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[right][b]Interactions[/b]:  Britney [@Punished GN], Sloane [@Atrophy], Aryin [@NoriWasHere], Clancy [@Zombiedude101] 
[code]Kari's House[/code][/right][hr]
[color=CD5C5C]”We've got a lotta catching up to do,”[/color] Linqian said quietly to Aryin, swinging out from the hug but keeping on arm slung around her friend's shoulder. [color=CD5C5C]”Come round to mine for a drink after this.”[/color]

She smiled slightly when Sully appeared, nodding to everything he said about Lyss. As much as she'd seemingly moved right on from Lyss' death to heckling Aryin, it had affected her. It was just that the effect was increasing the pervasive numbness she felt, and the deep sadness she was keeping hidden beneath it all. For her, grief was something to be buried deep down and covered up with shorter tempers and lies about being perfectly fine. She removed her arm from Aryin, starting to move towards Sully to join the moment, because-

[H3]BANG![/H3]

[color=CD5C5C]”Holy shit-”[/color] Linqian jumped before she burst out in shocked laughter, pausing her movement towards Sully and the chalice. She shook her head in disbelief. [color=CD5C5C]”Fucking hell, and she went off at [I]me[/I] for being irresponsible.”[/color]

The move had taken some balls Linqian didn't think Sloane had. It was an incredibly stupid move that even Linqian would make… at least unless she was pissed. She rolled her eyes at Sloane's muttered comment. Bitch. 

[color=CD5C5C]”I'm going to make sure Britney doesn't get ganged up on by the dickish duo,”[/color] Linqian said, patting Aryin's shoulder. 

Linqian then followed Britney into the house, moving past Anya with a sneer. She shoved one hand into a pocket and leaned behind Britney, eyes narrowing at Sloane. 

[color=CD5C5C]”Fucking hell, Sloane, you wouldn't do this to the house of someone you'd cared about, would you? If this was-”[/color] fuck, she couldn't believe she was going to use her brother's name this way, [color=CD5C5C]”- Jinhai's house, would you just kick down the door? No? Show her the same respect. And some of us can't fucking afford to pay off the police when we get arrested for breaking in. It's not like you found this fucking lead anyway, so get down off your high horse."[/color]

It probably sounded strange coming from Linqian, but her problems were with living people. She'd gladly burn Sloane's house down while she was alive, but not when she was dead. Perhaps that was twisted. But she'd lost too many herself to be alright with destroying what they left behind. If someone did that to Jinhai's belongings… she'd kill them.

Then there was the kid, popping up out of nowhere. Linqian's eyebrows raised. Ashley's cousin, she vaguely remembered from the last meeting when Sloane had used condolences to him as a slap in the face towards Linqian. Wasn't the kid's fault. In fact, she had naturally good feelings towards children. They reminded her of her little brother when he was younger and cuter. Though this kid wasn't really cute at all.

[color=CD5C5C]”He's not wrong,”[/color] Linqian couldn't help but laugh, leaning against Britney slightly as she continued to peer around her. Their fighting was a problem, and when she wasn’t pissed off she knew that. Did it stop her getting into fights? No. [color=CD5C5C]”But you are wrong about one thing, kid. We're not all friends. We're a bunch of people forced to work together again, where a few of us are friends, a few of us fucking hate each other. I'm sorry about Ashley, by the way. I lost my brother to the fucker too.”[/color]

She then noted his duffle bag, raising an eyebrow. [color=CD5C5C]”You moved into Kari's house or something? Please tell me you aren't living on the streets.”[/color]