Audience: Gu Yun

[probe]

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[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.

[probe]

[stop you menace]

You are about as shy as I am. [from this distance, he might see something like small, red dots inside the hood. they blink, every so often.]

You could always ask Envy. They'd probably knit you something.

[liuli]

[ chat: someone kiss the npcs
me: i am running

red eyes.. interesting. gu yun is keenly observant as ever, though his playful, easygoing nature hasn't changed a bit. he frees both of his hands to give a playful tug to the edges of their hood. it's straight down and only lasts a second, not trying to push it back. ] Not shy, hm? Is this just to keep us guessing?

[ envy, knitting... that's weirdly cute... ] I might like that, though. [ he laughs. ] Though I'll confess, I'm not much one for winter wear.

[ aren't you cold all the time? sir? ]

[probe]

[they immediately grab for his hands when he reaches for the hood. it's - not super fast, but it's enough that it's like a panic response. but he doesn't try to push it back, and they take a beat of silence before answering. they don't let go.]

It's just to keep you guessing. I can take it off whenever I want. [they say, after that moment.] ... You should be into winter wear. You're freezing.

[liuli]

[ hm hm. he Sees.

gu yun keeps his hands there, but loosens his grip completely, letting wrath keep a hold on them instead; there's no tension, no attempt to pull it off, nothing. just a bare blip of observation.

then, not a second later, gu yun chirps, utterly shamelessly, a big shit eating grin on his face - ] What can I say? I like showing off my figure.

[ terrible. ]

[probe]

[they snortlaugh, after another pause.]

Well. It is a nice figure, but you won't have a dang figure left if you freeze to death.

[liuli]

Sure I will. I'll just be an incredibly attractive icicle.

[ still a figure!

after a snickering laugh - ] It's always been that way, though. [ gu yun gives a little wiggle of his fingers where his hands are still with wrath's. they're only just now feeling warm - if their hands move away from his at all, the warmth fades fairly quickly. ] I don't know why. Probably too much time eating dirt in the Northern Frontier.

[probe]

[they will just keep a hold, then? they don't like that he's so cold, and they're always warm, so...]

You could just have a case of death disease that you won't let me look up. [they sigh, dramatically. back to normal, like the hood thing didn't just happen.] Northern Frontier?

[liuli]

[ conveniently so does he! wow, they really are on the same wavelength! ]

Maybe I do, maybe I don't. [ guess you'll have to find out! that face says, grinning and high-spirited and shameless. gu yun wiggles his fingers, but doesn't seem to have much objection to this. you can have his hands now. ]

The Northern Frontier. [ he confirms, after a moment. no stories of terrible death disease (?) but he will give up a little info. ] It's where the Black Iron Camp is - the border between the lands of the Heavenly Tribes and Great Liang. My troops are stationed there. Very cold.

[probe]

[terrible, stop running from your feelings.]

Whoa. Your troops - so you're a military guy, right?

[liuli]

[ (runs faster) ]

That's right. [ he draws himself up a bit further, the best one can in a beanbag chair that's really not meant for two people, all very overdramatic as he puts on the proper airs.

ahem. ]

I am the Marshal of the Black Iron Camp, the head of Great Liang's Dark Armored Crows, the Black Eagles, Black Armors, and Black Cavalries, the ever feared, triumphant, and very handsome Marquis of Order - Gu Yun.

[probe]

Jesus, that's a mouthful.

[they sound amused.] I can't give you my full title but be assured there's a king in there somewhere. Maybe an emperor or two.

So I guess that means I'm your boss, now! No takebacks.

[liuli]

[ i swear to fucking god

his whole expression changes, and gu yun raises an eyebrow. ]

Oh? Well.

This humble servant Gu is honored to serve the emperor. [ and he's dipping into a bow the best that he can from this position. you can't tell because of jamjar language, but he uses his most humble pronouns, and is letting his voice drop lower, laying it on thick. ] After all, it is only my duty...

[ gu yun lifts his head just a bit, peering at them through his lashes, now biting his lip as he doesn't hold back on his grin, voice returning to normal. ] ...to serve the emperor of Great Liang, anyway, and I'm fairly sure you aren't him.

[ he sits up properly again, straightening, and there's a beat. ] If you are, I suppose we'll need to have quite the unfortunate talk about filial piety.

[ (laughs weakly in canon) ]

[probe]

[this is really funny.]

Jesus. [hello? don't just use the lower voice.] You don't know, I could be. Maybe I'm on vacation.

You don't even know if I'm a girl or a guy, do you.

[liuli]

[ hm. there's something to address in that about his current feelings on emperor li feng, but more importantly - ]

Does it matter?

[ local bisexual, ]

[probe]

Hah! Hah - no, I guess it doesn't!

[they seem very genuinely pleased by this answer.] Hm. That opens so many new avenues.

[liuli]

[ great liang is a surprisingly open place! usually moreso in the south, but gu yun travels around enough you catch word of all the things, and he decided a while ago he doesn't really care, not to mentioned [redacted] and [redacted]. ]

Oh, does it? [ you can't just say that and not explain wtf ]

[probe]

Oh, I was trying to hold back because I didn't know what you're into and I'm not that kind of uh, you know. Consent is sexy.

[they gesture absently while holding one of his hands.]

[liuli]

[ this answer is weirdly charming?! it gets him to laugh, a little surprised, and he ducks his head, grinning. ] Very.

I really don't mind either way - though, this'll be a first.

[ which part??? the magic warm hands? the fact that it's all happening quickly? the fact that he can't see their face?



the all of it??? ] Not knowing which, that is. [ it's the (checks date on this thread) all of it ] Don't hold back on my account.

[probe]

[sighs in the date of this thread

they hum.]

I won't. You sure I'm not going to make Mollymauk jealous?

[liuli]

[ he looks so completely thrown for a loop by this

?? ??? ????? ]

.... Yes?


[ STOP MY SHIP ]

[probe]

[they just dissolve into giggles.]

I practically watched the question marks come up over your head right now, that was hysterical.

[liuli]

[ THEY'RE STILL THERE YOU BROKE HIM ]

You - what? [ WHAT? ] Hey, stop laughing!

[probe]

[THAT JUST MAKES THEM LAUGH HARDER]

[liuli]

[ NO HIS DIGNITY ]

Very funny. [ this is where he would pull their cheeks if he could SEE THEM. the shameless gu yun, defeated! he's attempting to wriggle a hand free to pinch them in the side instead! ]