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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[ziplash]

Hah, you're right about that.

[ She appreciates the straightforwardness! ]

It's possible. I'd guess Phoenix for right now, because it was floated that we could be matched for caring about the law. I think he has a good head on his shoulders, besides.

[ She shrugs. ]

Xianyun would be my second guess, but that's just if I had to put another dart on the board. What about you?

[hearthwarming]

Ehe. I'd thought of you as choice for myself, too, if I don't end up being one of the folks on my team who should pick a teammate.

[ Lin may avert her eyes, but Ori tilts her head such that she can still try to catch the other woman's gaze!! ]

Though I have to wonder how many of my secrets you might have overheard the other night...

[ziplash]

[ Xianyun validated her house destroying antics, that's plenty enough for her to get into Lin's good graces. She's clearly an intelligent woman, too, which Lin respects — and strong, seeing as how she put Brenner in his place. That's where all this "gut feeling" comes from, if Lin had to boil it down.

Still, she looks a little caught off guard to be confronted directly over it, and her eyes flicker left, then right, like she's a little embarrassed about expressing interest in matching with anyone. ]

That'd be for the best. I have nothing but respect for a woman of your learning and strength — you've got guts.

[ To go off like that on he who shall not be brought up in this conversation. It's a compliment!! ]

[ziplash]

Oh, I heard a thing or two. Breaking out of jail, and what not?

[ That actually prompts her to look back at her, raising a brow in questioning. ]

Are those days behind you?

[mechanideptus]

[ Lin, you gotta put yourself out there if you want to win! Xianyun hadn't even meant for it to be a confrontation, per se. Merely a suggestion for the future.

As far as the compliment goes, she'll happily accept it. ]

Thank you. One has been told so before--in terms both flattering and unkind.

Luckily, we both are able to sit back and see how this week plays out before we make any decisions.

[alcoheal]

[We are literally all glancing at Mithra tonight, but Manuela will actually say something because that's what she wants to do.]

What happened to "do as you please," or whatever?

[ziplash]

[ ]

Huh. So only those who have this trinket have such abilities?

[ She asks, earnestly, all while leaning in to get a better look at the little artifact. ]

Are they not very common?

[alcoheal]

[She truly can't stand him. They'll absolutely never get along...

And yet, nothing about that is wrong, either.]

Is it? How exciting! If only we could have met at the Battle of the Eagle and Lion, our mock field. I'm sure your students would give us a run for our money.

... Though, I wasn't able to participate this year because of my injury, so maybe another time.

[thefinalcontract]

Who is to say at this point... I think either are agreeable and no more obvious than the rest.

Whatever the case may be as far as matches go... I would like to continue correspondence when all this is over. Would you be amenable to friendship after all is said and done?

[voxnozzz]

[ for his love?

it may seem too harsh a response for others, but for oz, it makes perfect sense. there's no cruelty in the act; it simply is, for if you are taken from, you take in turn. a true northern wizard would not judge that, and as a northern wizard, he does not.

but he also does not voice his thoughts on that. it is disconnected from him, and there is no place for him there in the affairs of others. ]

... I will not assume your heart, so I will ask.

[ oz can recall that uroko had said he did not question that duty or his promise, whatever that was. oz would never ask on the latter, given what it means to him. ]

What do you, as Uroko, think of that decision?

[thefinalcontract]

Mmm... It varies from person to person as does the element.

[He gives a slight shake of the head.]

Uncommon, I'd say. A handful of individuals in any given nation, more or less. I know of about twenty vision users in Liyue... But there could be more.

[cosmoid]

[ uroko sits up properly for this, having been ostensibly too busy with his snacks to comment until now. and when he speaks its all rather proper without his usual drawl. ]

Oriphi, I believe my match has to be either you or Manuela given my taste. Lin would be better suited with someone who shares a view on justice in her sense of the word.

[ it's really very funny considering he had so many thoughts on this, but with the no match of today and what he's heard so far, he's not sure he should even be considering logic at this point. in the end, it's all kind of circular in a way he's not used to experiencing personally. ]

If you select me tomorrow, we can consider the other pairing if we need to after the results. [ as for the other things...they can discuss that after too. the soft look he gives her says as much before he schools his expression to neutral again. ]

[ozzz]

I didn't say it for you . . .

[It's not like Brenner is picking.]

[mechanideptus]

If you are offering, one admits to being curious enough to take you up on it. You are a difficult one to read, Uroko.

[hnl]

But you let me know, all the same.

[Buddy he’s still the one getting called up]

[hnl]

My side of the story is that I’m doing all that I can to help them. Whether you believe that or not isn’t for me to decide, but I can tell you that if left to their own devices, they’d not be so much as allowed to live.

[So. They live in the confines of the project, or. They’re “disposed” of by the government. Surely no one’s going to argue the alternative here.]

I’m not going out of my way to be uncooperative. Be honest, is there anything that I could say that would convince any of you?

[cosmoid]

[ pops a meatball into his mouth. ]

This was what was on the first two plates. [ ...he's actually not opposed to veggies but he is in fact this lazy. serving himself? you get unbalanced meals like this without a vitamin in sight. being served? he will eat anything. ]

[hearthwarming]

[ She laughs, perhaps a touch self-deprecating, knowing that her answer is unlikely to curry any favor from the law enforcer. ]

...Largely!

[ Which is not a no. But she's swift to add: ]

I would do anything to protect my family, Lin.

[ Which isn't to say that she's running around busting people out of jail, but if her people were to, say, magically contact her asking for help busting out of jail, she would go. Absolutely, she would. ]

[hnl]

[ :) Nope ]

Oh, well, who knows. The ladies might be gravitating towards each other.

[Honestly his team is more of a mess in regards to picking from within, comparatively.]

For now, my suggestion is focus on your team, and see how the rest falls into place.

[alcoheal]

If I hear that again, "as I please" will be dumping you out of my lap.

[Or wherever he is, if they happened to have moved somewhere else by the time it happens.]

You know I was injured when I cam here, right? Actually, I guess maybe you wouldn't. Well, anyway, I was attacked on monastery grounds while looking for a missing student. The guy who did it got away.

[That's not really the secret. It's the preamble. She has far more words to tell stories than the wizard squad here does.]

[ozzz]

[Oh.]

There are too many similarities between all of you. An opposite suits me the most.

[ozzz]

[Why is everyone looking at him.]

What do you mean?

[cosmoid]

[ ...he needs to drink more to answer this so he does, finishing his glass and pouring another. really, if he wanted to not be feeling anything at all he would at least need to down several bottles before speaking again, but the action helps as a placebo if nothing else. ]

I think it's foolish. The land and sea will continue to comingle, regardless of the Sea God's desires. He could not stop his children from leaving him when they were all of the sea, so he cannot stop them now.

He wishes to see them protected, like any father does, but in doing so he causes pain. And he knows himself, just what it feels like to fall in love with someone from the land. If their voices could reach him, perhaps something could be done. For now, there is simply time and distance.

[hearthwarming]

Of course, Zhongli. I would be honored if you would remain friends with me after all of this.

[hearthwarming]

Definitely too much last night...

[ Still, though, she remembers enough from last night, and has been able to piece things together enough to remember that Xianyun and Zhongli both left in the middle of discussions. ]

Are you... all right, Xianyun?