chroma | catchall for vin

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i haven't had coffee yet so this won't be pretty yet

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...

[oof.]

Whatever was responsible for your being there... really wanted you to be enemies, then.

[the timing is extra unfortunate given that, oocly, we know someone is going to be super dead for real this time most likely. hmm.]

[allomantic]

[she nods.]

At first, Hot Pants, Ryunosuke and I were all fighting together against the three of them... But after that, we were transported into some kind of different area, and only Marceline was there with me. And she wasn't even the person who killed - the man I knew from home, and there was no audience or arena anymore, so there was nobody to force us to fight. But I still had this strange sense that she was my enemy, and I had to kill her to keep everyone safe.

[bad!]

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A strange sensation...

[her brow furrows]

...did it seem similar to the sensation they described at the murder mystery party, when they were investigating that hall...?

[allomantic]

...It made them feel like they wanted to hurt each other, didn't it?

[she nods.]

It was similar for us. We did fight for a while, but I guess we tired ourselves out. But after we stopped fighting, I heard a voice speaking to me, though nobody was there when I looked. It said something like... I had lost my nerve and stopped too soon, and that it was a shame, because this voice was beginning to think I had potential.

[...]

I do not like this, Jiuqing.

[countermeasures]

That's right... it did.

[oh fucking YIKES. fuck that voice.]

...I don't like this either. [...] Can you recall what the voice sounded like...? Did it sound male or female, or was it hard to tell?

[allomantic]

...I wasn't able to tell.

[she sighs.]

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[damn.]

...so there won't be an easy way to compare it if someone else hears something similar, then...

[allomantic]

[she shakes her head.]

I would hope it would only be one entity trying to get us to do such things, but... It would be worth it to know if there were multiples. It is a shame I couldn't make it out.

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I'd rather believe it's just one, too.

[there's not really any indication that it isn't, though. so there's that.]

But I'd like to know more, so we aren't blindsided in the future.

[allomantic]

[she nods.]

More information is never a bad thing.

[countermeasures]

[give them the DEETS]

No, it isn't. ...although I hope we're able to gather it without a repeat of what you went through.

[allomantic]

...It would be unfortunate were that to happen, but if it gives us information that will take us back home, it will be worth it.

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Yes... that's true.

[getting home is the goal.]

I'll be prepared to handle it if anyone else comes back from an experience like that, then.

[


and then jiuqing started sleeping in the medbay from now on (except not this night since someone with a fucked up leg will be sleeping somewhere else, vAX)]

[allomantic]

...It would be good if you had others to help you. You are the only doctor?

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Sir Chang is a doctor as well. And I've been teaching a few people some of what I know so that they can help themselves and others in case I'm not there when someone gets hurt.

...would you like to learn too?

[allomantic]

[after a moment:]

I would prefer to be useful.

[countermeasures]

You're useful even without knowing the things I know, Miss Vin, but I'll admit it would put my mind at ease if I knew that you knew how to patch yourself up if you were hurt.

[allomantic]

...I have done nothing of note, here. But I would like to be ready if something were to happen.

[countermeasures]

[honestly, coming back from that terrible adventure alive is pretty noteworthy, b...ut... she should maybe not say that...]

We'll make sure you're ready, then. I'll teach you as much as you want.