puppycrush2 | week one

Congratulations.

[ It's good news for the happy couple. Who knew this game would be so easy to figure out?

He doubts they'll keep having that kind of luck, but still, good for the two that actually volunteered and wanted to do this so early on. ]

[ Ah!! It's Lessing!! He gives a delighted grin to him and lifts a hand for a high five. Come on, man, high five him! ]

Now, we gotta start thinkin' about your match and everyone elses. Any ideas yet?

[ You know, he's not a high five kind of guy, but he'll make an exception for Ryuji this one time.

He'll also slap just a little too forcefully since he spends his time training with a sword literally the size of his body and not far off from his weight, but that's accidental and he's sorry about that.

Though the question turns to him as he lets his hand drop back down, and he frowns thoughtfully. ]

Not really. Most of the people I've met have been nice enough, but I wouldn't say there's someone I consider an obvious match for me. The best I can do is narrow down who I don't think is it.

[ Just. Winces as his arm feels mildly crushed under the weight of that high five. Holy shit. He'll drop it as casually as he can and pretend he's not in a little bit of pain. It's fine!

Back to the topic at hand! ]

Alright, who do you think it's not?

[ Sorry, man. People from his alien world are also just stupid strong compared to people from Earth, this is a canon fact that has been explicitly addressed. He wasn't trying to dislocate shoulders or anything. ]

Steve or Maomao.

[ Personal bias. He doesn't want it to be either of them. ]

[ A nod here. ]

I don't think the producers would stick you with anyone you dislike. Unless they're tryin' to cause even more drama?

[ He hums then. ]

Wanna take a look at the profiles again? We can go over everyone one by one. Might be fun, but also there's cake so I don't wanna force ya to do something else.

[ He wonders given the reaction some people had when those pithy descriptions were handed out... ]

I'm not a big fan of cake, so I don't mind skipping it. I won't keep you from it if you want though.

[ He shakes his head, happy enough to spend time with Lessing. ]

Nah, let's go goss. I can get cake later, it's no big.

[ And he'll gesture for Lessing to follow up towards the profiles board. ]

[ Will he regret this and wish that Ryuji had been distracted by cake?

Maybe. Only time will tell, but he's following him to the profiles regardless, and tapping on the screen to pull up the very first one.

Which means... Anna. ]

We can skip people who are already dating.

[ A shake of his head here. ]

Until they hit the truth booth, it doesn't mean anything. I got told this a bunch but even if you like someone and you're not a match, doesn't mean you can't keep pursuing them. So, she can keep dating Will but objectively, do ya think the producers would've thought there's a chance for something between you and her?

[ He makes a good point...

Lessing has to pause and think about it for a moment. ]

I don't really know what their criteria are for this, so it's hard to guess. We have you and Fraulein Wednesday to go off of, but that's only one example.

[ Reaching up to press his knuckles against his lips in thought for a moment. ]

If they use similar measures, then maybe? The old man that raised me spent plenty of time calling me gloomy, so I'm not under any delusions about how I act. They might pick someone more upbeat for me, but there are a few people here that are like that.

[ Fraulein......... what does that mean? Ryuji has no clue. But he knows when he's likely to derail a conversation by asking something so he just moves on.

He nods at the explanation though because it makes sense to him. ]

Alright, so maybe someone a bit more upbeat! That's a pretty good standard. So, we'll put Anna in the "maybe" column. Let's see, who's next? Asa? Any thoughts on her? She's kinda gloomy too, to be honest.

I can't imagine we'd be a good fit. She wouldn't even look at me for the majority of our first conversation.

[ Presumably because of the horns? He doesn't know. Her behavior was just weird, man. ]

[ He looks puzzled at that but also doesn't know how to explain it. Maybe it was the horns. ]

Weird. Yeah, I'd give that a pass too. Okay, next — Dorothea! [ Geez, she's so hot. ] Have ya talked to her yet?

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