[7rings] catchall for steven

[shiftingwinds]

i'll make this post pretty when i'm less canonblind to steven

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w0, saturday 2.0

[shiftingwinds]

[time to revisit some evidence in the (spins wheel) gym!

unfortunately, word of mod is the evidence all poofed after the trial, so. here they are, all ready to investigate, and there's... there's nothing.

shi qingxuan frowns.]

...well, now what?

[kokytos]

[ Good lord... just all gone, like that? There's no way they could've had the time to just clean it all up manually. It's akin to the mess made in the first weekend and how that also disappeared overnight. ]

...So once a trial's done, it's just done.

[shiftingwinds]

It appears so.

[which, can she just say? she hates that.]

It doesn't seem quite right to me.

[kokytos]

Can it for anyone who cares even remotely about the outcome?

[ He's sure there are people here who do care -- like SQX. Steven, too, can't just let it go as another person's problem. They're all involved now. ]

Nine hours really isn't enough time to make the verdict.

[shiftingwinds]

I've never heard of an investigation with such a short amount of time allotted to it.

[usually, it takes much longer. although she doesn't typically investigate murder.]

[kokytos]

The murder, the lockdown leading up to it, the odd things all around... it all adds to a high pressure environment. Maybe it's engineered that way, to force us to point fingers, panic, cast the first stone.

[ He sighs, quietly. ]

We don't even know if it was a murder.

[shiftingwinds]

...I don't see how it can possibly be considered "justice" if we still don't even know what happened.

[just!

ugh!!]

w0, sunday 2.0

[shiftingwinds]

[what's up steven, sqx's one day of sobriety is over.

which is to say! she's at the bar, again, and when he enters the common room, she's just filling a glass with some wine. upon seeing him, she waves him over.]

Care to join me? I won't be having much, today [better safe than sorry! she doesn't want to be blackout drunk if someone else dies!] but I do recall you said you'd wouldn't be opposed to being my drinking partner.

[kokytos]

[ Oh? Steven looks up as he's called to, and smiles easily as he walks his way over. His tone is light and teasing as he speaks. ]

Given your prowess at this particular thing, I'll take "not much" with a grain of salt if you don't mind.

But I did agree to that, yeah. [ Sitting in, then! What do you got? ]

[shiftingwinds]

[she pours him some! on tonight's menu is an expensive madeira wine. once that's done, she passes the glass over to him.]

I'm being serious. I don't want to get so drunk that I can't function if something else happens.

[kokytos]

[ He laughs to that! ]

Well, don't mind me if I don't keep up as fast, so I can keep up as long, instead.

[ He accepts the wine! ] Oh, good taste.

[shiftingwinds]

It's enjoyable, isn't it? I've not had wine of this type before coming here, but I think I may have to make an attempt to procure it when I return home.

[she's a god she can get whatever alcohol she wants.]

[kokytos]

Well, I do partake in wine myself every now and then. Some of the people I've known over my life have, let's say, extravagant tastes when it comes to wine.

w1, wednesday

[shiftingwinds]

[well! where's steven? shi qingxuan is coming to look for him.]

I was thinking - how would you like to go look at the stars in that room, like we talked about?

[kokytos]

[ Steven's probably hanging around in the kitchen around noon, trying to get some food. He looks awkward about it, his brows furrowed deeply and he's just staring at his sandwich while chewing. As SQX comes up to him though, he swallows and blinks, taking a moment to think and -- oh yeah... they made those plans, huh? ]

Oh. Right, yeah. Just a second, hands hurt.

[ What does that have to do with anything. He just immediately closes his eyes with his brows furrowed. ]

I meant -- just give me a second...

[shiftingwinds]

[


uh.]

Your hands hurt..? Are you alright?

[kokytos]

... [ Honestly, what the hell WAS that. He just shrugs a moment, though. ]

I meant -- well, no I -- [ FUCK. Where's his rhythm and ability to talk, he hates this week. ] I meant my hands hurt, yesterday, and I was thinking about it and --

[ God damn it. He sighs. Let him start from the beginning. ] I went into one of those healing pods yesterday, and it works, but it left my hands hurting for a little while afterwards. It was a weird effect, it was on my mind.

[shiftingwinds]

[she frowns softly at that.]

But you said just a second, "hands hurt". That sounded like it was happening right now, not that they were hurting in the past.

[she's a little worried...]

[kokytos]

I might've punched a wall then done some weird things earlier this week.

-- [ NO, why the hell did he say that. He definitely is making a face now, and looks at Qingxuan furtively like she's going to ask another question now because of that. ]

I'm fine! I swear. It's just been a weird week.

WEEK 2, MONDAY.

[kokytos]

[ He does eventually find himself in the Biome -- it's nice here. Somehow, each and every week the place seems to just get bigger... it's fascinating.

He seems to be a little lost in thought, his fingers reaching up and touching a large broadleaf green plant, mind elsewhere... ]

[shiftingwinds]

[shi qingxuan isn't sure if she should interrupt - he does seem to be pretty deeply in thought... but. well, they're both here, so.]

...it's really pretty here, isn't it?

[kokytos]

[ Oh -- he glances over at her, and hi memshare -- for a moment, instead of Steven, Shi Qingxuan is going to see a very large and imposing, and yet gentle-looking man looking back at her, all the crimson contrasting sharply with the beautiful green that's the same colour as his eyes. It's just a moment, though, as Steven speaks. ]

It is. How are you feeling? I'm glad that it looks like you recovered well.

[shiftingwinds]

[oh, what the -

it's just for an instant. when she blinks, it's steven in front of her again. ...is she just seeing things, she wonders? well, it's probably not his problem, so she opts not to react to it for now, aside from the way her eyes widen slightly in surprise before she smiles.]

I'm feeling fine. A few hours in that healing pod, and I'm as good as new.

[kokytos]

[ Steven isn't someone who wouldn't notice something like that, but he doesn't know what it means, yet. So he just lets it slide, greeting her with a smile. ]

Those things really are magic, aren't they? Thank God we have them now, especially if things keep getting crazy.

[shiftingwinds]

[excuse me gmail where the hell is my notif for this]

It's a relief to have them, that's true! They've really come in handy. [...] But it'd be better all around if we had no need of them.

[everyone stop getting hurt challenge]