catchall; sqq

[ohthehumanities]

when I'm in a competition to be extremely stressed but my competitors are kaveh and sqq

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weekend 0, saturday

[ohthehumanities]

[OUR COFFEE

By which I mean, Kaveh definitely hasn't slept so he is here, frowning at a cup of McDonald's coffee. It's a latte, but he still looks displeased...]

These beans don't taste fresh at all.

[peakfan]

[ KAVEH YOUR SLEEP? gonna tattle to your archon on you (no) ]

It seems that way for most of the things here.

[ he says, heavily doctoring his own coffee to be drinkable. that said, he takes a sip and still makes the worst face ]

[ohthehumanities]

[STOP NOT HIS ARCHON!!!

At least this is a kindred spirit, though, lordt. When will they unlock the ramen...]

I have to admit, if this really is the afterlife, I'm very disappointed.

[peakfan]

[ WHERE IS THE RAMEN!!!! He has shitty reheatable needs, guys!!!! ]

Indeed, one was led to believe it would be far more peaceful than this.

[ unless he's right and this is just a shitty in between heaven and purgatory. everything keeps proving his theory right, right down to the shitty coffee and broken mcflurries!!!!! ]

Though perhaps it is a place in between afterall.

[ohthehumanities]

[SQQ is truly suffering. When will someone let this poor man rest.]

A place in between?

[peakfan]

[ when he's dead for realsies ]

Mm, diyu. A purgatory of sorts for the deceased that neither enters hell or heaven. One may find themselves on the path to reincarnation or tortured for eternity given their past transgressions.

[ohthehumanities]

[NOOOOO

Also, Kaveh looks alarmed.]

Torture?!

[peakfan]

[ a wave of the hand ]

One did not expect purgatory to be a place of rest and relaxation, did they? [ you're usually stuck there for a reason my guy ]

[ohthehumanities]

Well, no, but...

[Still... scary...]

[peakfan]

[ that's a huff of soft laughter ]

One can at least assume this place, although similar, will not be as foreboding as stories say.


[ SO HE THINKS ]

week 0, wednesday

[ohthehumanities]

[After the mini-event!! WAOW. That was A Lot, but Kaveh looks relatively satisfied nonetheless.]

I still wouldn't call these passable living spaces, but I have to admit, it's been a while since I've had to work within these kinds of limits. [It was kinda fun tbh]

[peakfan]

[ somehow he survived the entire thing (mostly) intact. wao!!! Face Successfully Saved! (debatable). or so he thinks but there's probably a splatter of paint on him and the boop on his nose he didn't entirely scrub off ]

It has certainly been a learning experience. [ OF WHAT??? Yes. ] At least despite the attempts of mischief all remained well at the end.

[ HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE A BED THOUGH, HELP. tonight, sqq rolls himself under a sheet of newspaper ]

[ohthehumanities]

[SQQ HELP. Congrats at saving face or. Whatever happened there. We all did our best.]

More or less, yes. [Lordt.] Oh--you've got something right here. [Touch week means he will just reach out himself to try and wipe the paint off of SQQ's face]

[peakfan]

[ he did it! "did what?" he did it!!

anyway sqq goes ERROR 404 HELP HIM but? he doesn't stop this? from happening? he's just in his harem forming era now it's fine. ]

Ah.....- My thanks.

[ohthehumanities]

[SQQ YOUR HAREM!!!! We can't let him team up with Eiden or they'll be unstoppable. Kaveh will be mortified that he did this in a few days, but for now he just looks pleased with himself as he pulls back. Touch week!!]

Of course. You'll probably want to bathe soon, though, after all of that.

[peakfan]

[ he says this but they've been besties since day 0. that being said, sqq will be spending all of next week in a porcupine ball of mortification as well so high five ]

Hah, at least this one has not been soaked like the others.

[ he can wash peacefully knowing that his clothes will be nice and dry waiting for him after ]

[ohthehumanities]

[HELP both of them just like I can never speak to these people again]

Hah, they did have fun with that hose, didn't they? [He sounds amused, though, and fond.] It was a mess, but I can't really complain. It's good to see people's spirits up.

[peakfan]

Indeed. [ he'll never recover from the sheer amount of six packs he was surrounded by but that's just something happens to him now he guesses! it's bad enough everyone is already very beautiful and Kaveh himself definitely can rival Liu-shidi in a case for prettiest-

help him he needs a vacation from this deadly vacation ]

One imagines between all the water and paint freely available, it was inevitable that even without permission, the more free spirited members would have their fun.

[ohthehumanities]

[Glad that SQQ gets to suffer all over again in about a week]

To be honest, I'm glad it turned out this way. That "sabotage" encouragement worried me a little, but it turns out that most people here just wanted to have fun.

[Which cements his thoughts that the people here are mostly all good... which is both reassuring and also devastating, given their circumstances.]

[peakfan]

[ he's gonna die via suffering before anyone can even put him out of his misery goddamn ]

Mm, true. More had harmless fun on the mind than true harm to others.

[ he. actually can't think of how you could use paint and water to like, truly do damage but lbr he's probably just not creative enough for that. ]

All in all, a great bonding moment for everyone involved.

[ WHICH ITSELF IS.... WORRYING BECAUSE IF THEY ALL BECOME FRIENDS OUCH THE MORE THIS GOES ON THE MORE IT'S GONNA SUCK. he thinks, like it already doesn't suck enough bUT YKNOW ]

week 0, saturday

[ohthehumanities]

[Hello fellow artist man!! If only things weren't so depressing so they could talk more about art... but sometimes your teammate gets murdered and you're the one who catches the person who did it, kind of.

Kaveh doesn't seem too torn up, though; just very tired. Still, he has enough energy to nod at SQQ in greeting when they cross paths. Hewwo.]

[peakfan]

[ CONGRATS ON SOLVING YOUR TEAMMATES MURDER :confetti:

he would say but sqq also looks like he wants to lay down for about four thousand years but alas his warehouse has no bed. maybe they find each other while sqq is on his way to sleep on a pile of blahaj again!

anyway, sqq also barely has the energy to nod, the exhaustion legitimately radiating off of him but it's still borderline polite enough ]

Well done on our final minutes.

[ohthehumanities]

[What a ding-dang mood. Kaveh shakes his head lightly, though.]

It was Nahida who noticed. I didn't think about it until she came over--that it made no sense for Yang Guifei to have two items.

[peakfan]

Between the both of you, this one believes we owe you a great debt.

[ he already thanked nahida in wibbly wobbly time. so accept his gratitude, kaveh!!!! ]

We would not have figured it out on time without either of you.

[ohthehumanities]

[Honestly, he'll accept equal credit. He just doesn't want people to think it was anything more than chance, since he wasn't even really looking closely at small objects.]

I'm just glad it's over. She won't be able to hurt anyone else.

[peakfan]

[ help all of us about the kaveh 'fantasy language man' vs hikari's fantasy language coin vs Yuyu 'actual chinese, can't read that' fate/ near fiasco. ]

Mm. One just hopes- wishes perhaps, that nothing similar will happen next week. [ JUST GIVE HIM STRAIGHT UP MURDER WITH CLEAR EVIDENCE AND NOT THIS WEIRD CIRCULAR "EVERYTHING LEADS BACK TO THE VICTIM" NONSENSE]

[ohthehumanities]

[I think I should've given up and made francy survive, personally]

Yes, I do too.

w2, mon

[peakfan]

[ NERDS IN THE LIBRARY. sqq is tucked in a corner muttering angrily at whatever he's reading. if one could have the emotion of taking a red pen to a book... well, here he is ]

That doesn't even work that way! .....Does it?


[ help him ]

[ohthehumanities]

[NERDS IN THE LIBRARY!!!! Honestly the only reason Kaveh isn't scribbling in the books is because he started and then got in trouble... tch. But he overhears SQQ as he's swapping out books; he peers around the shelves, staying far enough away to spare him from his Feelings.]

What've you got?

[peakfan]

[ the immediate internal !!!!!!!!!!!! and casual flop over the table sure is a thing that's happening, help him. pay no attention to the collection of traditional bound books by his elbow ]

K-kaveh-xiansheng! How nice to see you!

[ that wasn't the question, sqq ]

[ohthehumanities]

[HELPPPP

Okay well he's been steadfastly avoiding this question for most things, but he feels like he has to ask it now--]

Is everything alright?

[peakfan]

[ he's just showing his whole ass this week isn't he (it's only Monday) (HELP HIM IT'S ONLY IC MONDAY). ]

Everything is fine!

[ ha! haha! the hahaha, nothing to see! everything is a-okay! vibes are so intense right now help ]

[ohthehumanities]

[HELP THIS POOR MAN

Well, Kaveh, at least, is very gracious about this kind of thing--he nods slowly, though he doesn't really look convinced.]

Alright, if you're sure.

[peakfan]

[ kaveh he appreciates you for not pushing the issue. the strained smile says as much and while he does his best to return to cool aloof shizun it's sure a challenge when he's been seen with his hair down. time to hastily change the subject!!!! ]

Have you managed to find anything interesting to note?

[ other than his nonsense that is ]

[ohthehumanities]

[You are very welcome, fellow hot mess (non-team).

But he perks up.]

Oh, yes. I've found several books on architectural styles I'm not familiar with, they're fascinating.

[peakfan]

[ hot mess (team member A) 🤝 hot mess (person) ]

Truly! This one has found many bestiaries as such, all vastly different than what he is used to as well.

[ nerd mode activate ]

[ohthehumanities]

[SQQ used NERD! It's super effective!]

Do you study animals?

[peakfan]

In a sense. Our world is full of beasts and creatures all deadlier than the next. This one has studied them all to varying success and comparing those to other universes has been quite interesting.

[ohthehumanities]

Fascinating... I wonder if I could find one of Teyvat's? [Hmmm. He'll have to look... for now, though, he peers over at SQQ's books.] Do you have one now?

[peakfan]

Oh, yes this one is on-

[ he excitedly looks down and-


oh the regret of chunshan looks back at him.




aIRHORN NOISES ]

[ohthehumanities]

[HELP

KAVEH JUMPS]

What is it?!

[peakfan]

[ HELP HE AIRHORNS BECAUSE HIS AIRHORNS WENT OFF. OH FUCK WHAT DOES HE DO UM UM UM


with an absolute abuse of power, the novel gets flung to the top of a far shelf, never to be seen again ]

Nothing to be concerned about!

week 3, tuesday

[ohthehumanities]

[Looks warily at the lack of new rules I feel a fear for tomorrow's mini-event

But for now!! Kaveh is... not exactly recovered from the weekend, but. If he's good at anything, it's duct-taping himself back together after soul-crushing loss, so here he is. He greets SQQ with a little wave from where he's heading towards the VR room.]

Have you had a chance to go inside yet?

week 3, thursday

[ohthehumanities]

[Okay well he would come and visit but SOMETIMES YOUR TEAMMATE GOES ON A CYOA AND YOU'RE A HEALER BUT YOU'RE STILL ANXIOUS!!!!! But Sqq will get a text because he's not waiting until tomorrow in case one of them is DEAD]

Are you okay? Did you get settled?

[peakfan]

[ it's fine shu had more damage he was hiding anyway. clearly, sqq will be perfectly fine. he has all his limbs and all the blood is on the inside!! that being said: ]

👍🏻

[ohthehumanities]

[JIIIIII

Also help]

That's good
Are you staying with your team tonight?

[peakfan]

One is sure the others would quite legitimately throw quite the fit if we were to be split over the night.
As long as it is a comfortable place to rest, this one cannot be too upset

[ohthehumanities]

I'm glad
Stay safe, okay?