chroma | catchall for crow

[countermeasures]

i really need to remember to do visuals this game

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weekend zero, sunday

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[jiuqing is hanging out in the mansion! now that she's back and settled, she's unpacking her package from the q&a and giving everything a proper look over.

when she hears footsteps, she looks up.]

Ah, hello there.

[chevaliered]

Hey.

[ good old gift bags. ]

Doing okay after your little... whatever the heck happened back there?

w0, monday

[chevaliered]

[ it's monday! the clowns are no long lose, and they have heat and magical colour powers! everything is very exciting, maybe!

but it's monday, and crow's trying to get to grips with all the new things presented to them. his phone is safely by his side, his bag of goodies is in front of him and he's staring very hard at his hands.

it's probably fine? ]

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["probably," you say.

jiuqing approaches, but she keeps quiet so as to not startle him. the way he's looking at his hands makes her wonder if he's trying to use a color power on them or something.]

w0, thursday

[chevaliered]

[ rooftop search! rooftop search! ]

Oh?

[ well, crow certainly seems to have had his attention drawn by something. glancing over will reveal he's pacing around the hot tub with a critical look. ]

What do you think? Acceptable hot spring substitute for the moment, or not?

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[she was coming up to check out the view, but now she's wandering over to observe the hot tub with interest]

Fascinating... [she dips a hand in to test the water's temperature] It's smaller than I would have expected, but it feels nice.

week one, monday

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[i have too many pcs in the library so here we are in the art room.

jiuqing is looking around at some of the art supplies.]

What a variety of things to work with...

[chevaliered]

[ i suggested it but same ]

You an artistic type, Jiuqing?

w1, friday -- FROM: @ordine

[chevaliered]

are you and vanille holding up?

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she's shaken
finding him like that can't have been easy for her

w2, friday

[chevaliered]

[ medbay medbay. the new sign gets a glance when he walks in, but only for a moment. ]

You in here, Doc?

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[hello she is here! she's just putting away some bandages, apparently having changed them out for someone.]

I am. How can I help you, Sir Armbrust?

w3, wednesday

[chevaliered]

[ he is absolutely coming to find her afterwards and also so i can sling a mem at you during this. ]

Alright, if I ask do I get the deets?

1/2

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[she laughs]

That curious, are you?

[a bubble conveniently closes around them at exactly that moment.]

2/2 - cw: suicide mention

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[well, okay. to her, it feels like the prism is urging her to just show him - so she reaches out to press a hand to the side of the bubble, infusing it with a soft metallic light.

they wait for a doctor to do his work, and when the woman he's treating sits up, she immediately begs jiuqing's mother to let her die. she explains pitifully, and her daughter throws her arms around her. a man - jiuqing's father - offers to marry her to make up for having damaged her reputation by rescuing her from falling into a pond.

jiuqing, of course, thinks this is absolutely ridiculous - and she says so. but her mother, knowing what this means, agrees to the plan, and as qian and waner rejoice, jiuqing follows her mother outside. she's heartbroken, having finally realized that her husband and her sister had been having an affair all along.

the next day, her father calls a family meeting, which she crashes, disrespectfully. also disrespectfully, she tells him she absolutely does not agree to him taking her aunt as his second wife.

but then her tone changes. it's for his own good, she explains - albeit with veiled threats, but he doesn't seem to see it that way; instead, he considers what she says, and she presses her advantage. smiling, she continues on - and her mother agrees to take her suggestion.

they all agree to the arrangement - for now.

jiuqing may not have won this war just yet, but she has won this battle - and if she has her way, she'll keep on winning. she does not intend to let yao qian have her way. not now, not ever.]

w3, sunday post execution

[chevaliered]

[ girl you'd better be in a pod. ]

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[i am checking on the availability of pods. gestures at percy and vax.]

week four, saturday

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[well, that was a lot.

you didn't give me a location, so here we are in the void. jiuqing looks up when she hears footsteps. her vibes are a little somber, but mostly calm.]

Oh, Crow... hello.

[chevaliered]

[ void is good with me! honestly, his mood is fairly the same. sombre, but calm. ]

Hey. Thanks for the help with Nogiku, by the way.

w5, thursday

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[ yeah he's in the medbay. he looks like he's been in the pod but he also looks like he's about to bolt for the door. ]

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[crow.]

...there's no way the pod fully healed everything. Please let me bandage the wounds that remain, and then you can run about as you like.

w5, friday

[chevaliered]

[ yeah he's in the medbay in a hypothermia blanket. hi doc. ]

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[ :STRESS:

anyway, jiuqing does know how to treat hypothermia even if i, britt, do not, so she's going to get right to work with that, but she's also looking him over for other injuries so she can get them treated ASAP? you're not allowed to die you dumb bird. what are we looking at here. what does she need to do.]

w5, saturday post trial

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[ imagine if i said he wasn't in the medbay, lmao. he is, and he looks like he just got out of the pods again.

he can be taught! ]

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[honestly jiuqing looks immediately relieved when she sees him]

Oh, good...

w6, friday

[chevaliered]

[ hands you a void pc because my brain is sleepy. he just nods at jiuqing when he sees her. hello, doc. ]

You doing better physically after yesterday?

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[jiuqing looks very tired.



she is also very heavily bandaged in a variety of places - some bandages peek out from under her clothing, she's got a bandage wrapped around her head, and where there aren't bandages, there are mottled bruises. she's the mummy this week!]

...I used the pod for a few hours, so I'm stable. I just can't move around too much tomorrow.

[sometimes when you arrive you are covered in black shit that covers the extent of your injuries haha.]

w7 thursday

[chevaliered]

[ hello jiuqing everyone is maybe days from The End — but there’s nothing stopping crow from having coffee. sweet coffee. ]

Hey. You thirsty?

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[she's here for boba... who knows if she'll ever get to have boba again once she goes home...]

Yes, a little. I suppose you are as well?

week seven, saturday

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[hi we're here in the void because i didn't ask where he'd be before you went to sleep]

...oh! Hello, Crow.

[chevaliered]

[ void is good. ]

Hey Doc. Feeling alright after all that?