AUDIENCE FOR: su jiuqing

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Comments

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[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

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

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do you mind if i ask what you think it's a combination of?

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couldnt tell ya
im not sure myself
but i dont think its just one thing anymore

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well
let's all stay alert
perhaps we can figure it out by working together

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i hope so
and hopefully everyone will still work together

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i'll bully them into cooperating if i have to

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cut them some slack
its been a long week
the bullying can start tmmrw tho

[...with that though, the blanket lump wiggles briefly and they finally poke their head out. they almost appear even more shrouded in shadows of a blue-black variety despite being a solid form and their eyes are a brighter yellow. on the other hand, the cup of tea is empty. thanks jiuqing.]

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tomorrow it is

[she looks up at the rustling noise, though, and meets their eyes.

then she smiles, and says softly: ]

It is good to see you.

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[it's difficult to say what sort of expression they have, but they somehow do look a little cautious as they nod and send another message. this one plays back as audio though.]

u were here long enough it felt weird
thx again for the tea

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[oh! well... since it's audio, maybe she should speak out loud? she'll keep an eye on them to make sure they don't seem to uncomfortable with it, though.]

You're welcome. I hope it helped; I've always found that a cup of tea helps me to relax when I need to get some rest.

...but, really, if you're more comfortable not showing yourself... I don't mind. I don't want you to be uncomfortable in your own space.

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[they really only use audio when they have to speak to a large group or when they're comfortable one on one, so they shake their head.]

ya
im not rly good at making it myself even tho theres a kettle in the cabinet somewhere
and i like cold teas but a hot tea sounded good rn
anyway ur already here so its ok

[they will simply stay mostly in their blankets except for their head apparently.]

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I see...

[she smiles, thinking about that.]

I'm used to making tea... I drank it quite often in Daxing. If ever you'd like some, you can let me know.

[she traded chocolates for tea with buzen so she has a Stash now.]

Granted, I usually make it hot, but... I can put it in the cooling box in the apartment to make it cold, I think?

[it's called a refrigerator, jiuqing]

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thats nice of u
thx
shale makes tea sometimes too and its usually hot
i dont think one is better than the other
so dont worry about it
daxing is where ur from?

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I had tea with Shale once... they blend their own, and it's quite nice. Ah, but I'm sure you knew that already since you knew they make tea...

[she's babbling a little... whoops]

...yes, that's right.

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[su jiuqing is babbling but they actually don't seem to mind.]

im glad ur getting along with them
hopefully bass and steel too
whats daxing like?
if its a place u like i mean

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I think I get along with all four of you, for the most part...? I'm not entirely sure where I stand with Steel, but I like them well enough myself.

[they actually seem willing to talk to her so that kind of feels like a victory?]

Well... compared to here, I'm told that Daxing seems "old-fashioned" or "traditional". It never seemed that way to me, though. [it just kind of was...? she's from a historical-ish canon but like, that's her present.] The capital city is large and sprawling, and the nicest neighborhoods are near the imperial palace. I have a clinic in one of the less affluent parts of the city, but I left it in my mother's care to follow the army and serve as a doctor near the border.

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i feel like with steel u would know right away if they didnt like u
so ur probably safe haha
thats hard to imagine but it doesnt sound bad
u must be really smart if ur a doctor already too
why did u decide to follow the army?

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That's true... they don't really come off as the type to put up with someone they don't like.

[she hums.]

A few reasons. I was worried about the war already, since we'd been losing a lot of battles before General Lin was given command of the army. But then one of my friends, who comes from a military family, told me that she was going to go in disguise to join the fight even though her family wanted her to stay home where it was safe.

...so I made her take me with her.

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exactly
why did she join the fight?
she disguised herself as a man?
at least u have each other but
sounds dangerous

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Her brothers all trained to serve in the military, and she trained, too - although women aren't supposed to enlist where I'm from. But that never stopped her.

[tang yujiao is a badass.]

She's just as skilled with weapons as any man. And I'm one of the best doctors in the country, second only to my master - [this may not actually be true but canon has not shown us any doctors better than her other than the dude who taught her so she has a bit of an ego] - so why shouldn't we go? We'd do more good there than we would staying in the capital, waiting for everyone to come back.

And it's a good thing we went, too! There was plague in one of the cities at the borders. They were lucky I was there to handle it. Things were starting to get better before I ended up here... I hope everyone is alright.

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["That sort of sounds like a movie I saw once."]

whoa
that does sound pretty impressive if ur that skilled
im sure its ok if u were helping treat it but
a plague sounds bad
how did something like that start?

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[(me humming songs from mulan as i wrote that tag)]

It was because of how many people were dying during the war... the enemy army was just leaving bodies where they cut them down. It was such a mess, disease ran rampant quite quickly.

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that sounds
really gross
and really hard
but i guess with a war theres not a lot of time for burials is there

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It was dangerous, too, for the townspeople to go out and try to retrieve the bodies for burial... what if the other army was still around?

[she sighs]

But they were getting better. They were well enough to travel, anyway... we were in the process of getting ready to evacuate them to a safer location, because it looked like the Yan army was going to attack the city again...