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ཐི┆ FLOWERS AND AUTUMN LEAVES ┆ཋྀ󠀮

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warnings: swearing,  unedited

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「 QUEST TAB 」
「 NEW QUEST UNLOCKED! 」

The soft ding coming from a new notification occupied the sound of boiling water. 'Finally...' [Name] looked at the hovering screen on their side, letting the tab expand and show the details of the new quest. They've been waiting for a long while for the next mission to do, and it seems the storyline has now reached that point.

It was around midnight, the clock hitting a few minutes after twelve. [Name] was cooking an extremely late dinner, tossing in instant noodles into a metal pot to boil as they skimmed through the details of the quest. After two weeks of waiting, they finally had something major to do.

「 SNOW AND GOLD 」
「 › face off and gather information about [The Guild] and [The Port Mafia] 」
「 › difficulty:: B+ 」
「 › reward for completion:: moving forward with the plot, +5 [Friendship Points] for characters within the [Armed Detective Agency] 」
「 › penalty for failure:: minor setback with the plot, -5 [Friendship Points] for characters present in the scene 」
「 › time limit:: the end of the fight 」
「 › quest cannot be declined! 」

[Name] read through the entire thing, letting it remain open as they zone out in thought. What were they thinking about? Who knows. They're either planning how to proceed with the fight or wondering if they should add the entire spice packet into the noodles. Both are pretty important to think about.

They were soon cut off from their string of thoughts, though, as their mind led from one thing to another before landing on the fact that they set the fire of the stove unnecessarily high. They did it because they didn't want to wait too long for the water to boil, but came to realize that they might burn the pot and overcook the food.

'Ah, shit,' [Name] looked at the unsightly clump of noodles, poking it with the end of a pair of chopsticks like it was some sort of unidentified creature on the ground. Somehow, they managed to overcook the outer parts while undercooking the rest... and it was just instant noodles.

「 › wtaf is that. 」

... in their defense, they were spacing out.

⊱ ˖ — ˖ ꒰ ཐི༏ཋྀ󠀮 ꒱ ˖ — ˖ ⊰

"Ooh, did you know this one clerk's boyfriend cheated on her?"

The clinking of metal together resonated through the room, the dark-haired doctor organizing her sterilized equipment in a kit. [Name] was sitting on one of the empty beds, watching as Yosano sorted through her tools, back facing her, all the while listening to fresh gossip she just found out.

"Apparently, she caught them together while walking home from the office. The other woman was apparently clueless about it too," Yosano finished setting her equipment neatly into their place. "They broke up. He's such a red flag, honestly. I wonder how she even fell for him in the first place.

[Name] was listening intently, fidgeting with a zipper as they did. "That's crazy. How's she doing, now?" they asked, lowkey a bit invested in this drama. Despite all the crazy shit that happens in the Agency— like massive organizations coming after their throats— stuff as small as gossiping was nice to indulge in every once in a while, it makes them feel a bit more normal.