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Date: 2021-10-22 11:19 pm (UTC)
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[ he frowns at the ground opening up too... terrifying. ] A compulsive gathering, hmm. Odd...

[ but! onto the ghost. and oh... the idea makes xie lian's heart warm. ]

What a brave young man. [ ... ] Was he very young, Rin? What was he like?

Date: 2021-10-23 12:42 am (UTC)
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[ ... ]

...it's the same. [ he taps his chin. ]

In the catacombs, we were led by a young woman who we couldn't see very clearly, but.. when I got close to her, I realized that she had gold dust coming off of her arm.

Like one of the Watchers.

w3, very early sunday morning

Date: 2021-10-24 04:50 am (UTC)
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[ i'm just gonna assume he's been here for a little while, but! xie lian is leaning against the baby jail, wherever it is, sitting towards the sun, head tilted back.

san lang, ferret formed, is pressed up against the bars, too, as close as possible. ]


... Are you awake, Rin? [ softly. ]

Date: 2021-10-24 01:35 pm (UTC)
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[ xie lian's voice stays soft, in the quiet of the early dawn. ]

Come to a place you can see. The sun's going to rise, soon.

Date: 2021-10-24 03:02 pm (UTC)
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[ san lang, in response to rinkou, clambers up xie lian's arm and shoulder and sits on his head, so he can be around the same level of rinkou. his friend. :( ]

...So it is.

[ his heart aches. ] ... The light still rises.

Date: 2021-10-24 05:48 pm (UTC)
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[ rinkou gets a ferret nose boop, since he can't reach much, and then touches his lil paws against rinkou's head. boop. :c

xie lian doesn't seem to mind the babbling, though. he listens - that is what he is supposed to do, isn't it? he's a god, a prince, and sometimes, he has to learn to sit still instead of run head first into trouble. maybe if he'd listened more, he could have...

...it's not worth pursuing, right now. head tilted back a bit against the bars, he closes his eyes. ]


It sounds as though you had the same goal - protecting that city. No?

Date: 2021-10-24 10:19 pm (UTC)
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[ xie lian has been… around, today! he keeps returning to this spot - as the evening carries on, he seems to be keeping a little bit of a vigil.

he’s not actually expecting rin to notice him, so it’s a little surprising - but, a the sound of his voice, he looks down, and offers him a small smile, sheepish. busted. ]


Ah… the view of the sunset from this place is magnificent. That’s all. [ is it? ] Here.

[ and he’ll come over and offer a hand to help pull him up. ]

Date: 2021-10-24 10:58 pm (UTC)
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[ and they almost didn’t get to, did they.

a small smile tugs the corner of xie lian’s mouth, and he nods, looking up at the stars slowly blinking on ahead as they settle down. ]


So we did. It is as I said, then - no matter what happens, the light will come. Whether it feels like it should, or not.

Date: 2021-10-24 11:19 pm (UTC)
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[ wow deja vu

xie lian has absolutely no idea what rin is doing at first. He just kind of watches him, head tilting like a bird, confused —

…and then, as he peeks at him, he laughs. it’s warm and bright, startled out of him, and xie lian can’t help the fond smile on his face. ]


…you can just say the central plains.

[ even if it’s a little silly - how long has it been, since xie lian heard a prayer? ]

Date: 2021-10-25 12:33 am (UTC)
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[ this feels so, so utterly familiar, too, and xie lian is just awash with instant fondness for rin. not just for him as a person and his situation, but for his spirit, as strong and fierce as can possibly be - even after experiencing such an immensely personal, painful trauma, he is still himself. a lantern not snuffed out.

a heart, that wants to be good.

when rin peeks at him, xie lian is smiling. the expression is so, so warm - he looks just touched, for a moment, the gentle and serene visage of a man who became a god so well known for his kindness. ]


...You may sit up straight. [ he plays along, with the god and devotee thing, for a moment, sounding just a bit more imperious. ] I ask those who pray to me never to prostrate - I don't see any merit in simply bowing before the gods as if they are so much better than humans. I was - and am - a human myself.

[ and then. ]

It would be my honor to help you, Rin. I could think of no prayer more important to answer, than one where I can help to set you free from your struggle - and teach you to keep your heart as still as water and that creature locked safe away. In whatever manners necessary - you have my word, as His Highness the Crown Prince, Martial God of the Central Plains.

[ it feels a little like playing dress up to say it, now, to act that way, but some of that imperious fake aura fades, and he holds out a hand. ]

...But more so, you have my word as Xie Lian, beyond anything else.

Date: 2021-10-25 08:11 pm (UTC)
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[ i


hello? xie lian is sitting. he was probably meditating. ]



..... Hello, Rin....?

[ i mean yeah he just lets this happen because of course he does, hands sort of hovering awkwardly to the side. ]

Date: 2021-10-26 02:02 am (UTC)
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. . .

[ thats. odd. he glances over at rinkou, brow furrowing, and then to rin. ]

...Is... how are you feeling today, Rin?
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