[ this brick is still smarter than senri ]

[usogi]

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week 1, wednesday

[usogi]

[WHERE WOULD SENRI FIND THE RAMEN MAN, JAE, BC I DON'T KNOW!!!!!

wherever he is, here's senri! and he's offering up both a smile and a wave]

Hihi! Are you busy?

[nosediving]

[ANYWHERE, BECAUSE HE MOVES AROUND A LOT!!]

Nito Senri. What can this participant do for you?

[usogi]

Starting by just calling me Senri would be a good start - and do you have a nickname you like? You can give me one too! But I think it's nice to have nicknames between friends. ♪

[they made ramen together? they're friends.]

[nosediving]

[shang qinghua blinks in rapid succession for a solid five seconds. he doesn't have friends.]

By just . . . ? Isn't that improper?

week 1, saturday

[nosediving]

[when shang qinghua finds senri in the parlor, he can't help but to glance at the piano as he enters.]

Nito Senri, it is a relief to find you in good health.

[everyone is so bloodthirsty in this temple, dang.]

[usogi]

[everyone is STRUGGLING and senri is included in that. he's sitting at a table, deck of cards in his hands. he makes them appear and disappear between his fingers like magic, practicing his sleight of hand with only himself to entertain

though he'll pause when he finds shang qinghua

and smiles]

Same to you. Wanna sit? We can play a game or something.

[nosediving]

[eyeing the deck of cards, shang qinghua slides onto a chair across senri.]

Is it a game from your world?

week 2, friday

[usogi]

[ . . . . he's tired. he's really tired. he's tired enough that he actually manages to bump into shang qinghua as he's passing through the halls - ]

Oh.

... um, sorry, Shang-san.

[he's definitely coming back from the courtyard,]

[nosediving]

[good thing shang qinghua is carrying his brick somewhere in the folds of his robes, because the added weight keeps him grounded during the collision. he regards senri with a politely neutral look, although faint sympathy lines his words.]

Nito Senri, have you finished your prayers for the victims?

[usogi]

[ . . . . ]

Yeah, my version of that, more or less.

Are you done too? It's... a lot, this week.

week 4, saturday

[nosediving]

[he'd thought about drinking some tea after all that, but he finds that he's not all too thirsty once he enters the kitchen and has a cup out on the counter. so he stands there with the cup in his hands, turning it round and round as he considers what to do next.]

[usogi]

[ . . . . hm?

senri will walk in and.... stare....]

Hm?

Shang-san.... Are you okay? Feeling indecisive?

[nosediving]

[finally, he sets the cup down. then he thinks better of this and puts it back where it belongs.]

I realized that I'm not as thirsty as I thought I was. What brings you here, Nito Senri?

week 5, saturday

[nosediving]

[he steps slowly into the beauty salon, glancing this and that way as he does. after spotting senri farther in this room, he straightens his slightly hunched shoulders.]

Nito Senri . . .

[usogi]

[senri is

looking at all the different makeup utensils at his disposal, but it looks like right now he's going through some different face masks]

Ah - Shang-san....

Hi.

[nosediving]

[all these things in the salon are still a mystery to him, so even the face masks are a foreign sight as he walks on over to senri.]

What brings you here?

week 6, monday

[usogi]

[wherever the brick might be!

here's senri, suddenly!]

Shang-san... Did you see the alignment changes?

[nosediving]

[wherever they are, he drops what he's doing to nod slowly.]

The numbers are more balanced now than ever . . . What do you think?

[usogi]

... I think it's not a bad thing, to be honest. Because that means... it can be anyone's game, and anyone has a chance of winning and building a nice world.

[ . . . ]

But... are you with Bambi still? Or did you go somewhere else? To explain - I think... whoever hurt Ray-kun was on Ambition before, and then they ran.

week 6, saturday

[nosediving]

[he's in the kitchen, rummaging through various pots and pans when senri enters. shang qinghua offers him a warm smile.]

Nito Senri, are you hungry? I'll make us something to eat. Just tell me what you want.

[usogi]

[ . . . . and senri just sighs.]

Yeah.

....

I'm surprised you're still so energetic, Shang-san. I think even I... don't have it in me to keep it up anymore.

[nosediving]

[no preference? well, that's fine. senri must be tired. shang qinghua gets to setting up for the meal.]

Today's trial was especially challenging. As your elder, it would be unseemly if I don't take care of you when you need it most. You can sit down and let me handle this much.

week 7, monday

[nosediving]

[he's in the luxurious bathroom of an east wing suite, turning something over in his hands. there's a light furrow in his brow as he brings the bath bomb close to his face and sniffs.

he's also mumbling to himself.]

. . . the difference? For that matter, what's the point? One rule isn't going to change everyone's mind all of a sudden. Who can relax at a crucial time like this . . .

[usogi]

... Shang-san...? Are you okay?

[senri's a little worried, tilting his head as he pokes his head in]

Bath bombs are meant to be soothing, you know...?

[nosediving]

[being too deep in his own thoughts, shang qinghua snaps back to reality in a fright.

his hands jerk on reflex, tossing the bath bomb into the air; it bounces off the crown of his head and lands behind him, only to get bounced around some more when he spins around and accidentally kicks it against the tub. after a series of ricochets, the bath bomb miraculously winds up at senri's feet.

shang qinghua's smile is slightly strained.]

That's a bath bomb? I do not know what a bomb is.