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[countermeasures]

sighs in visualosities

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[slashay]

Ring lights light up your face nicely and give it a super glamorous glow! And sticker apps just let you add cute stuff to your picture, kinda like- [Flipping his phone around! Showing off his half-finished Lisa Frank masterpiece!] -adding real stickers to stuff.

[countermeasures]

How interesting! People really do come up with a lot of neat things, don't they? It's a shame we don't have these in Daxing.

[slashay]

Yeah... [He can't even be like "JUST TAKE THIS SHIT HOME WITH YOU!!" about it because he's a time protector, god.]

--Hey, what're things like where you're from, anyway? D'you have, like, electricity yet? Running water?

[countermeasures]

Electricity...? Umm... no.

[she considers the second question, though.]

As for water... well, we have some canals, but most people draw water from wells. I believe things may be a little different at the imperial palace, though.

[slashay]

[He just sighs in an "ain't that just the way" sort of vibe.]

Yeah, things are usually like that, huh? [Eat the rich.] That was pretty long ago, then! Like, phones started coming out around the 2000s, but personal house-to-house plumbing's been around since, like, the 1800s.

[countermeasures]

...I suppose that means it will be quite a while until such things come to Daxing.

[slashay]

[Just giving her a little bit of an apologetic look.]

Probably, yeah... I mean, this place definitely isn't the height of luxury, though, so at least there's not a whole lot to get used to and then miss once you leave.

[countermeasures]

I'm struggling to think of things I will miss, if I'm being honest, except perhaps these.

[she indicates her phone.]

[slashay]

Ugh... Yeah, the phone thing is gonna suck. If the shower wasn't so garbage, you'd probably miss that too, but. I mean. It's a cold shower that you're sharing with, like, forty people.

[Which is far from the height of luxury...]

[countermeasures]

I miss being able to soak in hot water.

[slashay]

Oh my god, don't remind me... Where I live, we have a whole onsen - like, hot springs? It's really big and always smells super nice.

[HIS ONSEN, HE MISSES IT.]

[countermeasures]

[she makes a small whining noise]

That sounds so nice...

[slashay]

[She's so valid.]

Ugh, right? And we can't even make anything like that on our own...

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Some of the people we met earlier mentioned asking the prism for things... maybe if we get better at communicating with it and ask nicely, it will give us one.

[and then they get the tunnel of love instead]

[slashay]

[THEIR TUNNEL OF LOVE filled with corgi-sized kappa...]

That'll be one of the first things I try out after we get some more practice in.

[countermeasures]

I don't know how much use my color will be, but I'll be glad to assist you if I can.

[joke's on her they're both metallic]

[slashay]

Oh - did you maybe get the one that can make water?

[HOPEFUL. He wishes to build an onsen... one handful of water and fortified rock at a time.]

[countermeasures]

Unfortunately not... I can make things stronger or sturdier, though.

[slashay]

Oh! You're metallic too, huh?

[METAL BUDDIES.]

[countermeasures]

Yes, that's right.

[metal buddies!!]

[slashay]

Mmm, I guess we can't do much about trying to build any sort of onsen ourselves, then...

[A sigh... Their USELESS METAL POWERS.]

But maybe just practicing more with what we've got will help us use more colors in general?

[countermeasures]

Perhaps not, but once the base structure is built we could strengthen it so it would last longer...

[she hums.]

But I think that's a good idea. It's like any other skill, isn't it? You have to practice it before you can do more than just the basics.

[slashay]

Good plan, good plan!

[Their ROCK SOLID ONSEN... He sighs a little at that, though.]

God, learning a new weird skill is definitely not what I thought I'd be doing with my time here. [Though he figures it'll eventually contribute to his ultimate goal of Escape.]

[countermeasures]

Me, either, but as long as it helps us get back...

[slashay]

Yeah...

[A thoughtful pause, and then:] What do you think about those guys, anyway?