r u a doctor... cause i need some vitamin u

[nightchild]

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week zero, friday

[countermeasures]

[i assume this is meant for me because i can see it.

anyway! here they are in the void. jiuqing's out for a walk at some point after they've all received their invitation to the murder mystery party tomorrow. when she spots itsuki, she waves.]

Hello, Itsuki!

[nightchild]

[STOPPP the way i made this post for pcs and harassed u on the public mingle instead]

Hey, Jiu-chan. [he looks pleased about running into her] Mind if I join you?

week 1 friday

[nightchild]

[help everything is bad,

Itsuki heads over to Su Jiuqing immediately, glancing her over for her general condition and Mental State bc apparently she had to go out and find a body!!!!!]

Jiu-chan, [ahhHHhHHhhH] ...is it true? Ryu-kun...

[and of course the first thing itsuki does is bring it up]

[countermeasures]

Yes, it's true.

[everything is so bad. she's here in the medical bay, busying herself with taking stock of the medical supplies now that things have restocked again. she's a doctor; she knows that it's possible for patients to die. she won't let herself cry about it, but none of this sits right with her at all.]

...it was like this place wanted us to find him. At first I thought perhaps I had come here out of habit, or because I was thinking about coming by to check on the injured after I changed clothes back at the apartments, but the longer I think about it... I'm sure I didn't walk through the archway to the medical bay.

week one, sunday

[nightchild]

[itsuki's vibe is tense, but like he's overall trying to be as calm as ever!!! it's fine, when he spots Jiuqing he'll head on over,]

How's your hand?

[countermeasures]

[oh, same hat. jiuqing nods a greeting to him, but her expression is neutral because she's trying to force calm where it doesn't exist.]

It's fine. [she lifts her hand! it's been cleaned up and bandaged lightly.] A few days and it will be good as new.

week 2 friday

[nightchild]

[Itsuki will gently knock on the door of wherever Jiuqing is, smiling a little]

Hey, Jiu-chan.

[he waves his right hand at her, the knuckles are torn and scraped]

Can I get a bandage?

[countermeasures]

[she's in the medbay so this works.

she looks up, her eyes zeroing in on his knuckles, and crosses over to take his hand in both of hers (thank you touch week) before leading him over to the bandages.]

Of course.

[she'll set to clearing out the scrapes first.]

...what happened to you?

week two, saturday

[countermeasures]

[once kashuu's dumb self has gotten medical treatment, jiuqing comes to find itsuki.

her intent is to reach over and touch his arm again. but it's touch week, and this is probably never going to happen again, so instead she finds herself hugging him behind. she is as surprised about this as he is, probably.

but, after a moment, she speaks.]

...Itsuki.

[it's just his name because honestly she doesn't know what to say.]

[nightchild]

[all of his emotions feel sticky and slow, like he's caught in the middle. he knows that he's moving and breathing, but he's not really reacting. then he feels a pressure at his back and arms wrapping around him, and for a moment he can see

...

he looks down at the hands around his middle. he knows those hands, they helped bandage his just yesterday. ah. he closes his eyes, and just starts to cry]

week three, monday

[countermeasures]

[seriously! here they are, just minding their own business, and suddenly they're stuck in a bubble! if this was happening during touch week they'd probably end up cuddling, but it's not, and so here they are.

jiuqing, deciding that itsuki has had a rough enough time recently without his memories being laid bare for other people to see, reaches out to touch the bubble herself. it glows with a soft light, and then -

it's a quick memory, but it probably does a lot to explain her attitude towards some things so far. ...unfortunately, maybe love is a subject that should have been avoided with itsuki?

no taking it back now, though.

(you'll get another memshare later i just really did want to share this one with him.)]

[nightchild]

[AHHH THIS MEMORY

Itsuki blinks as the memory fades from view. He has seen Jiuqing look serious before, many times -- but all in the context of her determination. He's never seen her so forbidding, or so resigned.

Though maybe it shouldn't be a surprise, considering the subject. Love is something that always invokes strong opinions... And he can't find it in himself to criticize or feel regret for her choice...

But he'd be lying if he said he wasn't curious,]

...You sounded like you were speaking from experience.

week 3 friday

[nightchild]

jiu-chan
can i see you

[countermeasures]

[a read receipt comes up. it's a few minutes before she actually responds, but eventually -]

where are you?

week 3 saturday

[nightchild]

[jiuqing is really good at hiding, huh...

not that itsuki can blame her,]

can i drop by

[countermeasures]

i won't be good company

week three, sunday

[countermeasures]

[jiuqing is in the medbay because even though i think it would be delightful if she died, she is absolutely not into that. so! i don't know what the status is of the medbay pods but after an appropriate amount of time for her to not be bleeding out (and after vax and percy have taken a turn, presumably), she can be found there with proper gauze and bandages around her neck, reorganizing the supplies and stealing some bandages and painkillers to restock her bag.

...but she's drained and exhausted, so before she's finished with that, she takes a break. when itsuki enters, she's just stifling a yawn with one hand as she takes a seat.

what a day.]

[nightchild]

[swats jiuqing death from ur hands

Itsuki will head straight to her,]

...When's the last time you took a break?

week four saturday

[nightchild]

[he'll wander over to the gardens when he sees her,

he'd say something, but his emotions are probably answer enough... just a mixture of exhaustion, with touch of pain. how's jiuqing doing,]

[countermeasures]

[well


she's still mostly calm! but also she's still got that calming hairpin in her hair, so. that probably has something to do with it. there's definitely melancholy creeping in at the edges of that calm, though.

she looks up.]

...Itsuki.

week 5 monday

[nightchild]

[we're at the renn faire now, hehehe. Itsuki peers at the stalls selling trinkets.]

Huh... Jiu-chan, look at this.

[he holds up a plague doctor mask.... the little placard on the table has a brief description on it]

It says that this is something doctors wear.

[countermeasures]

[huh...

she takes the mask and holds it up to her face.]

Does it suit me?

week 5 friday

[nightchild]

[he's coming into the medbay!!! He looks exhausted, but he figures it's no more fatigued than how everyone else is feeling. If he can remind himself of that, then he can keep going.]

Jiu-chan. Did you already have your break?

[countermeasures]

[she looks


pretty fckin exhausted, herself. but she's been powering through it because it's not like she can just let crow die of hypothermia just because she needs a nap. for now though he is stable and resting, and she looks over at itsuki, her expression shifting to concern when she sees how tired he looks.]

...no, but I believe this may be a good time for both of us to take one.

week 6 monday

[nightchild]

[they're at the volcano now bc i see that jiuqing is spending her time there???

Itsuki will carefully follow the path behind her,]

At least the mountain has a rink and a lodge...

[WHAT DOES THE VOLCANO HAVE...]

[countermeasures]

[why do they have a volcano... truly she does not understand.

but! better to explore it thoroughly now than to be seeing it for the first time if, god forbid, someone dies here this weekend.]

I don't really see the appeal in this place...

week 6 thursday

[nightchild]

[MEDBAY TIME

Itsuki will sit next to wherever Jiuqing is. Half of his face and his left shoulder are bandaged, but enough about him, how's jiuqing...]

...How are you doing? I heard about the volcano.

[countermeasures]

[...well.

she used the pod! but she looks significantly more worse-off now that the black, tarlike substance is gone, because instead of looking like someone just dumped black goo on her, it is now possible to see the full extent of her injuries. she's pretty heavily bandaged all over, and most of the parts of her that are not bandaged are mottled with bruises.

how is she even alive. don't worry about it.]

I'm... [her brow furrows. god itsuki why are you hurt.] ...what happened to you...?

week 6 saturday @usernotfound

[nightchild]

[after trial, a text will pop up dated to just a few minutes after curfew on thursday. characters will not be able to reply.]

im sorry for breaking my promise
wish i could have kept it to the end
your trust is important to me since you gave it to me, of all people
i need to go but
i hope i get to see you tomorrow, jiu-chan
and i hope you're alive
feels selfish to keep asking for you to hang in there but
please do, okay?
see you soon

[countermeasures]

[well




i hope you know jiuqing is just going to collapse in the medbay sobbing about this!]

week 7 wednesday

[nightchild]

[the nice thing about having a fursona house is that he finally has a kitchen that's bigger than the one in the heliohoe apt!!!

as soon as jiuqing arrives he'll usher her over to the table, so he can pour her some tea]

Don't hold back, okay? S'been a while since I served tea to someone.

[countermeasures]

[she'll take a seat at the table!! and when the tea is poured, she smiles.]

I'm sure it's wonderful.

[she sips it! i am assuming it's fine but i'm going to hold off on having her react to it until you tell me what this tea is like because i live in fear of you being like "actually he burnt the tea leaves"]

week seven, saturday

[countermeasures]

[the medbay is a field of clover now!

jiuqing is sitting here, resting after a long day. she has a clover in her hand, and she's twirling it between her fingers, deep in thought. she seems pretty peaceful.]

[nightchild]

[i can absolutely read i promise,

Itsuki will call out to her from a little distance away first, so that he doesn't sneak up on her.]

...I forgot that this place changed.