[the common room is cheese hell, now, which is a shame, because that's where the bar is. the bar was shaping up to be her favorite place, too! so here she is with a few bottles of assorted alcohol and two glasses (one for her, one just in case anyone shows up) in the music room.
she's seated in front of the harp, and is frowning a little as she plucks at its strings - it doesn't sound quite right... but she looks up and that frown turns into a smile when she realizes who else is there.]
[she's still at the bar, but she's cleaning up and putting the bottles away now that she's done making people play drinking games with her. she smiles as he approaches.]
Welcome back! [glances at the food...] Did you do some cooking?
[shi qingxuan comes to find molly and doesn't look very surprised to find him outside the simulation room. she's got something in a to-go bowl (probably from the vending machine) in one hand and a bottle of vodka from the bar tucked into the crook of her other arm - when she approaches, she offers both to him.]
[He'll just be sitting outside of the room, cross-legged on the floor. Maybe Beau is speaking to someone else for the time being. His big, extravagant coat isn't on, so maybe he's left it somewhere for now. There's still blood on his face, from the nose bleed, and it's starting to darken now with bruising. Monks hit awfully hard.
[Hi. This is probably pretty late Monday, because, let's be real, Molly hasn't really slept since like. Fuckin' Thursday. And even Sunday night was mostly because he managed to get himself so blackout drunk he just curled up anywhere for a while.
But eventually, he has to move again. Coming to find shi qingxuan wherever she might me.]
[I'm going to be entirely real: having lost her alcohol tolerance, Shi Qingxuan probably passed out at some point during 7 Minutes in Heaven. So, like. Molly will most likely find her as she's sitting up in the common room, looking wrecked.
[(puts on clown nose) rng gave me the common room where the bar is
but shi qingxuan isn't actually drinking. instead, she's sitting at it, reading over something in a notebook. her expression is mostly serious (but it's tinged with worry).
[three hours and however long it takes ming yi to get hungry and go looking for something to eat so we can have a conversation without him later, mollymauk will find shi qingxuan in the medbay.
she looks a lot better than she did earlier! in fact, she doesn't look injured at all. the only thing that does look strange is her yaoihand, which she's steadfastly ignoring. she has her phone in her other hand, and she's just tucking it back into her belt when molly enters.
when she looks up and realizes it's him, she smiles.]
[ Molly is seeking her out some time on Monday - a bottle in hand. He'd seen earlier that she'd been soap-attacked and maybe wanted to bring a little bit of comfort. You don't get your head almost popped and not want a little bit of help getting through it. When he sees her, he raises a hand, and]
This bloody dirt road, the middle of fucking nowhere. Ice still shimmers off one of the carts - why hadn’t she fucking warned you that Lorenzo was a spell caster? - there’s shouts and screams and orders being barked through the air. You can’t see Nott. You can’t see Caleb, but you can hear someone yelling off, not too far away. What was her name? Keg? Is practically cowering, paralyzed with fear somewhere across the way.
You can see Beau, scrambling to? From? Somewhere. She’s going somewhere, but it isn’t-
Between you. a man. Lorenzo. You know his name. That he has your friends captured, somewhere. Somehow. You have to stop him, and,
It’s too fucking close is what it is. She’s bleeding too. You’re bleeding, the eye on your hand is dripping, making holding your sword a little difficult and you think
Fuck
There’s the brief flash of bright pain you always feel when you use the Maledict, that’s familiar, but this time it digs a little too deep, it cuts too far and you’re on your ass before you can tell what’s happening.
Lorenzo turns to you, readying that nasty looking glaive
You can feel -
Blood splatters out of your mouth with the impact.
You grip at the blade at the end of the weapon - the part that’s not stuck eight inches deep in your chest - uselessly. the blood on your hands making it slick, the eye bleeding, and bleeding and bleeding—
It doesn’t hurt. It doesn’t hurt, is the thing you think to yourself, blade in your chest, back on the ground, looking up at this man - his boot on your stomach now, except of course. It hurts. You gasp for air, but there’s only more blood.
“An example it is.”
He looks down at you, leaning in close - as his hand tightens on the grip of his weapon it begins to twist. Excruciating pain. You’re dead. You’re dead and your brain, your heart, your betrayer of a body hasn’t quite caught the message yet.
Your mouth fills with blood again and you spit in his face. It hits with a splatter and he turns, only briefly, reaching up to touch it.
It’s cold today. It’s still morning, and it’s cold. snow is starting to fall. The man - Lorenzo - smirks down at you, wipes the blood from his face
“Respect.”
Then he twists the blade hard and you not hear as feel a crack.
she seems to be... looking for someone? she's sort of wandering the base. it's fine. but she always has time for molly, so when he comes up to her, she pauses, then reaches for one, trying for a little smile.]
[she greets him with a smile, lighting up when she sees him - and then she abruptly remembers yesterday and her cheeks flush crimson this is such a problem she's a disaster.]
I'm great!
[her voice comes out a little squeaky. she laughs awkwardly.]
shi qingxuan is hanging around the medbay! she can't just see mollymauk in that state and run off, after all. and since Word Of Alli is he's getting bored and taking it in shifts, she looks up when she hears one of the pods starting to open.]
[he looks a bit Caught in the Act. he may have already been harrassed back into this pod a few times.
by now though, his face is still pretty beat - his nose is off-kilter like it's obviously been broken, and the hole in his chest is gnarled over like a scar. his white shirt is completely bloodsoaked, but he isn't actively bleeding anymore.]
no that's a lie. she actually doesn't answer, though, because she starts coming down the hall back to her room after he knocks. when she spots him, she calls out - ]
Sure - you can if you'd like. But Shi is actually my family name - if you want to be less formal, Qingxuan is what you'd want to use. [a beat] ...can I call you Molly?
[she
defaults to the longer names because hers is pretty long so she doesn't bat an eyelash at it, honestly.]
he'll give her a while in the pod but eventually he rolls over to the medbay to poke his head in and see if maybe she's out or taking a break for a bit]
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