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countermeasures) wrote2022-02-13 02:05 pm
countermeasures) wrote2022-02-13 02:05 pmchroma | catchall for crow
i really need to remember to do visuals this game
countermeasures) wrote2022-02-13 02:05 pm
2/2 - cw: suicide mention
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.]
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[ well, kudos to her for the lack of hesitation. but when it's something you are proud of -- and seeing it, why wouldn't she be? playing off one man's greed and inflated opinion of himself and sending his plans tumbling into the dirt in the process?
it is genuinely impressive -- both her and her mother, the poise and steel in their spines as they shut down this wild plan of jiqing's father, to marry his own sister-in-law, have his cake and eat it too. ]
For now, he says. Sounds like he still thinks he can get what he wants in the long run.
[ ... fair is unfortunately fair though. crow will reach out and infuse some of his colour into it. it'll free them, but once again it's drawing out memories he finds tiring to explain (40:55 - 44:58) ]
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[he ended up with a real witch of a wife later, anyway, after her mother divorced him. and qian only ever remained as his concubine. as far as jiuqing is concerned, they both got what they deserved.
she quiets down to watch crow's memory as it begins.
...there are a lot of people there. he's social enough here, she supposes, but it almost surprises her just how many people manage to pack themselves into that room. she doesn't understand all of what's being discussed - she doesn't have the context for it - but she can pick up easily enough on a few things.
otherwise, crow would have disappeared by now.
i'm livin' on borrowed time.
then your ultimate fate remains unchanged...
my being here contradicts reality itself.]
...Crow?
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Mm, well. It's nice when karma has your back for a change, don't you think?
[ oh look. the bubble's gone. ]
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[she frowns lightly]
How recent a memory was that?
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…
Maybe a few days ago? Prior to all this, obviously.
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[fuckin rip.]
There has to be something that can be done...
[except, yikes.
do all of his friends think he's super dead since he's just been gone for a month now?]
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[she nods, that makes sense]
But if we discover something here that might help...
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