[ looking up from (spins wheel) his meal, gu yun blinks when he's addressed - ]
Ah. Yes. [ the look on gu yun's face turns to one of unrepentant glee. ] Unless you've suddenly proclaimed yourself an emperor. Have you figured out the culprit?
Ah. Yes. [ the look on gu yun's face turns to one of unrepentant glee. ] Unless you've suddenly proclaimed yourself an emperor. Have you figured out the culprit?
[ it's a little later in the evening, after everything's said and done, that gu yun makes his way down to the simulation room. he's changed into clothes that are decidedly less wet, and he's got something under his arm.
spotting molly in the hall, he slows his pace, though, and comes to a stop, eventually squatting down beside him. ]
Here. [ under his arm is ... a blanket and a pillow, actually. rolled up in that is the top of something that is likely a bottle of liquor. ] Thought you might be sleeping down here.
spotting molly in the hall, he slows his pace, though, and comes to a stop, eventually squatting down beside him. ]
Here. [ under his arm is ... a blanket and a pillow, actually. rolled up in that is the top of something that is likely a bottle of liquor. ] Thought you might be sleeping down here.
[Molly is just sitting outside of the simulation room for a moment, fidgeting with his cards - what for? what is he even trying to do? just anything instead of. well. this. His big, extravagent coat is off, probaby left back in the room, so he's just in his loose shirt, blood still on his face. He hasn't cleaned up or anything. Looking up when Gu Yun approaches.]
Staying down here, yeah. Sleep seems unlikely.
[Looking over at the delivery items though, appreciatively.]
Staying down here, yeah. Sleep seems unlikely.
[Looking over at the delivery items though, appreciatively.]
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[ on saturday, gu yun had let things lie for a bit - when he is angry or upset about something, he never wants to be seen. but after talking to molly, yesterday, once the room's cleared out, and the shellshocked participants are on their way, it doesn't take long for gu yun to seek molly out.
gu yun makes his way through the common room quietly, glancing back to make sure no one else is around, before he slides back behind the bar itself, and moves to fetch one, two, three glasses and a bottle of wine. ]
Is that hers? [ by way of greeting, gu yun's voice is quiet - doesn't seem the time for hellos. ]
gu yun makes his way through the common room quietly, glancing back to make sure no one else is around, before he slides back behind the bar itself, and moves to fetch one, two, three glasses and a bottle of wine. ]
Is that hers? [ by way of greeting, gu yun's voice is quiet - doesn't seem the time for hellos. ]
[ at some point on monday, probably in the afternoon, gu yun is finding molly, wherever he is, and reaching out to briefly take him by the wrist. ]
Come here. [ so little explanation to this but he does seem a man on a mission! with that, he's taking molly up into the elevator, outside, and then... right to the front of the opium den, where he pushes open the door, and gestures, with his other, free arm. ]
Opium den.
[ he sounds a little deadpan. voila. ]
Come here. [ so little explanation to this but he does seem a man on a mission! with that, he's taking molly up into the elevator, outside, and then... right to the front of the opium den, where he pushes open the door, and gestures, with his other, free arm. ]
Opium den.
[ he sounds a little deadpan. voila. ]
[This took me forever to reply too because I had to seriously debate how mean I was going to be to Molly.
For now though, it appears that he seems to be acting relatively normal? Repress! That! Emotion! And the new room is exciting and it's so thrilling how they were just talking about this and willed it into being! What the hell!
Basically just tearing into the room like an excited child, looking at the cool tiger, poking at the hookah, flopping himself onto a couch.]
I can't believe it! You wished it into existence!
For now though, it appears that he seems to be acting relatively normal? Repress! That! Emotion! And the new room is exciting and it's so thrilling how they were just talking about this and willed it into being! What the hell!
Basically just tearing into the room like an excited child, looking at the cool tiger, poking at the hookah, flopping himself onto a couch.]
I can't believe it! You wished it into existence!
[ gu yun has just made his way back to his room after curfew and the announcement to change clothes and get ready to go looking for strange illusions. when there's a knock, he's in the midst of pulling his hair up into a high ponytail on the top of his head, and he nudges the door open with his foot to answer it. ]
-- Molly. [ oh! that's fine. he steps out of the way if he wants to come in. there are a couple little cucumber sandwiches from the tea room on the table? otherwise, nothing exciting but gu yun himself. ] Where'd you end up sleeping last night?
[ also like, hi ]
-- Molly. [ oh! that's fine. he steps out of the way if he wants to come in. there are a couple little cucumber sandwiches from the tea room on the table? otherwise, nothing exciting but gu yun himself. ] Where'd you end up sleeping last night?
[ also like, hi ]
[This faint red glow begins to warm in front of you, like a tiny tinder flash that begins to burn into a bright flame. Until there before you, you see a massive glowing red eye that just peers into you, inspecting you, piercing you, looking around, to you, within you. No words, no language. You immediately feel this sense of fear and odd desperation, but it begins to subtly pull away as you feel it connect to you. Like a single thought enters your mind, the light seems to swarm and fill your space. And all it says is-- without language, but feeling, emotion.
"Welcome." "Welcome." "Welcome."
"Welcome." "Welcome." "Welcome."
"Welcome." "Welcome."
And you hear this faint sound. This humming, like thousands of bees buzzing and as you listen, you begin to see scratches, shapes, spinning fractals that the mind can barely comprehend, flashes of the pages that you had looked at in that tome. (That tome?) And it's not buzzing; they're voices. They're screams. Hundreds, thousands of them, just faintly out of view. "Welcome." The eye closes.
None of this makes sense. Your mind struggles and you fail, leaving you cold, empty.
You feel as if you shouldn’t have seen this. You feel as if you needed to see this.
What are you doing here?
You look at the back of your hand - the lavender skin, clear except for the scars across it, familiar - but the red eye upon the back. Well.
That’s new.
It ends.]
"Welcome." "Welcome." "Welcome."
"Welcome." "Welcome." "Welcome."
"Welcome." "Welcome."
And you hear this faint sound. This humming, like thousands of bees buzzing and as you listen, you begin to see scratches, shapes, spinning fractals that the mind can barely comprehend, flashes of the pages that you had looked at in that tome. (That tome?) And it's not buzzing; they're voices. They're screams. Hundreds, thousands of them, just faintly out of view. "Welcome." The eye closes.
None of this makes sense. Your mind struggles and you fail, leaving you cold, empty.
You feel as if you shouldn’t have seen this. You feel as if you needed to see this.
What are you doing here?
You look at the back of your hand - the lavender skin, clear except for the scars across it, familiar - but the red eye upon the back. Well.
That’s new.
It ends.]
[hi i assume at some point gu yun has been just fucking bullied right to the med bay and one very fussy mollymauk is just
pacing around the little room]
What the fuck is wrong with you? Harrow last week, you this week - Fuck the lot of you! Honestly!
pacing around the little room]
What the fuck is wrong with you? Harrow last week, you this week - Fuck the lot of you! Honestly!
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[ waves hands (haha) in time,
anyway, we'll say there was enough time between end of this and curfew that gu yun's managed to at least come out of this bleeding less actively? his hand's a stump, which he's super not pleased about at the moment, but, he'll the pod again later, when they aren't dangerously close to the imposed curfew.
he sits up, flexing the fingers of his right hand experimentally, and looking over at the pod again. ]
I didn't have much of a choice in the matter. [ okay, he probably could have not gotten this injured. maybe?? it sure could've been worse!!! ]
anyway, we'll say there was enough time between end of this and curfew that gu yun's managed to at least come out of this bleeding less actively? his hand's a stump, which he's super not pleased about at the moment, but, he'll the pod again later, when they aren't dangerously close to the imposed curfew.
he sits up, flexing the fingers of his right hand experimentally, and looking over at the pod again. ]
I didn't have much of a choice in the matter. [ okay, he probably could have not gotten this injured. maybe?? it sure could've been worse!!! ]
OUTSIDE BONES OUTSIDE BONES NEVER FORGET YOUR HAND IS OUTSIDE BONES
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- 2021-02-26 23:56 (UTC) - Expand[ oof.
just. big oof. gu yun's clearly in a cloudy mood when all of that's over. he's sort of sitting against the wall near the medbay when the trial's done, picking cactus needles out of his numb hand and then immediately dropping them, muttering swears to himself after every needle. ]
just. big oof. gu yun's clearly in a cloudy mood when all of that's over. he's sort of sitting against the wall near the medbay when the trial's done, picking cactus needles out of his numb hand and then immediately dropping them, muttering swears to himself after every needle. ]
[ i cant believe you fucking beat me with your greatsword AGAIN
anyway gu yun's here pretty much the minute molly wakes up, yeah. arms folded, tense. if the golf club is no longer in his chest, gu yun is probably just giving it a fucking stink eye like an extremely mature person. ]
You look like shit. [ is the very first thing he has to say also, ]
anyway gu yun's here pretty much the minute molly wakes up, yeah. arms folded, tense. if the golf club is no longer in his chest, gu yun is probably just giving it a fucking stink eye like an extremely mature person. ]
You look like shit. [ is the very first thing he has to say also, ]
[The golf club is no longer in his chest! It's been discarded on one of the medbay counters for now, still bloody, it seems. molly has clambered out of the pod, probably too early because he got so fucking bored in there, but he's got a high tolerance for injury and pain. as long as he's not ACTIVELY dying, he's fine. brightening up when he sees gu yun, but, something in his face falters too.]
Don't I know it.
[Just looking at him. a bit strangely for a moment.]
... Password.
Don't I know it.
[Just looking at him. a bit strangely for a moment.]
... Password.
[ gu yun's been in and out since the body announcement, so. he's back after doing some investigating, coming to nudge the door shut with his hip once he does. he's got a plate in his hand, loaded with some stuff from the vending machine! bear claws, a couple danishes, some fruit. ]
Brought breakfast. [ continues to spoil, ]
Brought breakfast. [ continues to spoil, ]
[ you know how you go and like, solve murders for nine hours, and then you completely forget about the extremely embarrassing and very personal conversation you had like twelve hours beforehand because you're, you know, solving murders?
ha. there's a brief moment where gu yun also half freezes where he's holding his drink, a red flush almost immediately coming over his ears.
there's. a pause. a wild west, tumble weed rolling sort of pause. he is also deciding if he should run or not.
.......and eventually, great liang's greatest garlic does what he does best: puts on a really good face of "everything is totally normal what are you talking about". he lifts his glass in greeting, and valiantly ignores the fact that he's turning pink. ] Still obsessed with the cat?
ha. there's a brief moment where gu yun also half freezes where he's holding his drink, a red flush almost immediately coming over his ears.
there's. a pause. a wild west, tumble weed rolling sort of pause. he is also deciding if he should run or not.
.......and eventually, great liang's greatest garlic does what he does best: puts on a really good face of "everything is totally normal what are you talking about". he lifts his glass in greeting, and valiantly ignores the fact that he's turning pink. ] Still obsessed with the cat?
[ gu yun has been... very hard to find, this wednesday. aside from being out and about for his disastrous painting adventure (at least everyone else's adventures were equally disastrous), he's been noticeably absent from his usual haunts. even knocking on his door doesn't get a response.
however, enough searching may yield an answer - there's a consistent thunk sound coming from inside the simulation room later in the evening. it continues - a whistle, a thunk. a whistle, a thunk.
opening the door gets the simulation room changed into an archery range, and there's gu yun. he's in his black iron armor, hair pulled up into a ponytail, and wielding a black longbow as tall as he is and pulling arrows from a quiver at his back to launch into a target, the source of the steady thunking noise. despite what is now obvious if you know, his shots still hit perfect center - the last one splits the arrow before it in two - but he makes an irritated noise, and as he's clicking his tongue and going to the target to pull them out a bit, he turns, and spots company. ]
...Oh. [ there's that rise of irritation, again. gu yun tries to shove it down, though it's still bubbling under the surface. has been all day. ] Sorry, Molly. I didn't hear you come in.
however, enough searching may yield an answer - there's a consistent thunk sound coming from inside the simulation room later in the evening. it continues - a whistle, a thunk. a whistle, a thunk.
opening the door gets the simulation room changed into an archery range, and there's gu yun. he's in his black iron armor, hair pulled up into a ponytail, and wielding a black longbow as tall as he is and pulling arrows from a quiver at his back to launch into a target, the source of the steady thunking noise. despite what is now obvious if you know, his shots still hit perfect center - the last one splits the arrow before it in two - but he makes an irritated noise, and as he's clicking his tongue and going to the target to pull them out a bit, he turns, and spots company. ]
...Oh. [ there's that rise of irritation, again. gu yun tries to shove it down, though it's still bubbling under the surface. has been all day. ] Sorry, Molly. I didn't hear you come in.
[ this system works out great, actually! the combination of buzzing and knocking does seem to do the trick - it seems he's lingering rather near the door on purpose.
it opens, after a few moments. ] Ah, good morning!
[ just a little too loud, but only a bit! maybe he's just happy to see molly (get it). ]
it opens, after a few moments. ] Ah, good morning!
[ just a little too loud, but only a bit! maybe he's just happy to see molly (get it). ]
[ i had to wait for mod confirmation for something
anyway he will actually get a text back! ]
🧐
[ followed by the door opening. gu yun's back in his comfy robes today as he answers the door! he seems mostly normal except for the fact that he is whipping something off of his face VERY quickly as the door is opening and putting it behind his back. ] Smells like incense and wine. Must be Molly.
anyway he will actually get a text back! ]
🧐
[ followed by the door opening. gu yun's back in his comfy robes today as he answers the door! he seems mostly normal except for the fact that he is whipping something off of his face VERY quickly as the door is opening and putting it behind his back. ] Smells like incense and wine. Must be Molly.
[ well
once they've parted ways with harrow for the evening, gu yun ends up staying with molly - he's loosened a little bit but hasn't really stopped hovering near him, even if he is clearly absolutely not sure what to do with his hands or his face or like, anything afterwards, internally yelling a little about making molly cry and also having a LOT of emotions that he's usually allergic to. aaaaa
he. reaches up and rubs at his own nose, and mutters, a little - a lot - uselessly. ] ...so.
[ unfortunately... he is doing his best. ]
once they've parted ways with harrow for the evening, gu yun ends up staying with molly - he's loosened a little bit but hasn't really stopped hovering near him, even if he is clearly absolutely not sure what to do with his hands or his face or like, anything afterwards, internally yelling a little about making molly cry and also having a LOT of emotions that he's usually allergic to. aaaaa
he. reaches up and rubs at his own nose, and mutters, a little - a lot - uselessly. ] ...so.
[ unfortunately... he is doing his best. ]
[he's calmed down a lot now and is in that like. post-cry stage where you just are like. oh that was weird. who was that person? I don't know him.]
So.
[A little embarrassed, looking off to the side.]
Possibly the second time I've ever cried in my life so don't make a thing of it.
So.
[A little embarrassed, looking off to the side.]
Possibly the second time I've ever cried in my life so don't make a thing of it.
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