[despair awaits in the planetarium, standing with their head tilted up to the ceiling to watch the stars overhead. when gu yun enters, they turn to him.]
I believe the answer to your question is yes. We're in agreement, there.
[they hate not being able to snark at gu yun, holy shit. but, also... they sort of hold still a moment, watching him. their feathers ruffle, making a crystalline sound, and there is a distinct sound of annoyance from beneath the hood
as despair takes an abrupt step closer to close the distance between them, tips gu yun's head up with clawed fingers, and leans down to kiss him.
they IMMEDIATELY step back, feathers still ruffled.]
[ okay gu yun goes through like fourteen different emotions in the span of the three seconds that come when despair steps back from him. starting with confusion and surprise and a little flustered embarrassment shifting rapidly to glee and then a second of "wait no" because the kindness effect kicks in and he cant like, tease them for that or bully them for it which is the worst
he opens his mouth.
closes his mouth.
clears his throat. ]
Uh. [ you know gu yun's maybe been speechless like three times in his entire life and this is now one of them.
might as well shoot his shot! ] .... Out of curiosity, if I told you that Wrath told me to ask you to show me your face, would you?
I am not in the habit of doing things simply because she asks them of me.
[they can be rude if it's not direct, thank god. but they're also not offering any explanation at all for the abrupt kiss, simply folding their arms and moving on.]
However, if you were to give me a more compelling reason, perhaps I would.
Well. Since I'm sure you know plenty about me, I'm sure you know I've only got about a week or so efficacy of my medicine left. I'd rather like the chance to see your face while I still can.
[ a beat. ] That, and if that's going to happen again, I could much more easily return the favor.
[and one that doesn't lean on wrath. they get it, but they also dislike her being used as an excuse; she'll tell them, if she'd like them to do something. maybe she has. maybe he's just more willing because of their ties.
but, after a moment, despair does reach up to remove their hood; they have to be cautious with it, to avoid it being caught on the spires of the silver crown that all curve up directly out of their head. his hair is short and pure white, his features sharp, eyes deep blue and full of stars. tear-track-like marks in the same blue shade trail down his face, extending below the collar of his robe, and his eyes seem to be leaking some kind of black, glittering liquid, making it look as if he is endlessly weeping.
he wipes a little of the liquid away, glancing at it with some irritation, but actually getting rid of it seems to be a hopeless effort. he doesn't try.]
anyway. despair is really, really tall and gu yun is unfortunately not so he has to look up quite a bit, but there he is! wow! much like lup, it seems - though, he hasn't seen enough of despair to know if this is better, or worse.
the kindness compulsion kicks in before his brain does probably, and he steps forward, lifting his hand, and just. reaches out to wipe away some of the glittery black liquid with the edge of his sleeve.
...
and then stops himself, pulling his hand back and just pretending that didn't happen: ] ...The two of you really make quite the celestial pair, don't you?
-do not bother with it. Were there a way to stop it, I would have done so myself.
[he murmurs that quietly, with a little shake of his head.]
But I suppose we do. I am used enough already to being associated with the stars, myself.
[he very rarely unfurls his wings, but he does so just enough for gu yun to peer at the inside. they're the same black crystal the feathers are made of, but on the inside the wings have a more solid surface of raw crystal, with flecks and fragments of multicoloured crystal shards embedded within. a little rainbow galaxy of stars against that dark crystalline background.]
[ he has to move a little closer to properly examine the feathers themselves, lifting his liuli glass and adjusting it on the bridge of his nose. even with his rapidly fading vision, he can see the colors, and he tilts his head, then huffs a laugh, reaching up to tap his liuli glass on the rim. ]
Looks a bit like liuli glass. [ he's seeing some very pretty colors rn. how nice it is that he can see them! ha ha. ] That first floor we visited was yours, wasn't it? The room with the purple crystals on the floor, and all of that.
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I believe the answer to your question is yes. We're in agreement, there.
[they hate not being able to snark at gu yun, holy shit. but, also... they sort of hold still a moment, watching him. their feathers ruffle, making a crystalline sound, and there is a distinct sound of annoyance from beneath the hood
as despair takes an abrupt step closer to close the distance between them, tips gu yun's head up with clawed fingers, and leans down to kiss him.
they IMMEDIATELY step back, feathers still ruffled.]
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bwuh? ]
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he opens his mouth.
closes his mouth.
clears his throat. ]
Uh. [ you know gu yun's maybe been speechless like three times in his entire life and this is now one of them.
might as well shoot his shot! ] .... Out of curiosity, if I told you that Wrath told me to ask you to show me your face, would you?
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[they can be rude if it's not direct, thank god. but they're also not offering any explanation at all for the abrupt kiss, simply folding their arms and moving on.]
However, if you were to give me a more compelling reason, perhaps I would.
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[ a beat. ] That, and if that's going to happen again, I could much more easily return the favor.
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[and one that doesn't lean on wrath. they get it, but they also dislike her being used as an excuse; she'll tell them, if she'd like them to do something. maybe she has. maybe he's just more willing because of their ties.
but, after a moment, despair does reach up to remove their hood; they have to be cautious with it, to avoid it being caught on the spires of the silver crown that all curve up directly out of their head. his hair is short and pure white, his features sharp, eyes deep blue and full of stars. tear-track-like marks in the same blue shade trail down his face, extending below the collar of his robe, and his eyes seem to be leaking some kind of black, glittering liquid, making it look as if he is endlessly weeping.
he wipes a little of the liquid away, glancing at it with some irritation, but actually getting rid of it seems to be a hopeless effort. he doesn't try.]
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anyway. despair is really, really tall and gu yun is unfortunately not so he has to look up quite a bit, but there he is! wow! much like lup, it seems - though, he hasn't seen enough of despair to know if this is better, or worse.
the kindness compulsion kicks in before his brain does probably, and he steps forward, lifting his hand, and just. reaches out to wipe away some of the glittery black liquid with the edge of his sleeve.
...
and then stops himself, pulling his hand back and just pretending that didn't happen: ] ...The two of you really make quite the celestial pair, don't you?
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[he murmurs that quietly, with a little shake of his head.]
But I suppose we do. I am used enough already to being associated with the stars, myself.
[he very rarely unfurls his wings, but he does so just enough for gu yun to peer at the inside. they're the same black crystal the feathers are made of, but on the inside the wings have a more solid surface of raw crystal, with flecks and fragments of multicoloured crystal shards embedded within. a little rainbow galaxy of stars against that dark crystalline background.]
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Looks a bit like liuli glass. [ he's seeing some very pretty colors rn. how nice it is that he can see them! ha ha. ] That first floor we visited was yours, wasn't it? The room with the purple crystals on the floor, and all of that.