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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[countermeasures]

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.

[highrisk]

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

[countermeasures]

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...

[highrisk]

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.

[countermeasures]

[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. ]

[countermeasures]

...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.

[countermeasures]

[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.

[countermeasures]

...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.

[highrisk]

I figure people are paranoid about losing the last doctor.

[ which maybe makes this a less charitable offer: ]

If you tell me what to grab, I can do it.

[countermeasures]

[oh...

well, that makes sense. jiuqing looks down.]

On second thought, it's alright. It would probably be counterproductive to stay up reading them when I should be resting.

[highrisk]

You're not gonna die from having more books to read.

[ tactless... ]

[countermeasures]

...well, no...

[highrisk]

So fess up.

What books did you want?

[countermeasures]

...some medical textbooks would be nice... and maybe a mystery novel or two? It's interesting to see if I can solve the mystery before I get to the end where it's revealed.

[highrisk]

You can if it's a good one.

Some of those books are cheap and don't tell you all the details you need until the end.

[countermeasures]

Well, that just sounds like bad writing.