The teens share their dinner with new housemate, Shy. It was quite obvious how the teens were clumped nearer to each other and kept a safe distance from the newcomer. They plied her with random questions, in an attempt to figure out her identity. Asked about her nickname, she honestly replied, “House Player”, and explained where the term came from. In poker, whenever a game lacked a player, the game house sends an in-house employee to play in the empty spot, thus the term “house player”.
Shy went to the Confession Room several times already, and in her absence, the housemates gathered to discuss her presence. On one such moment, the teens got out the rule book and looked up the regulations on new housemates. This led to wondering about their duration in the house, whether or not the season was extended. Priscilla said that they’d stay only until the 18th or 25th of May.Pris then shared her vision with the others, scaring a few. She had a dream about a cake with 10 candles, 8 of which were lit in white and 2 were red in flames. She warned the rest about bad things to come, though Robi opted to shrug it off. She had her apprehensions about Shy, saying that she sensed conflict the moment she saw her. One of them will take her side and there will be trouble. The girls became worried, and Priscilla even more so.
The fact that Shy refused to take her mask off just added to the mystery surrounding her. Rona was first in orienting her about the house rules, especially with the recent changes. Rona noticed that Shy led an independent life, quite different from the rest of them. Asked for her reason for being in the house, Shy said it was because she needed money. She wasn’t rich, she claimed, and was in fact working already. She was no longer in school, because she didn’t like studying. During the course of the conversation, Shy injected her apparent crush on Josef. Every so often, she would fish for info on him and drop comments on his appeal: Are Josef and Nikki an item? What is he like? Doesn’t he have a cute nose? He’s hot, isn’t he? Shy shared that she’s single and available, and her soon-to-be boyfriend is Josef. She also wanted to be permanently seated next to Josef. Contrary to her name, she instantly managed to find ways of striking a conversation with the others.
Her crushing on Josef was instantly obvious, especially to Nikki. Without being told, Nikki already felt Shy had a crush on Josef because of the way she looked at him and because Shy took over her chair, which was next to Josef. Earlier, Nikki and Josef were talking and Josef was teasing her about wanting to hug Shy, the way she allowed Alex to hug her. At this, Nikki cringed and recalled Alex’s story of dreaming about Beauty, as this turned her off. Conversation wandered off to laziness, as both were tagged to be lazy. Nikki said she was probably lazy with chores, but was active in the tasks. Josef was the other way around.
