AUDIENCE FOR: su jiuqing

[saturations]

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[countermeasures]

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.

[saturations]

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?

[countermeasures]

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.

[saturations]

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

[countermeasures]

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.

[saturations]

["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?

[countermeasures]

[(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.

[saturations]

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

[countermeasures]

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...

[saturations]

nowhere to go
surrounded
whats this war even about?
why the attacks?

[countermeasures]

The country of Yan invaded.

[because a certain sociopathic princess who was sent to him for a political marriage got pissed off and stabbed him. i cannot remember if jiuqing actually heard about that or not.]

From what I understand, they wanted to expand their borders by encroaching on ours.

[saturations]

p sure theres a better way to do it that doesnt involve war
but that sucks

[countermeasures]

[i went back and double checked because it was bothering me and]

...well, they did try that first. One of the princesses of our country was sent to marry their prince to keep them from attacking us. Unfortunately, she ended up stabbing him a few months into the marriage, and that gave him an excuse to an invade.

[saturations]

wouldnt it have just been easier to break up?

[haha. yikes!]

[countermeasures]

You'd think that. But I think Yan was planning to invade, regardless. She just gave them the excuse they were hoping for.

[saturations]

there has to be a weakness to make them stop

[countermeasures]

If there is, General Lin will find it... he's already started to turn the tides.

[...she makes a face when she says his name, though. dumb man.]

[saturations]

[they notice this.]

not a fan?

[countermeasures]

He's good at commanding an army, but he's bad at a lot of other things.

[she sighs]

He tried to send me home when he found out I was there.

[saturations]

ur a doctor
why tf would he do that?

[countermeasures]

Exactly. That's what I said. Thank you!

[a huff]

He was trying to protect me. As if I'm not capable of protecting myself.

[saturations]

why are so many of u from places where they dont let girls do anything??

[countermeasures]

I wish I knew.

[saturations]

dumb...
ur probably way smarter than him too

[countermeasures]

I am.

[she doesn't sound like she's bragging. she just says this as if it's a simple fact.]