SHI QING XUAN

[aubins]

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[aubins]

[ they'll keep up a steady pace through all of this. ]

And then...?

[shiftingwinds]

[imagine if someone walked by while she was just doxxing this]

...I started to change, too. My nails became claws, and... it looked like pupils were opening up on my hands...? Something came out of my back, and my head started aching and bleeding, so much that I couldn't see, because it got into my eyes. [the pain might not have been real, but she can still remember it - yikes.] ...and it - felt like I was growing a tail...?

Then the lights went out, and I heard that purring sound again. When they came back on, my head was bleeding a little, and I just... I felt so tired and sore.

[she brings a hand up to rub at the back of her neck, and then pauses]

...I think the burn is still here.

[aubins]

[ ... what the fuck do you say to something like that. ]

Did it feel... more real than the simulation room usually does? Or ... is there even any way to tell them apart? Reality and the fake room.

[ hang on he's going to lean around to take a look to see if the burn IS there. ]

[shiftingwinds]

...it felt real while it was happening. I don't know how I'd be able to tell them apart.

[she brushes her hair out of the way so he can look and -

yeah, there sure is a burn on the back of her neck.]

[aubins]

... I wonder if you really saw something important. And whatever it was that happened after was some sort of security system.

Like being caught by guards.

[ .... oof. yeah, okay. he's going to open the door to his room as soon as they're close enough, and help her up the stairs to the loft area. ]

Stay put, I'll be back in a moment with something for that burn and that wound.

[shiftingwinds]

I don't know... we can ask the Avatars about it, maybe.

[when she's not exhausted?



anyway, for now, she's just going to stay put in the loft area, trying not to bleed on anything. (it's only slight bleeding, anyway, so it's fine.)]

...thanks, Yuri.

[aubins]

Don't worry about, Shi.

[ he's nyooooooooming. as fast as he can.

when he's back with the items in question, he'll set them down on the bed, but his attention is going to that burn mark first and foremost. ]

It's really just these injuries, you're not keeping anything else quiet?

[shiftingwinds]

[oh



something occurs to her, and she glances down at one of her hands.]

...well, it doesn't have to do with that room, but.

[aubins]

[ he just doing the visual equivalent of

?

right now ]

[shiftingwinds]

[she holds up her hand, where there is now an envy tattoo instead of a gluttony one]

[aubins]

[ i'm assuming he's mid burn salve application and just


stops.

and takes her hand to look at the tattoo. ]

...

You switched?

[shiftingwinds]

[she nods]

Yes. It... felt like the right thing to do.

[aubins]

After what Gluttony did to you?

[ he

flaps her hand slightly. and then sets it down to go back to the whole patching up the girl routine. ]

How did you even get that offer? Did you ask Envy to swap?

[shiftingwinds]

[she shakes her head]

...no, I was going to try and stick it out. But... I didn't want Envy to be alone. [...] I asked Envy if it would be possible on Saturday, after the trial. They said it might be, but...

I had to convince Gluttony to let me go, first. [she makes a face] They weren't going to, but... well, they did eventually.

[aubins]

...

What did you have to do to convince them?

[ it's said very seriously. ]

[shiftingwinds]

We just argued a little! It's fine, it's fine.

[...]

I think I might have offended them a bit, but they didn't do anything to me. They did say they were wondering if I was going to try and... "waste my time" trying to help people, but.

If it helps Envy, even a little - even if it's just to make things easier for him so he doesn't feel lonely, I can't think of that as a waste.

[aubins]

[ IS IT? ]

...

If you feel like you're doing what's right, then... [ he shrugs. ] You've made your choice, so it's not my place to pass any judgement. Envy seems alright though. Maybe less like he'll literally make you feel like you want to die, too.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha... that's true.

[it was 98% wanting to help envy and 2% being scared of gluttony]

How hard can it be to be jealous, right? Maybe it won't be as easy as just drinking whatever I can get my hands on, but it should be fine.

[aubins]

...

[ sigh. ]

Start with drinking whatever other people are having, and go from there.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha, I can just not drink anything at all! [...] And then be annoyed whenever I see anyone else drinking, I guess.

[aubins]

...

[ he just. finishes sticking some gauze on her head wound.

and then baps her with a pillow in the arm. ]

You've got to figure it out now.

[shiftingwinds]

I think it will be fine. I... had a pretty good example of what counts for envy last week?

[(closes eyes in strip check)]

[aubins]

...

[ hm. ]

I talked to Wrath after we got here, because... well. My brand of wrath is maybe a little different. Talk to Envy, if you're worried.

...

Speaking of, I checked out the Life Support room.

[shiftingwinds]

I'm sure it will work out.

[but right! he was looking into things too... honestly she was worried he might have gotten injured while looking like she did. hopefully he was smarter about it.]

Oh, what did you find there?

[aubins]

The bodies looked ... well. Strange. People who are still living were breathing, and the dead weren't. But the living looked faded, and the dead looked... well. Like they were fading to monochrome -- Tamaki and Beau were the worst, and everyone else was a little less monochrome. I think it's going by week.

I couldn't get the doors open to look closer. But when I spoke to Wrath later to confirm something they told me yesterday, they implied the bodies in the Life Support room are fake.