aono | Chasma: Xie Lian

[We're going to start out this PC thread with Rin searching through the contents of a kitchen drawer, only to come out of it seething.]

Why the hell can't I find a single knife in this place?!

[Yep. But at least his irritation is loud so Xie Lian can easily find him? There will be free food eventually too, once Rin works out how to cut stuff with a fork.]

[Well. This talk has to happen eventually.

Rin is going looking for Xie Lian. Where is he right now?]

[TIME TO FIGHT

okay no, not really. He's going looking for Xie Lian for another reason. Where's the best trash god?]

[Wherever Xie Lian is, Rin is looking for him. Because he has Complaints.]

Xie Liaaaaaaan! What kinda prayer do I have to say to get real ingredients to cook with?

[Once Xie Lian has been seen to medically and isn't at risk of dying, Rin is going to come looking for him! He wants to check on XL, but he's pretty sure gods can't die so it should be fine. Right?

btw Rin has a couple bruises on his face and also a black eye. More importantly, he has brought two bowls of plain rice.]

Hey, how are you feeling?

[After the trial, he's going to go looking for Xie Lian. And when he finds him, he'll just go over to exist in the same space as him for a bit. Sitting, standing, it doesn't matter. Rin is just going to be there near Xie Lian for a few moments without saying anything.

Then, quietly, he says just one word.]

Thanks.

[ im non-conning you into a thread

by which i mean xie lian comes to fuss over rin basically immediately wherever he is, once things have calmed down, because this is his dear friend and he is very worried. he also still has a minor heal left, so - ]

Rin, how are you feeling? [ san lang follows after him, worriedly chittering his little ferret head off. ] Is there anything I can do for you...?

[ 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. ]

[It is going to take Rin an embarrassingly long time to realize where Xie Lian is. Hell, it's probably going to be close to sunset by the time Rin curses up a storm trying to climb on the roof. His eyes are still red and puffy and his face is a mess, but he's not crying anymore. Emotionally drained, but a little closer to who Rin normally is.]

Why are you up here?

[He's actually already a cat-like demon so there aren't that many physical changes. But the behavioral changes are. Significant.

Wherever Xie Lian is, Rin is going to squeeze his way in so he can sit in Xie Lian's lap. He does this without saying a word, and he's just going to make himself comfortable unless Xie Lian kicks him out.]

[Shivering, cold, and probably coming down with a bug, Rin pushes on nonetheless. The rain is coming down pretty steadily but he darts from overhand to overhang, looking for any sign of the missing people. So many of them are friends of his, and even if he knows some of them are probably dead he still wants to find the others.

Instead, it's Xie Lian he finds, when they happen to cross paths at the narrow front porch of one of the shops. It's not evening yet so the area isn't crowded, but there is still quite a bustle around them. Rin sneezes, and then he pulls his hoodie around him more tightly.]

It's cold...any luck?

[Since he can guess why Xie Lian is outside too.]

[Hey Xie Lian, how are you? Because Rin is feeling absolutely shitty and would love some company!

He's going to walk over to where Xie Lian is and sit down next to him in a meditative position. Then he claps his hands together, and:]

Oh, mysterious god of the central plains! The darkness in my heart keeps laughing at me and calling me a loser for thinking I could save anyone. What should I do to keep my mind busy and ignore his stupid laughter?

[After all of That, Rin is left feeling emotionally drained and in dire need of something to keep his mind occupied. Which is why he's at the sculpture garden, looking at the giant hole in the ground. 'Fix your fuckups' is what his father always told him, and this is a fuckup that is definitely his fault.

First Rin scoops up a handful of snow and squishes it into a ball before tossing it in. The snowball breaks upon impact with the frozen layer of ice at the bottom. Then Rin picks up a bunch of snow in both of his hands and flings it towards the hole, with most of the snow lazily drifting down. This is when he sighs pensively.]

Well. I guess this'll keep me busy until tomorrow at least.

[But then he looks up to find Xie lian, and he stops there. Hi buddy.]

[Despite everything, they still carry on. And Rin still goes looking for Xie Lian after the trial. Wherever Xie Lian is, Rin is going to end up near him. And while he does start up with the silly prayer-speak, it's in a much more subdued voice than it usually is.]

Mysterious god of the central plains, this half-demon has but one humble request this week: that the god he prays to shares his burdens with him, rather than trying to shoulder them alone.

[Then he waits to see if Xie Lian is receptive to that or not.]

[Rin is going to go looking for Xie Lian. He's got a letter in his hands.]

Hey, so, the person who wrote to me told me to show this to you.

[ xie lian is here in the park, laying down with his upper half propped up on a familiar looking tiger, staring up at the sky with his hands folded on his chest.

the tiger lifts its head, looks at rin, and pays attention to him immediately, watching. there's a ball of white fur between his paws - san lang pokes his head up to look, too. ]

... Hello, Rin.

[Rin is trying not to think too much about what he saw at the execution. His heart is already weak from seven weeks of death and fighting and so much hard work. Which is why he's in the park, drawing on a sidewalk with some of the chalk he got a few days ago. He's got a really shitty drawing of stick-figure Rin and Yukio standing with a white-haired man in glasses between the two of them. All three are smiling, and Rin is just adding some finishing details to the drawing.

He pauses looks up to Xie Lian though.]

Oh, hey. Wanna draw?

[He is absolutely not telling Xie Lian that drawing with chalk is an activity that 5-year-olds participate in.]

[Time to go looking for Xie Lian! Because he sure ran out of that town hall fast.]

Oiiii! Xie Lian! Where'd you go?

[Yeah he's just. Calling out for him. They're all outside it's fine, Xie Lian will hear him.]

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[This is happening in the void of deadland because Rin doesn't care where he finds Xie Lian, he just wants to find him. He better be sitting or laying down, because fuck you for almost dying Dianxia!]

[Where is Xie Lian? Somewhere in this tiny space, it's fine. And since there's no daemon around for cuddling and comfort, Rin will just go up to Xie Lian and make his over-exaggerated prayer stance.]

Oh Taizi Dianxia, mysterious god of the central plains, with a crown of flowers in one hand and a sword in the other, who tamed a demon's heart and taught a human how to be free again, who extends his hand in kindness and acceptance time and time again!

[A pause. And then, much quieter:]

Thank you. For always answering my prayers.

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