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ă ăâăbloom : who you gonna call?ăâ±ămarch 7th & qiqi
Qiqi has no idea what a âwubbabooâ is. She does know, however, that in this foreign space station, there are no herbs to be found. Absolutely none at all. Dr. Baizhu should never have sent her on this trip, because if there really are herbs, they are not going to be wild ones, and thereâs no point in finding artificially-grown ones when thereâs enough technology back home to develop it themselves (Dr. Baizhuâs words, not hers). Despite her best efforts, in the last hour, the only greenery sheâs seen are those of the leaves of fake houseplants and the spines of books in what appeared to be a library she passed by. Back to the new issue at hand. Dr Baizhu had been muttering something about âlegalitiesâ, the specifics of which she was uncertain about. However, it would be good to not get into trouble in a strange land, so she tries to sound unassuming and not-threatening as she says, âThis oneâŠis not a wubbaâŠwubbaboo. This one is Qiqi. Qiqi does not know what a Ruan Mei is. Qiqi is a jiangshi. Qiqi collects herbs for Bubu Pharmacy.â To prove her point, she reaches into her backpack (because apparently baskets arenât good in zero-gravity situations, whatever that means) and pulls out a spare Violetgrass flower, holding it out to the strange girl with pink hair and wide eyes. âEat it. Good for your health.â
âoh, um...thanks?â march 7th reaches over to take the flower automatically, too baffled to do much else. a jiangshi? is she supposed to know what that is? it sounds like a xianzhou wordâ maybe she'll ask dan heng later... âahâ but wait, hold on! you shouldn't be wandering around here by yourself.â
her brows crease. â...unless you're a researcher i guess? you don't really look like one...â then again, it's not like herta space station lacks for young researchers. qiqi really isn't dressed like one, though. âanyway, i don't think the space station opened a pharmacy since the last time i was here. i'm not sure how you got here, but i can take you back to wherever you came from!â
just as she says it, a white blur zips past. march lurches in its direction, arm outstretched, but it's vanished around a corner before she gets far. âah, hey!â her head whips around to qiqi, teeth worrying into her bottom lip before she waves for the little girl to follow. âwell, just follow me for now, okay? and if you see any little ghost-looking things, that's a wubbaboo. let me know if you spot one.â
 âQiqi is not⊠a researcher.â Although, waitâresearchers are people who develop new things, so if Qiqi helps to create new medicines and tonics for Bubu Pharmacy, technically she is, but also not quite? Sheâll have to check when she returns home. Beyond that, if this nice jiejie is willing to help send her back to Liyue, Qiqi is more than willing to hunt down a few wubba-whatevers with her.Â
âOrder: follow jiejie. Find wubbababoo.â She gets to her feet, tottering unsteadily for a second before regaining her balance, and does a quick stretch, extending her limbs as far as her body will allow. Satisfied, she adjusts her backpack and takes a few steps forward, in the direction the strange white creature flew towards.
Wait, sheâs forgetting something. Turning back around, Qiqi asks, âWhat is⊠jiejieâs name?â Dr. Baizhu did tell her to always ask for the names of those who help her, so she can write them down and thank them properly instead of trailing off halfway because she forgot.













