PC: GU YUN

[headmt]

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[liuli]

[ if you make me write a filial piety kink thread i'll kill you

by which i mean, gu yun immediately bats his eyelashes and cooes, dramatically - ] This humble servant is honored by the Emperor's kindness.

[headmt]

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[ Molly does pause, because, well, a very beautiful person is right here in front of him batting eyelashes at him and this started out very much joking but also this is incredibly fun and. Well. He presses in the slightest edge of one of his - claws? His nails are claw-like enough to make an impression.

Then he just claps him on both cheeks gently like a kid and steps back, laughing to himself. ]

I think I need a drink. Join?

[liuli]

[ sometimes you joke and things happen

anyway he is most certainly not expecting the sharp edge of a nail that bites more like a claw - because its probably a claw! holy shit! - and there's a brief moment before that very silly and dramatic eyelash batting swaps into an iota of completely caught off guard. etc.

it's gone in a second, though, and when his cheeks get patted, gu yun shuts his eyes together tight and and wrinkles his nose, a playful, childish face for the childish gesture, before he takes a step back and grins. ]

Am I driving you to drinking already, or is it for the joy of my company? [ but, he waves a hand forward in a gesture of onwards! he's coming. ] Let's.

[headmt]

Both, obviously.

[He'll just say that? It's fine. Honestly he feels a bit silly for backing off now. This place is supposed to be about not limiting yourself, right? Oh, but the endless horror of Being Known. It's easier when you don't particularly want to be friends with someone to immediately put the moves on them. ]

[liuli]

[ the speed at which gu yun internalizes whatever just happened there would break world records, likely. whew! we don't have time to think about that right now! ]

That sounds about right. [ anyway, he seems to like that answer, grinning as he tucks his hands into his robe sleeves, pleased with himself. off to the bar. ] Did our marvelous little actor attempt to fool anyone else besides me, that you know of?

[headmt]

[It's fine you're just a monsterfucker, gu yun. Happens to the best of us. Molly just shakes his head and gives a half-shrug.]

I'm not particularly good at the thing. I think there's other messages. Suppose I'll find out if someone else comes to me and tells me I'm royalty.

[liuli]

Well? Are you? [ he gives molly a nudge with his shoulder, playful. ]

If I've been speaking to royalty this whole time, then I've been so terribly rude.

[headmt]

[He does have two of the tiny crowns - one on each horn - now. He keeps obtaining these. They're fun and he likes them.]

I was hoping to keep it under wraps, you know! Once people find out, they get so strange about it. You become a high-value target. Really, do just treat me as one of the common folk, I've yet to experience life like that.

[liuli]

Lucky for you, I've got plenty of experience with keeping royalty hush-hush.

[ gu yun your resume? wild. ] So don't worry, your secret's safe with me.

[headmt]

You can tell some people. Just the right people! To spread it a little. I’m sure you’d be great at that actually.

[He wouldn’t hate that? Anyway, walking into the common room. Stopping.]

. . . Why the fuck is this place covered in cheese?

[liuli]

Who, me? [ yeah boy he sure would be

anyway, whatever other clever response he has to say is stopped also by the cheese whiz. gu yun immediately wrinkles his nose - the smell is way too strong for him - and takes a step back. ] Is that really cheese?

[ it smells so fake. ]

[headmt]

[Just.

Reaching out to try some? Putting it in his mouth. Why? Why.]

. . . Maybe?

[It’s hard to tell. Anyway, in a moment of panic, he turns towards his best friend in the entire game: the hot tub.]

No! No, this can’t be happening! Who did this to you?!

[liuli]

[ bro you are so brave. gu yun just kinda lets him do it because of course he does, and waits for the verdict... since he doesn't keel over it's probably fine.

he's absolutely not going to taste it, so, eventually, plugging his nose, gu yun follows molly over to the hot tub, peering curiously around him. what the fuck happened here. ]

Is this someone's form of an indulgence or a crime scene? [ who would do this ]

[headmt]

[Just sitting by the hot tub, looking sad. Tail thumping on the ground like a very, very pissed off cat and muttering to himself.]

My indulgence is going to be beating the shit out of them.

[ THIS IS SO SAD. Now where will beautiful women come and immediately start flirting with him.]

[liuli]

I wonder if cajoling whichever machine junkie in this place into fixing it for us would count.

[ WHERE IS SHEN YI WHEN YOU NEED HIM! UNBELIEVABLE!!! he could probably figure it out on his own, but like, why. ] What a waste.

[ where can someone rub his shoulders while he drinks wine now?? hello??? ]

[headmt]

A terrible waste!

[Okay, he seems over being upset. Or was play acting being that upset in the first place. Could be either. Getting up and hopping over the bar (he does this every time. It’s showing off.) and grabbing two bottles.]

Alright, lets just escape. Go somewhere . . . else? That’s the thing about this place, you do start to realize it isn’t that large.

[liuli]

[ molly is such a fun person to be around, genuinely. gu yun sits on the rim of the hot tub while he's picking out drinks, making a thoughtful noise as he considers the proposal. ]

Not so large, and with no seeming way out, either. I suppose that's the point of all these toys to play with - to keep us entertained.

[ hmmmmmmmmmm. ] The rec room? The bedroom? I suppose there's the place with the instruments, if you like a little atmosphere with your drinks.

[headmt]

[He does try! He tries very hard, actually.]

Hope this isn’t a particularly long experience. Don’t really like to stay one place more than a week or so. And certainly not inside the whole time.

[Going a little stir crazy already. That’s probably fine.]

I would love entertainment. You know how to play?

[liuli]

Oh! [ gu yun's face lights up. ] I dabble a little. I certainly wouldn't call myself an expert.

[ this has seemingly made him very happy. ]

Shall we?

[headmt]

Expertise not required.

[Since Gu Yun was so polite as to offer his arm last time, Molly offers his this time.]

We shall, I think.

[liuli]

Oh, how kind of you. [ with an air of that same drama, he touches his hand to his heart again, playfully, and then takes molly's arm. time to cavort off to the music room, drinks in hand. ]

You mentioned the circus, before. Is that part of why you like to move from place to place? I'm curious.

[headmt]

It was called the Traveling Carnival for a reason. But yes, we didn’t tend to stick around too long. Crowds obviously have to change to bring in new coin, and, well, looking like I do, certain towns can become . . . disrespectful.

[Sighing, looking a little nostalgic.]

It was wonderful! Until it went sideways. But these things always tend to do that. It was never going to last forever.

[liuli]

I understand. [ the western circus that came through had been... well... that had been kind of a mess to say the least. gu yun ended up not really paying attention to much of the performance, by the end, and that was his only real experience with one.

but, people getting nasty makes sense, and with what molly mentioned about his tiefling nature... ] I'm sorry to hear that - suppose at least you have the memories. What sort of act did you put on, then? If you're ever feeling nostalgic, I'm sure you'd have a captive audience.

[ you know

considering they can't leave. ]

[headmt]

I do, indeed, have the memories.

[Honestly it isn’t as if the Fletching and Moondrop hadn’t be a mess. The way it had ended certainly was a Scene.]

As for the act— I wasn’t really a performer. I read fortunes for coin, roused the crowd, trawled the local taverns and markets for patrons, that sort of thing. I was working on a little something or two, just for fun, really. You get me two swords and a flower, and I can put on a act for you.

[liuli]

[ onefloweronesword.mp3 ]

Seeing as how even knives seem to be in short supply around here, that may be quite difficult. Unless whoever's taken our things will be so kind as to return them - if I manage to get my Wind Slasher back, you'll be the first to know.

[ god it's so weird not having it. or his light armor. it's fine. ]

But - such a transient life! To think, if we'd been from the same realm, I'm sure I would've run into you somehow. I do quite a bit of traveling myself.