PC: GU YUN

[headmt]

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W1 - SATURDAY

[headmt]

[hey my dude

is gu yun just at the bar, if so. molly will just hop right into whatever seat is next to him and put his head directly down on it. what the hell!]

[liuli]

[ he sure is. he's about halfway through a glass of something that smells very strong; as molly comes over, he just claps him on the shoulder once, and then slides him the glass. ]

What the hell. [ yea ]

[headmt]

[hey thanks.

he'll just take that and slam at least part of it back. I'm assuming it's very strong. fuck it!]

What the hells.

[Well,]

Do you think that it's partially that we don't want to see the answer?

[liuli]

[ yea it's strong as hell. he's reaching for the bottle of whatever liquor he was drinking to just top the glass off.

very, very dryly: ] Well, I'm very good at pretending that I can't see things.

[ ugh. ]

[headmt]

[He'll finish his glass, only coughing a little bit. He hasn't been drinking for the past few days, but apparently, that's changing again.]

And I won't feel badly about voting for the-- creature that refused to back down. A bad turn for a bad turn. Even if it makes me an equally evil shit.

[liuli]

[ he pats his back. there there, molly. ]

Mn. The iron puppet? [ hk-47?

a snort. ] Or Vlad?

[headmt]

[A laugh, but the kind that's mostly of out of obligation.]

We couldn't have just fucking agreed to not vote at all? But he was going to and it was going to be-- It would have been someone completely innocent.

[liuli]

I know. [ yeah. he returns to his cup for a moment, glancing down at the surface of the drink before taking another long sip. ]

It would've been worse. I think, even if he didn't do anything today, there was no way that would have lasted. After all, we're all just meatbags.

[ and he sure was a killing machine. ] ...I wonder what will happen tomorrow.

[headmt]

You aren't wrong.

[He knows he isn't wrong! That's all very logical. In the circumstances they were in, it was probably actually the best option they could have managed, but. Still.]

Tomorrow? The murder machine likely kills someone. But we'll see, won't we. I'm going to try the spell.

[liuli]

[ ... he seems thoughtful for a moment, swirling the liquid in his glass. ]

...From what I learned last time, [ gu yun's careful with his words here, addressing it as fact, but not talking about last week's execution more than necessary. ] the other person was picked as the best combatant match.

I was able to defeat HK-47 in hand to hand in the Simulation Room last week.

[ it's not a guarantee.

but it is a possibility, and one he's been thinking of since the results came out.

there's a pause. ] If it is me, tomorrow, I'll say I used mine on him.

[headmt]

It damn well better not be you? Don't even say it, I know what kind of things your mouth summons.

[Just staring straight ahead? No?]

But if it is, you better fucking beat him.

[liuli]

[ STOP HIS CROW MOUTH

gu yun's expression hardens, too, just for a moment. the ruthless commander who's defeated a thousand armies. ]

I have no plans to die here. Especially not to an Iron Puppet calling me a meatbag.

[headmt]

Alright. Good enough. I'll take you at your word.

[Reaching over to sling an arm over his shoulders, squeezing.]

. . . So you used yours? The spell?

[liuli]

Ah. No, I didn't - haven't had a reason to. [ he pauses, brows furrowing, briefly. ] I was rather annoyed at Vlad for refusing to admit to his and making me look suspicious, but, ultimately, it showed me that he's just as much of a liar as I am. I didn't see any harm in sharing part of the truth.

Besides. [ there's a beat, and his smile goes a little sly. ] I have two.

[headmt]

He's also just a terrible liar. At least have the spine to attempt to be confident at it.

[Says Mollymauk, noted terrible liar? It's fine.]

And how did the clever Gu Yun obtain a second?

[liuli]

Fufu. Maybe I have a Charming spell of my own.

[ that's

not what it's called. ]

[headmt]

[Molly would never correct him.]

A favorite of the Avatars?

[liuli]

[ thank you for not laughing at him. ]

Maybe one or two, though I'm not the only one - a few others came up in the trial today. [ 🎶 ] A gentleman would never kiss and tell, though.

[headmt]

Stop bragging and just tell me what it is already.

[Reaching over to poke him in that mark on his cheek.]

[liuli]

[ that gets him to laugh - a genuine, bright noise. alright, alright, just because it's molly. ]

It has someone feel like they've been shot, despite not leaving a mark. It wouldn't kill someone, but it would incapacitate them instantly.

Something to protect myself, should I need it.

[headmt]

And you were going to make me use my spell on you. Seems a bit of a greed sin, does it not?

[He doesn't seem to mind.]

Anyway, interesting. Definitely, the kind of thing that could be useful.

[liuli]

[ pfft - ]

I wasn't, I wasn't! I was going to use mine, so you could lie, actually, and pretend you'd used your own, so you'd still have it in those coat pockets of yours should trouble strike. To keep plans in a brocade bag, and all of that.

[ and boy if he is not someone who always has plans ] The one I was gifted is more than enough for me.

[headmt]

[pffffft--]

It's alright, I'm not stingy. Wrath I believe offered me a second in a stupor, but I didn't follow up. Felt a bit rude to take advantage of half-asleep girl. Maybe I'll press again later.

[liuli]

[ he snorts, expression going fond. ]

I'm sure she would give it to you.

[headmt]

[Molly feels a bit better after the joking around, so he just, moves to slide a hand over gu yun's, squeezing.]

Who else is worth some time with? I'm rather fond of Greed and Lust. And Envy certainly seems to have a thing for me. I'll-- I'll warn you right off Gluttony. Strange, that one.