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[liuli]

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[shiftingwinds]

[in they go, then! she really could just leave him with the alcohol, but if he's okay to have company over...

well, maybe it will be better to have someone on hand in case the migraine gets worse?

(she believes him, because she's an idiot.)]

I'm happy to help. Let me know if it gets worse, okay? Most headaches I've dealt with have been from hangovers, but I'm pretty familiar with them, nonetheless.

[liuli]

[ thanks sqx!

luckily, chang geng believed him also, so. he will gladly just knock back that entire cup. he could go for the bottle, at this rate. ]

Mm, meimei is too kind. [ ufufu. ] I bet you've hardly noticed something's off this week, have you?

[shiftingwinds]

...something's off?

[you mean like



other than molwii?]

[liuli]

[ . . . ]

Well. Several things are off. But in particular, I can't seem to say a single remark that I'd say is lighthearted teasing. [ NO BULLY ] At all. No matter how hard I try.

[shiftingwinds]

[


huh.]

I wonder why that would be? Even if your teasing can be a little embarrassing sometimes, it's not as though you mean it maliciously or anything. Gu-xiong isn't that kind of person.

[...well, she does actually think that, but it also just kind of slips out.]

[liuli]

Well, I'm touched you'd say so.

[ at least he's usually nice to qingxuan so it's not that weird. he sighs.]

Try to insult me. Like you really mean it. Just imagine that I was the one who replaced all of the rice wine.

[shiftingwinds]

You—

[she puffs out her cheeks]

—were probably only looking out for my safety, which is very kind of you. [a beat.] Wait, what?

[liuli]

[ he just immediately reaches over her for the baiju bottle and pops the top off to take a swig. ]

[shiftingwinds]

We can't say anything insulting at all?

[well. not that she does much insulting, but. it's kind of restrictive?]

—Gluttony is a real jerk... oh, wait, that came out okay.

[liuli]

You can if it's not to the person's face.

[ they just want them to be passive aggressive this week. ] Didn't know you felt that way about Gluttony.

[ ...

just. while they're going. he takes another drink. ] White's an idiot who nearly died from trying to eat evidence.

[shiftingwinds]

[kindness week? no, it's passagg week.]

...ah, well...

[haha! haha. she looks away and takes a drink.]

...wait, he did?

[that was


when she was cursed too i think. it's all a blur.]

[liuli]

Yes. It was when you were cursed, likely. I stopped him, and we discovered Omi had been poisoned seconds later.

Very heroic of me. [ is he starting to regret it now? (no) (ok maybe a little) ]

[shiftingwinds]

I thought he was smarter than to try to eat evidence...

[no one wants to hear this from shi "bite me!" qingxuan]

[liuli]

Don't think that, because he did it twice.

[shiftingwinds]

...why would he do that...

[liuli]

Because he's an idiot.

[shiftingwinds]

[huh. she can't remember him being so blunt about someone before.



she pours him another glass of baijiu and scoots it to him.]

[liuli]

[ it has been

a horrible day. watch him just fuckin drain that cup. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[oh, mood.



she pours him another cup.]

[liuli]

[ thanks. he at least does not down the whole thing this time, just sort of regards it. ]

I think I'd take not having a hand over this.

[shiftingwinds]

[she sips at her drink]

...I guess it can be hard not to be able to express yourself the way you're used to. I hope this week goes by quickly.

[liuli]

Mn.

[ ugh.

there's a pause. he pulls a face. ] There's also whatever was happening in the common room.

[shiftingwinds]

It reminds me of what happened to Aoi and I after we started fighting.

[she's, uh, more than a little concerned about that.]

...if it's anything like the power I have, it should wear off at... um, the end of the week. [...] But I sent Lust a message, and they said that maybe they would be able to intervene with it if it gets too bad.

[liuli]

That makes two of us.

[ and three actually because he knows at least one other one. ]

That makes me wonder who it could have been. Lust did it to you all, right? Not someone among our group? They said they 'fixed it' when I asked, when it came to you.

Molly has it. You have it. That's at least one if not two others. And why now, I wonder.

[shiftingwinds]

[she nods]

Mmhm, they said they did it so that we wouldn't try to hurt each other anymore. [which, uh, fair. cola and i were so ready to just let them bash their heads in on that table.]

But there shouldn't have been any need for them to do that again - and not to the two of them, of all people. Why now and why them, is what I want to know.