week three | mingle

[showhost]

So, uh.

Welcome to Week Three! We’ve officially passed the halfway point, and after a super, duper successful Match Ceremony, I’m sure the teens are feeling all hyped up and raring to go.

Right?

Regardless, there are a few changes this Monday morning to greet the teens:

• First off, there is a new bathroom! Oooh, aaaahhhh. Three whole bathrooms in the house for the teens now. Enjoy.
  
• There is also a set of video games in the living room to connect to the TV. They are pretty much all multiplayer party games like M*rio C*rt. Don’t kill each other.
  
• There are a few packs of dorayaki now scattered around the house.
  
• There is also a piano now in the living room!
  
• On the counter in the kitchen, there is also some paper and writing implements, like basic ballpoint pens. Wait, doesn’t that break the rules?

Tsukasa’s extremely loud and obnoxious voice is not here to greet you guys this morning, which means it seems there isn’t a Task for the week–

But something else seems to be going on.

Embrace Space | Property Damage, etc | Dates | Mini-Event
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Submissions

Comments

[willandaway]

[yes. the answer is clear. at least. . . to Will. but there is only so much he can say about that aloud]

[her question draws pinched brows from him, his eyes slipping shut. is he worried about finding out the answer. . .? two weeks ago, he wouldn't have been. but now. . .]

[. . .]

[quietly]

. . . yes. A little.

[if his match truly is Anna, then. . . everything would be okay. but if it isn't-- as is seeming more likely, based on the lights from the match ceremony-- then. . .]

[it feels like. . . a bit of a lose-lose situation, doesn't it?]

[rosethorns]

I don’t know if there’s anyway to ever stop being worried about matters like this.

[Where the heart is concerned. She leans over a little, gives him an encouraging bump of the shoulders. Sympathy is plain there in the look in her eyes.]

But there’s only one way to find out, right? Just have to… take that leap.

[willandaway]

[. . . Dorothea is truly kind. . . he has a brand new appreciation for her, after this. his body sways with the bump as he looks up at her again, trying to muster up another smile]

You're right.

[just like that leap he took off the cliff side, anchored by nothing but a flimsy rope. whatever it will be. . . will be. right?]

I'm okay with being chosen for the truth booth this week. If finding my match will help everyone, then I couldn't say no.

[rosethorns]

That’s the spirit.

[She returns the smile with a bright, encouraging one.]

Then let’s give it a shot and see how things go.

[Snapshots moments before disaster.]

[willandaway]

[SHE TRIED. . . he appreciates her anyway!!]

How did you get a hint from Tsukasa, anyway?

[rosethorns]

Never underestimate the power of asking very, very nicely.

[Punctuated with an amused little hum and a wink.]

[willandaway]

[oh my GOD]

That does seem like something Tsukasa would do.