SHI QING XUAN

[aubins]

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[shiftingwinds]

yes

[aubins]

where? i'll come find you.

[shiftingwinds]

common room

[and she is, in fact, in the common room! ...at the bar. sipping at a glass of water, but looking longingly at the bottles of alcohol she can't drink because she promised to behave on the weekends.]

[aubins]

[ yuri, being the great friend he is



is having some wine. ]

The house on the top floor's full of smoke. Locked too. Concerning, given I was in there last night but what can you do?

[shiftingwinds]

[she looks up from her glass of water at that. hello? what the hell?]

What?

[aubins]

[ right? ]

Yes.

It smelt pretty ashy, and there were dark wisps of smoke filling up the inside of the house.

[shiftingwinds]

...

[bad.]

You could have been really hurt... Smoke can make it hard to breathe, and if there was a fire, then... [aaaa, she hates it] Was anyone there with you? Are you all okay...?

[aubins]

[ haha well ]

Gu Yun, Molly, Prim, Yuel, Envy and Wrath were all there too. I think we’re all fine? I went back to investigate the house again with Molly, so he’s not out of commission.

[shiftingwinds]

[oh what the hell. that's so many of her favorite people in a burning building.]

...I'm really glad you're okay.

[aubins]

It was fine all evening. We were... really hungry before we passed out, but Envy eventually started stress baking so we had food.

... All we could smell was burnt food this morning though.

[ it’s fine? they’re fine. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[...hungry, huh. and burnt food smell...?]

Do you think it's a clue, then...? Like how there was evidence in the kitchen when the destinations at the airport changed to be related to food last week?

[aubins]

And the dogs being sluggish maybe being linked to drugging?

[ ... ]

... Potentially the method of death.

[shiftingwinds]

...

[don't like that!]

[aubins]

[ them's the breaks. ]

We'll find out tomorrow.

[shiftingwinds]

Right. At least that much should be obvious, and pretty quickly, too.

[like.. as soon as they get her body.. they should be able to tell if burning was involved]

[aubins]

[ hey, always look on the bright side of things. only! one! corpse!

KINDNESS WEEK, BAYBEEEE. ]

...

What’s the name of your new power, by the way? Just the name, if that’s what you prefer. [ because there is zero indication he will be saying anything more than just that. ]

[ topic shift AWAY from the concept of eleanor’s death ]

[shiftingwinds]

[


well, that's an easier topic, for sure!]

The name? It's "Doctors Hate Her". [she does not even hesitate to tell him.] What's yours?

[aubins]

[ oh they can go back to potentially burnt bodies later, but for now... ]

Insomnia.

Interesting name though.

[shiftingwinds]

Honestly, I'm not sure what it even has to do with what it does.

[aubins]

Throwing off people who are being nosey and looking up other people’s powers in the library? The name of mine doesn’t match what it does either.

[shiftingwinds]

...I don't mind sharing what mine does with you, you know. Unless you think we shouldn't?

[since he did. only ask for the name.]

[aubins]

It's up to you. I've had a couple of weeks of powers that I think are better kept quiet, that's all.

[shiftingwinds]

Oh... well, I think mine is alright to share. You don't have to share yours if you don't think you ought to, though. [she smiles] It allows me to alter my features to be someone else's of my choosing.

[a beat]

Can't see how I'd use it, unless someone was trying to kill me and I wanted to disguise myself as one of their friends so they'd leave me alone!

[aubins]

Just your features? ... For how long, an hour?

[ hm. ]

Hiding a wound maybe. Or if you'd left foot prints at the crime scene you could change your feet when people were looking at foot sizes?

[shiftingwinds]

Twenty-four hours.

[so... there's that.]

We've done enough comparisons to that sort of thing that it would be odd to suddenly match up with people you haven't before, I think - but maybe someone else wouldn't think that far ahead.