Whumptober2023 Day 26: "You look awful"
Susan trying to hold it together as Yuuki falls out of reach of what she can save. If she didn't know him personally, like part of her family...
...maybe it wouldn't hurt so terribly.
Whumptober2023 Day 20: Blanket | Found Family
Yuuki waking up disoriented and exhausted after being rescued from the shed in rural Ninao. And Timothy, crying, because he'd been so afraid they'd never find him before it was too late.
(Scene from Chapter 23 of The Ninao Incident)
June 8th, Bedside vigil - a few hours after Yuuki's rescue from the shed.
Twelve Days of Whumpmas (NZ version)
Day 12 - Twelve Drummers Drumming (Twelve piupiu (traditional skirts) swinging): Abandoned | Mugging | Found Family
Recovery in the aftermath of the "Tied to a ponga tree" storyline:
Injuries to bandage, wounds to heal. Yuuki is applying balm to the scratches on Kyle's back. Amelia is likely clenching her jaw against the throbbing pain of her shoulder.
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Minharh, Xiuying and Jie sharing a cross-cultural, casual, non-celebratory day's rest on Christmas day.
They're outside, enjoying the afternoon sunshine in the changeable early summer weather of Arkala.
Maybe they'll have a break from investigating the A'o Fire incident today...?
Art for Prompt 8: Christmas Day (Christmas celebrations | Spending the holidays in captivity | With found family)
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About this small found family ~
Xiuying Chen 陈秀英 and Jie Chen 陈杰 (Chinese) are a married couple, however share the same last name -- something not practised in Chinese culture -- due to Jie having Arkala'ana heritage.
Jie is half Arkala'ana, an indigenous & ethnic minority in Arkala whose traditional cultural marriage customs see the male person joining their female partner's tribal community. When Jie and Xiuying decided to marry, they decided to honour the minority culture side so as to preserve it. This is why Jie and Xiuying share the same last name. (Jie was previously known as Jie Li 李杰, and likely still goes by that on official Chinese documents.)
Minharh La'e (Arkala'ana) resides with them. He isn't related to them, but they consider him family.
As he's learnt Mandarin since staying with them, the three usually communicate with each other in Mandarin.