chroma | catchall for damien

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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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week three, sunday

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[what a fuckin day!

jiuqing can be found awake in the medical bay some number of hours later, her neck properly bandaged. she's sitting upright in one of the cots, a medical textbook open on her lap. she seems engrossed in it, but not so much so that she doesn't hear his footsteps and look up.]

Oh... hello.

[she smiles faintly. she's glad to see him, but also - she's exhausted and drained from that fight with malik! so.]

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[ he just comes over to the bedside to... hover awkwardly. ]

Hey. Came to uh. Check in. I guess?

[ help ]

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Thank you.

[her smile widens a little, and she closes her book to give him her attention.]

I'm feeling much better. And I'll make sure the others are, too.

[she's still drained and exhausted but she can at least bully people into pods and take mental notes as to what sort of medical treatment they'll need between sessions.]

[highrisk]

[ ma'am ]

I think you can just leave everyone else to fend for themselves for a bit...

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Bullying people into using the pods won't exhaust me overmuch.

[she can do that from her cot.]

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[ he thinks about the people here

(clarte)

and looks at her. ]

You sure about that?

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[ :) ]

If anyone walks away from me to avoid my nagging, I will simply text them relentlessly instead. And if they... what is the phrase... "leave me on read," I shall simply text their friends and have them badger them in my stead in person.

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[ he laughs ]

People can just set their phone down and walk away, though.

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True, but I feel like the chances of that are somewhat low around here. What if something important happens? I would hope people are keeping their phones on them at all times.

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It's kind of a pain to be available all the time though.

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Really?

[a month in, and the concept of phones is still novel enough to her that jiuqing hasn't gotten sick of being on call yet.]

But it's so convenient to be able to talk to someone so easily...

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Sure, but then people start expecting you to answer at any hour of the day. What if you're busy? What if you're just tired of talking to that person?

It's the worst.

[countermeasures]

Oh... I hadn't thought of that.

[highrisk]

Read receipts, too. They just tattle on you if you're taking a while to reply.

[ ... ]

Most of you are new enough to phones that you don't care much, but some people get real bitchy about being left on read.

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[huh]

...oh. Do they?

[she may have left some people on read here.]

[highrisk]

Back home, anyway.

[ but luckily, like he said. you people being new to tech makes you lenient. ]

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...I wonder if I'll slip up and tell someone not to leave me on read in Daxing, once we get out of here.

[highrisk]

Maybe they'll just think it's a charming quirk.

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[she giggles]

Well, I am pretty charming, so it wouldn't be so surprising if they thought that.

[highrisk]

So there you go. When you're pretty enough, you can get away with almost anything.

[countermeasures]

Oh? So you're admitting I'm pretty? Thank you, Sir Damien.

[highrisk]

[ ?? he has eyes??? ]

I'm good without the "sir."

[countermeasures]

In that case, thank you, Damien.

[highrisk]

You're welcome.

[ said very flatly, like her thank you was inherently a joke and should be treated as such. ]

Do you need anything? While you're here, I mean.

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...well...

[...hm.]

It's not really a need. But I was planning to return some books to the library and get a few new ones today, only... I feel like people will be upset with me if they catch me up and walking around. Which is a little silly; it's my throat that was injured, not my legs.