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[when was the last time jiuqing walked somewhere with a noble lady who wasn't either her mother or scheming to kill her...]

No, they certainly don't. It sounds almost like someone is throwing a tantrum.

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[ what a mood. incredible. ]

The banging behind that door seems to have... a different tone to it, or is it just me?

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[she stops to listen to it, then nods]

It's not just you. It seems... insistent, but in a different way than before.

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[ looks at this timestamp ]

It's like they definitely want to get out for something.

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[STOP]

Perhaps they aren't very enthused by these preparations...

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How can they know what they look like if they're trapped behind that door?

[ A puzzling conundrum. ]

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It's possible they might be objecting to there being any preparations at all...

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[ She peers at all the preparation and starts to put two and two together..... ]

Not everyone wants to be married. It could be arranged.

[ Roxana just throwing spaghetti theories at the wall since she can't actually talk to the ghost bride and get to know her preferences. ]

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It's possible.

[she broke off her own engagement for a reason!]

Not everyone likes the person they're engaged to, after all...

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Especially if it's for political reasons or for family honor or duty. There's little consideration for compatibility or chemistry.

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...

[she eyes the door]

If there was some way to confirm that was the case here...

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Maybe one of the spirits out here can give us the story?

[ Except they all probably just want to talk wedding planning and nothing else. ]

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They might. Should we a--

[she can't even finish saying "should we ask?" before a floral arrangement is thrust at them.]

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It looks like they don't want to entertain questions, only work.

[ She holds the flowers and looks down at them. ]

I haven't done much work like this before.

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I've done some... not to work, but simply because I wanted to decorate my room with flowers from the garden.

[she hums]

We both have good taste, so they ought to appreciate whatever we put together.

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We'll have to take ghostly aesthetics into consideration.

[ She doesn't want to get a headache from increased door banging. ]

Even if our tastes may be more pleasing to the eye.

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What sorts of things do ghosts generally like?

I'd never encountered any before coming here.

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I haven't either, but going off what things looked like when we came here.... perhaps something subdued.

[ Or maybe Roxana's just being 2% petty because of all the trouble Pride Sadako has caused. ]

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We can try that.

[time to... try to make a subdued flower arrangement!



it looks like it's more suitable for a funeral than a wedding.]

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[ She watches with Jiuqing does and follows suit. Roxana is a bit goth, so it takes that kind of aesthetic, too. ]

I think it suits. Wonderful job, Jiuqing. It's only if they'll like it....

[ She looks at the ghosts coming their way, like Asian mothers and aunties coming to offer their unwanted opinions. ]

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[the ghosts approach, and look at their arrangements...



only to yeet them away. more flowers appear for them to sort through.

jiuqing smiles.]

Well. I suppose that is one way of making their opinions clear.

[binches, she would think if anyone had taught her that word.]

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[ There's a similar sort of smile on Roxana's lips. ]

It'd only be fair if we gave them our opinions as well. We're here, too.

[ Not like they can leave. ]

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Yes, I quite agree.

[it's poor manners to make them do this work and then just yEET THEIR EFFORTS AWAY, HELLO? rudeass ghosties.]</small.

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[ It's time to fight.

Roxana walks over to the flowers that were yote, picks them up, rights them, makes them look almost as pretty as they did two minutes ago, and

sets them down in front of the ghosties. ]

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[the ghosties immediately yeet the flower arrangement.

this time it's jiuqing's turn to walk over, retrieve them, make them look just as pretty -

and set them in front of the ghosts, smiling pleasantly.]