it's fumkin noisy in here but he's doing his best! he seems to be doggedly playing one game in particular. it's a rhythm game, one of those taiko drum ones, and he seems like he's really concentrating, ears perked up and forward. is he perhaps trying to get a high score? maybe. it's not out of the question because he actually is doing pretty good, he's got near perfects on all of the notes. oh, also, he's wearing this.
in any case, he's very clearly not paying attention to anything around him so this is your chance to jumpscare the shit out of him if you'd like. ]
[snazzy outfit... you get a fit check in return. waner is sort of wandering around the arcade hesitantly, never having seen anything like this before, watching the various games warily. eventually shec omes across jiaoqiu, watching him play the game.
he's pretty good at this. alas, if waner were more of a gremlin, she would try to startle him. instead, she waits for his song to finish and then applauds.]
thankfully, she's nice enough to wait for the song to finish, and though he does jump a little at the applause, he doesn't throw anything in fright so that's nice. instead, he glances over at her, and huffs in amusement. ]
I'm terrible at most of them, but yes, they are games. [ tilts his head. ] Are places like these familiar to you? I know many of our number have expressed to me that this place is overwhelming.
[ he'll show her the taiko game, though - gestures for her to take a drumstick. you look like the kind of girl that could have some fun whacking a drum tbh ]
[morning is perhaps a little early for alcohol, but someone is double-dead, so you know what, all bets are off. which isn't to say waner is getting plastered, because she isn't; rather, she's seated at a table with her phone open to the death announcement, a notebook in which she's scribbling notes in front of her, and a small glass of rice wine off to the side.
there's a lipstick stain on the rim, and it seems there's just a bit of the liquid missing; she's only taken a sip or two. but her brows are pinched, and after a moment, she takes another sip before scribbling something else down.
she doesn't seem to notice anyone approaching, but she also seems to be focusing pretty hard.]
[ well, as someone who knows how it is to be snuck up on, jiaoqiu sees her at the bar focusing, and makes a lot of noise as he comes in. rams into a table, causes a chair to skitter across the floor, and then: ]
Arbiter -- who put this here. [ ... ] Sorry about that.
[rng gave me the garden which is really funny bc i've started other pcs with "she starts to go for the garden for a stroll and stops because the fucking muRDER APPLES" already so uhhhh. ignores that and rngs again.
hot springs this time, so i guess she is seeking comfort at the end of all that, which is to say she is sighing a little as she sits at the edge of one, dipping her feet into the water.]
no this is perfect because all my pcs are set here anyway, so - he comes over to join her, taking off his boots. and also pulling the knife out of his boot and setting it aside don't worry about that. ]
No, it is alright. Tensions were running high for nine hours straight - nobody is at their best in those things. I likely interpreted what you were saying wrongly.
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w0, MONDAY
it's fumkin noisy in here but he's doing his best! he seems to be doggedly playing one game in particular. it's a rhythm game, one of those taiko drum ones, and he seems like he's really concentrating, ears perked up and forward. is he perhaps trying to get a high score? maybe. it's not out of the question because he actually is doing pretty good, he's got near perfects on all of the notes. oh, also, he's wearing this.
in any case, he's very clearly not paying attention to anything around him so this is your chance to jumpscare the shit out of him if you'd like. ]
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he's pretty good at this. alas, if waner were more of a gremlin, she would try to startle him. instead, she waits for his song to finish and then applauds.]
That was wonderful!
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thankfully, she's nice enough to wait for the song to finish, and though he does jump a little at the applause, he doesn't throw anything in fright so that's nice. instead, he glances over at her, and huffs in amusement. ]
Ah... thank you. This is rather fun.
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[arcades... are a very foreign concept to her]
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No, this is entirely unfamiliar to me. I have never seen a collection of games such as this in Daxing.
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[ he'll show her the taiko game, though - gestures for her to take a drumstick. you look like the kind of girl that could have some fun whacking a drum tbh ]
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w0, friday
there's a lipstick stain on the rim, and it seems there's just a bit of the liquid missing; she's only taken a sip or two. but her brows are pinched, and after a moment, she takes another sip before scribbling something else down.
she doesn't seem to notice anyone approaching, but she also seems to be focusing pretty hard.]
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Arbiter -- who put this here. [ ... ] Sorry about that.
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...are you alright, Jiaoqiu?
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[ makes his way over to the bar without further problems... ]
Are you alright?
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I'm... [she hesitates.] ...well enough. As well as anyone can be under the circumstances.
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Understandable. [ ... ] I don't think a single person expected this.
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w0, SATURDAY 2
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waner pauses a few paces away from him.]
...Jiaoqiu?
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Hello, Su Waner.
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...for what it is worth, I do wish that had ended differently.
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week 1, saturday
hot springs this time, so i guess she is seeking comfort at the end of all that, which is to say she is sighing a little as she sits at the edge of one, dipping her feet into the water.]
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no this is perfect because all my pcs are set here anyway, so - he comes over to join her, taking off his boots. and also pulling the knife out of his boot and setting it aside don't worry about that. ]
... Hello, Su Waner.
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[her gaze flicks to the knife that i do not remember him showing at trial and she just kind of nods to herself like, yeah, that makes sense.]
That was... exhausting.
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It was. That sort of situation is something straight from the battlefield. [ ... ] I wanted to apologize again, if I came off as rude.
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No, it is alright. Tensions were running high for nine hours straight - nobody is at their best in those things. I likely interpreted what you were saying wrongly.
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Like with General Jing Yuan, I just hope people do not carry a sour memory of that child in their hearts forever.
[ a sigh. ]
It's hard to remain at your best for that long, you're right.
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