SHI QING XUAN

[aubins]

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[aubins]

Is that all, she says.

[ he watches her select food and slowly drags it towards himself when it's close enough. ]

I like that you have this all planned out though. Is this a recent discovery or from years of experience?

[shiftingwinds]

[she winks at him]

Many, many years of experience.

[aubins]

[ pffft. ]

Something to line the stomach, something to hydrate you. You've definitely got it down to a fine art.

[ he lifts the glass like it's a toast. bottom's up. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[she orders herself a glass of wine, then toasts him back with it. cheers.]

Well, I'm glad my expertise could help you.

[aubins]

Here's to Shi Qingxuan and her wisdom gained from many years of drinking.

[ he taps his water glass against her wine glass and then starts drinking. here's to hydration. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[fuck yeah hydration]

So - the boat did this to you? I think I'd have preferred that to what happened on mine.

[aubins]

Yeah. We just got on it and came over all drunk. It was almost instantaneous.

[ ... ]

Do I want to know what happened on your boat trip?

[shiftingwinds]

There were ghosts.

[downs her entire drink.]

[aubins]

... Like... [ he waggles his fingers. wooOOOOOooooOOOOoooOOOoOoOoOoooooo ] scare the children so they behave ghosts?

[shiftingwinds]

...I don't know. Once I realized they were there, I closed my eyes so I wouldn't have to see them!

[aubins]

[ she's so valid. ]

Did it help?

[shiftingwinds]

I blocked out most of that from my memory, but I'm still alive, so it must have!

[aubins]

...

Good enough for me. If you didn't get cursed, or drown it's probably as good of a victory as you're going to get.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahahaha, yeah...! It worked out fine.

[


it did not. she orders another glass of wine and downs that immediately, too.]

[aubins]

[ ......


he just stares as he chews a mouthful of food and



reaches out to pat her shoulder. there there. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[


continues drinking heavily]

[aubins]

[ pats her arm more. ]

I recommend not thinking about it too much.

[shiftingwinds]

That's what I'm trying to do.

[unfortunately, her tolerance is so high that she can still think.]

[aubins]

...

[ munch. ]

... Is it working?

[shiftingwinds]

Not at all.

[DRINKS.]

[aubins]

[ he pats her arm again. ]

Maybe we should talk about something else.

[shiftingwinds]

That's probably a good idea.

[honestly, what could be worse than ghosts!!

(they'll find out in a few days.)]

Have you been keeping yourself occupied?

[aubins]

[ haha



ha ]

Sort of. Working on those indulgences is a challenge in and of itself, to some extent.

[shiftingwinds]

[a challenge... oh, she looks worried]

Have you been having trouble with it...?

[aubins]

Oh. No, I think I've got it for this week.

[ he shrugs. ] I just... might need to consider some options for the future. Wrath lends itself to outbursts or breaking something, and I'm not sure I want to piss off the Avatars by leaning into that.