catch-all: jiuqing.

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how did we not have a catch all already

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week one, monday.

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[Wow. The library is officially Nogiku's new favorite place to sleep? She already has a couple of books in her arms when she notices Jiuqing.]

What do you think of this place?

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[jiuqing, meanwhile, is nestled comfortably into a chair and has quite a sizeable pile of books stacked near her. one is open on her lap, but she looks up from it with a smile when nogiku speaks.]

I've never seen so many books in one place before. It's wonderful.

week one, friday.

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[Looking for Jiuqing, until she finally finds her in the medbay.]

... Doctor. [Somber.] Have you noticed anything new?

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[she shakes her head]

No... there's nothing out of place here. It's as if he never...

[her voice trails off.]

week two, wednesday

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[after the mini-event, jiuqing swings by the bar because she's kind of thirsty from all the running around



and finds nogiku there, i assume]

Oh... Miss Nogiku?

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[Nogiku is here. Drinking something non-alcoholic behind the bar, actually, because Scarlet only has energy drinks and code red.]

Doctor. Do you want me to grab you something?

week two, saturday

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[hi, nogiku, welcome to the bar!



jiuqing is standing behind it, contemplating a jug of rice wine like she almost wants to drink the whole thing.]

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[She's so valid.

Nogiku pauses after entering the bar, following her gaze.]

...

Is that one any good?

week two, sunday

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[jiuqing is here on the rooftop.




vibing.]

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[Ma'am, your vibes?

Nogiku stops after emerging from the elevator, watching her.]

...

Did you come here for the quiet?

[That she is immediately wrecking?]

week three, monday

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[here they are, just minding their own business wherever that happens to be, when a bubble very rudely sneaks up on them. jiuqing's eyes widen when she realizes they've been caught inside it.]

...ah.

[this is not the first time this has happened to her today, so she knows what to do already. with a look of resignation, she touches the bubble, and it glows a soft color.

a memory plays out, and jiuqing is reminded of why she hates her father so much. ugh.]

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[It might be hard to tell, but Nogiku seems to be slightly thankful to her for touching the bubble first. However...

She scoffs.]

... Your father's a real piece of work, huh?

week three, saturday.

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[A text, short and sweet:]

I'm sorry.

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it wasn't your fault

week three, sunday

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[so much happened today! wow!

once the dust settles, jiuqing can be found in the medical bay. her neck has been neatly wrapped with proper gauze and bandages, and she's being good and resting since she's drained and exhausted today.

she looks over when she spots nogiku out of the corner of her eye, though.]

Miss Nogiku... hello.

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[Everything happened so fucking much today. Wowie!

Nogiku smells a little of smoke when she comes looking for Jiuqing, but it isn't too overpowering... Unless Jiuqing has a sensitive nose, anyway.]

Hey... [God. She moves further into the room to sit down, somewhere nearby.] Have you used a pod yet?

week four, tuesday

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[hello we're here in the void. jiuqing is vibing nicely.

she smiles when she sees nogiku]

Hello, Miss Nogiku.

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Su-san.

[Jiuqing, your vibes... Nogiku seems apprehensive.]

How are you feeling?

week four, friday

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[vibing in the greenhouse... jiuqing can be found up here at some point after prompto's texts, tending to the plants, her vibes solemn.

when she hears someone enter, she looks up.]

Miss Nogiku... hello.

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... Jiuqing.

[Nogiku, for her part, seems to be somewhere between sad and angry. Sangry, if you would.]

Were you close to either of them?

week four, sunday

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[beach it is because i have a few on the rooftop already



jiuqing came here to think, but she is finding that being on the beach is not especially relaxing, because every time she glances at the lifeguard station she remembers the picture riff sent of the charizard and remembers that vanille died here.

anyway. her vibes are nowhere near as calm as they were at the execution, since she's not making a point of touching the amber stone on the hairpin - they're a mixture of grief and anger and sorrow, tinged with regret, as she stares out at the waves.]

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[...

Yeah, the beach isn't nearly as pretty as it once was— especially with the knowledge that a woman died here.

Nogiku comes to a stop a few paces away from her, a complicated mess of emotions rattling in her skull. Anger, sorrow, regret and a bone deep exhaustion.]

... Jiuqing.

week five, thursday

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[well! here they are in the central node.

or rather - jiuqing's on the way back to the apartments, having just come out of the medbay archway. she looks kind of tired, which is probably why she stops to take a seat on one of the benches for a moment. just need to take a breather...

she looks up when she hears footsteps though.]

Miss Nogiku?

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[Honestly, Nogiku seemed to be on her way to the medbay herself — though she slows down when she notices her.]

... Hey, Jiuqing. Were you in the medbay just now?

week five, sunday.

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—Jiuqing.

[Of course, she's coming to see her after the mess of that execution. They can be in the medbay, where Nogiku glances at the pods.]

Was Clarte-san stabilized?

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They used the pods.

[i do not yet know what the results are, though. jiuqing also glances at the pods, exhausted.]

week six, thursday.

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[if you're in the medbay and i'm in the medbay then who's making the special deliveries

aka nogiku will be tending to the remnants of her cyoa injuries whenever jiuqing emerges from the pod... which she better have used, help.]

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[she did use the pod! for three hours, at that!

...but unfortunately she is still mcfuckedup. while she isn't actively gushing blood anymore - her wounds are actually visible now that the black, tarlike substance is gone.

and they are numerous. while they're all stabilized and healing, they're still pretty rough looking, and will need bandages. she'll have to be very, very careful not to reopen them over the next couple of days, but at least they don't seem to be immediately life threatening?

the most obvious thing is she's pretty badly bruised - there are mottled bruises all over. face, arms, neck... but there are a lot of injuries that are just barely starting to heal over that were bleeding at one time. jiuqing is heading over to where the bandages are when she realizes nogiku is there, too.]

...M-Miss Nogiku...?

week six, friday.

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[Here they are, in the library.

Nogiku is covering her nose and mouth, eyes a little red, looking incredibly frustrated.]

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[jiuqing is reading.

well, no, she's trying to read.




well no she's slamming her book shut with a low noise in the back of her throat and just slumping over it, upset.]

week six, saturday.

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[She's waiting for Jiuqing to get out of the pod, hello.]

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[hello! it is roughly five hours after the animal meeting. jiuqing is oblivious to the texting that's been going on.

she comes out of the pod, her bruises having faded and the rest of her wounds having healed into thin scars, and looks a little surprised to see nogiku there]

...Miss Nogiku?

week seven, friday

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[not me almost going into the w3 curfew post because it was the first post i saw that i had access to on this journal

anyway, wow. here they are in this shitty-ass motel.]

...we need - we need to find a way back. To help them.

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[Jiuqing travels back in time to warn us against cult leaders.

This shitty ass motel looks just as bad as Nogiku feels, though. She's visibly agitated, scratching at an eye tattoo that has sprouted on the back of her hand.]

Yes. But we also need to find a way to save them. [Which is what's stressing her out the most, tbh.] There's no quarantine anymore. So, if we're forced to kill them... Then what?

week seven, saturday

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[well. here they are in the park.

jiuqing is looking at the tree. she... still has her etch-a-sketch with her.]

...I guess we didn't really end up needing these after all. But... maybe it will be good to have them for tomorrow, just in case.

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[Meanwhile, Nogiku considers her pin and gumball collections.]

... It feels like we were all too prepared for things to go wrong, huh? Though we still don't know what will happen tomorrow.