[7rings] catchall for mahito

[shiftingwinds]

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w0, monday

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[i really don't want to know why mahito is stacking chairs in the conference room but shi qingxuan, unfortunately, would ask. so.

upon entering the room and being greeted with that sight, she clears her throat.]

...what are you doing?

[touchups]

[IT'S FINE!!! He's stacking chairs from another, smaller stack of chairs, so he can make the first stack even TALLER...

But he'll pause in his stacking to wave over at her. God.]

Ah? I'm making a chair tower.

[That explains nothing!! Helpfully:] Wanna help?

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[


shi qingxuan has no idea what this is about, and comes to the conclusion that this is probably some kind of indulgence on his part. so:]

Sure!

[she grabs a chair. i hate this.]

w1, sunday

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[belatedly i realize that i should have asked you where the flea would be oh well

anyway, after three hours and some more time to convince ming yi to leave her unattended, shi qingxuan will leave the medbay! i assume she runs into mahito somewhere. you pick where, i don't know what he's up to.

anyway, when she spots him, she waves. with her yaoihand.]

[touchups]

[i dont know what he's up to either

BUT THEY CAN BE spins wheel IN THE PLANETARIUM. He's on the floor when she waves with her big ol' yaoi hand and it honest to god takes him everything in his gremlin body to not laugh about it. He can't help cracking a smile, though.

With a little wave in return:]

Good to see you in one piece and mostly back to normal.

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[she shoots her yaoihand a withering look]

I'm looking forward to "completely back to normal"!

w2, monday

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[where is the flea today, aki? what flea things is he doing? wherever he is and whatever he's up to, shi qingxuan will eventually come across him.

and almost immediately, they get thrown into a memory once they make eye contact. enjoy shi qingxuan being a gremlin and also blood rain.]

[touchups]

[The flea is vibing in the gardens! Doing flea things!! Which in this case is just hanging out with the flowers, apparently. He really is just sitting on the grass, back to a whole bush full of fresh blooms. Seems like she's not the only one giving him much needed makeovers either, since he's wearing his hair in a braid today with a green ribbon threaded through.

He reflexively raises his head when he hears her approach though, which is BAD NEWS GOD. NOOOOO ANOTHER MEMORY--

It's disorienting, to say the least! Every time so far, that's exactly what it's been!! But at least this memory doesn't seem to hold any hidden suffering (or super open suffering), as so many others he's been privy to.

After that and the blood rain fade, he shakes his head, still looking out of sorts.]

Ah... Wow. You really hang out with a whole cast of characters, huh...?

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[with his back to the flowers?? at least look at them, flea! wow!

anyway, it really is disorienting. when they come out of it, she blinks a few times, and then chuckles. whew, okay, no actual blood rain here.]

...ahaha, the Heavens are full of people like that... and so is the ghost realm.

w2, friday

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[WE'RE HERE IN THE PLANETARIUM WHAT'S UP WITH THE FLEA]

...Mahito?

[touchups]

[THE FLEA IS HERE!!! The flea is lying on his back with his hands folded over his chest, just looking up at the dim twinkling lights of a particularly sparse solar system. Bleak.

He'll look over when he hears his name called though, and raises a hand in his usual greeting.]

Hey. Three this time, huh?

[WHAT'S WITH THE STEADY INCREASE.]

w2, saturday

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[hi mahito welcome to the void!!

anyway, ming yi is safe, but shi qingxuan still looks upset. why would that be? because, after all - ]

...I can't believe after all that we still didn't catch someone.

[touchups]

[YEAH. So much for their grand declarations of detectiving, huh.]

Feels like we made a little progress? But in the end...

[All they had were two lists of nine people and some clown shoes. Sad.]

w2 sunday

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[RNG SAID OPIUM DEN BUT I FEEL LIKE SQX WOULD NOT GO THERE SO, BIOME IT IS!!

Mahito's sitting in front of some rose bushes, a pristine passionflower tucked into his hair. She'll probably recognize it as the one he was wearing during trial, too. When he notices her, he'll nod in greeting.]

Weird one today, huh?

[He didn't dip early unlike some people but LORD, WHAT A RIDE.]

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[oof, yeah, you can say that again.]

It was... not what I expected from this place.

w3, friday

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[rng has put us in the dog park where mahito is hopefully not trying to let the dogs kill him again]

...Mahito?

[is the flea doing something weird again. what's he up to.]

[touchups]

[YEAH HE IS!!!!

No he isn't, but he is just sitting on the grass with a little pupper in his lap, flapping its big ears around. He'll look up when his name is called, though!]

Ah - hi. [Hi friend... He appears to be in a bit of a sulky mood, compared to his usual nonchalance on Fridays.] Wanna pet him?

w3, sunday

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[i rnged and got the circus. so!



here's sqx. she's in the circus already. she's halfway across the tightrope, apparently testing her balance? don't startle her.

(or, like. do. a sunday death would be funny as fuck.)]

[touchups]

[STOP KILL ON SCHEDULE.

Mahito's moseying in because he's a clown and this is where he deserves to be, but he'll pause once he notices her up on the tightrope.]

...Whatcha doing?

w5, monday

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[rng gave me the pool (of blood?) and i'm not going to lie i just had the funniest mental image of sqx standing at the edge of it trying to decide if she wants to try to get in and mahito just yeeting in to do a cannonball into it



which is probably not going to be what happens here but i felt the need to share it with you. but that does beg the question - what is the flea doing?]

[touchups]

[GOD I WISH HE WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO YEET A FULLASS CANNONBALL INTO THE POTENTIAL BLOOL. Unfortunately he is still in possession of one braincell... That doesn't mean he won't dip his foot in there at some point during this conversation, though.

For now, he's walking around the perimeter and appears to be looking for something. He'll stop when he gets close to Shi Qingxuan, gesturing poolward.]

--Kind of a creepy room, huh?

w5 thurs

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[SHI QINGXUAN YOUR FUCKIN LEGGGG. Mahito's not expecting it to be back magically by the time he pops his head into the medbay later in the evening, just because he's using Childe's bone hand as a comparison point. God.

Still, he's gotta check... on this... absolute disaster team since he likes everyone on it. God.]

--You good? Up for company?

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[she is


hopping from the pod to a cot when he speaks up. hopping, because she's absolutely still missing a leg, yeah. she looks over with surprise, loses her balance, and has to throw an arm out to catch herself.

unfortunately it's her injured arm! she hisses.]

I'm good! I'm good.

w7, saturday

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[there's a flea on the beach!


there's also sqx, who's staring out at the water. this is a crappy starter but i've been awake since 3 am, cut me some slack.]

[touchups]

[grips ur shoulders may sleep soon free you

Anyway, here's a flea!! A flea on the beach!! He's just sort of wandering along the tideline, holding a wholeass beach umbrella?? It's fine.

He'll stop once he spots square enix though, raising a free hand.]

Hey!

[A friendly hello from one murderer to another, haha!!]