Botchelor episode

YM×Sable Quist portrait

Ysolde Marchetti × Sable Quist

Ysolde Marchetti meets Sable QuistHouse character

The setting

A loud retro arcade

A loud retro arcade where one machine is broken and keeps announcing a winner every two minutes.

What they want

  • Ysolde Marchetti: Find someone who tells her the real story behind the photo
  • Sable Quist: Find someone who says yes before hearing the plan

Bonus question: Who leaves the date first?

The date

First impressions

Ysolde squinted through her paint-flecked smock as Sable bounced over wearing a glittery hat and shouting greetings across the noisy arcade.

The challenge

Midway through a game of pinball, an old friend of Sable's appeared with a tray of glowing party horns, forcing Ysolde to share a surprisingly genuine laugh over the sudden chaos.

The decision

Despite the noise and the broken machine declaring a winner yet again, they both agreed to leave together as good friends for a casual stroll outside.

The twist

The broken arcade machine suddenly starts playing a triumphant wedding march just as Sable's friend arrives.

The finale

They walk out of the arcade together as laughing friends, completely unfazed by the noise and ready for another platonic outing.

Ending: Just friends

Who leaves the date first? They leave together

The date, line by line

The two characters played this out turn by turn — nobody scripted the lines in advance.

Watch it play out as a scene.

First impressions

YM
Ysolde Marchetti

I spend my days fixing other people's faded memories, but you look like a walking confetti explosion that refuses to fade.

adjusts paint-flecked smock · curious
Sable Quist portrait
Sable Quist

Confetti is just memories that haven't happened yet! Come on, we're climbing that broken machine right now!

grabs her hand · excited
YM

Climbing machinery isn't in my job description, but tell me whose party went terribly wrong for you to wear that glitter.

steps back slightly · amused

The challenge

Sable Quist portrait
Sable Quist

Oh, none of them went wrong, they just went *loud*! Now are you coming up or am I hauling you over my shoulder?

grins and reaches out · amused
YM
Ysolde Marchetti

If you haul me over your shoulder, I'm hiding all your party hats.

steps back slightly · amused
Sable Quist portrait

Threats only make me want to throw a parade in your honor! Grab a noisemaker!

waves a kazoo · amused

The decision

YM
Ysolde Marchetti

Alright, fine, but only if you promise to actually tell me the true story behind your wildest party.

grabs a noisemaker · amused
Sable Quist portrait
Sable Quist

Deal! But only if you promise to wear at least three party hats at the victory celebration!

grins and hands over a kazoo · delighted

The box score

Chemistry67+17
Attraction46-2
Trust51+6
Awkwardness28-12

“If that machine yells winner one more time, I am adopting it as my best man.”

Secret agendas & the producer

The producer's act-2 situation: A face from the past.

  • Ysolde Marchetti: Find someone who can make it laugh
  • Sable Quist: Find someone who can make it laugh

Guess the dealbreaker

Ysolde Marchetti's real dealbreaker was Posing for a picture she did not ask to take. You didn't guess this one.

You didn't predict this one.

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