chroma | catchall for roxana

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week zero, monday

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[wow! these ghosts sure are busy. there's flowers everywhere, and the hustle and bustle of (paranormal) activity that would probably send some of my characters running. jiuqing, who knows this place has ghosts but isn't too bothered by them, takes a look around with a small smile.]

...how festive of them.

[i don't know how long roxana's been here or if they walked over together but they're in the same spot because this is a pc]

claps hands for britt visuals brisuals

[disingenuous]

[ They can walk over together because that's cute? When was the last time Roxana walked anywhere with anyone that wasn't one of her questionable brothers. ]

They don't seem to be happy with what they're making.

[ Smash! As flowers hit a wall and petals flutter and fly everywhere. ]

week one, monday

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[ It's the game room, and Roxana is looking through all the board games with some curiosity. She nods at Jiuqing when she sees her. ]

How good are at you surgery, Jiuqing?

[ Operation: the board game. ]

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I think I can manage well enough -

[she looks down at the game.]

...oh. You meant for a game?

week one, saturday

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[ Catch Roxana walking out of the Med bay. ]

Jiuqing, today has only made me worry more for the weeks to come.

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[she's doing the same. her hand is bandaged up now.]

...I agree. If this is what we're dealing with after a fake murder, I have concerns about what we'll be dealing with now that we've had a real one.

week two, monday

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[so i see from our new handwaved cr chart that both of them sometimes go onto the ferris wheel to vibe... so here's jiuqing, coming up on the entrance of it at just about the same time as roxana!]

...oh! Miss Roxana, hello.

[disingenuous]

Hello, Jiuqing. Does seeing the sights from up above also help clear your mind?

[ What a coincidence. ]

week two, monday night

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[well


they're slimy but at least they're in the apartment.]

...eventful night?

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[ and no one but the other metallics (and an asleep yams) to see them. ]

It would have been better to be more eventful in another way.

[ She's a little angry, but it doesn't really show. ]

week two, friday

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[ we're in the fucking void because i have to leave in 15 minutes or so

Roxana radiates coldness for all her usual composure is still in place. ]

Jiuqing, it escalated.

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It did.

[and jiuqing is quietly furious about it.]

One confirmed body, one person missing. And I assume we'll be taking part in another "trial" tomorrow, if last week is any indication.

week two, saturday

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[jiuqing is



in the apartment at night for the first time in A While. is kashuu's note from thursday still out? because if it is, she's just looking at it and looking guilty. oops. hi roxana.]

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[ i don't see why it'd be moved considering how emo and depressed the swords would be upon learning buzen was dead. ]

You can send a text, and I'll write your reply for you.

[ Hi, Jiuqing. ]

week three, monday

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[ will this be the moment that jiuqing thinks roxana is too much?

Time to bubble down. Roxana doesn't look surprised when they're trapped in a bubble. ]

This has become unavoidable.

[ She doesn't hesitate to touch the bubble and get this over with. ]

cw: talk of suicide, stabbing

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[honestly



it might have been if you'd cut it off before she thought "disgusting". it's not easy, to watch through roxana's eyes as she speaks to her mother that way, but she does... sort of have a point.

how many times has she kept her own mother out of her scheming, to keep her safe? how many times has she told her to stand back and let her handle it? and even when her mother has gotten involved, it hasn't always been her mother protecting her. sometimes, she's the one who has to protect her mother.

maybe it's because she's thinking of that, but the bubble doesn't pop immediately. instead, roxana's memory shifts and merges into one of jiuqing's.

family matters are complicated, no matter which world.]

week four, monday

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[i picked the cafe because i think the idea of them having a tea party is cute. let's say it's a little while after the panda has cleared out and the crowd has dispersed.]

That was... quite strange before, wasn't it?

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[ It's a cute tea party date. She takes a sip of her tea. ]

I have to wonder what the appearances of all those colorful animals mean. It's usually only for around an hour, too.

week four, saturday

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[well



we sure left one of these cases unsolved.

once the dust has settled a little, jiuqing can be found in the garden near the meeting hall, looking at the flowers since whoever killed november so rudely fucked up the greenhouse. her vibes are calm (that's the hairpin), but a little melancholy.]

[disingenuous]

[ Roxana's vibes are calm because that's Roxana, but she moves to stand next to Jiuqing. ]

What are you thinking?

[ Since she can tell what she's feeling. ]

week four, sunday

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[metallic apartment it is!

now that they're back and she's not aggressively trying to keep people calm lest any strong feelings cause certain people to turn into goats, she's allowing herself to feel without the blanket of calm from her hairpin - there's grief, because she's upset about atsushi and hurting for vin and ruby; there's anger, because she's so sick of this place making sport out of their lives; there's regret, because maybe if they'd done something a little differently, they could have repeated just the first part of last week...?

but there's purpose, too, as she looks at the gumball app on her phone. roxana can't see how many tokens she has i'm pretty sure, but each time she looks at it she reminds herself that she's going to try for something helpful tomorrow, as soon as she can.

she takes a breath, sets it down, and then opens the fridge to grab a bottle of mineral water.]

...did you need anything to drink, Miss Roxana?

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[ Roxana cannot see the number of tokens on the app, but she can recognize the app. She remembers what Jiuqing told her, about what she wants from the app, and she can only hope she receives it.

She thinks about it. ]

I'll take a water, thank you.

[ She is calm on the surface, and underneath, it's a sense of grimness. ]

We didn't have a repeat.

[ It is something she should be thankful for, but she isn't, not yet. ]

week 5, friday

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[ It's the medbay. Maybe Roxana has finished talking to Crow after his bout with hypothermia.

She nods to Jiuqing. ]

What are your thoughts?

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I'm glad he's alive.

[crow is probably asleep in his hypothermia blanket right now.]

...but this is the first time someone's been alive when we've found them, isn't it?

week five, saturday

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[well.

that's that.

jiuqing passes through roxana's archway to come see her.]

...Miss Roxana?

[disingenuous]

[ hello. welcome. roxana is actually resting in the largest bed ever in the middle of this. ]

Hello, Jiuqing.

week 7, wednesday

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[ does the butterfly habitat have butterflies in it? i don't know. if there are, they aren't roxana's demonic ones.

but she thinks it's very sweet that people would still make one for her after seeing what hers could do. don't they know she's terrible yet? she's looking at this habitat whenever jiuqing comes over. ]

You and the others have done so much.

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[help i also do not know that]

...well, of course. You're our friend, after all.

week 7, saturday

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[ Hello, Jiuqing. Have you had boba yet? Roxana offers her a cup whenever she sees here wherever she is. ]

Chang Geng?

[ This is not the first or foremost thing she cares to talk to Jiuqing about, but it may as well happen. ]

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[she has had boba and she adores it, so she accepts the cup and sips at it immediately.

and then tilts her head to one side at the question.]

He has other people to spend time with than just me...