[7rings] catchall for beau

[shiftingwinds]

im making this a catchall in the hope that either beau will survive tomorrow or sqx will die quickly

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[shiftingwinds]

[shi qingxuan breathes out a little sigh of relief at that. good.]

Thank you. [she settles down to sit just in front of the jail cell, then, since she'll be here for a bit.] Would you like to talk about something entirely unrelated, to get your mind off it? Or...?

[what will help beau most? she wishes she knew her better; all she really knows is that beau's important to molly, and molly's important to beau.]

[disreguarded]

Sure, but - first.

[ her grip tightens on the bottle. ]

Can I ask you a favor? It's - like, I know I don't know you that well, so you can say no.

[shiftingwinds]

[immediately and earnestly: ]

Of course.

[she wants to help!]

[disreguarded]

Look after Molly. If something bad happens tomorrow, if I'm fucking - finished, or whatever, it doesn't matter, but you make sure he's okay.

[shiftingwinds]

[ah.

honestly, she thought it would be something like this. shi qingxuan nods once, entirely serious.]

I will. I'll do everything I can. [...] But if something bad does happen tomorrow, don't think for a second that he's just going to let it be, or that I will either.

I know he wants you to make it out of this. And... I'd like all of us to get out of this, too.

[disreguarded]

See, that's what I'm afraid of. I don't want him to fuck himself over for me.

[ sigh. ] But - I'm not gonna just take it lying down, obviously. Whatever is coming, I'm going to fight it.

[shiftingwinds]

I'm not about to let that happen, either.

[if she has anything to say about it, beau and molly are both getting out of this.]

...he told me why you came here. So - I know, you're not going to give up.

[disreguarded]

[ she... smiles, ruefully. ]

He did? Figures. [ huff. ] I let him die once. I'm not doing it again.

[shiftingwinds]

That's a really noble reason to be here.

[she says it entirely sincerely. i'm sorry.]

So - I'd like to see you both make it out of this. Whatever happens tomorrow... I hope it turns out well.

[disreguarded]

... Me too.

[ she doesn't sound like she believes it, though. she's just going to drink, a whole lot. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[beau is so valid.]

...I'm sorry we didn't figure it out. For what it's worth - I didn't vote for you.

[disreguarded]

I believe you.

It's - fine. Or, you know, it's not? But I would've voted for me too.

[shiftingwinds]

It's not fine at all.

We messed up. [...] I don't know how we're going to put it right, but I'm going to try to make sure we don't mess up again.

[ @ flurry im begging you have someone kill sqx i don't have the energy to keep this up for eight weeks this was a bad character choice on my part]

[disreguarded]

[ britt for endgame

she nods a bit. ]

I'm with you on that one. [...] For right now, though, I'm just gonna get drunk.

[shiftingwinds]

That's fair.

[shi qingxuan would absolutely be doing the exact same in beau's shoes, if someone was willing to bring her alcohol.]

If you think of anything else you want...