loved. He took the pain of her parents' murder away from her, but he took himself away from her, too. She forgot all about him. He bore that heartbreak alone, thinking he was going to make the world a better place.

Maybe I'm a little sympathetic because my own good intentions put pain and evil into the world in the first place. I can't say I wouldn't have done what he did, if given the chance.

[mechanideptus]

What was the purpose of the "sensory deprivation tank," then? One is listening.

And one refers to one's disciples by name, not some sterile classification. Even a pet name would be more acceptable, if their identities are such a state secret.

[ WHICH IS A BULLSHIT EXCUSE ANYWAY, since he's mentioned Henry so often. ]

[ozzz]

Yes.

[His tone is dull as he slips into his usual drawl:]

Every year, the Sage's wizards fight the Great Catastrophe to prevent the world's end. I was especially close to it during the last battle, and it resulted in a strange wound. I haven't been able to sleep naturally ever since then.

/2

[voxnozzz]

[ is it that bad, says aurelia, as the blanket fort sets itself on fire............... ]

[helmswoman]

[ OH NO???? Why is this night so cursed. ]

I'll admit, it's difficult to imagine him being mad at anyone. Maybe there's more to it than that. [ She reaches out to gently set a hand on Lucifer's shoulder. ] What happened?

[ There's a lot going on so she missed... all that. She noticed Zhongli leave but figured he was going to grab a snack or something?? ]

[alcoheal]

[This is getting to be a harder and harder conversation to hold through gestures alone. Manuela presses the side of her face to Yukong's shoulder, then briefly pantomimes as sleeping visage. She seems pretty tired.

When Manuela opens her eyes again, however, she follows up with...an eyebrow waggle. But why are you so tired, Yukong? Not that she minds! Were it not obvious by how she continues to cuddle on down. This is very comfortable.]

[hnl]

[CAR HORN HONKING NOISES-- No, actually.]

And what does that matter to you?

[voxnozzz]

[ but also this is a wizard trigger that he would avoid if he had the luxury of doing so. ]

... Laying down one's heart as is being done here is equivalent to cursing yourself.

[ which

says something on its own, really. ]

[aureated]

[IT SURE DOES.

Hmmm...]

... Do you anticipate being able to find your match without ever opening up your heart?