as she steps through the quartz arch, she will find herself standing in a traditional Japanese-style room - tatami mats on the floor, and sliding paper doors on every side. there are no windows, or even decorations on the walls. it's dim in here, lit only by low candles and shadows crawling out of every corner. it's very, very silent.
[ sometimes your home is just a horrorshow it's fine i guess
after a moment, another sliding door moves aside revealing ... woah, another room, a lot like the first one. except slightly bigger, a low table in the middle of it and a tatami cushion to sit on next to it. ]
[in she goes! she'll glance at the ground and swap out her shoes if it looks like she's supposed to/there are indoor slippers to be wearing, but if there aren't, she'll just head carefully in.]
My name is Su Jiuqing. Do you have a name you prefer to go by...? The devices we were given refer to you as "Steel," but I know some of us were suggesting names to you all yesterday...
[ there are no slippers, but there isn't much of anything else either, like maybe this was somewhat haphazardly put here because they remembered that people generally like a place to sit. ]
I do not have a preference - I have not needed to go by a name for some time now. Steel is fine. The others refer to me this way.
[she'll take a seat, then, because humans do in fact like having places to sit. thoughtful of them!]
Understood. Steel it is, in that case. [she pauses, and then tilts her head to one side.] I believe I overheard you teaching people how to deal with the pests yesterday. Is that why we don't need to worry about being accosted by monsters or those... clown... things anymore? I do appreciate that; it was getting a little...
It is more difficult to control this place with so many of you here, and all of the various color and emotions you are bringing with you. Where we might have been able to easily change it before, it is now a more complicated task. What was bending a piece of wire is now forcing steel to change shape.
The ... romantic aspect, I would expect it is something that many of you have brought. Some form of knowledge about this strange fertility festival, and how it ought to be celebrated around this time.
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as she steps through the quartz arch, she will find herself standing in a traditional Japanese-style room - tatami mats on the floor, and sliding paper doors on every side. there are no windows, or even decorations on the walls. it's dim in here, lit only by low candles and shadows crawling out of every corner. it's very, very silent.
No one seems to be around?]
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she suddenly feels like she's intruding, honestly.
lingering there, she clears her throat, and then calls out - ]
Hello? Is anyone home...?
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And then the sound of slithering scales, and the candles all flicker, and out of seemingly nowhere: a voice.]
Another one then.
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Ah... yes. I thought perhaps I should come to introduce myself, since we didn't get the chance to talk yesterday.
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after a moment, another sliding door moves aside revealing ... woah, another room, a lot like the first one. except slightly bigger, a low table in the middle of it and a tatami cushion to sit on next to it. ]
Very well. Introduce yourself.
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My name is Su Jiuqing. Do you have a name you prefer to go by...? The devices we were given refer to you as "Steel," but I know some of us were suggesting names to you all yesterday...
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I do not have a preference - I have not needed to go by a name for some time now. Steel is fine. The others refer to me this way.
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Understood. Steel it is, in that case. [she pauses, and then tilts her head to one side.] I believe I overheard you teaching people how to deal with the pests yesterday. Is that why we don't need to worry about being accosted by monsters or those... clown... things anymore? I do appreciate that; it was getting a little...
[her voice trails off]
...complicated, to get around with them that way.
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[ they just be saying it. ]
At the very least, you will have a way to deal with them should they stir up again.
[ or start a very horrible valentine's day event i guess ]
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[she smiles]
Thank you for your help with that. I hope the group of us is... less annoying to you than the pests.
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Slightly.
[ rude! ]
You will get used to the place in time. It isn't so terrible.
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[mmmmmmmmm.]
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We were trying to improve things! For your benefit!
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I just don't really understand why it all seems to be so focused on romance of some kind or another... I wonder what went wrong.
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It is more difficult to control this place with so many of you here, and all of the various color and emotions you are bringing with you. Where we might have been able to easily change it before, it is now a more complicated task. What was bending a piece of wire is now forcing steel to change shape.
The ... romantic aspect, I would expect it is something that many of you have brought. Some form of knowledge about this strange fertility festival, and how it ought to be celebrated around this time.
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[what in the fuck is a valentine's day. jiuqing doesn't know. at this point she's not sure she wants to know, either.]
Well... hopefully as we become more accustomed to using our colors, we'll be more of a help than a hindrance in setting things to right.
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You are already using it well, as far as I can tell.
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[she smiles]
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You are finding the others are in great need of it?
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Unfortunately, yes.
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It is the nature of large groups of people ...
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I don't have much experience with it personally. It hasn't been something that has concerned me much, needing to be healed.
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