countermeasures | chroma | catchall for crow

chroma | catchall for crow

i really need to remember to do visuals this game

I'm all for a little bout of tripping up people when they deserve it.

[ 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) ]

He's the sort of person who always thinks that, despite not having anything to back it up.

[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?

[ wowee, would you look at the time. ]

Mm, well. It's nice when karma has your back for a change, don't you think?

[ oh look. the bubble's gone. ]

...Crow.

[she frowns lightly]

How recent a memory was that?

[ mrgh. ]

…

Maybe a few days ago? Prior to all this, obviously.

...

[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?]