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Quie had spent a good portion of her day in the community center enjoying some time talking to some of her family members, many other people and of course Silver. Aside from a few important emails and calls she had to field it was a bit of a relaxing day except for one thing. Her cousin, Liun, had been acting strangely. Sure for most of the time there he was his usual happy go lucky self slinging puns and teasing her and Silver but at a certain point he seemed to start losing himself in thought and there was definitely something bothering him. He tried to hide it and play it off as nothing but her gut told her that there was definitely something wrong. She had learned to trust her gut feelings a long time ago. Especially when it came to family members possibly being hurt or in trouble. Quie had just got her cousin back and though she still hadn't completely forgiven him for abandoning the family and making them think he was dead, he was still family and she needed to help him if she could.
After Liun slipped out of the community center Quie remained there for a while longer. The conversation with the other people, especially seeing the cute interactions between the kids was great, and so was the little ice flower that Silver had put in her hair at one point, but her mind kept going back to Liun. Then as if to reinforce her thoughts Amara had come in and started asking about how Liun was doing and whether he had won against Roldan. Quie politely answered without actually revealing anything and as soon as possible she excused herself to go text Liun to check on him.
It was just a simple text asking if everything was ok. She halfway figured he would reply that everything was fine, or even more likely he would make some joke and blow her concerns off. When he had replied with a simple "no" her heart sank. Any other plans she might have had were immediately dropped in favor of hunting down where Liun had wandered off to. Quie wasn't entirely sure where he was but she assumed he was probably somewhere between the community center and his apartment. Likely somewhere he was more or less comfortable with so that narrowed it down to closer to his apartment or where he worked.
It took a long time to comb through the city and the summer heat was oppressive as it felt like Quie was baking but she didn't care. She stopped a few times to use her weak cooling breath on herself and continued on searching for Liun. If she could have justified it as an actual emergency then she might have been able to get help tracking his phone but this didn't quite qualify. Technically all she had was Liun acting moody. Eventually though she did manage to spot Liun sitting alone in one of the coffee shops. He looked a lot like he had back in the community center when he had sort of spaced out as he was lost in his thoughts.
Quie took a moment to cool down and make it a little less obvious that she had been rushing around to find her cousin before opening the door and heading inside. As she approached Liun she tried to make her voice sound comforting and unworried. "Oh, Liun. What a nice coincidence running into you here. Mind I join you for a little bit?" Even though it was technically a question she was already sitting down across from him without waiting for an answer. Quie was determined to find out what was going on and if there was something that she needed to deal with.
Quie had spent a good portion of her day in the community center enjoying some time talking to some of her family members, many other people and of course Silver. Aside from a few important emails and calls she had to field it was a bit of a relaxing day except for one thing. Her cousin, Liun, had been acting strangely. Sure for most of the time there he was his usual happy go lucky self slinging puns and teasing her and Silver but at a certain point he seemed to start losing himself in thought and there was definitely something bothering him. He tried to hide it and play it off as nothing but her gut told her that there was definitely something wrong. She had learned to trust her gut feelings a long time ago. Especially when it came to family members possibly being hurt or in trouble. Quie had just got her cousin back and though she still hadn't completely forgiven him for abandoning the family and making them think he was dead, he was still family and she needed to help him if she could.
After Liun slipped out of the community center Quie remained there for a while longer. The conversation with the other people, especially seeing the cute interactions between the kids was great, and so was the little ice flower that Silver had put in her hair at one point, but her mind kept going back to Liun. Then as if to reinforce her thoughts Amara had come in and started asking about how Liun was doing and whether he had won against Roldan. Quie politely answered without actually revealing anything and as soon as possible she excused herself to go text Liun to check on him.
It was just a simple text asking if everything was ok. She halfway figured he would reply that everything was fine, or even more likely he would make some joke and blow her concerns off. When he had replied with a simple "no" her heart sank. Any other plans she might have had were immediately dropped in favor of hunting down where Liun had wandered off to. Quie wasn't entirely sure where he was but she assumed he was probably somewhere between the community center and his apartment. Likely somewhere he was more or less comfortable with so that narrowed it down to closer to his apartment or where he worked.
It took a long time to comb through the city and the summer heat was oppressive as it felt like Quie was baking but she didn't care. She stopped a few times to use her weak cooling breath on herself and continued on searching for Liun. If she could have justified it as an actual emergency then she might have been able to get help tracking his phone but this didn't quite qualify. Technically all she had was Liun acting moody. Eventually though she did manage to spot Liun sitting alone in one of the coffee shops. He looked a lot like he had back in the community center when he had sort of spaced out as he was lost in his thoughts.
Quie took a moment to cool down and make it a little less obvious that she had been rushing around to find her cousin before opening the door and heading inside. As she approached Liun she tried to make her voice sound comforting and unworried. "Oh, Liun. What a nice coincidence running into you here. Mind I join you for a little bit?" Even though it was technically a question she was already sitting down across from him without waiting for an answer. Quie was determined to find out what was going on and if there was something that she needed to deal with.