Week 1 Date;

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❤ Week 1 Date

The winners of the first challenge have been announced: Cyrus and Douki-chan, Milla and Jeritza and Ash and Diamond. The Overseer extends her earnest congratulations and promises to meet them on Wednesday morning to take them out on the island for their date.

Everyone will be expected to wear a swimsuit underneath any clothes they have on (and the Overseer has thoughtfully provided a change of cute/cool swimsuits in lieu of the Super Sexy ones this time) as they're taken out on a boat to the middle of the ocean and given floaties or snorkeling equipment in order to--

Swim with the dolphins! The dolphins are very eager to make new friends and help anyone who has trouble swimming, though if Diamond chooses to forgo floating and chill at the bottom of the ocean, the dolphins will be able to hang out with them down there too. There's also three floating platforms where our couples can enjoy a delicious picnic lunch and some bonding time while watching the dolphins frolic! If they want to swim over and hang out on one platform as a six-person powwow, this is also fine.

As the sun starts to set, the boat will take you all back to the house.

Enjoy!!

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[souperb]

[ still feeling salty after that challenge. moving on— ]

Careful you don't fall out.

[ that. but it's funny watching cyrus look at everything, with all his layers flowing in the wind... she's opted to bite the bullet and just wear the black bikini she'd picked out, with a thin cardigan on top.

she might as well get as comfortable as she can. which is not very comfortable at all. ]

... And honestly, I'm melting just looking at you.

[unrecompensed]

[Aoko is sitting next to Milla because she doesn't want to associate with Mr. Cravat-And-All over there, honestly.]

Right...? At least wear a swimsuit.

[Like Milla!]

Yours suits you really well!

[souperb]

[ internally: she doesn't want to wear this. but she can't get mad at the heartfelt compliment, and aoko is endearing with her Honesty.

fuk. ]

... Thanks. Yours is cute.

[ . ]

I'm glad some of us have some sense, at least.

[ push away emotions by dunking on cyrus hours ]

[unrecompensed]

[she's so on board with all of this.]

Yeah, I... I'm not sure what I was expecting, but that really wasn't it...

[souperb]

[ milla feels for her. she does. cyrus seems exhausting in a "i'm not sure what's happening here" way and she's not matched with him. ]

Well, you two are paired up, so you'd better start expecting.

[ yeah ]

[unrecompensed]

[She deflates a little.]

What if... we just enjoy the weather...? All as a group?

[Aoko, that's selfish.]

[souperb]

I doubt they'll let us match up as a group of six. You'll need to get some one-on-one time eventually if you want to figure anything out.

[ says her, sage milla.

the unsaid master of: "going to avoid one-on-one time or ever acknowledging this as a date and it would be nice if it was a group thing. but actually i hate group things and i want to go home" ]

... We can have a secret word, if you want. To use if one of us gets tired or too baffled in earshot. Then the other will butt in and make it a group activity.

[ is she setting this up to use first because aoko is actually Okay?

absolutely! ]

[unrecompensed]

[Absolutely cluelessly:]

That sounds like a really smart plan. Okay, let's see--

What's a word we could both make sound a little natural? We're both pretty different people...

[HMMM.]

Maybe a particular fish?

[souperb]

Shark.

[ it is the first thing that comes to mind.

does she know the possible consequences of yelling "SHARK" to get out of a bad date? yes. she hopes jeritza leaps up to fight it. ]

[unrecompensed]

[I, Cal, desperately desire this for the hilarity.

Aoko, however, has a brain cell.]

Oh, no, no, that'd be bad. Could you imagine the panic?

Maybe something safer like... I dunno, guppy.

[aldaft]

Hm? Why is that?

[He's a little warm, but not so much that it's unbearable when the sea breeze cools his face.]

[souperb]

Why, he says. You're wearing enough to give everyone here a beach towel.

[ this is definitely an exaggeration and absolutely not something she's considering because she forgot to bring one

but he really do be asking why ]

I'm almost jealous, if you actually don't feel anything. I could understand if it was just with the boat moving, but did standing outside waiting for this thing really not make you change your mind...?

[aldaft]

Not at all.

[Just as he does what he wants, he lets others be. Her words earn her the slight cant of his head.]

Do you mean to say that you feel chilly? If so, I would not mind lending you my robe for the duration of the voyage.

[souperb]

[ she opens her mouth.

she closes her mouth.

he looks ridiculous. aoko seems baffled. she'd hope that someone would do the same for her, as her one braincell goes on overdrive and: ]

... Yes, that's what I meant. [ it's not what she meant ] I'm freezing. Give me your robe.

[ with all the great acting skills of tommy wiseau in "the room" ]

[unrecompensed]

[Milla.... you're a true MVP....

Aoko owes you a big one.]

[aldaft]

[With zero reason to doubt Milla, Cyrus stands as soon as the command passes through her lips.]

Say no more.

[He unfastens the robe as he takes the few steps necessary to close the gap between them, then reaches over her and lays the fabric across her shoulders. It's warm, not very weighty, and definitely a little pricey. Once he's ensured its security, he moves back to his seat.]

Now then, what do you make of all this?

[souperb]

[ ah. ]

Thanks.

[ the robe itself may not be very weighty, but this burden is so heavy........ ]

... Make of what? The ocean? It's... blue.

[ so poetic. ]

[aldaft]

[Truly.]

Is it not so where you come from?

[souperb]

[ there's a pause here that's a little longer than is appropriate, like she had to actively think about that. ]

... No, it is.

[ was? ]

This place reminds me a bit of an area near my hometown. I guess that's why there isn't much to say about it.

[ she's... used to it? ]

[aldaft]

Oh? What is your hometown like?

[souperb]

... Spiritual. Remote. It's not a town people really make their way to, and there aren't many people who live there. The area I was thinking of — the Kijara Seafalls — is to the east of there.

[ curse you, whyrus ]

Of course, it's fraught with monsters. They wouldn't be able to host some embarrassing dating event there. Maybe an endless fighting event could work.

[aldaft]

[He glances in the direction of her partner for today's appointment.]

An event that's sure to thrill Jeritza's heart. You must be an accomplished warrior, yourself.