catch-all: nie huaisang

[miscakes]

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[miscakes]

[NHS will find that Akechi looks exactly as he has this whole week, though, uh. Less exhausted than he was on Wednesday, obviously.

He does give the sunflower seeds a curious look.]

I'm alright. May I ask where you slept last night?

[unanswering]

The gardens. Beau and I woke up covered in these...

[a sigh, as he looks at the seeds.]

I don't know about young masters Nakahara and Ken, they were in the tent with... Ayabe. [a shake of his head, and a pause before he continues.] ...There was the scent of smoke outside, stronger in the gardens, and a damaged bed of sunflowers.

[miscakes]

[... He grimaces at the mention of Ayabe, but.]

You were all in each other's vicinity?

[unanswering]

We were-- though I was with Jin Ling and Hunter, when we noticed the smell and flowers.

[miscakes]

But the smell wasn't present when you woke up outside, correct?

[unanswering]

No, it wasn't.

[miscakes]

I see. [...] By the way, did you notice anything strange when you saw Jin Ling?

[unanswering]

...mm, he's been exhausted today.

[and he sounds tired at the thought, god.]

[miscakes]

Is it true that he slept by himself in the room we very specifically warned people against entering?

[He's tired, too, NHS.]

[unanswering]

I warned him against it too--!! Just yesterday!

[Jin Ling is just LIKE THIS.]

[miscakes]

Does he know about the consequences? It isn't as simple as simply losing a piece of your soul.

[unanswering]

Oh- have you learned more about it?

[immediately attentive, because yes hello, this is relevant to him too...]

[miscakes]

Apparently, the house now has a certain... advantage over us. I can't say what, exactly, but Plum-san called it a stacked deck.

[So that's, uh. Nice.]

[unanswering]

It what-?!

[NO ONE TOLD HIM THIS??]

She really couldn't say anything else about what?

[miscakes]

The sisters can't offer information on their own. They have to be asked, or else they will face punishment from the house.

[unanswering]

So we're going to have to guess, and try to get it right...? Did you try asking the master? Not that they're any less cryptic, but...

[thanks, he hates this so much.]

[miscakes]

No. But, someone else in our group did. Their answer was similar.

[unanswering]

[cool. great. super reassuring.

nie huaisang just.... exhales, slowly.]

-well, we won't be able to ask more for another day or two. I suppose it's not something to worry about too much yet, just to think on.

[he's going to hate thinking about it.]

Are you putting information together for tomorrow, again?

[miscakes]

I am. So if there's anything else you have learned, I would like to hear it.

[unanswering]

Mm, there isn't. I haven't had the time to speak with many others yet. If you'd like a hand compiling it all, though...

[suddenly he finds himself with a need to find new things to focus on that aren't 'what the fuck advantage does the house have now'.]

[miscakes]

Ah, are you offering your help? I will let you know if I require any additional assistance, then. [That's valid. Though, speaking of that very terrifying though—] ... But, that reminds me. Master Blue insists that, as a group, we have everything we need to find the source. I plan to call a meeting on Sunday evening so we may share everything we know, and end this cycle once and for all.