Audience: Gu Yun

[probe]

Comments

[liuli]

Not so surprising. [ TEEF

that last comments gets a laugh out of him, again. gu yun sits up more properly, turning over to prop his cheek on his hand. ]

Well, each of us has to have our own desires - doesn't seem to lend itself well to teamwork. [ and that's fine. he's a team player if it's necessary, but an individualist at his core. ] What is the point of us all being 'aligned', then? Variety?

[probe]

[they stretch out luxuriously, arms over their head, toes pointed out.]

Well, okay. So we need indulgence, right? Best way to get indulgence is to assign it to people, so we don't end up with oops, all Prides.

[liuli]

Sure. [ variety is in fact the spice of life. ] What do you need indulgence for?

[probe]

To get what we want, duh. You know that already.

[liuli]

[ its an hour past my bedtime ]

Right, right! [ pffft! ] Indulgence makes the world go round. When you describe it that way, it sounds like ziliujin!

[probe]

[sisi go the fuck to bed]

It sounds like what.

[liuli]

[ you’re not my real parent!!!!!!! ]

Ziliujin. [ he repeats, blinking very innocently, and pauses like that’s all he’s gonna say ....

.... but eventually, with a laugh - ] It’s a type of fuel. It powers all kinds of things, where I’m from, though admittedly, it’s less renewable. Might be nice to power iron armor with indulgence instead.

[probe]

[they roll over on their beanbag and - climb onto his beanbag?? hello. please social distance.]

That'd be hysterical. Fuck armor! Or armor that only works when you're really, really furious. I could use that.

[liuli]

Well, with those flames of yours, I'm sure it'd be a sight to see.

[ the weight change in the beanbag means he gets no dignity at all in changing or moving, but gu yun doesn't seem to mind his space being invaded. since he's dark armorless, he's a twink not a big guy, so there's space, though he moves his arm up and out of the way. ]

I suppose the more enemies you took out, the stronger it would get. That does sound useful - I should look into it.

[probe]

[they settle on the beanbag with him. they're a mini-heater, actually, there's just warmth radiating off of them. they're not shy about leaning on him or touching in the least.]

Hmm, an Achilles vibe. Or - uh, no, that's the one with the not-invincible ankle, right? Whatever. Very Mythology.

[liuli]

[ consequently - gu yun is actually generally freezing at all times! when he picks up on that he scooches closer immediately, letting gravity huddle him close to the warmth. nice. and...


there's a beat. ] I have no idea what you're talking about.

[ whats an achilles. ]

[probe]

[oh! he's cold! wow, they immediately notice this and make room for him to leech warmth, if he wants.]

Oh, that makes two of us, babe. Sometimes Sloth, Lust and Envy chatter about uh, the Greeks, and I have a very basic knowledge of what that even means.

[liuli]

[ he immediately puts his cold fingers on whatever body part is the closest to him like a little gremlin. yeah, it's like, corpse level cold. gu yun your circulation. ]

That doesn't even sound like a real word. [ "greek". who says things like that. sounds like westerners. ] Did they all know each other beforehand? I hope they haven't left you out.

[probe]

[ok, well first of all, his cold fingers make them squawk. they recover quickly enough by putting their hands around his in an attempt to warm them up, but good god.]

-- Why are you so cold? [they'll get to the second part in a minute.]

[liuli]

The truth is... I'm actually a ghost.


[ he's


so full of shit. you can have his hands tho. ]

[probe]

You are not. [they huff.] I'd know if you were.

Are you dead? I haven't looked you up yet. [rubs their hands against his... please, your circulation.]

[liuli]

I am not. [ god decided to let me live another day and i'm going to make it everyone's problem.png ] I actually rather think I'm alive out of sheer spite.

[ luckily, the nice warm embers of wrath's hands do seem to help a bit. he warms up to the touch eventually, though it's a bit slow, and gu yun flexes his fingers against theirs as it goes, honestly relishing in it. ]

--Also, it doesn't seem very fair, that you can just look us up. Can't we get to know each other the old fashioned way? Love letters, gifts, late night conversations of vulnerability? [ this comes with him batting his eyelashes again. sparkle sparkle. ] Drinking games?

[probe]

Hah! Sounds familiar.

[look, they're about the same size, wrath and gu yun, but this does not stop them from trying to pull him into their lap. at this point it is not even a sexual thing, they're legitimately concerned about his circulation. let them be your portable electric blanket.]

I guess. I don't, uh, wow are late night conversations of vulnerability not my style! But I can get behind a drinking game.

[liuli]

[ that doesn't seem to bother him any - it surprises him, but since the beanbags are wriggly anyway, gu yun gives up and let it happen, since wrath is very warm. and... wrath will notice despite his broad shoulders, gu yun's waist? tiny. little yifu.

he ends up barking a laugh when they finish speaking, though. ] Don't worry - I was joking. I think you and I are of the same mind. [ gu yun would actually rather die than be vulnerable for five seconds about literally anything, ever,

drinking, though! he has mixed drinks about feelings! ] Have any you like to play in particular? I'm starting to learn the world's far wider than I expected it to be, so I'm more of a student than the master I thought.

[probe]

[oh mood, death is a great alternative to feelings.

also gu yun, your waist. please be less of a barbie.]

I've run across a few. There's the one where you guess two truths and a lie, and drink if you get it wrong - but. [they hum.] I'm not that emotionally slutty. You're going to have to work for my tragic backstory like everybody else, no matter how charming you are.

[liuli]

[ isn't it??? emotions are the worst!

which, speaking of - emotionally slutty gets him grinning, and it takes a lot to keep from laughing. however - gu yun looks down like he's shy, looks back up - and then puts on his most boyish, charming smile, eyes twinkling, and finishing it off with a bat of his eyelashes and an innocent: ] You think I'm charming?

[ i want that twink obliterated.png ]

[probe]

[they just - cackle, and push his face away from theirs.]

You ham. [they sound very affectionate when they say this.] Stop! I refuse to be charmed stupid by the human equivalent of a misbehaving puppy! I'm immune to charms and sleep effects!

[liuli]

[ his laughter is bright and genuine, immediately, and he lets wrath push his face away, still cackling, too, clearly delighted. ]

A misbehaving puppy? So you think I'm cute, too? [ he has no idea what a sleep effect is, though he can probably assume. . . either way gu yun's having the time of his life rn. ] I think you're pretty charming yourself.

[probe]

[they pull his hair, teasing.]

You're right, I am charming. I'm very charming. [and then they wrap their arms around his waist to just really up the space heater thing.]

I promise to not intentionally look up things about you.

[liuli]

[ jokes on you thats my kink now no

anyway the space heater thing is really nice, actually, and the hair pull just makes him look even more mischievous. wrath feels extra warm for his already impeccably honed sense of touch (and his own general lack of, you know, warmth), so there's no fuss put up as he's drawn in a little closer, now more or less facing wrath and looking into the void of their hood. ]

Excellent. I'll reveal my [ air quotes ] "tragic backstory" when I feel the time is right. I'm very shy.

[ ?????????????????? ] Perhaps I'll start wearing a mysterious shroud, too. [ he will not, ] Just to level the playing field a bit further.