chroma | catchall for damien

[countermeasures]

it's fun to not be canon familiar bc then i get surprised by cr

but it also sucks not to be because i have to wait to make visuals until i learn more through cr and that makes me more likely to forget to do them

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[highrisk]

[ huh... ]

So are you... Past where you were the first time?

[ because that sounds kind of scary. reliving your life and knowing what's coming... up to a point. and then passing that point. ]

[countermeasures]

No... not exactly.

[it hasn't been long enough for that.]

But I've changed the situation drastically. I didn't marry Peng Zion in this life, and I've cut ties with the Su family. Even if my cousin does have his child, she can't use him to hurt me.

[highrisk]

[ help he doesn't understand political power and the fraught drama of interpersonal relationships ]

... Ah. Well. Good, then?

[countermeasures]

Yes.

[she smiles. there's something a little sharp in it.]

...things have happened very differently since I found myself back in the past. The people who made me suffer in my first life are the ones who are suffering now.

[highrisk]

Wish I could make that happen in my life.

[countermeasures]

Is there some reason why you can't...? It just takes a bit of careful planning.

[highrisk]

Think they've got a lot more resources than I do...

[countermeasures]

...so they have more to lose when everything comes crashing down around them.

[highrisk]

Maybe. But I don't think Wadsworth cares about anything but her nephew, and...

Not like he did anything.

[countermeasures]

[ah. that's fair.

both of jiuqing's enemies were related - but they'd also both done things to earn her ire. wadsworth's nephew, not so much. it's a good thing that damien can separate him from his aunt.]

I see... then I suppose that would make it a little more difficult.

[highrisk]

Yeah. He's harder to kidnap than you'd think.

[ sir, ]

[countermeasures]

[sir.]

...speaking from experience?

[highrisk]

[ haha....... ]

... I wasn't gonna do anything to him.

[countermeasures]

I know. You made that pretty clear, before.

[highrisk]

Right. So some people could have been more understanding about the whole thing.

[countermeasures]

...you mean, like her? Or...?

[highrisk]

Ha. No, I'm not stupid enough to expect that. That'd be... Above and beyond decency, which - she doesn't have to begin with.

Other people.

[countermeasures]

Ah.

...well... hopefully they'll come to understand, eventually.

[highrisk]

... Nah. That ship's sailed.

[countermeasures]

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

[highrisk]

Eh. 'S fine.

[ i'm glad this is on monday. ]

[countermeasures]

[lmao

she doesn't really look like she believes him, but she says she's fine often enough when she's not, so she nods.]

[highrisk]

...

[ help he actually likes jiuqing quite a bit but never knows how to talk to her ]

[countermeasures]

[she likes him too which is why she doesn't try to force him to talk too much when he starts feeling awkward.......]