The Outcast: Still Keeping Lin Qiang Away Today

[NDT: Missing Person (Completely Unhinged) Notice]

Name: Lin Qiangqiang (she doesn’t remember her real name either)

Appearance: Blue-and-white striped hospital pajamas, cartoon slippers, and always carrying a potted cactus called “Little Prick” (she talks to it and can read its feelings from its silence)

Ability: Excitement teleportation (when she gets excited, she goes “pew”; every time she goes “pew,” she lands face-first. Direction is random, destination is up to fate)

Time last seen: 8:17 this morning, outside the cafeteria (she was waiting for fish)

Expected return: When she gets hungry (average: 3–72 hours)

How to recognize her:

· She suddenly lands face-first in front of you, gets up, and asks if what you’re holding “tastes good.”

· She holds her cactus and asks seriously, “Little Prick, can we steal this?” (Two seconds of silence.) “Okay, let’s steal it.”

· She chases Feng Baobao, shouting, “Do you want the claw machine to catch me today?”

· She stares at Zhang Chulan and asks, “Are you done roasting yet?”

· She freezes when she sees an old man with a long beard. “Gold! Can I play with it?”

If you find her:

· Pull out some snacks (they’ll attract her immediately)

· Say, “The cafeteria’s serving food” (triggers her homing instinct)

· Say, “Feng Baobao is looking for you” (she’ll follow obediently)

· If you have a beard, let her touch it once. She’ll leave satisfied.

Reward: Anyone who provides a lead will receive a little gift she “borrowed” (half a pastry or a strand of waterweed, depending on her mood)

Notice issued by: Xu Si]

[Issue date: Must be issued once every month]

[CC: Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, Tianxia Society, Mount Longhu, the entire Otherworldly community (they’ll run into her eventually anyway)]