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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week one, saturday

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[well that was exhausting



once they're done with the trial, jiuqing is tempted to head straight for the garden at the meeting hall, but she doesn't - she has a bite on her hand, after all. so it's to the medbay first, but once that's been cleaned and bandaged, she doubles back to take a walk through the flowers and gather her thoughts.

does she run into vin once she's there? or along the way? that is up to you]

[allomantic]

[they meet in the gardens! and jiuqing will be able to see that vin has a friend with her, following along behind.]

...How is your hand?

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[oh no wagahai :c

jiuqing looks up when she hears vin's voice and manages a smile, then lifts her hand.]

...it's fine. I've had worse. This will heal up in a matter of days if I treat it properly. [...] How are you doing, Miss Vin?

[allomantic]

I'm glad to hear that. It certainly didn't look pleasant.

[she takes a breath.]

I think everyone was a little distressed by that, at the least.

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...

[she nods]

Sir Naruhodo and Sir Asogi... [...] ...I don't understand why this had to happen to them.

[allomantic]

After Ryunosuke died, I had wondered if maybe it was someone acting under some kind of compulsion, like others had experienced, but...

[she sighs.]

He seemed to recover, at the end, or to break out of the compulsion. So I do not understand why the only two options for him were...

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I don't, either.

There are plenty of people in every world who have committed more heinous acts completely of their own volition and walked free, so why does it have to end like this for him?

[allomantic]

...Many unfair things happen.

[so that's not quite what she's shocked by, but rather...]

It seemed like even the Residents were surprised when they read it out, though. So... Did the Prism itself decide on that punishment? And if so, why?

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That's what I don't understand.

If the prism really does draw from our experiences, then... it should be different. So many of us have seen people who do those things walking free. So you'd think there would have been another option, because most of us have experienced that other option...

[allomantic]

Perhaps...

[she frowns, thinking about it.]

He seemed very distressed about what had happened... Understandably. And he did not hesitate to choose execution. So maybe the Prism was reacting to his expectations for what should happen to him.

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That may be the case.

[girls, please stop trying to reason out murdergame mechanics, you're not going to be able to change them]

[allomantic]

[attempts are being made and they will certainly fail!]

...Then it is a shame.

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...let's see what happens tomorrow.

[maybe there will be something they can do about it, like last week.

probably not! but they can hope.]