If you're worried about me, it should be fine. [ HE PROBABLY WASNT also i forgot that their hoods are weird so. he scooches a little closer, unfortunately for everyone involved. ] I prefer close range combat, and I do better in fighting than I do in conversation. Always have. Motion is easy to track.
That being said, I'm planning for a plan A, plan B, plan C, so on and so forth - still too many unknowns to nail down anything specific, and I'd rather leave room for flexibility.
[STOP COMING CLOSER he puts his hood down so gu yun won't get up in his space.]
I'm not. [just going to remove all doubt.] Here.
[and he takes gu yun's hand. his own hands are icy cold, but so are gu yun's so he probably won't notice. that chill intensifies for a moment, like a stiff wind blowing through the room, and then, instinctively, gu yun will know that he has a boon called Blind. It - well, it does what it says on the tin. It completely blinds someone for a day.]
[ the wind he notices immediately, holding very still - and then.
he just.
laughs? as he realizes what the boon he was given was. ]
Oh, very funny! Talk about leveling the playing field! [ HE'S DELIGHTED ] Would it leave any visible trace or anything of the like on the eyes? I suppose not, if it's a day, and we wouldn't see the corpse until Saturday. Wonderful!
Well, you would've had much trouble killing me with it. Though, I can't say I blame you for the sentiment. [ a motherfucker is too used to being blind... tragique. he also understands, considering playing deaf is one of his favorite games to get out of answering questions he doesn't want to answer. so. ] I'll use this well, though - it may be just what I need. I'm expecting Mahito to have a power or two of his own, so between this and Wrath's pin, I should be alright.
Ha. [ he will try. ] I'm not sure if His Majesty, if given the option, would rather fling me out to the farthest borders of Great Liang or keep me in his pocket.
[ gu yun's relationship with the royalty is #complicated. he still, occasionally, thinks about his little adventure off through white's brain and then represses it very, very hard. ]
...He's been trying to dissolve my camp, the emperor. Much like his father before him, and in as many underhanded ways as possible. Politics, and such.
[ though the dry, idle way he says so seems to fade a bit, when mentioning the emperor before li feng. ]
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but he does, with a sigh. he comes up close, and makes an effort to speak a little more loudly than normal. appreciate his efforts.]
Any changes in your plan?
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anyway. he shakes his head once he can hear it, listening carefully, and then; ]
Well. Childe offered me his knife, so there's that!
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Hm. And how confident are you in being able to use that knife?
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[ don't be a sass ]
If you're worried about me, it should be fine. [ HE PROBABLY WASNT also i forgot that their hoods are weird so. he scooches a little closer, unfortunately for everyone involved. ] I prefer close range combat, and I do better in fighting than I do in conversation. Always have. Motion is easy to track.
That being said, I'm planning for a plan A, plan B, plan C, so on and so forth - still too many unknowns to nail down anything specific, and I'd rather leave room for flexibility.
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I'm not. [just going to remove all doubt.] Here.
[and he takes gu yun's hand. his own hands are icy cold, but so are gu yun's so he probably won't notice. that chill intensifies for a moment, like a stiff wind blowing through the room, and then, instinctively, gu yun will know that he has a boon called Blind. It - well, it does what it says on the tin. It completely blinds someone for a day.]
Now it's even.
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he just.
laughs? as he realizes what the boon he was given was. ]
Oh, very funny! Talk about leveling the playing field! [ HE'S DELIGHTED ] Would it leave any visible trace or anything of the like on the eyes? I suppose not, if it's a day, and we wouldn't see the corpse until Saturday. Wonderful!
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[he uses it a lot to escape conversations so congrats.] Don't get caught.
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I won't. This is what you used on me, isn't it? I'll confess, it is a much stronger version of my usual choice of ending conversations...
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It's stronger because it's meant for killing people. [PRIDE]
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Well, you would've had much trouble killing me with it. Though, I can't say I blame you for the sentiment. [ a motherfucker is too used to being blind... tragique. he also understands, considering playing deaf is one of his favorite games to get out of answering questions he doesn't want to answer. so. ] I'll use this well, though - it may be just what I need. I'm expecting Mahito to have a power or two of his own, so between this and Wrath's pin, I should be alright.
[ and then i didnt even have to use the pin, ]
Thank you, Pride.
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and then remembers, awkwardly.]
You're... welcome. [hehrhrhrruughghh.]
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Hard, isn't it? I'm trying to remember to mind my manners, too.
[ pride!!! it really be like that. ] You're more than welcome to just tell me to fuck off, if you prefer.
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Fuck off. [but his tone is like, not very serious.]
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Fuck off to you too! [ yes much better. ] I much prefer the coarseness of the military camps to the politeness of the Emperor's courts, I think.
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Mm. Military camps tend to be more honest.
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[ despite his own tricks and game playing - really, gu yun's a pretty honest guy. ] It's a life I wouldn't trade.
... Though. Mollymauk did point out to me, should I successfully achieve my desire here, I'll be out of those. Quite out of a job, actually.
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Guess so. What would you do otherwise?
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into the middle distance ]
Honestly? I have no idea.
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Whatever you do, don't discover you're secretly royalty.
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Well. It wasn't a secret, I've long known that much.
[ ha ha... ]
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I meant more in the way of don't get roped into it. [god]
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[ gu yun's relationship with the royalty is #complicated. he still, occasionally, thinks about his little adventure off through white's brain and then represses it very, very hard. ]
...He's been trying to dissolve my camp, the emperor. Much like his father before him, and in as many underhanded ways as possible. Politics, and such.
[ though the dry, idle way he says so seems to fade a bit, when mentioning the emperor before li feng. ]