week two | mingle

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Welcome to week two, Teens Who Are Definitely Searching for Love!

Hopefully everyone got a lot of rest over the weekend, and are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for the upcoming week, because there are a few things of interest this week.

But first, some changes of note in the house!

First: there is a giant rectangular box on the living room table, addressed to Lessing. It is a care package. The only thing in it is his sword.

There is some Bauernbrot bread on the counter. Ask Lessing about that too.

There is now a hot tub near the pool. It’s large enough to seat about six teens comfortably, but you can get more in there if you really try for some reason.

Okay I think that’s everything. Additionally, Tsukasa is here early this week! He’s looking pretty perky, seemingly recovered from the Match Ceremony, and he’s got some interesting info to share with everyone.

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[counton]

[ Filled her head with nerd facts. ]

We're all humans too.

[ And then, just to accidentally undermine his own point. ]

And technically it's ram in my case.

[makeine]

[ huh ]

Huram... Raman...?

[ by god is she trying. ]

Okay, so, is it like Beauty and the Beast or... uh... I'll be honest, I don't know anything else with humans who are and aren't animals.

[counton]

Caprinae specifically if that helps.

[ It probably doesn't considering at least one person (bless you, Ryuji) called him a Carpi Sun. ]

You can just think of it this way. We're all people now, we just happen to have slightly different ancestry in our distant past.

[makeine]

Caprinae...

[ no, she'll... do her best to remember that... caprinae. huh. ]

Oh, okay. That does make a lot more sense. [ sometimes you've just gotta accept stuff at face value. ] How far does your ram-ness go?

[counton]

[ Thank you for not butchering it, Anna.

Though his ear twitches back at the question. ]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. You can see most of the features I have pretty easily.

[makeine]

No, I mean...

[ sorry. sorry. i'm so sorry. ]

Do you knock heads with people? Like how rams do for dominance or whatever.

[counton]

[ Oh, behavioral stuff. ]

Not really. If I'm going to fight someone, I'd rather just use a weapon or my fists if my sword isn't available.

[makeine]

So they're pretty much just for show, huh...

[ for some reason she seems disappointed. ]

They make you look real cool though, Lessing-san. Thought about hanging lights on them during Christmas?

[counton]

[ He's about to make an argument about how he can use them in a pinch if he needs to, but then Anna goes and voices her last question, and he looks flummoxed. ]

No?

[makeine]

They look like they'd be fun to dress up.

[ he's kind of cute... ]

[counton]

I'd rather not do that...

[ Anna please no............ ]

[makeine]

Are they sensitive?

[ she's getting into the gritty. ]

[counton]

They're not particularly sensitive. Just...

[ She'd asked about ram qualities. ]

I don't use them to fight with other Caprinae or anything, but there are some instinctual feelings there still...

[ That is to say, it's not a comforting thing to have someone grab his horns, it feels like an aggressive move even if someone doesn't mean it that way.

There's something about explaining it to a non-Caprinae that feels weirdly embarrassing to admit to though. ]

[makeine]

[ oh my god................ he's so cute.................. hold on............ ]

Oh, I see. It just doesn't feel good. Like someone grabbing your wrists out of nowhere.

[counton]

[ Oh! She does get it! He relaxes a little now that he won't have to explain himself further. ]

More or less like that, yeah.

[makeine]

[ yeah!!!!! she gets it!!!!! ]

If I had horns, I'd hate to have them grabbed... Seriously, what an invasion of personal space.

[ nodding. she gets it, truly, she does. ]

What's your favorite food? Flavor or otherwise.

[counton]

[ There is so much relief in hearing at least on person here will leave his horns the hell alone. ]

Tsukasa asked me that too. It's the bread you're eating right now.

[ That's why it's here he assumes. ]

[makeine]

[ oh





oh it's like his his. she continues to eat it. ]

So you got a got a gift for being good too, huh. [ or, well, cooperative maybe. clearing a debt. something like that. ] It's yummy. What do you usually have with it?

[counton]

[ For being chill and not making Tsukasa want to have a breakdown during the interview process probably. ]

He thought it might be interesting for people to be able to try.

[ So it's the group's bread, and she's good to keep chowing down.

Depends what you prefer. It's a good bread to dip into soup, but it's good with cheese too.

[makeine]

[ there's only three people in this house huh. ritsuka and will didn't get anything for good behavior but this problem child did. ]

Soup! I haven't had soup in ages! I can totally see what you mean, it'd soak it right up... Let's get Sanji-kun to make some tonight.

[ soup...... it'll soak up all the calories in the bread. or vice versa. they won't count either way, she's sure of it. ]

So how's it going? Match finding and stuff. Getting to know everyone.

[counton]

If he doesn't mind.

[ Which given how much cooking the man has been doing, he doesn't seem to mind. Lessing's not going to just assume though, which is for the best. He's not a cute girl, so there's no guarantee for him. ]

Hmmm... Most of the people here seem pretty easy to get along with so far.

[ What a bland and unhelpful answer. ]

[makeine]

I totes agree. Most people. Who're the ones you're crossing off?

[ nice base. ]

[counton]

The ones that are matched up already, but that goes without saying.

[ So if he's giving an answer of still existing possibilities... ]

At this point basing it off of my own experiences, or watching how they interact with others... Maomao, Akechi, Steve and Minami.

[makeine]

[ wow.

well she gets why with steve, he'd be the only person she didn't understand, but she heard from ritsuka. ]

Honestly, you're doing super well. That's basically a fourth of us gone. I think.

[ math isn't her strong suit. social dynamics is. ]

Have you ever liked anyone?

[counton]

[ He won't correct her that he's narrowed it down more than that. ]

Back home? ... No, I wasn't really focused on that kind of thing before.