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[At first, the video starts off completely black, and there's a shriek of pure fear] Stay away! Y-you stay away!

[There's a crashing noise and the sounds of a brief struggle, then running feet and a door being slammed. For a few seconds there's nothing but the sound of labored breathing and a terrified little hiccup before A-Qing fiddles with the communicator, brow furrowed slightly as she looks at the camera.

Well 'looks.' She doesn't appear to be really seeing, but it doesn't matter right now.] Ugh, I hope this is on, hey! I need help!

[A-Qing winces and turns her head away, lowering her voice to a fierce whisper] Xue Yang's lost it. He's absolutely lost his mind. He went on a total rampage, our house is just-- It's a mess. It's definitely gone to the birds. He's just destroying everything and I--

What do I do? I can't fight this! I don't know how to use a sword! If I beat him with my walking stick, I'll just break the stick! I-I don't--

[She cuts herself off with a sharp, terrified inhale, going still as she strains to listen. There's a faint, odd noise and A-Qing shivers]

He's gonna be the death of me. This is it, this is how I go. I didn't even get to eat all the sweets this place had to offer.

[She shifts, the light barely illuminating her face as she eases a door open, revealing she's been hiding in a closet.]

Look, he's at it again!

[She angles the camera around to reveal the entire room is destroyed because... It's covered in turkeys. Just dozens of turkeys everywhere milling about and in the middle of them is one Xue yang, laughing softly to himself in a slightly unhinged way. Some of the turkeys appear to be wearing clothes.Distinctly feminine clothes, western-style dresses mostly. Some of A-Qing's hair accessories seem to be taped to them to mimic like they're wearing them. And then... he gobbles at them. He can hardly keep himself upright as his laughter grows and A-Qing makes a disgusted noise as she withdraws.]

See? What the hell do I--

["A-Qing, is that where you've been hiding? Hey, come here, try this!"

A-Qing makes a strangled noise and yelps:] Help me! [before the video goes dark.]

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Daozhang’s around, somewhere. He’d never leave us for long. And... [She looks towards the direction of Xue Yang and the turkeys and heaves a sigh.]

...Someone’s gotta make sure he doesn’t completely lose it. I don’t care, but daozhang will. So for his sake, I’ll keep Xue Yang from falling apart completely. I guess.

[She fixes Moran with a crooked grin, her tone attempting to be light and playful] Someone’s gotta be the adult around here, right?

[Someone has to, yes, but it shouldn't have to be her.]

Can you safely contact him? And if not, let me know so I can try to drop by? or send someone at least, to help you get the... poultry out of the way?

[Because it hits him, belatedly, that he has no idea what one should do with live turkeys or how to herd them, but probably someone here knows.]

He’s seen the post and said hi. I don’t think he’s very impressed with the turkeys.

[She looks away a moment, seeming to consider.] ...I’ll wait for daozhang and see what he says. [A-Qing sighs deeply then and just looks weary, leaning back against the wall.]

What’s the point of bringing people here if they’re just gonna rip them away again... Just don’t bother at all in the first place...

I do not think they control who leaves any more than they can control who arrives, Miss A-Qing.

But you're right, that doesn't make it any easier to deal with for the people left behind.

Do tell if I can be of help to any of you once Xiao-daozhang is back, will you?

[She nods quietly, still looking like she’s considering something.]

Beitang-ge. Do you miss being a kid?

.... I never really had the opportunity to be one, Miss A-Qing.

[When you are an Imperial Prince and you have Moran's mom, being a kid is just not exactly something that is allowed.]

You still must’ve had a time when you didn’t have as much responsibility and stuff.

I mean, isn’t it a little like that for you now? It’s not like you’ve got anything to do here that’s super important anymore, right?

Oh, maybe you should do it now while you have the chance. I mean, things that you wanted to do as a kid, but couldn’t! Who’s gonna stop you?

I... did have fewer responsibilities as a child, but my existence was never just my own only.

I have a lot more freedom here, this is true. I am actually enjoying it quite a bit, to tell you the truth.

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