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[tranquilforest]

My deepest apologies for not being home to you. Lin Xinyao will respond as soon as possible.

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[sunborne]

Hi Miss Jing! :D

I hope you're doing well and I also hope I'm not bothering you right now or anything. I'm wondering if I could ask you for a favour if you're feeling up for it. Just a teeny tiny favour, I swear!

[ADORABLE!!!]

[tranquilforest]

Hello Daylight! Thank you very much for asking after me.

If it's within my power, I would be glad to help you.

[Especially after all your help for the festival, but this isn't a transactional thing!]

[he really cares for miss jing ; ;]

[sunborne]

I was wondering if you're open to the idea of being an art model?

I don't wanna be rusty when it comes to my drawings - Especially with humans! It's been forever since I've drawn a human! - so I thought it'll be best if I start practicing by sketching out my friends here in the Temple.

post-storm

[purrtagonist]

[Akira returns to the medical tent in the midst of the city battered and scraped, but victorious]

[he didn't do much. at least, not compared to those who traversed into the very center of the storm. all he did was stay on the outer edges of it, dodging flying debris and keeping an eye on his fellow circle members. it was almost instinct, the way he watched them, reminiscent of the days he'd observe the battlefield like a hawk to make sure his teammates were fighting to their best abilities. some habits are just hard to break. leader mode is one of them]

[his clothes are torn around his arms and legs, shallow scrapes slicing into his skin and trickling small drops of blood. he looks disheveled, hair windswept and wild, and as soon as he finds a place to sit down he is plopping right into it with a deep sigh. and because of that, it might take him a moment to realize Jing is here, too]

-- Jing-san?

[but he does address her when he realizes her presence]

[tranquilforest]

[There's something almost disappointingly familiar about this, but she knows where her own strengths and skills lie, even in a place as strange as this one, and she'd rather be of use than a liability. So waiting in relative safety while other members of the Circle, which made her restless and anxious, at least meant she was more or less guaranteed to remain in good enough health to take care of them when they did return.]

Haven't you been seen to yet, Akira? [She asks quietly, a quick glance of assessment enough to note the extent of his thankfully minor injuries. The battles Lady Astoria had embroiled them in thus far had been relatively bloodless, a circumstance for which she can only be grateful while it lasts.]

[purrtagonist]

[his response is instinctive]

Not yet. But don't worry about me-- there must be people who are worse off than I am.

[brushing off his own injuries for the sake of fussing over others. although even as he says that and takes a look around the first aid tent, he doesn't really see any other circle members in need of attention]

( action! during the sickness plot. )

[sunborne]

[ despite his better judgement - and the tutting voice in his head that sounds waaaay too much like granny ruby, he can't help realise - daylight pokes his head through the entrance of room that he’s sure is miss jing’s room.

(he had also thought the last three rooms had been miss jing's but details.) ]

Miss Jing? [ he tugs the sheet he's been wearing since the start of the flu. just to let her know that it's him. ] Are you okay? Do you need anything?

daylight plz put your ghost cosplay away

[tranquilforest]

[She sits up a little in her bed, mustering up a smile for Daylight. It's early yet in the course of this illness, and she feels unwell, but not necessarily debilitated. Yet. She remembers too well the information they had found back in Struxta, an illness so virulent that those who were afflicted had opted to do away with their bodies entirely.]

Daylight. It's good to see you. [Her voice trembles a little on the edge of a cough, but her tone is genuine enough.]

but it keeps the human-possibly-robot germs away

[sunborne]

It's good to see you too! [ he smiles back, braving the opportunity to slowly inch deeper into the room. day had been worried about miss jing since it became clear that there was a flu bug going on. most likely picked up from their time back on struxta, to daylight's unease.

he can't help but remember that medical report he and firo discovered at the library. ]

Have you been well? Do you need more blankets? Pillows? Coverings? I can go to the kitchen and get you apple juice if you want.

1/? avkvos arrival onwards until the network comes back online

[lumberlady]

Jing-jie? Can you hear me? It's Konoha. Are you here under the sea? Are you alright?

[lumberlady]

Jing-jie... ? It's Konoha. I guess your watch isn't working either... ?

[lumberlady]

test test

see?

hear?

text, once the network is back online

[foundafamily]

[After a while of failing to send a message, Firo has all but given up on any message of substance getting through and resorts to a strategy of pure volume and button-mashing. Giving someone a chance to confirm that they've received a message is for squares, or something.

So Jing will receive 10 identical messages of the following in quick succession:]

You OK?

[And about 6 of the following:]

Whe?re

[Text]

[tranquilforest]

[She'd given up early on the devices - not being in the habit for long enough to rely on them entirely - but when the chimes of incoming messages echo even in the chill darkness of the underwater caverns she was drifting through rather aimlessly she takes some notice:]

So you did

travel here

after all

[It's really too bad that her relief can't be conveyed effectively through the text.]

( during the two weeks of separation! //rolls in with starbucks yo. ) / ( 1/11 )

[sunborne]

Miss Jing?

( 2/11 )

[sunborne]

Miss Jing?

( 3/11 )

[sunborne]

Are you okay?

( 4/11 )

[sunborne]

Can you send a message back to me? Anything?

Please?

( 5/11 )

[sunborne]

Miss Jing?

( 6/11 )

[sunborne]

I hope you’re okay.

( 7/11 )

[sunborne]

Please be okay.

( 8/11 )

[sunborne]

So, um, to let you know that I’m okay—

I’m in some fields of coral. Lots of fishes and colours! The merfolk are kind of weird with me but I guess it’s because I’m mechanoid. Though they’re kind of weird with the others too.

Weird. [ weird. ]

Right! I’m gonna explore this place some more. I’ll let you know if something cool happens!

Talk to you soon!

[ … ]

I hope you’re safe out there.

( 9/11 )

[sunborne]

So… Explored and talked and hung out with the merfolk here. The fields are super pretty thanks to the corals and colours. I think you’ll like the coral and the dolphins the most if you were here too.

Just, um, hear me out and not go near some of the coral in some places. There’s some patches that look kind of gross so yuck. [ you can almost hear daylight sticking out his glossa when he typed this out. ]

( 10/11 )

[sunborne]

I wish you were here to enjoy it.

The others here are nice and I like the merfolk a lot — They can sing! And like art! — but… yeah.

It’ll be nicer if you were here.

( 11/11; garbled voice )

[sunborne]

[ in one breathless gasp: ]

Please don’t get mad that I almost went to jail and [ zzzt! ] some merfolk! It was for the sake of the investigation I’ve been telling you about since my [ aaazzztt! ] went funny!

Okaytalktoyousoonbye!!