Audience: Gu Yun

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[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.

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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) ]

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[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, ]

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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 ]

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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.

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[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 ]

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[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!

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[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! ]

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[they shriek, just a little EEK! and then slap at his hand.]

You're right, it is very funny. [they bring a hand up to wipe at their eye, or - like, presumably they do that.] I'm just asking. I'm not into cucking, babe.

[liuli]

[ THIS IS THE WORST!!!!! dont turn the tables on him ]

Still don't know what that means. [ mutter, mutter. this is mostly just saying, because he can put together the context - and at spotting a ticklish place, he immediately does the exact same thing on the other side. ha! ]

Molly and I get on well. Do you think this flower so easily plucked?

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[oh my GOD, they bat at his hands, stop pinching them!!]

No, but sometimes all it takes is, uh, the right kind of bee? Pollen? I don't know what the metaphor is here. [sniff.] I like Molly, too.

... Hmmm.

[liuli]

[ . . .


he just raises an eyebrow.

i, sisi, am going to kill you, mod who i think i know who you are ]

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[:eyes:]

Well, there's always threesomes!

[liuli]

[ im too scared to guess what if im wrong

anyway, that's. roughly the answer he was expecting but jesus. are his ears a little red? shut up. ] You're really thinking ahead, huh. Am I not enough for you? [ he will stop attempting to assault them with pinches now, touching his heart. ] That hurts my feelings.

[ it doesn't ]

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[don't just tease the mods like this

they just hum, reaching up to rest a hand on the side of his face.]

The concern is more that I'm not good enough for you. [they say, cheerfully.] You haven't seen anything yet.

[liuli]

[ frogholdingknife.png ]

Counting yourself out already? [ hmm. he tips his head into the warmth of the hand, gaze flicking from it to the void of their hood, his dark eyes curious. ] While I'm flattered by your compliment, I do like to form my own opinions.

Besides. [ a sniff, closing his eyes, mouth quirked up at the corners. ] I met a tiefling. My knowledge is growing unbelievably other-worldly. [ while he's mostly ragging on himself for the fact that he knows nothing about magic, it's also pointing out that everything with magic is new and exciting. see, fire hands. ]

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[hums innocently,

they very carefully stroke his cheek with their thumb.]

I like to play a little harder to get, Gu Yun. [they tell him, solemn. but then, as a follow up, they just laugh.] Tieflings are rad.

We have a few demons here. Or, uh, demon adjacents.