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week one, sunday

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[I MADE THIS CATCHALL AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GOT DISTRACTED IRL I'M SORRY

anyway

hello, welcome to the rooftop! jiuqing is just coming up to check out the greenhouse when she spots estinien here. she inclines her head to him in a nod in greeting.]

Hello, Estinien. What brings you here?

[vedrskogul]

[ IT'S OKAY, WE'RE ALL HAVING A TIME.

Anyway, Estinien can't say he's surprised to find someone here, but he does look up and down the new additions. Weird. ]

Just here for some peace of mind.

...This wasn't always here, was it?

1/2

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No, it wasn't... but it looks a bit like a greenhouse. I read about them after they were mentioned while we were discussing locations...

[she heads over to peek inside...]

2/2

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[...and smiles once she sees what's inside. last week she probably would have exclaimed with delight, but today she's too tired.]

...it is. There are supplies for gardening in here. How are you with plants, Estinien?

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[ There is a pause from him, before he deigns to follow if only to look inside.

Ah. Greens. ]

Terrible, I expect. Estimate I barely have a single day's worth of experience handling them.

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Some are easier to handle than others.

[she walks fully in there! a bunch of seeds... time to look through them.]

Ah... yarrow. Good, this will come in handy.

[vedrskogul]

[ He will just. Awkwardly stand here. You know how it is. ]

... What does that do?

W3 : MONDAY.

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[ Wow, new locations already!

Estinien can be found here, frowning as he kind of just... walks through the store? Evidently lost??? What in the actual ever-loving hell? He has NEVER been inside a grocery store, because they don't exist in XIV!

He'll be here, frowning at vacuum-sealed plastic packs of cheese. ]

What in the hells...

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[jiuqing turns a corner, coming around from one of the other aisles. she's munching on a pop-tart. no, she is not going to pay for the food here. yes, she's going to sample it before she takes some back with her; how else is she supposed to know if it's any good or not?

when she spots estinien, though, she finishes up her snack and brushes away any crumbs before she speaks up.]

...Estinien?

[vedrskogul]

Jiuqing.

[ He glances at her, a way of greeting. Nice Pop-T*rt. ]

I take it you've familiarised yourself better with this building than myself.

[ Given she's snacking. ]

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I've been looking around for a little while.

[and snacking as she goes.]

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Have you found aught interesting?

[ He's just holding this gouda cheese in vacuum-sealed plastic in his hands. He looks like he's at a loss. ]

There is far too much, here... and yet, no merchants to look over it all.

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Even if there were merchants, it's not like we have any money...

[she glances at his cheese]

We should just take it. It's just going to go to waste otherwise.

week five, thursday

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[i truly want to believe estinien actually went to the medbay but just in case he didn't. hello. jiuqing is wherever he happens to be, come to check on him.]

[vedrskogul]

[ You're right this catchall image really gets me every single time thinking it's the real thread help.

And no I'm sorry to disappoint you but he did not. The medbay seems crowded with people who need it way more than him, and his injuries are most definitely way lighter than everyone else.

He's at the edge of the skate park, removed from everyone else! But he didn't completely leave because Bass puppydog eyed him. So, instead he's by himself, stop sign still here, picking out odd shards from his injuries.

They look like letters... ]

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[I KNOW IT KEEPS THROWING ME OFF SO BAD


anyway]

...Estinien.

[vedrskogul]

[ He glances up at her, and there's just this grunt of greeting. ]

Jiuqing.

[ On the ground before him, the letters are... well I don't want to figure out the logistics of which letters are still stuck in him and what he picked out, and also don't want to make you do a letter-scramble puzzle, so she'll be able to parse that they likely spell out 'I DON'T FEEL REAL'. ]

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[you're a kinder person than me i absolutely would have made whoever pced with me do a scramble puzzle]

...you know, the easiest way to head off any worrying from anyone else would be for you to be able to say, "I already let Doctor Su see to my injuries."

[vedrskogul]

[ He snorts -- at least he's well enough to find humour in that, apparently. ]

Allowing me to use your name as an excuse to escape, then?

W6 : THURSDAY.

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[ Good evening Miss Su. ARE YOU FUCKING OKAY. Estinien deposited her into a pod and probably threw a blanket or somewhat over her. Maybe a damp towel because girl that blood. However, she has made it clear she is anti-touch so at best, he just deposited it near her for her to get at her own leisure or let another of her close CR do it.

He's just silently passing by to check on her again because he just spoke to Kashuu and Learned Some Things. ]

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[thanks estinien, you're a pal.

jiuqing is well and truly fucked up, even after three hours in a pod; when he walks in, it will be easier to see her injuries than it was before. partly because the black blood is gone; partly because she's


uh




bandaging her own injuries. they're extensive - you would struggle to find somewhere on her that isn't bruised or bleeding (or rather, would have been bleeding, if not for the beginning of healing from the pod; still, she is going to have to bandage her wounds and be very careful not to reopen them). she's struggling with a particularly nasty wound on her shoulder when he enters.]

...nngh.

[she's pretty focused, and doesn't seem to notice him right away.]

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...

[ Okay he's raising a brow at this, crossing his arms.

And clears his throat once to catch her attention ere the sound of his speaking voice terrifies her again. ]

Jiuqing.

[ Excuse me ma'am. ]

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[ ! ]

E-Estinien?

[she didn't expect him to come back?!

it's being startled more than being terrified, at least, but she turns to look at him and has the audacity to wonder why he's got his arms crossed.]

...did you need some of the supplies?

[vedrskogul]

[ SO AUDACIOUS. ]

Nay. You've got all yourselves covered, it seems, or would rather be left alone.

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...it's not that, exactly, but... I have somewhere I need to be, and these wounds needed bandaging... and there wasn't anyone else here...

[and she's fully capable of bandaging it!

what, was she supposed to just sit there and wait for someone to come along and fix her?]