week four | match ceremony & end

[showhost]

Welcome to the final match ceremony, where the teens bet everything on what they’ve figured out. Their wishes, their victory all depends on this.

Everyone is led to the same balcony set up as the previous weeks, and are left to get settled. There are cute finger foods and lovely drinks to have, as per usual.

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, as well as Ritsuka and Lessing still have their place of honor over to the side, and they’ve now been joined by Mark and Anna. Enjoy chilling over there! The rest of the contestants are ushered to the main seating area to get all settled in.

And, standing in front of the makeshift stage, with a set of six unlit lights behind him and three lit lights, stand the two Co-Overseers. The Tsukasa and Nene fits for the final ceremony! Classy! You all dressed up nicely too, right? Tsukasa is counting on you guys.

Both Nene and Tsukasa take the stage with practiced movements, as if they are very used to stepping onstage together, even though this is the first ceremony where Nene will be taking part.

Tsukasa makes a sweeping gesture to the gathered company, a sincerely bright smile on his face.

"Welcome to the final Match Ceremony. This is it! I hope you are all ready–though, of course, I’m sure that you are.”

He clears his throat, and nods towards the three lit lights.

“You now have three Perfect Match lights–one for Miss Addams and Ryuji, one for Ritsuka and Lessing and one for Mark and Anna. This means that you only need five more to finally succeed.”

He takes a deep breath, and then glances over at Nene, meeting her eyes.

She takes over. Despite her tremulous introduction before, when she’s onstage, she seems to have a professional confidence that was lacking before, voice clear as she continues, "You’ve picked the ones who are going up this week, so this shouldn’t be a surprise… but let’s start.”

Tsukasa nods, and turns his attention to Sanji.

"Sanji, if you please?"

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Happy Match Ceremony! Each character picking this week 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.

THIS IS IT! WE FINALLY MADE IT!

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[showhost]

WE ALL MADE IT TO ENDGAME yay congrats guys!

As noted, the teens have succeeded in finding all of their Perfect Matches, which means they will each receive one wish to use as they please.

They will also each be granted a ~magical cell phone~, which looks like a standard classic smartphone. These phones will allow them to call the other people on this season: they have voice call and a texting/LINE service. The LINE service has stickers of all of the characters from this season expressing various emotions. You're welcome.

For visitation rights, Tsukasa will tell everyone that they can occasionally come by the house to meet up with each other, or go to each other's worlds, but it cannot be done often. So if you're hopping to someone else's world, be prepared to stay for a little while, okay? Magic has limits!

Otherwise... go nuts, say farewell, and thanks for playing! Various endgame link things will be added to the post above as I get them up. Feel free to use this post to make your endgame toplevels!

[willandaway]

[I'm breaking in this top level because Will is staring at the phone given to him like. . . ?]

[???]

[the fuck is this]

[witchcraft???!?!?!]

[he didn't bring much with him-- just the bag that he wore over his shoulders practically every single day, and the sword at his waist-- so. . . he isn't leaving with much, either. but he is wearing a nice, fashionable brown trench coat with a navy blue scarf, instead of his normal white coat. maybe he learned something??]

[once he figures the phone out (if. . . he figures it out. . .) he'll be doing his round of goodbyes. . .!]

[singurarity]

Heading out?

[ Like they aren't all doing this. ]

[flaweddetective]

[Once the last light pops up he takes his suitcase and rolls it out making sure to drop the cellphone in the trashcan. Don't need that. More importantly, he doesn't want that.

He stands and waits, fussing with his actual cellphone, for whatever that took him here to get him out. He, truly, has nothing he wants to say to anyone and he'd rather just go. But he will probably be here for a few more fleeting moments if, for whatever reason, your character wants to say goodbye.]

[singurarity]

[ Ritsuka does what she wants-- ]

So, did you figure out your next stop?

[boneface]

[ Ryuji is absolutely going to come up to Akechi in one of those fleeting moments and just look a little resigned. ]

You're not gonna come by and say hi to Akira and the others, are ya?

[hgeegh]

[Akechi's restlessness where the time was concerned didn't go unnoticed. While Sanji enjoys the initial jubilation of lighting all the beams, he soon excuses himself to pass through the kitchen before tracking down Akechi, who's predictably on his way out.]

Hey, Akechi! Take this before you go.

[He holds out a custard bun wrapped in parchment paper and a napkin.]

[singurarity]

[ Ritsuka doesn't really entertain the thought of being able to pop in or bop off to visit people anytime soon. She knows, somewhat, what she's still in for, but not how long it's going to take. But verifying that the wish is the real deal is a great comfort, and at least... the residents in the last Lostbelt will stand a chance now, even if she has to still get rid of that tree.

That aside, she won't leave until she says goodbye to everyone, so you won't have to worry about catching her before she leaves. But either you'll catch her spending one more time soaking her feet in the pool or looking around for Fou or she's approaching you herself with a wave.

Who knows! ]

[counton]

[ Coming to sit next to her at the pool, or at least... he'll squat down next to her, not actually intending to take off his shoes and stick his feet in himself.

They haven't talked about the fact that they've granted easy access to each other now, but... ]

Even with everything they're offering us, it'll be awhile, won't it?

[ But he knows without her having to tell him. ]

[makeine]

[ guess who's got fou. for now. this little guy is bound to escape again but anna's cuddling him. ]

Ohhh, I'm gonna miss you so bad... Thank you for always being there for me, especially when I was super depressed after breaking things off with Will like a fool but he was also being so super dumb and it worked out but you really, really helped you fluffball!

[aspirings]

[Tsukasa won’t be leaving until everyone else does. Instead, he can be found meandering around the house, doing various odd jobs that still need doing, tidying up after himself and the others, talking with the crew… general host things.

He’s perfectly willing and eager to step away to say hello, though, the moment you catch his eye.]

Ah, hello. Are you ready to leave?

[singurarity]

For a given value of "ready"...

[ Will she ever be ready ]

[willandaway]

[he has his bag, he has his. . . strange device (i.e. phone), and he is dressed to travel. he looks like he is ready to go. . .!]

[and yet--]

Not quite. Are you. . .?

[makeine]

Al~most! I just have ooone more thing to do, Tsukasa-kun.

[ ... she's apparently waiting for him to guess. ]

[ohwoe]

[Wednesday doesn’t like to wait around, looking as though she’s lingering just for the sake of saying goodbye. That might make her seem saccharine and sentimental.

So she is… very slowly… walking with her luggage, dragging it behind her as it rolls on its wheels, the most languid stride ever.

If you say goodbye to her, SHE SUPPOSES she will humor you. She’s not waiting for anyone to come up to her or something!]

[boneface]

[ hi. hello. Ryuji is definitely less ready to go than Wednesday is but he's not surprised whatsoever that he catches her idly slipping away. Whatever sadness he had on him earlier has faded at the magic cellphones and knowing they can world hop. This is perfect for him, and his plans. Which absolutely revolve around being able to see Wednesday after this.

So he pops up at her side, matching her stride, with his arms clutched behind him as casual as possible. ]

Soooo. Headin' home?

[hgeegh]

[Sanji returns to the kitchen first and foremost, where he prepared dessert earlier. He greets passers-by with a grin and gestures to the custard buns on the counter.]

Here, have some dessert to go.

[Consequently, he's one of the last to leave. But once he's packed and ready to go, he nods to himself, loosens his tie around his neck, and heads out without lingering any longer.]

[warhawks]

[ Asa's lingering too, though more out of a sudden sense of aimlessness than anything else. She's never been great at goodbyes, but this one feels especially cruel. ]

Next time, I'll be the one making something for you. Don't forget that.

[counton]

[ Hah... a wry, vaguely amused smile on his face now. New smile unlocked! ]

So that's what Tsukasa meant...

[ He really did know more than Lessing for once. ]

Guess Anna can use her wish for something else now.

[makeine]

Yeah, which totally sucks, Lessing-san, because what am I supposed to use it on now?!

[ a huff!!!!!! only one person in this world could be so mad about having a FREE WISH... ]

I'm not exactly lacking on anything, and I'd get sick of any lifetime supplies of food... one summer of somen was enough.

[boneface]

[ Ryuji is here. His eyes are a little red (for no reason at all!!! shut up!!!!) and he's watching everyone have their goodbyes. He has his duffel bag of stuff dropped on the floor near him so he's ready to go when it's time, but.

Well.

He doesn't want to go just yet. He wants to linger as long as possible until it seems truly time to go. Then he'll leave. But for now, he wants to stay in this moment just a little longer. ]

[willandaway]

[at least he isn't the only one!!]

[holds up his phone! . . . there are scrambled letters flashing on the screen]

I think I learned how to use it. . .!

[did he]

[makeine]

[ unlike

almost anyone else except minami and josuke probably

anna is surrounded by suitcases. if you saw her struggling to get stuff in earlier and complaining to production that she needed yet another until she got it, no you didn't. she's always had this many. they aren't mismatched. don't worry about it.

but

she supposes that she won't have to use her wish on what she'd wanted... which means it's up for grabs... ]

I wonder if there's like, an expiration date on these.

[ hmm! who can say. anyway, she's happily looking at all the Adorable Stickers and giggling to herself about them. definitely... not leaving just yet, wanting to linger around a little longer -- not just to say goodbye, but to close a chapter in her life that'd become so much more than she thought. ]

[willandaway]

[listen I know we have a post-match ceremony celebration thread but THEY ALSO NEED AN OFFICIAL SEE YOU LATER THREAD--]

[anyway, he didn't see her huge pile of suitcases at the beginning, so he is. . . giving her luggage a sideways glance. girl. you travel like that?? all he has is a bag. . .]

[but his smile is soft otherwise as he approaches, hands clinging to his bag strap]

On our wishes?

[warhawks]

[ She's just gonna say it. ]

Why do you have so many suitcases...?