purities | catch-all: taair.

I'm fine. [their curfew streak... broken...] Though it looks like you were wrong about it being fate.

[this is the first thing you say on a friday? okay, mizu.

since taair is specifically looking with his healer eyes, though, he might notice mizu is favoring his left side. just a wee bit, and mostly only noticeable because mizu is very much right handed. this is fine.]

Where did you spend the night?

[ quynn i swear to FUCKING god ]

Haha... that's a shame. [ frowning. ] I was in the flower garden. Jiaoqiu's request, after yesterday...

[ his injuries tm. AND SPEAKING OF INJURIES YEAH!! OF COURSE HE NOTICES THIS!!! the frown deepens, and he approaches a little closer. ]

Mizu... are you alright?

[cease i've done nothing wrong???

mizu meets his gaze easily as taair comes a little closer. holds it for a moment, and then sighs.]

I don't intend to keep it a secret. [just. putting that out here.] Last night, I found myself in the fairgrounds with Elysia and Akihiko. When I woke up, there was a bruise below my ribs.

[ ....! ]

Oh! [ wait. here, here - give him a second, and he reaches down, pulling back his right glove and his wispy sleeves so mizu can see... he too has a bruise. wow. it's on his right forearm. ]

... So it was other places. I- was coming to show you this, anyway...

[ah.]

... I see. [a thoughtful hum.] The flower garden, was it? How kind of them to leave a trail for us to follow tomorrow.

[ all of us crying to whoever did this case like thank you for not making us play location russian roulette ]

Mm. It makes me wonder... do you think it could have been Ellie? If you were with her, that night...

[ she is very feisty. ]

There was more than one person who had a similar mark in the garden. It's curious, but... if that was the plan, it was a very clever one.

Hm. It's possible. She had no trouble swinging that golf club around last night.

[i hope elysia beat us all up with a golf club, tbh.]

Who else was injured?

...Thats even more concerning... if she was defending herself well, but still ended up in that state.

[ me also. he shakes his head. ]

At least one other - Basilio and I had the matching mark in the same place.

We'll see. The club was meant for children, anyway. It likely wouldn't have been of much help in the middle of a real fight.

[rip elysia... our dearly departed mini golf queen.]

And the others haven't said anything?

[ he shakes his head. ]

I've not revealed it to all too many people, quite yet, but... there are at least two for sure that I know did not have it.

[ MINI GOLF QUEEN... i hope she gets birdies in....superheaven? ]

The injured from Thursday were also with us, so... that could have impacted this, as well.

... I see. And Akihiko said he didn't wake up to any bruises. [sighs, looking kind of mad.] I don't like this.

I don't either.

[ yeah!!! it's. bad. ]

...It is just random enough that it could be a path, just as much as it could be her assailant covering their tracks. At least... so far.

We'll find out if there were more tomorrow.

Still, it's a long way from the fairgrounds to the flower garden. We're assuming our new injuries all came from the same murder, even though Zhongli was also killed around the same time.

It does seem a strange coincidence if they didn't... but you do have a point.

[ ugh. he frowns, deflating a little bit further as the reality of what's happened actually hits. zhongli and elysia, two dear friends, once again. ]

... There were many of us in the garden. I'll admit, it seems just likely by statistics alone that one of our assailants was among our group.

... Maybe, yes. Just how many people slept in the gardens last night?

[ :stressed: ]

...Fifteen?

[

CLOSES EYE.]

With Elysia and Zhongli gone, that's exactly half our number.

Yes.

[ so,

yeah, ]

The group that was injured on Thursday would not be separated, so... there were quite a few attachments. Last night, I thought to myself it was quite likely that someone was going to turn up as a victim... but when no one did, well.

[ then it became even more likely that someone was going to be a killer, instead. ]

[sighs.]

It was bound to be one or the other, with so many people in one place. [hums.] I haven't heard from anyone who knows where Zhongli spent the night. Have you?

[ he. frowns. ]

No... we often ended up in the same place. [ the ONE TIME i didnt see what snow was doing for curfew ] ...Miss Samuel might know, though. I know he has made a point of trying to be with her in the past.

[making a bit of a face.]

As long he didn't run out of time to meet up with her. Like last time.

[ closes eyes internally ]

... better to ask than not, I suppose...

Of course.

By the way, have you heard of any new items? Like the one used in last week's trial.

[ he shakes his head. ]

I think that people are keeping those close to the chest, mostly. I cannot say that I blame them... we should still have at least one more from last week remaining, too.

[ hopefully? i think?? i can't keep track of anything ]

(no subject)

purities - 2025-03-08 15:58 (UTC) - Expand