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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[bewrightback]

[A beat, and then a small nod.]

That's correct.

[bewrightback]

Well... I can't say it's my brightest or proudest moment. So, uh, I guess I have to agree with you there! Although I guess I don't know for sure if they would have caught onto the true vessel for the poison if my actions didn't force them to change their thinking around....

[alcoheal]

As best I can tell, she got the impression from that disastrous first week we were here, when I was still hoping more of the men here might see what they want and go for it.

[After so long of being told that she's too chatty, too suggestive, that she comes on too strong, the subsequent blowback of being encouraged to aggressively chase after men has given her an irritating sense of whiplash.]

[helmswoman]

That cannot have been comfortable.

[ Yukong cannot think of many species off the top of her head where such a thing would be anything approaching edible. Surely he received some medical care afterward, or made himself vomit it up. ]

And this was... in hopes of protecting your girlfriend? Did you know she was guilty at the time?

[alcoheal]

[I don't know what I expected.gif.

Is it weirder that he doesn't even have a normal answer to that question or that it almost seems to make sense when Manuela tries to piece it together in her mind? So after the moment it takes for her to digest more wizard information, Manuela leaves back so they're no longer in secret-sharing proximity.]

I see. You can go now, Mithra. [Since she assumes he will, and if she gets the jump on anticipating being walked away from, maybe it won't be so irritating.]

[voxnozzz]

[ aurelia is sooo valid.

oz is not, as he's not immediately following that up with a comment. he's looking down, tracing the memories, wondering what's enough to say. ]

Freedom.

[ a very specific kind, but that's enough. ]

[ozzz]

[He blinks.

All of his irritation up to this point fades, replaced by a look of surprise. Mithra neither chases nor pulls back to leave. He simply stares at her, visibly taken aback.]

[bewrightback]

[He answers the first part with just a nod, as he's not really keen to recall any part of that 'meal'.]

I didn't know. ...Actually, it would be more accurate to say that I absolutely refused to believe that she could have been guilty, despite witnessing some incriminating behavior. I was blindly devoted to her... and that's where my devotion led me. If it weren't for Mia Fey, the defense attorney who became my mentor, I would have just unwittingly taken the fall for that woman.

[voxnozzz]

[ ........ the way oz patiently waits for uroko to make himself comfortable on the nearest pillow pile.

like 🧍‍♂️, but sitting in a fort. ]

Shaping the world in the way I wished, through force.

[ozzz]

I have no idea what you're saying. How did they catch the true vessel for the poison from your eating a pendant?

[mechanideptus]

[ All their friends are dead. :( ]

One, too, is usually a more perceptive judge of character.

[ Which only makes what’s just happened sting that much worse. ]

You have nothing to apologize for. You wanted what was best for this adeptus that you raised up all those centuries ago. Just as you always have.

[ It’s just the two of them up here, so there’s no need to pretend it’s a secret. ]

One is surprised to hear you include yourself in that statement, however. What of Lucifer?

[ozzz]

[Mithra isn't far, if mostly because he doesn't care about Brenner's sordid history enough to keep a distance. It's not like his own hands are clean.]

Why don't we just send Phoenix and Maruki and be done with it? They seem to be on everyone's mind.

[cosmoid]

[ (...)

pours himself more of whatever liquor he's brought over that isn't sake. drinks and considers in this silence that they can both vibe in.

(truthfully he's used to silence, it's how he spends most of his days as the people of Shioshishio live out their lives. being here with this bunch has been far more lively than anything else he's experienced in hundreds of years.) ]

Oz. What do you see yourself as?

[hearthwarming]

[ Uh- oh. ]

H-Huh? What's wrong, Mithra?

[hearthwarming]

Okay.

[ She's just shy of too drunk to drink on her own, thankfully, so she does take the jug with a nod of thanks and takes a sip. ]

People are fighting in there, aren't they? I couldn't really keep up, but...

[hearthwarming]

[ Oh, no, not Yukong seeing her be a mess... Ori lifts her hands to cry into her palms, with the added benefit of hiding her face this way. ]

S-Sorry, I know I need to get it together, but—

[ She feels!! So much!!!! Always!! ]

[helmswoman]

I am glad that you had someone in your corner then, too. [ Yet another inspiration for his career, she would guess. ] I assume you now understand that your feelings for that woman were obsession, not actual love. [ A good distinction to make in a game that is purportedly about the feelings of the heart. ] I can't imagine how difficult it was to come to terms with the truth, in that case.

[ Talk about a wake up call. ]

[cosmoid]

We'll see.

[ they sure have aired a lot of things, huh. ]

Martin Brenner is someone who's match is also an enigma, but perhaps we can find who among the group doesn't despise him after tonight.

[helmswoman]

I think that would be a good starting point.

[ A pause, as something cursed occurs to her. ]

... What if it ends up being Mithra after all?

[hearthwarming]

[ The half-lidded look of her gaze, and the drowsiness in her smile do seem to suggest that she's not entirely awake, because... how else would Yukong be the first person she sees upon waking, stroking her hair and looking down at her so sweetly...? ]

Your eyes. They're the color of the sky, when the sun is setting...

[ziplash]

[ HELP ]

Me and Manuela? It's possible.

[ She hums, tilting her head. ]

I think she's a respectable woman. Though I remain unsure if our lifestyles are compatible in the least.

[ziplash]

[ THE REST OF THIS MESS INDEED ]

Phoenix, eh?

I think that's fine, provided he has an opinion on who he wants to go in with. He and Maruki were floated as an idea earlier, but I'd like them both to weigh in on the possibility of that now.

[alcoheal]

Did you just call her Mommy?

[Sorry, Phoenix. Not as sorry Lin; some derailing is worth it.]

Is that a thing for you?

[ziplash]

[ bruh.... well, she's not going to be the one to derail her own catherding, so she is not going to rise to the bait of him being super insufferable. ]

Yes, what you said earlier about the statistic chances is correct. There'd be a one in four chance of it being right, if we eliminate you and Mithra and Uroko and Oz as potential matches.

Be that as that may, new information coming to light may put a wrench in who we think is most favorable to send. Has your opinion changed?

[alcoheal]

[Oh? Damn it, why is she the one who's surprised now? Manuela had assumed he'd crawl away without changing his expression at all.]

What is it?