yes YES the tiger is out

[demonvinegar]

Who: Kin'un and anyone who wants to come across a dead man walking
When: October 5th, afternoon
Where: Kin'un dorm and surrounding area
What: "Gehou" has been dead for 5 days bruh... BUT ALSO HEY WE WON!!
Warnings: TBD


[ This is largely a Kin'un teampost. But before he returns to the dorm, Gehou has to make the walk of shame from the nurse's office. ]

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[demonvinegar]

It's old blood!

[ it's visible wherever he was cut, so in the middle of his chest and around his legs. currently he's holding his shirt closed, however.

his legs are more-or-less bare as his pants got cut away along with. you know. his old legs. ]

[velluminous]

[ well she's not actually going to try to take off his trousers. so. lucky him.
or... unlucky him? I'm not your boss. ]

Not so! I see it is bright red, look! Look!

[ she gestures at him, clearly expecting the front of his shirt to slowly saturate... but it does not. ]

[demonvinegar]

[ ah........


new strategy time. ]

Shijie... I can't believe that you would be so bold. If you wanted to see my naked chest so badly I might have acquiesced, but at the very least shouldn't you let me clean myself up first?

/2

[velluminous]

Eh?

[velluminous]

[ takes his face in both hands, idiot sandwich-style ]

I know you are not flirting with me just now!

[demonvinegar]

[ sandwich'd :x ]

Of course not Shijie...! This shidi is only trying to beg for the barest amount of dignity before you begin to strip me of whatever clothing I have left!

[velluminous]

[ .........

pulls her hands back. completely. she cannot bring herself to continue after taking dignity away. ]

Go bathe.

[demonvinegar]

[ victory <3 ]

Thank you, Shijie. [ he'll figure everything else out after bathing. maybe he can redirect her attention. he'll take the time that he takes bathing and picking out new clothes to come up with something.

finally, as he comes out with half-damp hair that he continues drying with a towel, he casually quips: ]

I forgot to tell you, shizun said that he offered my legs to the shrine.

/2

[velluminous]

He

[velluminous]

what.

[demonvinegar]

Mm. That, combined with the fact that shizun told me he was being controlled by the shrine, makes me think that it would be prudent for us to destroy it. Or at the very least we should attempt to purify it.

[velluminous]

[ just.

stares at him, slack-jawed, for several moments, starting to speak and then stopping and then starting again. she's holding the kettle in her hands, which she turns and slams down onto the stove about as hard as she possibly can. ]

Why do you still call him that!

[demonvinegar]

[ he actually jumps at that. and stares at her with wide, confused eyes. ]

Ah... sorry. Was I being too indelicate? Since my legs have healed, I didn't think it would upset you to talk about them...

[velluminous]

[ IDIOT!!! SANDWICH! ]

HE TOOK YOUR LEGS? [ rounding the island, aflame anew. just remember! she never overreacts, ever. ] Your legs! He took them off—your legs—and gave them to shrine. For points score.

[demonvinegar]

... yes...

[ he's pretty sure they've established this already? yes? ]

Which is why I want to destroy the shrine. [ ? please? ]

[velluminous]

Destroying shrine will do nothing but enrage that spirit which lays claim over it! Do I speak Yipyak without realizing? What is going on? I am supposed to smile and nod when you tell me these things—that we have man who is possessed to murder among us?

[demonvinegar]

[ "two of them if shizun is telling the truth" he wants to correct, but thinks better of it. Fairplay-shijie is clearly not having a good time. ]

..... I'm not happy about it, but something needs to be done about it right?

[ the truth is he kind of needs to focus on literally anything but the betrayal right now. ]

I don't expect you to smile and agree. I don't expect Shijie to be anything but yourself. ... it's a little comforting, to be scolded. [ admits. a bit sheepishly. ]

[velluminous]

[ two of them, yes, she shouldn't overlook that. the thought is clearly simmering in the back of her mind, too, the way she suddenly brings her thumb up to her mouth to gnaw on. if Kongxu is not safe... neither is Gehou.

fuck.
fuck. ]

I am not trying to scold you!

[demonvinegar]

[ he is genuinely worried about that, yes. ... if he can't destroy or purify the shrine, he'll have to consider the logistics of avoiding Kai-un dorm. then again, if the supposed mind control completely overrides one's own will, it may not matter what he does.

that is, of course, if shen qingqiu wasn't lying to him. ]

Shizun isn't here, if you're trying to scold him.

[velluminous]

I'm not trying to scold him either!!

[ THIS IS JUST HOW SHE GETS WHEN SHE'S STRESSED OK SHE'S TRYING HER BEST T_T ]

[demonvinegar]

[ he is also trying his best he doesn't know how he's supposed to respond. she doesn't like that he is being calm about everything, but also she isn't trying to scold him? ? ...?? ??? ]

... maybe we should focus on making tea for now. [ he'll come over and help her with that. if she wants. ]