Not Again | Catch All for Minako

[applechemist]

i'll put something here later

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[muragas]

Pretty good! I finally got to start on some projects I've been thinking about.

[ a brief pause ]

I was wondering - you and Wei Wuxian-san are friends, right?

[applechemist]

That must be nice.

[ she's jealous... all her projects are alchemy related so they're a no-go. And at the question, she nods. ]

We are. Why do you ask?

[muragas]

... Eh? Escha-chan, are you bored?

[ she can fix that! starting with... ]

Mm... I was wondering... Do you have a power that lets you write secret messages?

[applechemist]

I wouldn't say that I'm bored... I just have all these ideas for recipes I want to try or items I want to learn to make... But I can't use alchemy, here.

[ It's like being denied her life's passion!

But, hmm. Escha hesitates to answer that question... ]

[muragas]

Maybe you could make some of them here!

[ and that's as far as she'll take that thread for now, because this next one is more important. ]

I'm wondering because Wei Wuxian-san got a message this week, but I couldn't read it at all. Is that the power of Oculus? Or Bird Box?

[ it could be a few others but... mirrors and blindfolds seem the most fitting ]

[applechemist]

[ hmm.

she shakes her head. ]

Sorry, but I don't know. That's not my power.

[muragas]

I see... Then who else knows my team...?

[ that's strange... but maybe someone reasoned it out? ]

... If I tell you what mine does, would you tell me yours?

[applechemist]

Magnus knows. But I don't think he's the type to send cryptic messages - and it's not like his power does that kind of thing.

[ She sounds a little bit apologetic about Magnus knowing. And after thinking it over for a quick moment, nods. ]

Sure. I don't mind - we're on the same team, after all.

[muragas]

Oh! I see... Well, I don't mind. I knew this kind of information spreading was likely to happen after I started telling people. I guess I just thought it wouldn't have spread so far.

[ that's what she gets for telling blabbermouths. besides Escha, apparently lol ]

Alright. I can make a mark of some kind on whoever I choose! Tattoos, wounds, letters - you get the idea. How about you?

[ she won't lie, she's a little tense now, waiting for knives to come down and punish her for her hubris... ]

[applechemist]

[ Escha laughs lightly, but with a tinge of guilt. She only told one person, but - it adds up, if other people told... ]

I can dispel one curse per week.

[muragas]

Oh, that's handy!

[ ... hm ]

Are you the one that dispelled Asch-san's curse when he was... um, infatuated?

[applechemist]

[ ... ]

Yeah. It... Has a side effect that I can't predict. I was trying to help, but...

[muragas]

... Well he definitely wasn't infatuated afterwards.

[ ohhhhhhh, side effects... ]

Then... Did you also use it on Lili-san? She wasn't angry anymore after a point, but she was kind of...

[ how is it possible for Lili to be even more tsun ]

[applechemist]

I think we determined that was an item wearing off.

If not... I don't know. It wasn't me, though.

[muragas]

[ ... ]

I forgot about that.

[ whoops! ]

[applechemist]

It's hard to keep track of, isn't it? There are so many items floating around, and then powers on top of that...

[muragas]

And we can't actually say most of it at trial, because we'll get severely punished...

[ so they have to rely on their memory and deductions and haha wow that's a recipe for disaster ]

Have you ever used your power before? Curse breaking sounds super handy, but I think I'd be nervous about using it at the wrong moment.

[ so in a way, it's fortunate she has what she has ]

[applechemist]

Just that one time, on Asch.

Before that, I had tried to cure a curfew effect - before we really knew how those worked... But my power can't do that, so it was a waste.

[muragas]

I guess everything has a limit...

[ it's probably for the best though. unless there's some super secret "find the killer" power. that could probably use some buffing ]

I've only used mine once - the week... um... Asch-san fell in love.

[applechemist]

[ Haha... ]

What did you do with it?

Um, if you don't mind my asking.

[muragas]

I used it on myself.

[ she winks ]

Like I said, I can use it on whoever I choose. Apparently, that includes me.

[applechemist]

It's hard to think of a good use for that power.

But I feel like I say that every time I find out someone's power. Even mine has the side effects...

[muragas]

At least you know peoples' powers. I keep find out about them at trial or after the fact.

[applechemist]

I wish I knew more. I feel like I just know some scattered powers here and there. It's frustrating knowing that there's this whole complicated web of people who know different powers and teams.

[muragas]

I think the best we can do is just try to figure things out on our own! And if we have someone we trust, we can trade info, to spread knowledge.

[ ...... ]

Though... I will admit, if I haven't made much more progress by next week, I might start wearing some jewelry.