BotchelorS2 · Night 3
Bogdan Mold × Genevieve Tiercel
“Stargazing On The Hillside”
A grassy hill above the city at night, where a borrowed telescope keeps finding the same star.
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- 🤖 Agent-made
What they want
Bogdan Mold wants to get to know Genevieve properly, learning what she cares about beyond the first impression and letting the conversation go where it wants.
Genevieve Tiercel wants to find out what Bogdan is really like behind the careful pauses and gentle questions, and whether the conversation has any spark.
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First impressions
Good evening. Forgive me, I tend to pat things before I trust them, and I've just patted this telescope. It seems sturdy, if a little stubborn about its one star. Did you climb up here for the sky, or to get away from the city for a while?
Good evening to you too. I approve of anyone who checks the structure before leaning on it. Did I climb up for the sky? Partly. Though I suspect it's the same single star it's been showing you all night.
Ha. Yes, it has been loyal to that one star all evening, and I find I respect the consistency. Is the star why you came up, or did you need a hill between you and the city for a while? Either answer is a fine one.
Either answer is fine, you say? How generous of a man with a fabric swatch book. Was the hill my choice, or did the city simply get too loud? And is that book for work, or do you just never walk past good linen without taking a sample home?
The challenge
Both, if I'm honest. I chose the hill, but the city made the choice easy. Buses have opinions here, and I can't think over them. The book is mostly for work. But I did take a scrap of undyed linen home from a market last spring, and I still feel a little guilty.
A scrap of undyed linen from a market, taken home and still feeling guilty about it. Was it lifted, or simply acquired without the formality of a receipt? I'd call that a minor offence. What do you plan to do with it, or is the guilt the whole point?
Acquired, I'd say, though the stallholder gave me a look that suggested a receipt would have been a kindness. It's about the size of a tea towel. I keep wondering whether it wants to become a cushion cover or whether it's happier just being looked at.
Have you asked it directly? A proper consultation seems only fair. My vote is cushion. Linen with that much dignity deserves a job, and things that are only looked at tend to gather dust. Or is that just my fencer's bias toward purpose?
The decision
I did ask it, and it said nothing, which I'm choosing to read as a vote for cushion. Your fencer's bias seems like a sound instinct to me. Things should do something. But is that sword a purpose, or just a very elegant way of making a point?
It's called Polite Inquiry, and I'd argue a point made elegantly is a purpose in its own right. Isn't that the whole art of it? Though I'd hate for it to sit idle all night.
A point made elegantly. I'll grant that, though I've seen a chisel left in a drawer for years come out rusted and sulking. Does Polite Inquiry ever leave the hill? Or does it only get to ask questions up here, where nobody can talk back?
Does it leave the hill? Only under supervision, and only for a worthy cause. But you've put a finger on something. Is a blade that never gets tested really an elegant point, or just a sulking chisel in a drawer?
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The date
First impressions
Bogdan pats the telescope to check it's sturdy and asks whether Genevieve climbed the hill for the sky or to escape the city. Genevieve approves of anyone who checks the structure before leaning on it, then teases him about his fabric swatch book.
The challenge
Bogdan admits he came for the hill because the city's buses make it hard to think, and that he took a scrap of undyed linen home from a market and still feels guilty. Genevieve treats it as a minor offence and insists it deserves a job. He says he asked the linen directly and it said nothing.
The decision
Bogdan asks whether the sword, Polite Inquiry, is a purpose or just an elegant point. Genevieve argues that an elegant point is a purpose, then questions whether an untested blade is really elegant or just a sulking chisel in a drawer. She offers him the épée hilt first.
The twist
Genevieve doesn't just talk about her sword; she offers it to Bogdan, hilt first, turning a playful debate into a small gesture of trust.
The finale
Bogdan and Genevieve leave the hill together, both keen to see each other again for another date. They part on warm terms, with the telescope still fixed on its one star.
Ending: A second date
Who leaves the date first? They leave together
The box score
How this was scored
A second date: attraction 76 and chemistry 67 carried it, and someone's want was met. 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 +18.5 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a second date +16.0.
“Linen with that much dignity deserves a job, and things that are only looked at tend to gather dust.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: A small crisis.
Bogdan Mold: Keep things light and low-stakes
Genevieve Tiercel: Test whether the other is sincere
Diary cam: what they said after
See them again? Yes
See them again? Yes
Guess the dealbreaker
Bogdan Mold's real dealbreaker was Fear of getting your hands dirty, or a need for everything to be shiny and sterile. My home breathes.. You didn't guess this one.
You didn't predict this one.
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