WEEK FOUR MINGLE

[potatomance]

ᯓ⭐ WEEK FOUR MINGLE

Heya, lovebirds! You're entering the final week and things sure are... great.

Right?

Well, whether you're feeling great or not, you're going to find yourself looking your best in formal wear this week! Suits, gorgeous dresses, fabulously outlandish outfits, you name it, you're stuck in it. No sweatpants or lab coats for anyone this week. We have standards.

And we also believe in telling the truth, one way or another!

That's right, if you're asked a question, any question at all, no matter how innocent or dire, you are compelled to speak your most truthful answer. It could be who you think is the hottest in the castle. It could be your opinion on orange juice. Whatever it is, there is no longer a brain-to-mouth filter in place!

And maybe you'll figure that out and all decide to be merciful, but Riri will be popping up every now and then. And Riri? Riri will not be merciful.

Except for one thing, and that's a note in the main room that states simply: You all suck at this, so this week, our good ol' lesbian duo can now speak normally. You're welcome. ♥

FAQ ⭐ Truth Booth Voting ⭐ Mysterious Thing ⭐ Sex Dungeon ⭐ Perfect Match Voting

Comments

[cosmoid]

[ he'll leave the comments about the intra team pairings to the side for now, though he finds fault with them, they're not the most important thing. ]

Then who do you think is your assigned match, with the knowledge that matches have most likely been based off what that creature thought made sense with bare traits?

[ringsmaster]

[ 🥺 ]

If I'm matched with Manuela, then where would that leave Uroko?

[cosmoid]

[ oh, mood. he doesn't offer her thanks but gives her a nod; they're on the same page there because losing because of essentially, intra team pairs not being discovered rings hollow to him. it is a performance, after all. ]

[cosmoid]

[ sorry, he is. ]

I could see it. My other thought for your match was Zhong Li.

[aureated]

If we are assuming Mithra and Brenner, than the only option would be Maruki.

[cosmoid]

We would not be paired together. He is not to my taste, but moreover, I find his act of playing God unseemly.

[ringsmaster]

Riri is a little jerk, and I'd love to shove his hating little ass into a food processor, but I don't think he's out to sabotage us deliberately. Besides, if we figure out everything beyond a shadow of a doubt, then we hold the cards. We can refuse to lock in until he lets us have our way.

Why not you and Lin, though?

[ringsmaster]

Isn't Uroko only interested in women, though? Like, he got paired with Oz that one time only because Oz picked him.

[ozzz]

Why does that matter? Your match isn't the same as your choice. If matches are supposed to make us happy, then Lucifer and Zhongli wouldn't be a part of these discussions.

[ringsmaster]

[ Mithra 🥺 Don't you dare make him like you now in the 11th hour!! ]

[thefinalcontract]

[Aurelia... :(]

Because while we are both Geo users I think that is a poor metric to go by. We have little going for us otherwise. She being law enforcement and I a funeral parlor consultant as careers go. We are both stern when it comes to contracts and obeying the law but that is tangentially related and a pull at best. She is also a mortal woman and I am six thousand years old... Which would go against the very grain of what I was intending to find. [Continuing and continuing quickly.] If we make the assumptions of Mithra and Mister Brenner and Mister Wright and Miss Xianyun that would leave me with Oz who... well. It's a better match, I think in terms of a base level of what is being sought.

[Just keep talking, Zhongli.]

We have to make assumptions, regardless. That's the point we're left at. We're already assuming one of the pairs of Mister Brenner and Mithra. If we assume Miss Manuela and Mister Uroko as well then it leaves Lucifer with only two options. Miss Lin or Miss Ori. If we send in Lucifer with Miss Ori it confirms a pair. Leaving Miss Lin with Mister Maruki and everything is squared away and the remaining pair on the ground which should be Miss Manuela and Mister Uroko. And if that pairing is wrong then it's Miss Ori with Mister Maruki and Lucifer and Lin being the final pair.

And with that... There are no concerns of Riri's trickery.

/2

[voxnozzz]

[ you have nothing to be scared of maruki :)

normally, this is where oz offers the vague but truthful wizard response, processed slowly in his mind, curated. he still thinks about it because emotions are difficult, but what comes out is- ]

... There are fragments within you that remind me of someone I have known for millennia, and some fragments of you which echo myself. Where you have found your answer, I continue to seek it, though the method we used to reach for such a thing was similar. I wished to shift others and the world to fulfill something I could not find within myself.

[thefinalcontract]

[:( Points you in this direction.]

[thefinalcontract]

It's probably Oz. Because that's what is left if the other pairs are correct. There has to be two intra teams on each side. If Miss Xianyun and Phoenix are a match it leaves naught but Oz.

[voxnozzz]

[ oh. oh! that's wordier than usual.



oz just pauses, looking like someone kicked his dog, and the loudest crack of thunder sounds outside. ]

[ozzz]

[WHAT?

Mithra looks utterly scandalized—and disturbed.]

[aureated]

[She listens thoughtfully, arms still crossed, fingers tapping at her elbow as she considers what he has to say.]

I'm very willing to accept that you and Lin are not a match.

However, you've forgotten Manuela in your final considerations. If Lucifer and Orphi are confirmed to not be a match, then Lucifer and Manuela is still possible--leaving us with Maruki and Uroko, and Lin and Oriphi.

[So they're left with a complex 33% situation--which is kind of where they're already at anyway.]

Not to say you're wrong. Your logic is quite sound. Simply that it is more complex than you've laid it out to be.

[...]

I must say, though, this candidness from you is very refreshing. Your situation with Oz makes complete sense. We should have considered such things as immortality ages ago.

[voxnozzz]

[ now we're not bored, buddy?

in a voice that manages to be threatening even as he carefully keeps it together: ]

Do not speak to me.

[ he has to still exist next to mithra for who knows how many more years.

do! not! speak! to! him! ]

[aureated]

Unfortunately, Mithra is right. You may be part of one of the matches that has been thrown in to cause us further problems.

[She pinches the bridge of her nose.]

Of course, such a thing is possible with any of the matches we are still considering. But we can no longer us incompatibility to rule any match out.

[aureated]

The question is how firm that preference runs. [looks at manuela]

... It is simply another possibility to have on the table.

[thefinalcontract]

I did not forget them... The logic I offered was assuming they were already a match as we are doing with Mister Brenner and Mithra.

[He clenches his tea cup tightly.]

It is a small thing but a thing nonetheless.

[voxnozzz]

[ fine, they're doing this. ]

I will hear your thoughts.

[ like he's granting uroko an audience in his throne room, ]

[ringsmaster]

Everyone's feeling awfully chatty today. Maybe we should just ask him.

[cosmoid]

[ that really was, huh.

this time uroko doesn't blink slowly, but he does offer oz a drink? there's something weird in the air today. the clap of thunder is nice actually, he wouldn't mind going out to stand in the rain after this. ]

[aureated]

[She nods simply, accepting that explanation. If they assume that, then it's true his logic checks out.]

It is not a small thing. It is something that I would imagine matters quite a lot to those with long lifespans.

There's no need to downplay it. Your preferences are worth taking into account, despite how irritating this game may be.

[They might not matter at all, but they should.]