[7rings] catchall for aoi

[shiftingwinds]

i cant believe our first pc is when they're cursed in love

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w3, saturday

[shiftingwinds]

[are we just relocating the cuddleparty to aoi's room? yeah, probably.]

[gamerbrain]

[ definitely! enjoy aoi's. very empty room. save for some photos she's pinned up on the wall. ]

It's strange... Even though Aoi is sad about a lot of things... Aoi is happy, too.

[shiftingwinds]

...

[just. playing with her hair, i guess]

...hold on to that happiness, then. It will help keep the sadness at bay.

[gamerbrain]

[ oh this is nice. aoi is just a melty kitty. uwu ]

Aoi just isn't used to so many bad things happening in a happy route.

[shiftingwinds]

...it will get better. We came out of today knowing what happened, right? So... maybe it's a sign things will get better from here.

w3, sunday

[shiftingwinds]

[here they are in the kitchen!


shi qingxuan is a little concerned because she's seen aoi's cooking injuries before. but she comes with her, nonetheless.]

What are you planning to make?

[gamerbrain]

Umm... Not sure yet!

[ despite that, aoi is definitely already retrieving lots of mixing bowls and random ingredients? ]

What sort of food do you like?

[shiftingwinds]

[hmm...]

Well, I like sweets. [on the one hand, she does like sweets. on the other, she's mainly saying this because she thinks aoi would like sweets.] We could have some together.

[gamerbrain]

Goti!

... Aoi has already failed at making cookies too many times, so Aoi will try cake today.

[ hm. ]

[shiftingwinds]

Did you find a recipe to follow, Aoi?

w3, monday

[shiftingwinds]

[well

shi qingxuan has not woken up just yet. she's dozing in whichever of their rooms they fell asleep in last night, still cuddled up to aoi.]

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi wakes up.

and looks over at shi qinxuan.

and then stays where she is in the cuddle. hmmm. she doesn't want to wake her up, though. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[oh no



well, eventually, she'll wake up on her own. oh. hm. good morning. give her a second to process where she is...]

[gamerbrain]

[ she wakes! ]

... Boop boop. Good morning.

[shiftingwinds]

Good morning...

[she is


slowly remembering everything from between when they started fighting to now.

oh this feels awkward.]

w4, saturday

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi comes into the bar and. sits down beside shi qingxuan. ]

Can you give Aoi a drink? Aoi still doesn't know what's good.

[shiftingwinds]

[ma'am you're underage



but sqx, who cannot actually drink anything herself, will make her something. she remembers last time she didn't really like the taste of alcohol... so, this time, it's like. 95% pink lemonade, 5% vodka. can't have too much; what if aoi gets picked for executioner tomorrow?]

...here. Let me know what you think of this.

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi takes it. she has so little frame of reference that honestly she's just content to have been handed anything.

she takes a sip, and smiles! ]

... It's good.

[shiftingwinds]

I'm glad you like it.

[she smiles faintly]

...how are you feeling?

[gamerbrain]

[ she opens her mouth. and then looks at sqx. and then looks back down to her drink. ]

Aoi is fine. How are you?

w7, wednesday

[shiftingwinds]

[well!! into the pc cafe with sqx, who doesn't know anything at all about programming but with all the ai talk.. is trying to get more used to technology...

she pauses when she sees aoi is already there though]

...hi, Aoi.

[is it okay if she comes in... is she just going to make aoi feel awkward again...]

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi is sitting at a computer! although she doesn't appear to be doing anything on it.

as for if aoi is awkward... a little? but it's fine! ]

Boop boop. Hiya.

[shiftingwinds]

[aaaaa she doesn't want to make her uncomfortable


but "a little" isn't as bad as before, so. maybe she can try to bridge the gap and get her comfortable again? so she'll head over to a nearby computer and sit down.]

Is this the sort of thing you had where you came from?

[gamerbrain]

Yup.

[ she immediately assumes sqx means in the graveyard ]

Aoi was pretty excited when everyone said we got computers with internet access, but in the end Aoi preferred to spend time outside.

[shiftingwinds]

[


she actually meant her homeworld. but she'll roll with it.]

Computers with...? [a beat] Is that how you sent those messages? Or did you use your phones?