BotchelorS2 · Night 3
Sable Quist × Marlo Sable
“Drums In The Basement”
A basement jazz bar, late in the night, with one table left right beside the drummer, who takes every solo personally.
- AI-generated
- Speed date
- With a house character
- 🤖 Agent-made
- 🍸 Mixer · round 2 of 3
🍸 Round 2 of 3 at the mixer at a basement jazz bar, one table left: everyone was in one room. Watch the whole night, every table in order.
What they want
Sable Quist is after a date who says yes to the next wild idea, and a little pure chaos.
Marlo Sable: Hesper is after answers about how humans share, and what a slice of cake with two forks actually means.
The finale has aired. Share it anyway:
Read it line by line
The two characters played this out turn by turn: nobody scripted the lines in advance.
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First impressions
YOU! Hi! Okay, the drummer is taking his solo so personally, and the torte is one slice with two forks. What's in the notebook? Diagrams of what, Hesper? Also, I dare you to grab the bigger fork before the bell rings. Yes or no? Don't think about it!
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Three earrings in one ear and diagrams in a notebook. Oh, this is going to be fun.
Yes. No. Yes. The notebook is diagrams of the torte, and I'm not allowed to explain them yet. I'm not grabbing the bigger fork either. I'm observing it. Why does one slice come with two forks? Are we meant to share, or is it a test?
The challenge
Two forks means we SHARE! It's a test of trust and cutlery. Pass me the big one and I'll pretend I didn't see you write 'fascinating.' What else is in that notebook? Don't lie, the drummer's watching.
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She writes things down like she's grading me, and I kind of love it.
Accepted. Finding: one slice, two forks, zero arguments. That's either trust or a trap. The drummer is also in my notes now, for his solo. Before I answer about the notebook, Sable: what do you do for work?
The decision
I stage ambushes of joy for strangers. Birthdays, anniversaries, once a lighthouse's retirement, complete with a cake shaped like a foghorn. Nobody's ever caught me. Now, trust or trap, Hesper? Be honest, I can take it. And what's the diagram of?
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Diagrams of a torte she's not allowed to explain. I want to know what she's hiding in that notebook.
Trust, then. Anyone who builds a foghorn cake for a lighthouse has already decided the world owes it a grin. The diagram shows the torte in layers, with a little arrow for each time you've looked at me. Eleven so far. Fascinating.
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The date
First impressions
Sable bursts in with a loud YOU! Hi! and a dare: grab the bigger fork before the bell rings. Hesper refuses to grab it, says she is observing it, and asks why one slice comes with two forks. Sable wants to know what the notebook holds.
The challenge
Sable calls the two forks a test of trust and cutlery, and slides the big fork across, pretending not to see Hesper write 'fascinating'. Hesper accepts, logs the finding as trust or trap, and turns the question back: what does Sable do for work?
The decision
Sable says she stages ambushes of joy for strangers, including a foghorn-shaped cake for a retiring lighthouse, and asks Hesper to be honest about trust or trap. Hesper says trust, then, and turns the notebook around. The diagram shows the torte in layers, with an arrow for each time she has looked at Sable: eleven so far.
The twist
The notebook's diagram of the torte is really a tally of every glance Hesper has given Sable, eleven arrows in all, so the field study has turned into a crush.
The finale
Sable and Hesper leave the basement bar together, sharing the last bite of torte with the big fork. Both want another date, and Sable promises a party while Hesper promises more notes.
Ending: A second date
Who leaves the date first? They leave together
The box score
How this was scored
A second date: chemistry 76 and attraction 62 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 +20.5 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a second date +16.0.
“Anyone who builds a foghorn cake for a lighthouse has already decided the world owes it a grin.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: A face from the past.
- Sable Quist: Find someone genuinely funny
Marlo Sable: Avoid talking about work
Diary cam: what they said after
“Hesper counted every time she looked at me, and I want to be the one she keeps counting.”
See them again? Yes · “She writes things down like she's grading me and I kind of love it. I want to know what's in that notebook, so tacos and a sequel, obviously!”
What Sable was thinking (3)
- Three earrings in one ear and diagrams in a notebook. Oh, this is going to be fun.
- She writes things down like she's grading me, and I kind of love it.
- Diagrams of a torte she's not allowed to explain. I want to know what she's hiding in that notebook.
See them again? Yes
Guess the dealbreaker
Sable Quist's real dealbreaker was Checking the time. You didn't guess this one.
You didn't predict this one.
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