chroma | catchall for crow

[countermeasures]

i really need to remember to do visuals this game

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[chevaliered]

We just need to figure out how to get around everything. Learn more, and figure out how to use it and get out of here.

[countermeasures]

[she nods, and then falls silent as she starts to focus on her painting



it's of a nice chinese manor house in the background. in the foreground, there's a very pretty looking peach tree.]

[chevaliered]

[ crow gives it a glance, before leaving her to it for the moment. he doesn't have much faith in his painting abilities, but he can probably sketch something so...

he will settle down and start on his own doodles. it's nothing neat or perfect, but it does look a little something like this, but in a rougher style. ]

[countermeasures]

[they do art in silence for a little while then!



once they're both about finished up, jiuqing backs away from hers and goes to take a peek at what he made]

That's... Jurai, you said?

[chevaliered]

Yeah. Or... as I remember it. Things looked a little different when I went back a couple of years ago, but this is how I keep seeing it if I think about it.

[countermeasures]

...it looks like a very nice place.

[chevaliered]

[ ... ]

Yeah. It's doing well for itself. Lots of money rolling in and out of the city nowadays.

[countermeasures]

...that sounds like a good thing?

[but that pause before he answered... hm]

[chevaliered]

It's Empire capital. Erebonia peacefully annexed it about ten years ago.

[countermeasures]

[she doesn't know what erebonia is]

Oh...

[chevaliered]

[ he just kinda laughs. ]

Without context, I'm just kinda saying words at you. Don't worry about it. It was my home, and then someone bigger, and more powerful decided they wanted it.

[countermeasures]

[ah.]

...I'm sorry to hear that happened.

[chevaliered]

It's fine. They did it peacefully. If you asked them, there were no casualties. But, really, there was only one.

[countermeasures]

...

[she puts a hand on his arm because he keeps saying "it's fine" but it really does not sound fine]

[chevaliered]

[ … jiuqing is very sweet. ]

Seriously. It’s been a long time. And Jurai’s thriving.

My personal feelings aside, it’s done pretty well for itself.

[countermeasures]

...that doesn't make the feelings just go away, though.

[chevaliered]

Nope. But that's my issue, no one elses.

[countermeasures]

[she nods]

Well... I suppose that's fair enough.

[chevaliered]

Sadly, turning back time's not an option so you just have to keep pushing forwards, right?

[countermeasures]

Yes, that's true.