AUDIENCE FOR: su jiuqing

[saturations]

Comments

[saturations]

...sure ok
i might not be able to drink it right away
but sure

[jiuqing is decent and even if they aren't really up for company she's polite and they can ask a few questions. good for everyone.]

[countermeasures]

[onward she goes to find their arch! once she arrives, she'll wave, and then send another text - ]

do you prefer peppermint or chamomile?

[saturations]

[she will have to enter the archway, but she can at least see there's a blanket pile on the bed with a faint light shining under it. give them a moment.]

peppermint ig?
theyre both ok

[countermeasures]

[peppermint it is! they'll get a cup of peppermint tea set near them, and then she backs off so she doesn't make them uncomfortable.]

there you are.
i hope it helps you to relax

[saturations]

[well. a shadow hand (the left one) slithers out from the blanket pile before pulling the tea back into their nest.]

thx

[there's a pause, and then a second message.]

u can sit down if u want
im sure u have questions

[she can be comfy on the floor or the couch or their computer chair, if she'd like.]

[countermeasures]

[she'll take a seat on the edge of the couch, then!]

i do, but...
i don't wish to interrogate you while you're resting

is there anything i can do to help you recover?

[saturations]

idk
is it an interrogation if i offered?
i think all i can do is stay here until its better

[countermeasures]

i suppose administering medical treatment might be difficult...

[given. gestures. their Everything.]

but if you really don't mind if i ask...
yesterday, some of the others said they felt almost compelled to feel differently than they normally would.

did that happen to you today?
you seemed rather more aggressive than you did last time we spoke.

[saturations]

its different than it is for u guys
shale took care of us
well be ok
its
idk
compulsion does and doesnt feel right
i recognized the feelings
but i dont know if i would have acted on them normally
even though they were mine

[countermeasures]

i'm glad you have shale to look after you, in that case

[but... hmm.

she taps her chin, thinking, and then types something on her phone.]

would it be more accurate to say that your inhibitions had loosened up, then?

[saturations]

mmmmaybe?
like the colors i dont focus on most of the time started being used
so ig thats maybe close
so it became easier to listen to those ideas and emotions

[countermeasures]

i don't entirely understand, but i'm still getting used to the idea of colors being linked to emotions...

[she hums, considering that for a few moments.]

did it have something to do with that archway, do you think?

[saturations]

im not sure
never seen that archway before
sometimes different ones show up
but this was new
its possible

[countermeasures]

the archways...

how do they work, anyway? is it normal for them to just appear like that?

[saturations]

["Depends on what you consider normal, and I feel like we have two different ideas."]

sometimes
but they dont always act like that
where people get locked inside and stuff

[countermeasures]

[to be fair, jiuqing is pretty much entirely a normie except for the part where she died and then woke up in her past body with all her memories intact.]

don't always...?
have they done that before, then? or was this the first time?

["was it because of us..."]

[saturations]

weve ended up other places before without warning
but not really like what happened today
this was new

[countermeasures]

you have?
what sort of places have you ended up in?

[saturations]

different ones
im sure once the prism settles again u will get to see more places too
dont worry

[countermeasures]

i'll try not to

[(looks at color change) she will not succeed]

i wish i understood more about the prism
i feel a little silly, having to ask you all so many things about it

[saturations]

[she's doing great.]

its a confusing place when u arent used to it
but its still a nice place once u get to know it better

[countermeasures]

how long do you think it would take someone to get used to it?

[saturations]

depends on how much you do to help keep it settled
but u guys are already making things better
so maybe not that long at all

[countermeasures]

[are they making things better? are they really?]

well
we certainly don't want to make things worse
even if it seems like we do that without meaning to sometimes

[saturations]

i take back my original thought
i dont think its entirely ur guys fault
its a combination of stuff