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❤ Week 1 Mingle

Welcome to a new week, lovebirds! Monday dawns gray and misty, and it's actually not long before a thunderstorm rolls in! You can, of course, kiss dramatically in the yard in the rain and risk getting struck by lightning-- or you can stay inside, cuddle in the conversation pit, USE THE GODDAMN BOOM BOOM ROOM or do anything else until the storm blows over by the evening! Don't worry, the rest of the week will be bright and sunny and beautiful!

There's also a new section of the house, weirdly enough! There's a bright turquoise door located near the bedroom and opening it leads to... a massive indoor pool. The water is a pleasant temperature, there's a hot tub, there's an assortment of flotation devices for those of you who might have trouble swimming (tubes, life vests, boogie boards, pool noodles that can also be used to wage Deadly Combat if you are Sara and Kasque or Jeritza or anyone else ready for Violence). And if you somehow didn't pack a swimsuit because why on earth would your canon let you have one--

Worry not!! There's a rack of swimsuits in every size you lot could need! The catch (or not): they're all sexy. Like. Barely there sexy. Impossibly adhering to you sexy. Shoelaces would maybe cover more sexy. Absolutely great to play Chicken Fight in sexy. You get the idea.

Anything having to do with being able to write is still also Not Present.

Enjoy!!!

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Well, yeah. Otherwise I wouldn't have said it.

Either a yes or a no would mean something interesting, y'know? If they have to figure out how to be a match, or if they both have to start looking for someone else.

The same could be said for both of the other pairs. [ Hm. ] Is Milla a friend of yours?

......

[ It takes Kasque a suspiciously long time to respond for the answer she ultimately comes up with. ]

We've barely spoken.

I see.

[ Sara's dense, but even she's not that dense. Something to file away for later. ]

Regardless, it's kind of you to take such a personal interest in her happiness.

Is it personal...? I'm just saying it makes the most sense to vote for them. We could get pretty confident about the others even without sending them in.

Oh? And just what is your opinion on the others?

[ with an almost bored tone even as she goes through the explanation: ]

Cyrus and Aoko are a good match. He's... mm, an unintimidating nerd who's kind of oblivious, but curious enough it makes him pretty shameless. She's easily intimidated, but also straightforward, with a lot of desires and ideas she's too shy for. I said after the last ceremony, too... I bet they're one of our five matches.

The other pair I haven't talked to as much... seems like there's some gold-digging going on there? Or diamond-digging. Which could work for some people, I guess. Either way, that seems like an easier question to answer without a cheat code.

Gold digging... they wish to embark on a mining expedition together? It's not unheard of for a business partnership to lead to a romantic one, given enough time.

Your thoughts on Cyrus and Miss Aoko mirror my own. But I do not believe she will see as much without encouragement, and this "Truth Booth" is the only way to confirm a match — so it is for her sake that I shall cast my vote.

Riiight. And have you spoken to Milla at all?

[ Milla is also not going to acknowledge anything on her own. ]

I have not yet had the pleasure. Though, I will be sure to mention your fondness for her when I do.

Yeeeeah, you probably don't wanna do that. It's not gonna go over the way you're expecting.

Why is that?

Wow, you're really not gonna let this go, huh? Should've figured you were that type.

[ Kasque lets out a long-suffering sigh before explaining, matter-of-factly: ]

Because she's gonna assume it's not about her. And she'd be right. I knew a Milla once. But it wasn't her, and she doesn't know me.

[ ... That explains the "we've barely spoken" thing. She doesn't understand, exactly, but she gets the gist of it — or at least why Kasque is concerned. ]

And your affection for this "other" Milla means that you care greatly for her as well, despite a lack of familiarity.

... I will keep this between us. But Lady Kasque, your obvious regard for her feelings shows a great deal of consideration for Lady Milla as an individual, not just the shadow of another. I believe she, too, will realize this; if not now, then given time.

And now you're gonna try and encourage me. You really should talk to her, if only so I can see if you two just explode from so much stubborn earnestness all in the same place.

[ She's going to take that as a compliment. ]

Of course — it would be foolish not to acquaint myself with everyone here. If you believe we are of a similar mindset, then I look forward to speaking with her.

Man, you always take everything so seriously. That wasn't a mission, sparkles.

[ It was a compliment though. Kasque actually kind of likes Sara. Surprise ]

S... sparkles? [ SUDDENLY FLUSTERED ]

What, has no one even called you names before? Or did you climb out of the womb already a stern general or whatever.

From the moment of my adoption, it was Master Takayuki's intent for me to take command of the Shogun's army. ... He would never have tolerated such disrespect against the Kujou name.

[ The only people who have ever dared are Yae, and a certain idiot oni. ]

Hmmmmmm, it's that kinda thing, huh? A duty you've had as long as you can remember. One that everyone just looks at you and expects.

And because you're so upright and earnest, it probably never even occurred to you to not do it, am I right?

[ She's bang on... but of course, Sara doesn't see it that way. ]

Make no mistake: this path is one of my own choosing. I exist only by the grace and power of the Almighty Shogun, and so my life is hers to command. Everything I do, everything I have done, is for her sake, and hers alone.

[ Kasque hums again. ]

For real? Are you here looking for a date for the sake of the Almighty Shogun? Did you stand up to me and and defend Aoko and all that stuff by her grace and power or whatever?

... In a sense, yes. It is my hope to offer the promised wish to the Shogun, even if she has no need of such a thing. After all, as long as I remain in her favour, I have even less need of it myself.

While you are correct that my actions are my own, my reason for being here, and my drive to succeed, begin and end with her. Therefore, I cannot take true credit.

[ ROLLS HER EYES ]

Wow, that may be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

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