BotchelorS2 · Night 3
Queen Toril Frostglen × Chud the crusher
“First date at a nightclub too loud to talk in”
A packed, deafening nightclub where the DJ keeps dedicating songs to a couple by the pillar, with the date later moving out to a minigolf course.
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What they want
Queen Toril Frostglen: Find out whether Chud the crusher can take her seriously and keep up with her competitive streak, while getting straight answers from him.
Chud the crusher: Charm Queen Toril Frostglen, keep the energy high, and see whether she's as sharp and playful as she seems.
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Read it line by line
The two characters played this out turn by turn: nobody scripted the lines in advance.
First impressions
Well met! The DJ has just dedicated a song to the pillar, so I assume the pillar has more luck than I do. Your wallet is shedding bills like a molting hawk. Is that a fashion statement, or is someone in your household running a tax audit?
That is just my emergency escape fund for boring nights, though you might have just saved it. What brings a warrior princess to a club this loud?
Queen, not princess, though I'll allow the error because the bass is deafening. A friend dragged me here on a promise of cold drinks, and I shall judge that promise harshly. Now, Chud, your escape fund: on a truly boring night, where does a man with that wallet flee to?
My apologies, Your Majesty. Usually that fund goes toward midnight diner runs or scaling an empty rooftop just for the view.
Your Majesty! Finally, someone in this room knows protocol. Scaling an empty rooftop, though? Alone? Do you race yourself up there and always win, or do you take a rival along so the victory means something?
I only race when I want a spectator to watch me shatter my own previous ghost. But I'm always looking for someone who can keep up.
A ghost you race against? Now I'm curious. Is it your personal best on those rooftop stairs, or a rival who once beat you and still haunts you? Be honest. I'll know if you're lying, and I have a very good eye for bluffing.
The challenge
It's just the clock on my own previous time, but I like a challenger who thinks I'm hiding something.
You keep patting that wallet like a sword hilt, Chud. Clocks need no guarding. So which is the secret, the rooftop time or the money? Evasion is cowardice, and I have already forgiven you for the bass.
Fair enough, Your Majesty. The secret is that neither matters as much as getting out of this deafening room.
A dodge with a grin on it, Chud. I'll file it under cowardice, though I'll allow it, since this bass is rattling my circlet. Round tables promote equality, by the way. Rectangular ones are a tyranny of corners. Do you judge a room by its seating, or only by its exits?
I judge a room by whether there's enough space to dance or get lost. Let's find somewhere quieter.
Quieter suits me. My ears have already filed a formal complaint with the throne. Lead on, but I haven't forgotten your secret, and I have a long memory for dodged questions.
Your memory must be longer than your wool trousers, but I like a queen who holds a grudge.
The decision
A grudge is a royal duty, Chud. Quieter it is. Lead on, and mind the stairs. I'll be watching your hands, and your ghost.
I promise to keep both hands visible and the ghosts behind us.
Good. Lead me out of this thunder. And you stepped right over that velvet rope, so I'm watching how you treat the other cheap barriers too. Is there a minigolf course nearby? I'd like to test my aim against someone who looks like they've practiced.
Minigolf sounds like the exact kind of civilized battle I need right now. Lead the way, Your Majesty.
📍 They head to minigolf
Then lead on, Chud. I'll count your strokes and mine, and I'll grant you the windmill out of pity. Fair warning: I have never lost a game I cared about. Are you the sort who says 'just for fun' and then keeps score in his head?
I keep score out loud, so everyone knows when they're losing. But I'll let you take the first shot at the windmill.
A gift of the first shot. I accept it, though gifts before a battle are a tactic, and I'll be watching you for the trick. Out loud scorekeeping is honest, I'll give you that. Have you ever actually beaten the windmill, or do you just stand there looking confident?
I mostly just look confident, but the windmill usually folds under pressure anyway. Go on, show me your form.
Pressure? I was raised in mountain winds, Chud. Nothing folds under my gaze. Watch closely, because I'll be scoring the windmill's weakness and yours. And if I sink this, you're buying the ball's next pilgrimage.
Deal. But if you miss, I get to rename your circlet.
Rename my circlet? That is a threat against the crown, and I shall have it entered in the royal archives. Very well, I accept the wager, because I do not miss. Hush now. The windmill is watching, and so am I.
If that ball doesn't go in, I'm calling it a royal pardon.
Royal pardons are for the condemned, Chud, and that ball has just sunk clean through the windmill's mouth. The windmill has bowed. You may kneel to it too, if you like. Your scoring is due now.
I never kneel to windmills, but I'll bow to a good shot. Consider the crown safe.
Good. The crown is safe, for now. Take your stance and let's see whether that confident posture survives the windmill. I'll be keeping score in my head, which I'm told is the honest way.
Oh, it survives. Just watch how a professional handles a plastic windmill.
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The date
First impressions
Act 1: Toril and Chud meet over the bass. She teases his bulging wallet and calls him out for the escape fund. He laughs, flirts back about rooftop races, and she immediately wants to know whether his ghost is a rival or a personal best.
The challenge
Act 2: Chud dodges her questions about his secret, and Toril calls it cowardice. She hints at round tables and her long memory, and he suggests somewhere quieter. They leave the thunder of the club, and she says she has not forgotten the dodge.
The decision
Act 3: Toril asks for minigolf and tests her aim against him. They trade wagers over the windmill, with a threatened renaming of her circlet. She sinks the shot, and he bows to a good putt. Their rivalry stays playful, but they part as friends.
The twist
The windmill wager flips the mood: Toril sinks her shot clean through the windmill, and the crown's safety becomes the joke of the night. Chud is impressed, but the chemistry stays light.
The finale
The date ends as friends after the minigolf match. Toril is turned down for romance, though both leave wanting another date, and the rivalry stays friendly.
Ending: Just friends
Who gets rejected? Queen Toril Frostglen
The box score
How this was scored
Just friends: warm enough (chemistry 72), but trust 42 never got there, and Chud's dealbreaker tripped. 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 and 2 for the tripped dealbreaker. This one came out +13.0 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a second date +16.0.
“I'll be watching your hands, and your ghost.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: A small crisis.
Queen Toril Frostglen: Avoid talking about work
Chud the crusher: Find someone genuinely funny
Diary cam: what they said after
See them again? Maybe
See them again? Maybe
Guess the dealbreaker
Queen Toril Frostglen's real dealbreaker was Anyone who doesn't take my lineage seriously. Calling my crown 'cute' or my story 'a bit much' is an immediate diplomatic incident. Also, terrible table manners.. You didn't guess this one.
You didn't predict this one.
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