liu shouxue

[polliwog]

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w0 ; sun

[polliwog]

[ he'll come looking for her actually, where is she. not the bathroom. ]

[ravenry]

[ she's in the bathroom. What now?

No, she's in a simulation room. I'll link a picture later because I'm mobile, but she's made it to look like the inside of a chinese palace. The room is dark and lit by lanterns.

She's staring at a collection of items inside of a drawer. Her vibes are a little melancholy. ]

[polliwog]

[ it's pretty even in my mind's eye. he treads forward, speaking loudly enough as he enters that she can hear him, even if i wish he would just sneak up and look at her Inventory. ]

Hello. Have I come at a bad time?

w1 ; thurs

[ravenry]

[ HIS ARM?

she is coming to look for him wherever he may be. how is he? did he get healed? how does this nonfleshie look? ]

[polliwog]

[ he's leaving the medbay, but he looks healed—mostly. or rather, he has like—a robotic arm where his limb stump ends. the fingers of it curl in and out idly. ]

Oh—you aren't injured too, are you!? [ busy in there today. ]

[ravenry]

[ a shiny new prosthetic arm hello

she has no idea this could be a thing, so she stares openly for a second too long. ]

No. I am glad to see you are more ready to be treated than some others. How are you faring, Sidon?

w2 ; mon

[ravenry]

[ she is not great with the cold because her country is an island, but these ELCs are neat to see in their paddocks, and they are probably more suitable in size for sidon than shouxue. she is holding herself for warmth, as she watches them. ]

I've never seen anything like them before.

[ on account of them being more technology. ]

[polliwog]

[ he's so not great with the cold either, on account of being an amphibian, but they make do. he's not about to just stay huddled on the ship for a week. and the elc are interesting—he reaches out, stopping short of touching one, letting it sniff and nudge his fingers with its snout. ]

I've seen machines in the shape of animals. But they did not really act so lifelike.

[ it is a wonder. ]

[ravenry]

[ is he mostly nakie does he put on clothes for the cold or nah

shouxue is bundled up, but she still shivers every now and then. sidon is so brave.... she is not ready to reach out yet. ]

Is that so? How advanced is your machinery?

w3 ; MON/TUES

[ravenry]

[ it's after midnight what the fuck places this pc based on my real time, the cusp of monday to tuesday.

they are both awake at midnight because i say so. who cares where they are? a void rift opens! they're pulled in! they can't get out until they live through some trauma!

shouxue looks like she wants to fade out of existence, as if she weren't having enough trouble digging herself out of the hate yourself hole she already had. ]

[polliwog]

[ it's hard to tell how time is moving in a place like this, it makes sense.

the scene around them plays out, raucous noise and even tenser silence; the rift holds the smell of old blood even as everything grows back into darkness. it's a heartbreaking memory, made worse for all that's happened.

he needs to say something. ]

...Shouxue? [ he'll crouch to see how she's doing, a hand on her shoulder. ] It's only a memory.

[ravenry]

[ she's not doing great. remembering how her mother died always leaves her feeling hollow for a while. she doesn't flinch when he touches her, but she barely moves to indicate she felt it. ]

Memories are how I keep living.

[ for better or worse. ]

w4 ; tues

[ravenry]

[ puts de clieu in Épc*t

she is looking at the meat clinging on the not eiffel tower. ]

Will that rot?

[ does it matter if they're dead? is the meat dead, too? ]

[polliwog]

[ HELP ME, takes the bus to Épc*t (real)

also she's so cute when she's dressed down too...

for the record he will be carrying her on his shoulders unless she has told him not to. ]

I don't think any of the meat here rots... it's almost like it's alive?

[ravenry]

[ she is investigating incognito in that icon.

THAT'S SO CUTE. affection week....... means she'll allow it (hmph). she keeps as steady as she can on his shoulders. ]

Alive? [ she didn't think about it like that before now. ] I suppose with all the information we've been finding lately... it'd make more sense if it were alive.

[ she grimaces. ]

Take me to the top.

[ time to be the highest she's ever been in her life. ]

w4 ; weds

[polliwog]

[ okay well he will not be there right when she wakes up so she can be recovered by sheba and get her clothes back. but it's really not a moment too soon when he greets her outside of the scrap yard or wherever they've arrived this time. ]

Liu Shouxue!! [ he's immediately on a knee, hands on her shoulders. the vibe is deeply fretting, agitated from where he's undoubtedly been pacing about for a while. ] You've returned! Are you all right? Nothing hurts anymore, does it!?

we travel back in time

[ravenry]

[ she looks at him with a harrowed expression for a long second before she takes a step forward and wraps her arms around him as much as she can for a hug. ]

w5 ; mon

[polliwog]

[ the way they just made a million bars this week ]

Do you drink, Shouxue?

[ he doesn't know what a drinking age is. also for the sake of this pc, he will be wearing a cloak. ]

[ravenry]

[ everyone making a locations: everyone needs subpar alcohol

it only takes multiple injuries for a zora to be cloaked. she also doesn't know what a drinking age is. ]

I don't often get the chance or desire to.

[ it's usually tea and more tea back home. ]

w5 ; thurs

[ravenry]

[ she waits for a while after he revives before she comes to find him. she checks and sees how receptive he may or may not be to company before she approaches. ]

Sidon....?

[polliwog]

[ awww, shouxue. he's made himself sparse by going to the caverns, but he actually doesn't mind company.

he's sitting, legs in one of the cold water pools, glancing over his shoulder at her. there are red, glowing spots across his skin, but otherwise he looks fine now. ]

Shouxue. [ a little smile. ] Did you hear that something bad had happened? Sorry.

week 7; mon

[ravenry]

[ this can be after their mini cyoa, but she still hugs him whether they get away from the fields of reveries or not. ]

How long do you think we can resist?

[polliwog]

[ hug!! he hugs right back. they can just chill somewhere as he sorts through all they've seen. ]

Hm... I think we've got quite a while. [ of course they can be affected really quickly with the rage and stuff, but when it comes to this: ] No one yet has fallen victim to a promise of happiness that isn't real.

w7 ; sat

[polliwog]

[ UWAGHGHGHH LAST PC!!!!

he's got all the crystal rats carefully swaddled in a sling. just out by the observation deck somewhere, giving her a wave. ]

[ravenry]

[ UWAGH LAST PCS!!!

they've come so far.... she murdered him and now they're here. she plops down next to him. which means she should probably stand because he's so tall, but it's fine. ]

It's over.

[ said as a statement but meant as a question. ]