pc catch-all; a-qing

[veraltwin]

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week 0; monday

[veraltwin]

[So Alisaie's out and about as one does and she sees a girl. A girl who is taller than her, but you know, that's not exactly out of the ordinary so we're ignoring that part. It's fine.

You know what isn't fine? The tripwire of empty cans that's been left stretched over the alleyway come now is someone trying to kill people???? And while normally Alisaie might expect someone to notice it on their own, this girl's walking with a stick and something about her movements is making it obvious that hey maybe she might not see that yet, even if she's doing fine so far.

So it looks like she's going to be a nuisance and interfere!]

It looks like somebody's taken the liberty of rigging tripwires while we've all been sleeping.

[taptap]

[ so here she is, day two of this subsequent kidnapping, and already her life is in danger. A-Qing jumps, stumbling back on where she was just about to step and whirls around with her handy dandy broomstick stick at the ready. ]

Ah? What kind of joke is that? Are they trying to kill me!? It's hard enough to navigate as it is..!

[veraltwin]

I suppose that all depends on who set these up in the first place. They might not have known you would venture in this direction.

[They might not have known she existed.]

I can try and dismantle it, if you'll wait a moment.

[taptap]

Aiyah....! Even worse, to fall into a trap meant for another.

[ her angry wriggling settles into muttered grumping but she seems to be content enough to let ali handle it ]

Cōng Ming, what happened to letting me know? [ there's a caw from up above but it seems somebody was distracted by shiny cans ]

[veraltwin]

[Yeah, she's just gonna... dismantle that setup and drag it off to one side of the road, maybe knot its free end to the original end so that it's not so easy to just string back up??? Honestly what is this]

Cōng Ming? [Looks up... ah.] Your companion?

All right, it's clear now. [By this point she's taken a closer look at A-Qing and she's pretty sure she knows what's up???] Whoever set this up may have set up other traps, however. Where were you heading?

week 0; friday

[veraltwin]

[At some point during this day, Alisaie is going to be dropping down into a chair nearby A-Qing. She doesn't know exactly how sensitive her hearing or spatial awareness is, so she's making a little bit more noise than usual as she approaches just to make sure she doesn't startle her...]

A-Qing, did you say you were all alone last night?

SHRIEKS I FORGOT TO REPLY TO THIS

[taptap]

[ she'll at least tilt her head in the right direction ]
Mm... I didn't know I would be locked in...

LMAO NO WORRIES as we see i got buried too

[veraltwin]

[A FROWN.....]

And were you in the room that you and Alphinaud are meant to be sharing? If so, I shall have words for him about it.

true mg experience: slingshotting multiple threads at the same time

[taptap]

[ she.. looks away........... ]

No, I had stepped out beforehand.

me literally just freakin' SCREAMING through my tags dear god

[veraltwin]

[That. Wasn't the answer she'd been expecting. Alisaie blinks.]

If you weren't in your room, where were you?

w1, thursday

[taptap]

[ anyway, heeeeey alisaie. welcome to the three for three tag combo. somebody seems to be out on her way to explore again cause honestly why would she stay cooped up when there's a wholeass city she can climb? for someone who can't see for beans, she sure has the adventurer spirit. ]

three for three

[veraltwin]

[You know what? GOOD ON HER. Alisaie sees you, A-Qing. You're valid.]

A-Qing! [We're putting this before she figured out that Alphinaud was missing because otherwise hahahahaha anyways--] Has this city been treating you better than our previous setting?

[taptap]

[ flexes her noodle arms ]

Oh...! Sister Alisaie...! [ hello!! ] This city is... [ that smile sure quickly slides into a grumpy frown, nose wrinkles and all ] Well, it has less traps thus far.

[veraltwin]

But is still a pain to navigate, I'm sure, what with how decrepit some of these buildings have become. Not to mention the struggle of having to learn the layout of a new city...

I was thinking of the discussion we had last week about the differences in magic between your world and my own. I'm not certain it would work--or indeed, if you'd even be interested in the first place--but I had an idea I would offer you.

Have you heard that the Watchers can restore abilities and skills we used from our home world?

[taptap]

[ that's a blink because that was a lot of words thrown at her. but she tilts her head slightly ]

They can...? How strange! Are they not the ones who blocked everyone in the first place? [ says the one who has no powers to begin with ]

week 2; wednesday

[veraltwin]

[A-Qing isn't going to have to go far to get this memory--Alisaie is in the grand salon, as she's been a couple times this week, her shards laid out on the table before her. She's collected a number of them now, and as much as she'd like to figure out how to destroy each and every one of them, something's preventing her from following through with it.

She reaches out, hovering her fingers over them. She doesn't want to relive them, but this week, they don't always get a choice. A sound startles her, and when she twists to see what made it, her hand drops, brushing against the shard.]

[taptap]

[ well! she was coming to find a place to hang out, tap tap at the ready but the memory cracked on top of her head sure takes precedence. by Wednesday, she's gotten rather familiar with the process, and by now she's more fascinated by the various places everyone's come from than the memory itself but oh- this. this!! her heart hurts for alisaie, the absolute nightmare of losing someone- especially in such a manner...! to have someone become a fierce corpse is a fate worse than death but this seems to be the nightmare beyond it and one she won't be forgetting anytime soon.

by the time the memory is over, her face is full of her own tears, leaning against the doorframe while she recovers. oof. ]

[veraltwin]

[There's a guilt in her own heart that's just as painful as when she lost Tesleen the first time, and Alisaie isn't sure if it's an echo of the memory they've both just seen or if it's because it's A-Qing who's seen it, dear A-Qing. She's out of her chair at once, making her way toward the girl.]

A-Qing... I'm so sorry. I didn't intend to set the memory off.

Would you like to sit down?

[taptap]

[ that's a quiet nod. but she reaches for alisaie, gripping her hand tight because what can she say so seeing such a thing? ]

What a terrible place- what a terrible fate. How could such a thing exist..?

[ she's so sad??? POOR TESLEEN ]

[veraltwin]

[There's literally no way Alisaie won't let her hang onto her hand, guiding them both to the sofa so that she doesn't have to let go if she doesn't want to. What a memory to get...]

There are always forces which claim their own desires more important than our world. What you saw was the result of one such.

[She gives A-Qing's hand a gentle squeeze.]

I cannot do anything to erase what you saw, but know that she is at peace now. I am certain of it.

week 2; saturday/sunday somewhere in there sob what is time

[veraltwin]

[BECAUSE A-QING NEEDED TO KNOW :T

At some point after her punishment Saturday night, Alisaie is going to go hunt down A-Qing. Because honestly, why wouldn't she...? Even though her daemon is still lethargic and listless, Taf is at least able to let her know when she finds her!]

A-Qing...? Might I speak to you?

waves hand

[taptap]

Alisaie...!

[ is that relief in her voice at seeing ali up and about after that? sure is..! somehow she'll manage to reach out to her without getting smacked in the face and vice versa. talent! ]

[veraltwin]

[They're great at this!! Somehow they'll find each other and Alisaie is suddenly finding it very hard to control her emotions, because wow???? This is rough!!!!]

How are you after today...?

[taptap]

Me?? A-Qing is perfectly fine compared to the others!

[ the straight up disbelief in her voice. ALISAIE PLS ]

I was so scared when they said your name...!!

[veraltwin]

[loOK NO ACTUALLY DON'T LOOK LEAVE HER BE IT'S FINE but anyways, there's a kind of huff of air that might be laughter if there was any sound behind it? It's not controlled, but gods, A-Qing is someone she doesn't have to constantly mask around so she gets to hear the mixture of I know and me too and some borderline edge of what might almost be hysteria if it wasn't so many other things first.]

I admit, I wasn't expecting it myself. I had not thought that voting for ourselves would be so harshly punished.