week one | match ceremony

[showhost]

The weather is temperate and mild for the match ceremony on this fine Saturday evening, and the crew leads everyone onto a balcony with a cute seating set-up of couches and love-seats. The vibes are Trendy. There are enough places to sit for everyone, but there are only two single chairs, so everyone else is gonna have to cozy up on the couch. Or you can cuddle up in the chairs. I’m not your mom. Also there is only one egg seat. There's mood lighting, like fairy lights.

To one side, there's a small stage of sorts, with a podium where the characters will place their hands to lock in their answers.

Wednesday and Ryuji are led off to the other side so that they can take a seat of honor over on a comfy couch to one side--close to the other contestants, but just far enough away that it's clear they're getting special treatment. Don't you wanna go to the Honeymoon Suite now? Huh???

Anyway.

There are non-alcoholic drinks for people to take at will (all the better to catch spittakes on camera), and the weather is breezy and nice.

And, standing in front of the makeshift stage, with a set of seven unlit lights behind him and one lit light, stands the Overseer. He is dressed the part, of course. He also... looks tired for a moment, but he snaps back to his Proper Hostly Character as soon as the cameras are properly on them and everyone is settled in.

He presses a hand to his chest, sweeping the other outwards.

"Welcome, everyone, to your first Match Ceremony!"

He beams, all classic Tsukasa Sparkles. "As your host, allow me to explain how this will work."

For... the audience mostly. Maybe also for Ryuji? He's not sure how many of the contestants still don't know. It's fine.

"The lights behind me represent each Perfect Match. If--no, when you manage to light every single one, you'll have won, and you will all receive your wishes. For each Perfect Match you find at this ceremony, a light will be lit! And it is your task to figure out which pairs led to those lights appearing."

He nods firmly, eyes and expression shining with confidence in the competitors sitting before him. "And you do not even have to worry about losing a wish this week! It isn't possible for you to have a blackout, since Miss Addams and Sakamoto were a Perfect Match. Congratulations!"

Get on with it, Tsukasa. He clears his throat, pauses just long enough for there to be an inevitable easy cut to commercial break when they edit this later, and then:

"We will begin this week with Team Wonder."

He extends his hand to Dorothea, the other pressed over his heart. "If the lovely Miss Arnault would come up to start us off...?"

Looks like it’s the moment of truth, so strap in.

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The ceremony has finally arrived! Each character on Team Wonder will be called up in an order determined by the producers (read: rng'd). Each will get their own sub-toplevel that characters can react to at will.

After the matches have all been locked in, we will then find out just how many you all got right.

Otherwise, feel free to use this log for reactions/toplevels for pre- and post-ceremony, and anything else you please. The world of reality TV dating is yours to embrace.

Comments

[inparfait]

[ and then he turns towards the rest of the group and grins nasty, eyes an unnatural red, incisors gleaming and pointed. ]

Okay, okay, psych. I'm sooooo bored of playing pretend!!! Do you know how many times I wanted to stab all of you? So I'm calling it quits! I mean I kinda gave up in the middle but I still held my tongue even though I seriously thought I was gonna throw up so many times.

True love? Trying to get along? Why would I care about that as a demon? Oh, but the wish, the wish you say! I don't really want that either. I mean I'll take if it's free, but I'm in the wish making business myself and using other competitor's products like that? No thanks!

Oh, but don't worry, I wasn't lying the entire time. Some things I said were true, and I'll even give you a freebie: I really did pick Will because I think we're matched together!

1/2

[haircared]

2/2

[haircared]

...You're a demon?!

[ this is his main takeaway from this, that is TERRIFYING ]

[inparfait]

Sure am!!!! [ he even waves cheerfully, hello~ ]

[makeine]

[ .........................

yeah no she feels even more strongly about not letting him have a centimeter gap. ]

If you're not gonna be helpful, then shut up. I'm not in the mood to deal with another pathetic person.

[inparfait]

Like I'm in the mood to deal with a whiny bitch?

[makeine]

I'm at least aiming to help everyone out, and that would have included you. But if you don't care about any of this, why'd you join?

[ a third reason he probably won't tell her. she. also doesn't really buy he's a "demon" he's just being creepy and weird and a freak. ]

[singurarity]

[ Wow. Just. Slow, unimpressed golf clap. ]

[inparfait]

[ he'll clap excitedly for himself~! ]

[singurarity]

Well, I'll talk over you if I have to. Thanks for hanging in there so long, Minami.

[boneface]

[ he's so tired that he doesn't even react other than to sigh loudly. of COURSE minami is a DEMON. ]

[inparfait]

[ he giggles. ]

I was really nice to you, you know! Too nice... maybe I'll visit you at night to make up for it! ♥

[counton]

Why wouldn't a demon have as much interest as anyone else?

[ For someone who isn't a demon and has been pretty upfront about not being here for love, he sounds personally offended by that? ]

[inparfait]

Mmm well I do but not in the way most of you do. If you wanna look at it another way, all that stuff she said really won't work on me!

I'm just trying to be helpful!

[willandaway]

[Will isn't even here but from somewhere in the house he is SNEEZING]

[titlecard]

[ ...

firmly: ] You're not ruining this for the rest of us.

[inparfait]

I didn't say I wanted to do that.


But if you keep making it sound so exciting, I might!

[newlugers]

Ugh. I knew there was something wrong with you!

[ now he doesn't even feel bad for threatening to shoot him before, which was a totally normal thing to do!! ]

Don't think I won't kick your ass if you hurt anyone. I don't need bullets to beat you.

[inparfait]

Hehehe, you can try.

[ though he thinks back to when they spoke... ]

I totally forgot to torment you, my bad! I'll try to remember this time, don't worry.

[gravkitty]

[Well that's twice tonight she gets to look and feel legitimately kind of betrayed.]




Then why are you even here?

[inparfait]

Guess! If you can guess right, I'll tell you. I promise and not a fake one.

[ohwoe]

Well, aren’t we full of surprises.

[Of course a complication would rear its head now.]

Was everything we spoke about an act, then? All of it?

[inparfait]

Mmmn, not all of it. I've been honest about what I want, hehe. I'm always honest about that~.

[hgeegh]

[Sanji returns after bailing from the discussion, hands in his pockets. He arches an eyebrow at the visible shift in the crowd.]

Hey, what's going on?

[His gaze travels left to right, then back until it falls on Minami. What's up with this guy now?]

[singurarity]

[ wow you missed her cool moment, amazing ]

Minami's a demon, I guess.

[ She's tired. ]