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[lionsleeps]

[It just beeps.]

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Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

[a bitter sound, nonverbal, but soft in its own way.]

You'll have to get in line.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

I am not yet immune to death.

[He could manage it! But he isn't quite to the point of trying.]

...Still. I can't help but think this is all karma.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

No. This is not the price of your wrongdoings.

[firm.]

He doesn't have the right.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

He is still Dan Feng.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

No Dan Feng would have the right. Not like this.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

[There is another pause, this time with no footsteps at all. Just shaky, wet breathing, as Jing Yuan inches closer to falling apart.]

...Don't lie to me.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

Do you think I would?

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

Everyone lies.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

Yes.

Do you think I would lie about this?

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

I think you would lie to both of us about it.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

I think that's a lot of unnecessary effort when I can condemn his transgressions perfectly well without lying.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

Mmph.

[He wants to argue, but that is a point. And it was funny, so he barely manages to stifle his laugh.]

Maybe so.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

[that feels like a tiny victory, but that in and of itself is exhausting.]

...I don't have a script to follow, here. I'm not that complicated, without one.

["if that helps" goes unsaid, but it's not subtle.]

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

A script...?

[Guess who's too far back in the timeline to know what you're talking about?]

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

[wait that's very central to his Everything these days. pauses to try and work out where to begin.]

...To follow, for the future.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

So you... rehearse your conversations in advance...? Based on divination?

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

Not... so specific. Missions. Scripts have times, coordinates, targets. I'm not usually tasked with conversation, but I can be part of a lie.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

Ah, I see.

[He doesn't infer anything about actual prophecies or whatnot, but he does get mission plans. The change in subject makes him feel a little better, too. He sniffs, but at least no longer sounds like he's about to collapse.]

So you're still a workaholic even now.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

[Blade flinches, squirms under that familiarity. but... Jing Yuan could use a little softness, right now. he can tolerate this much.]

I don't like being at loose ends.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

That's charming of you. Annoying sometimes, but charming.

[Unfortunately, Jing Yuan is juuust drunk enough to forget to draw a clear line between Blade and Yingxing with his words. He's as yet unable to draw one in his heart, but at least he's been trying to have manners about it.]

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

[this sucks. the mara is crawling up his throat, but he'll hold on... for now.]

Bad taste.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

Maybe. I am mad in my own way, after all.

[He sighs, half humour and half bitterness, and crouches down to get comfortable. He's not sure what else would be useful to say, but he doesn't really want to go back to his room just yet.]

...Why exactly did you call me?

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

Mm? I said. Imbibitor Lunae sent me a message, worried for you.

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[lionsleeps]

But you're not reporting back to him. So why are we talking?

Re: Day 15, ass o'clock in the morning

[goldenjoined]

[wow! feeling distinctly cornered, silent for a while.]

Jing Yuan.