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[He slowly nods.]
I'm, uh, I'm glad it was you with me, too. That was a mess.
I'm, uh, I'm glad it was you with me, too. That was a mess.
Yeah...? [He glances at him curiously, while looking through their options.] Do you have a favorite flavor? I recognize some of these from the stuff in Camila's house, but...
[Sliding into the seat next to him. Hi.]
I think we all knew it was gonna keep happening anyway, but...
[Fridays, huh?]
I think we all knew it was gonna keep happening anyway, but...
[Fridays, huh?]
[ he shakes his head, taking a sip of his drink. ]
Gets worse every week somehow.
[ they have more time to Bond and it's Terrible. he gazes down at his drink and there's a very quiet push of emotion, sadness and like a quiet relief when hunter sits next to him. ]
Were you close?
Gets worse every week somehow.
[ they have more time to Bond and it's Terrible. he gazes down at his drink and there's a very quiet push of emotion, sadness and like a quiet relief when hunter sits next to him. ]
Were you close?
We hung out sometimes, but I don't know if I'd call us close...
[Still sucks, though. He leans his face down on the bar, watching him.]
Are you okay?
[Still sucks, though. He leans his face down on the bar, watching him.]
Are you okay?
[Haha, what the fuck.
They can run into each other in the planetarium, in the room with the massive projector. Hunter is just sitting here with his knees drawn up to his chest, Flapjack softly warbling at him. But he looks up once he hears Jingheng enter the room, and just... kind of scoots over to make room for him where he's seated. Hi.]
They can run into each other in the planetarium, in the room with the massive projector. Hunter is just sitting here with his knees drawn up to his chest, Flapjack softly warbling at him. But he looks up once he hears Jingheng enter the room, and just... kind of scoots over to make room for him where he's seated. Hi.]
[ oh... kid...
he scoots and jingheng sits down immediately, gazing upwards for a moment at the projector slowly casting stars overhead. he gazes upwards for a long, long moment before, careful of flapjack, he... wraps his arms around hunter quietly. and just hugs him.
zhanlu sings very quietly. ]
he scoots and jingheng sits down immediately, gazing upwards for a moment at the projector slowly casting stars overhead. he gazes upwards for a long, long moment before, careful of flapjack, he... wraps his arms around hunter quietly. and just hugs him.
zhanlu sings very quietly. ]
[Thanks, Jingheng. He sniffs and leans into it, just a little, quiet.
Then, after a bit:]
I don't know how to fix this.
Then, after a bit:]
I don't know how to fix this.
... Do you really think it's possible to get everyone out of here? The personal demons seem pretty confident that it's not, but I don't want to accept that.
[He sniffs, looking up at him. Then, after a moment, he nods.]
But not just Tuuri and the rest of the double dead. We need to get the personal demons out, too, Jingheng. I can't— [He pauses. Shakes his head.] I won't let them keep Cosmopolitan or the others.
But not just Tuuri and the rest of the double dead. We need to get the personal demons out, too, Jingheng. I can't— [He pauses. Shakes his head.] I won't let them keep Cosmopolitan or the others.
[ he closes his eyes for a moment and nods. ]
That's more like it. All of them.
Everyone. Satan has more than enough assholes down here for his parties. He can have a hell of a lot of fun without us.
[ a moment... ]
That Cosmopolitan. Means a lot to you.
That's more like it. All of them.
Everyone. Satan has more than enough assholes down here for his parties. He can have a hell of a lot of fun without us.
[ a moment... ]
That Cosmopolitan. Means a lot to you.
[He closes his eyes, briefly.]
... Well, maybe not all of us. Whoever hurt Kon and Tuuri deserves to rot.
[Because as depressed as he feels over this, it's slowly starting to give way to rage. Fuck whoever framed Tuuri.
Either way, he sighs.]
We're... actually not that close. I was awful to him in the past and I haven't made up for it yet. But he's important to my friends, and I won't go back to his sister just to tell her he's gone. I can't.
... Well, maybe not all of us. Whoever hurt Kon and Tuuri deserves to rot.
[Because as depressed as he feels over this, it's slowly starting to give way to rage. Fuck whoever framed Tuuri.
Either way, he sighs.]
We're... actually not that close. I was awful to him in the past and I haven't made up for it yet. But he's important to my friends, and I won't go back to his sister just to tell her he's gone. I can't.
[ there's a pause and then
he has to glance away for a minute but there's a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. damn if that isn't what he was thinking. "all" is optimistic. he'd love to give whoever did this a good fucking sock in the teeth. ]
Says a lot about you, you know that? That you want to make it right.
[ softer, because he remembers the memories he's seen, and god if this kid isn't loved... ] Back home... your friends are waiting for you. And him... we'll get you both back to them.
I imagine they'd miss you pretty badly otherwise.
he has to glance away for a minute but there's a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. damn if that isn't what he was thinking. "all" is optimistic. he'd love to give whoever did this a good fucking sock in the teeth. ]
Says a lot about you, you know that? That you want to make it right.
[ softer, because he remembers the memories he's seen, and god if this kid isn't loved... ] Back home... your friends are waiting for you. And him... we'll get you both back to them.
I imagine they'd miss you pretty badly otherwise.
... I miss them, too.
[Quietly, propping his chin on his knees since he still has his legs pulled up his chest.]
But if anything happens to me, then I at least want to make sure King— I mean, Cosmopolitan, makes it home to his family.
[Quietly, propping his chin on his knees since he still has his legs pulled up his chest.]
But if anything happens to me, then I at least want to make sure King— I mean, Cosmopolitan, makes it home to his family.
[ frowns ]
Sure. But I wouldn't plan on not making it back. Just so you know. Don't get attached to that plan.
[ gazing out at the stars. ]
I learned a long time ago that sacrifice... it can hurt the people around you too. Irreparably. Don't hurt them that way just to make it right. Make it back with him... so that you can make it right to him too.
Sure. But I wouldn't plan on not making it back. Just so you know. Don't get attached to that plan.
[ gazing out at the stars. ]
I learned a long time ago that sacrifice... it can hurt the people around you too. Irreparably. Don't hurt them that way just to make it right. Make it back with him... so that you can make it right to him too.
I already know that getting left behind is just as bad. You don't have to tell me that.
[Quietly. Quickly. Snapping just a little because he's upset, whoopsie.]
... It's not like I want to stay, anyway. I want to help my friends get back to their families. And I want to do all the things I couldn't before because of Belos. [...] You have stuff you want to do with Zhanlu and Lu Bixing, too, right?
[Quietly. Quickly. Snapping just a little because he's upset, whoopsie.]
... It's not like I want to stay, anyway. I want to help my friends get back to their families. And I want to do all the things I couldn't before because of Belos. [...] You have stuff you want to do with Zhanlu and Lu Bixing, too, right?
... I don't think I've had orange ice cream before, actually.
[Thoughtfully. He glances at the totally unmanned shop, and nods.]
There's no one around to stop us from taking a sample of everything. Let's do it.
[Thoughtfully. He glances at the totally unmanned shop, and nods.]
There's no one around to stop us from taking a sample of everything. Let's do it.
[Hunter is still a furry so they can be furries in the mountains. Maybe they're at the bar so Jingheng can also make tiny animals mistakes. The power is in your hands, Char.
Either way, Hunter is watching his own tail wag with a funny look on his face.]
... Haha, weird.
Either way, Hunter is watching his own tail wag with a funny look on his face.]
... Haha, weird.
[ oh my god please... furries in the mountains it is. jingheng knows what the drink does, and frankly.
hunter is already a little wolf so like of course he joins him. i have no art u will just have to deal with imagining this wolf in a lil suit with a jacket on his shoulders. ]
Definitely a weird drink.
[ definitely. his tail also wags a little bit :soup: he is (very) happy. ]
Fur is nice for the snow...
hunter is already a little wolf so like of course he joins him. i have no art u will just have to deal with imagining this wolf in a lil suit with a jacket on his shoulders. ]
Definitely a weird drink.
[ definitely. his tail also wags a little bit :soup: he is (very) happy. ]
Fur is nice for the snow...
[ he's allowed. the snapping don't bother him. ]
We do... Lu Bixing is the Prime Minister... and I guess I have a posthumous job promotion I need to start taking care of.
Zhanlu... he'll want to know everything when he wakes up, probably.
[ he tilts his head. ]
What sort of things?
We do... Lu Bixing is the Prime Minister... and I guess I have a posthumous job promotion I need to start taking care of.
Zhanlu... he'll want to know everything when he wakes up, probably.
[ he tilts his head. ]
What sort of things?
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