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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OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[demonvinegar]

[ a man walks down the school hallways, covered in blood. days old blood that cakes in his long, knotted black hair. it stains his once pink uniform dark brown, or at least whatever is left of it. his jacket is gone, and his white undershirt is torn and stained nearly completely reddish-brown at his chest. he pads barefoot through the halls, and most of his pants legs are missing. cut and torn up as if by some kind of blade. and, of course, stained with more blood.

quite frankly? he barely even resembles the Gehou you might know. he looks like a ghost wandering the hallways. ]

KINUN!!!!!11

[demonvinegar]

[ .... so uh, yeah your humble disciple Gehou is attempting to very slowly, very quietly open the door to the Kin'un dorm and slip his way inside without alerting anyone.

he looks like absolute shit. he's completely covered in blood, he's missing like half his clothes, and honestly he looks a bit dead inside. but don't worry about it it's fine. shhh ]

[bowtiedbones]

[she automatically averts her eyes when she spots that much blood, because you're safer if you ignore the human-sized ghosts here, but uuuuhhhhhhHH wait that one's familiar?]

[demonvinegar]

[ it sure is familiar!

and it just paces past her. without looking up. closer up, it's definitely Gehou. and his clothes definitely used to be Kin'un pink. ]

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[pissandvinegar]

[ freezes at the sight of him. blanches so pale his complexion goes gray. for a split second he doesn't so much as breathe

AND THEN HE TURNS AND ABSOLUTELY FUCKING BOOKS IT DOWN THE HALL. HE DOES NOT CARE WHO SEES HIM OR WHO HE HAS TO SHOVE OUT OF HIS WAY. FUCKKKKKKK NO FUCK THAT FUCK THIS ]

[bowtiedbones]

[on one hand, this does explain why there hasn't been any congee for a week]

Gehou—?

[demonvinegar]

[ stops.

and looks up at her. ... he takes a moment. before a thin smile pulls at his lips. ]

Good afternoon, Eowyn-guniang. I'm sorry for the mess.

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[demonvinegar]

[ how far are you going to run, shen qingqiu? ]

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[pissandvinegar]

[ dorms ]

[bowtiedbones]

Who cares about the mess, you look awful! Are you going to the Nurse's office? Do you need help?

[demonvinegar]

I just came from the nurse's office. Don't worry. It's old blood.

[ he is trying to come off as reassuring. it's failing. ]

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[presgarddihellis]

[......... oh that's not a sight he's wanted to see in this place.]

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[demonvinegar]

[ what a coincidence. that's exactly where he's going.

he doesn't hurry his steps. he won't need to, as a searing pain erupts within shen shingqiu's veins. a familiar pain. a familiar warmth. luo binghe's heavenly demon blood writhes and claws and burns, demanding you to stop. ]

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[demonvinegar]

[ Gehou doesn't stop. he just continues to walk as if in a daze towards the dorms. ]

[bowtiedbones]

[has he been in the Nurse's Office for five days?? what the heck happened on that hunt??]

Is it yours?

[demonvinegar]

[ god only knows where he's been for five days he sure doesn't ]

... it is.

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[pissandvinegar]

[ FUCKKKKK MYYYYYY LIFEEEEEEE I FUCKING KNEW ITTTTTTTTTTT

he drops like a stone, as much from the nauseating, inevitable fear as from the pain. an old habit, beaten into his bones, to try to spare himself some pain through obedience, one he has fought tooth and nail to unmake in himself, rising back up amidst the adrenaline-pumping flurry of thoughts and his swiftly beating heart and bidding him lie still. for a few seconds, at least. ]

[bowtiedbones]

Oh. Oh, oh no.

[she doesn't have the habit of swearing, but her voice wavers painfully in sympathy. poor luo binghe.]

Do— Do you need anything? Can you walk okay?

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[presgarddihellis]

[truly, the real reason he pauses is because... how to even address this guy?]

... Gehou-shuaige.

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[brokenlance]

[

???????

am I hallucinating again???]

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[demonvinegar]

[ his footsteps come closer. unhurried. though somewhat unsteady. after losing his legs, walking again feels like a half-remembered dream.

he doesn't need to worry about shen qingqiu running anymore.

when he comes across his prone form, he circles around to stand in front of him. the blood mites loosen their grip slightly. instead of fierce, commanding bites, they seem to hum in a heated greeting. ]

It's rude not to greet your former disciple, Kongxu. Were you raised by demons?

[demonvinegar]

I can walk. [ his steps are, admittedly, unsteady. ]

I was only heading back to Kin'un. I am truly sorry for worrying you, Eowyn-guniang.

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[demonvinegar]

[ honestly maybe you are. he looks just like a ghost, and he walks right past Azure without even acknowledging him. ]

Re: OPTION FOR NOT KIN'UN

[demonvinegar]

[ --?

that causes him to look up with a degree of confusion actually, did he just get called handsome. ]

... yes?

[bowtiedbones]

[shakes her head, anyone would worry]

I'll come with you. At least to the dorm hall?

[when you trip as much as kai-uns do, you can't let anyone wobbly go off alone]