[ oh you can bet this dude is in the kitchen. he's in his canon outfit, chopping up vegetables to put them in a pot with something that smells diabolically spicy. his tail wags gently behind him.
his ears swivel a bit when he hears footsteps, and he glances over his shoulder. a pause. ]
so yeah. wiš'adel is gonna be here at some point, wherever "here" is, to chill. to vibe. to make sure he's alive after everyone freaked about what looked like a minor injury to her!! weirdos!!]
[ this is a nonstarter but tell me if you want baby jiaoqiu (of various ages), random backstory changes jiaoqiu, or unaffected jiaoqiu for your straight man needs and i will give you this thing ]
[ he's hard to find tonight, but if wis'adel is persistent, or if she knows all the saddest places to look - she'll find him at the top of the lighthouse.
he's standing there silently, right up against the railing. ]
[well first of all she probably needed anders' help to get up here after she pushed herself too much today, her body is still pretty much running on empty after the other day. but. here she is regardless, slouching down to sit against the railing.]
what plays out is this. (scroll down to 'can you put a price on the life of a merc', skip over the little bit with just hoederer, and then hit the next page or just click here for the second part.)
she huffs out a little sound, almost amused, as she watches this play out.]
[ he watches, even though he knows he should probably be a little more polite about not doing so. but. once it's finished, his lips twitch a bit, and he knocks his tail against her side, gently. ]
[we're in the candyland armory, where she is just. staring.]
Better than nothing, I guess... you still good after the trip, doc?
[glancing back to him there-- in her shared emotions there's a spike of worry, and there might be an undercurrent there of something closer to anxiety.]
[ he's still a little slow, but he actually probably looks a lot better today? he's definitely less stabbed, and though his ear is still ripped, he looks like maybe he's less in danger of immediately keeling over.
he wanders over to her carefully, hand resting on the part of his abdomen that got stabbed through on thursday, and hums. ]
I'm alright. [ a little out of breath, but not like devastated. his own emotions ping as this very serene sort of calm. a bit dead. but there's a current of amusement over the top of it as he gets a little closer to her. ]
You don't need to worry. I'd complain if I couldn't keep up.
the vibes are tired. he's kind of just tired of having to do this over and over again. he's also vaguely annoyed, as he wanders through the mansion to find his way to the kitchen, as always. if he hears weesh coming, he'll hold out a hand. hello. ]
[ he is checking out the train today - he's most interested in the italy car, but he's also happy to check out the other ones except for the dogs. they jump on him and he doesn't like it.
he's just finished eating something and is taking a stroll around the colosseum, though he's very sure to not walk into it. we don't need to be fighting lions, unless you want to, but in that case it's going to be jiaoqiu running from the lions and you fighting them.
there's a hint of something green peeking out from his turtleneck, also. ]
[she settles in next to him, wincing; wiš'adel has been hiding it well all day, but the man is a healer, she knows there's no point. he's aware she's pushed it.]
[ you can catch, towards the end of the day, a little dreamscape being projected from a sleepy not balded fox. he is unbalded, now, but he's dozing off somewhere close by, probably sitting up.
which means what you see is the following:
a long street, illuminated by gentle lights and a starry sky. a foxian woman walks down this street, being followed by two men flanking her at either side. one of them, a tall man in a hood, does not seem to be able to relax, glancing around them at all angles, as if seeking an invisible enemy. the other man, a familiar pink foxian, fans himself gently as they walk, not paying attention to their surroundings at all. the woman is chattering at the both of them in an animated fashion, throwing her hands around, throwing her head back and laughing, reaching back to slap at the men following her in a jovial way. the tall hooded man hides a smile, and jiaoqiu, because of course that's who it is, outright laughs when the foxian woman turns to walk backwards to speak to them more insistently.
it sounds like she's trying to convince them to try out a new takeout place. come on, we've been out all day, we deserve a treat. jiaoqiu reaches to rap her gently with his fan, saying something about the cost, and she complains loudly about money not being a problem - who would charge her, anyway?
the world around them doesn't change. it's just locked in a moment - locked in something familiar, like home. ]
[it's warm, in a way that feels really nice after all the shit they've dealt with this last weekend-- dream or not, she'll indulge in this for a bit, grinning as she steps up to lean against jiaoqiu. just inserting herself here without hesitation, easy.]
Come on, doc, you know she's right! Let yourself live a little, huh?
[with a flick of her tail:]
Don't pretend you don't want to try it yourself.
[joining in influences the dream just a bit. it's still his, primarily, but new figures join the people in the background, ones with varying types of horns and tails, and the sound of someone playing an acoustic guitar somewhere nearby filters through. they're singing a little song about the people passing by, working them into the lyrics of an idle tune.]
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