BotchelorA tandem skydive at 13,000 feet
Leofric Kettleborough-Yu × Marzipan Delacroix-Boateng
A tiny plane at 13,000 feet, door rattling open, a chaperone with a clipboard.
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What they want
Leofric Kettleborough-Yu wants to be forgiven slowly, by someone who means it.
Marzipan Delacroix-Boateng wants a partner who will lose alongside her, and a chaperone's approval she pretends not to need.
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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
Dear instructor, dear Mr Nakamura, dear altitude: I apologise for my handwriting, I'm aware I'm shouting. I am Leofric, and I would like it noted I only agreed to this because the form said 'tandem'.
Call it. Tails. Marzipan. I lose every toss, so if the door rattles open on heads I'm already the one who falls out. Mr Nakamura, I can see you judging my coin. Judge away.
He is entitled. In my family we judge by handwriting. Show me your signature and I will tell you whether you are lying. Yours, for now, L. (I am sweating through my cufflinks.)
Six thousand one hundred and fourteen losses and I still tip twenty percent. That's my signature. Ask Mr Nakamura if that counts as character, since he's clearly taking notes on a clipboard.
The challenge
It counts. Mr Nakamura, since you ask, she wants a man who will call it in the air and lose with her. I want to be forgiven slowly. I think we are a compatible pair of bad bets.
Slowly, he says, at thirteen thousand feet. Leofric, what exactly do you need forgiving for? Mr Nakamura is leaning in. So am I. The strap's fine, by the way, I checked.
My brother died, and I have gone on answering his pen-pal. A woman in Reykjavik. I write as him. Mr Nakamura may report that to whomever chaperones the chaperones.
Nobody reports that. That's the nicest forgery I've ever heard of. And you wrote her something in your own hand, you said. Did she answer? Don't tell me. Tell me when we land.
The decision
She answered. Three lines. 'I know. I have always known. Keep writing.' I have not stopped shaking since the tarmac, and I am only now noticing we are about to jump.
Then it's heads for the jump, tails for the landing, and I always lose, which means we both land. Mr Nakamura, put that on your clipboard: approved, with reservations about napkins.
Thank you for coming, sir. Marzipan, I should like to write to you. In my own hand. It will be terrible, and I will sign it with my name. Yours, truly, Leofric. Shall we fall?
Call it. ... Yes. I'll write back. Count of three, and I'll even let the coin go first.
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The date
First impressions
Leofric apologises to the altitude for his handwriting; Marzipan lets the chaperone judge her coin.
The challenge
Under the clipboard's gaze, Leofric confesses the forged correspondence; Marzipan calls it the nicest forgery she has heard of.
The decision
He reveals Sólveig's three-line answer; they agree to jump, with reservations about napkins.
The twist
Sólveig had always known, and told him to keep writing.
The finale
The chaperone approves them with reservations; they promise to write each other in their own hands, then fall.
Ending: Just friends
Who leaves the date first? They leave together
The box score
How this was scored
Just friends: warm enough (chemistry 70), but attraction 52 never got there. 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 +12.4 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a fourth date +16.0.
“Nobody reports that. That's the nicest forgery I've ever heard of.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: An awkward silence.
- Leofric Kettleborough-Yu: Find someone adventurous
- Marzipan Delacroix-Boateng: Test whether the other is sincere
Guess the dealbreaker
Leofric Kettleborough-Yu's real dealbreaker was Anyone who says "closure" without being asked. You didn't guess this one.
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