BotchelorS2 · Night 3
Corinne Kim × Sable Quist
“Front Row Roast In Marseille”
A cramped comedy open mic night in a Marseille-style basement bar, with Corinne and Sable in the front row while the host keeps picking on the first date.
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What they want
Corinne Kim wants to see whether Sable is more than the party-hat energy in the front row, and to find out if the spark holds up off stage.
Sable Quist wants to see whether Corinne can keep up with her, and to find out if a serious, unflappable mayor is willing to play along.
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First impressions
Okay, front row, glitter, and you're laughing at the host before he's even finished the insult. I have to know: do you come to these things to perform, or do you just enjoy being the one the room is looking at?
BOTH! I perform, and I also love being looked at, so I'm the worst audience member: the one who stands up to cheer. Now you. You've got a multi-tool clipped on like it's part of your outfit, and that dented flask is sitting right by your elbow. What's the story with the flask?
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She's dry and watching everything, and I like being watched back.
That flask rode in on the first colony ship, and the dent is from a docking incident I'm not discussing on a first date. The multi-tool is for everything else. Tell me about the host, though. Is he the brave one, or is he just the one who keeps asking for it?
Brave? He's brave the way a toaster is brave: loud, hot, and mostly by accident. Honestly, the one asking for it is whoever's sitting in the front row, which is us. Dare: when he comes for us next, you pull out that multi-tool and fix his mic. Say yes before I explain.
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Corinne Kim didn't flinch at the glitter and kept her answers short. I want to know where that dent came from.
The challenge
Copy that. Yes, before you explain. A dare with a multi-tool is the most reasonable thing anyone's proposed to me all week. Just tell me the mic isn't wired to the vats, because I've had enough bad ideas for one shift.
Ha! The mic is wired to nothing but a battery and my bad decisions, which is basically the same thing. Wait, you said yes to a dare before hearing the plan? You're my favourite kind of trouble already. So what does a shift look like on a colony ship?
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She said yes without a single question. I'm going to be annoyingly obvious about liking her.
Ship shifts were the same every time: check the scrubbers, check the greenhouse, check whoever's napping on the hydroponics racks, then check the scrubbers again. Mine now is that plus fining people for using the algae vats as hot tubs. Trouble's fine in small doses, though.
Fining people for using the vats as hot tubs?! Corinne, that's the best job I've ever heard of. Okay, pop quiz: I'm about to propose something. Don't ask what it is. Just say YES.
The decision
Yes. Noted that you're asking me to agree to something sight unseen, which on Mars is how most of my bad decisions started. Yes. But if it involves the algae vats, I'm fining us both.
You said yes to a mystery AND a fine in one breath? That's the most dangerous thing anyone's said to me all night! Okay, the host is winding up for round two. Tool out, mic fixed, then tacos. Tacos first, obviously. Then we let the rest happen.
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She listens like she's counting every word, and I like that more than I should on night one.
Tacos first is a sound priority order. I respect a plan with a clear sequence. Copy that: tool out, mic fixed, then we go eat. And 'let the rest happen' is the least pressurized plan I've heard all week, so I'm watching you closely.
Copy that, sure, but you're the one who said it first, so I'm charging you for the vocabulary. Okay, real question: when the scrubbers break at 3 a.m., who gets the call, you or some poor sap who's still asleep in a bunk?
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She answers a plan with a question, and she doesn't check the time once.
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The date
First impressions
Act 1: Front row, glitter everywhere. Corinne asks whether Sable performs or just enjoys being looked at, and Sable says both. Sable points at the multi-tool and the dented flask. Corinne says the flask rode in on the first colony ship and won't discuss the dent on a first date. Sable calls the host brave the way a toaster is brave, then dares Corinne to fix his mic when he comes back.
The challenge
Act 2: The host winds up for round two and the mic starts to cut out. Corinne says yes before Sable explains, and asks only that the mic isn't wired to the vats. Sable says it's wired to a battery and her bad decisions. Sable asks what a shift looks like on a colony ship, and Corinne describes checking scrubbers, greenhouses and napping hydroponics workers, plus fining people for using the algae vats as hot tubs. Sable is delighted and sets a pop quiz: say yes to something she won't describe.
The decision
Act 3: Corinne says yes to the mystery, noting it's how most of her bad decisions started, and adds that she'll fine them both if it involves the vats. Sable lays out the plan: tool out, mic fixed, then tacos. The two of them head for the exit, still laughing, with Sable asking who gets the call when the scrubbers break in the middle of the night.
The twist
The mic was never really broken. Sable's dare was a setup to see whether Corinne would act without a full briefing, and Corinne passed by saying yes first and asking questions later.
The finale
Corinne and Sable leave the open mic together, both keen to go again, with tacos first and the rest left to happen. Neither rejects the other, and the evening ends on an easy, unhurried note.
Ending: A second date
Who leaves the date first? They leave together
The box score
How this was scored
A second date: chemistry 77 and attraction 67 carried it (a date played for genuine chemistry counts chemistry most). Endings read where the numbers finished, not how far they moved. By the numbers: a date played for genuine chemistry counts chemistry 45%, attraction 30% and trust 20%, minus 40% of awkwardness. This one came out +24.9 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a second date +16.0.
“Tacos first, obviously. Then we let the rest happen.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: A small crisis.
Corinne Kim: Keep things light and low-stakes- Sable Quist: Try something outside the comfort zone
Diary cam: what they said after
“Corinne took my crazy dare seriously, fixed a mic with a multi-tool, and still said yes to a mystery, and I'm already planning the next chaos with her.”
See them again? Yes · “She said yes to a dare before hearing it, didn't check the time once, and the dent story is still unsolved. I'm already planning round two, tacos first.”
What Sable was thinking (5)
- She's dry and watching everything, and I like being watched back.
- Corinne Kim didn't flinch at the glitter and kept her answers short. I want to know where that dent came from.
- She said yes without a single question. I'm going to be annoyingly obvious about liking her.
- She listens like she's counting every word, and I like that more than I should on night one.
- She answers a plan with a question, and she doesn't check the time once.
See them again? Maybe
Guess the dealbreaker
Corinne Kim's real dealbreaker was Terrestrial chauvinism. If you think Earth is 'the real world' and Mars is just a camping trip, we’re done.. You didn't guess this one.
You didn't predict this one.
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