[7rings] catchall for fukuda

[shiftingwinds]

i was so convinced we already had a pc that i spent way too long trying to find it

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w1, saturday

[shiftingwinds]

[i'm. you know what. i'm just going to reuse this toplevel for every bar pc tonight.

anyway! shi qingxuan is here. she does not look happy. in fact, she's drinking directly from a big jug of rice wine, despite her nerfed alcohol tolerance. tomorrow she's probably going to be hungover as fuck.]

...ugh.

[holeful]

[Ma'am....]

Tonight's a good night for your indulgence, isn't it?

[shiftingwinds]

I think this probably counts for Despair. "Drink your sorrows away," or something.

[she groans, crosses her arms on the counter, and just. rests her face on them.]

[holeful]

Aah, I suppose it does.

[Pats her back....]

We don't have a good track record, do we.

[shiftingwinds]

Not in the slightest.

[mmmmmmgh.]

[holeful]

Ah, but I wanted to thank you for being concerned for me, during the trial...

[When he was trying to get shot.]

[shiftingwinds]

...of course I was concerned. You were volunteering to get shot.

[holeful]

[He laughs softly.]

You of all people know the best that I've dealt with worse, miss Qingxuan.
[His 70+ simulated deaths....]

[shiftingwinds]

So? You think because you've died before, it doesn't hurt? [she aims a drunken punch at his shoulder.] Pain is pain. You shouldn't have to go through that.

[holeful]

[He wobbles a little in his seat!!]

Well, you know, I'm just not worth that much. Haven't you wondered why they were willing to send me to die in a simulation that many times?

[shiftingwinds]

Don't say that.

[she. narrows her eyes at him.]

What do you mean, not worth that much? Who decides that? Who told you that?

[holeful]

[He shrugs.]

Wouldn't you say some people's lives are worth more than others?

[shiftingwinds]

No, I wouldn't.

[holeful]

... Really? Even if it's a prolific serial killer like miss Grell?

[shiftingwinds]

That doesn't mean her life is worth less. It may mean she has more things to answer for, but that doesn't change the value of a life.

[holeful]

Aah, you really are kind, miss Qingxuan... Is this the benevolence of a god?

[shiftingwinds]

...no. It's just what I think.

[holeful]

[A low hum. He takes a sip from whatever the fuck he's drinking. Maybe it's just vodka.]

Well, I don't know if most people think the way you do. If you need some to suffer for the greater good, you may as well pick people who've done something to deserve it. That sort of thinking.

[shiftingwinds]

I don't like that sort of thinking.

[holeful]

I'm not telling you to like it. I'm just telling you what people are like.

[shiftingwinds]

...you're not worth less than someone else to me.

[holeful]

...

[He's quiet for a long moment as he drinks more.]
Ah, saying things like that makes me really wish I could be from a world like yours.

[shiftingwinds]

...really?

[holeful]

Like I said, if there's gods where I'm from, they don't play an active role in helping their worshipers, the way you do.

[shiftingwinds]

Not every god is like that.