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Hansa Cervantes ([personal profile] robopriest) wrote2020-09-26 09:04 pm
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-09-27 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there sure are! there's a bird perched on top of xie lian's bun, sitting there as if it's going to make it into a nest. he's perfectly at peace, eyes closed, in tune with the world around him, and when hansa speaks to him, xie lian inhales, exhales, and then opens his eyes to greet him with a calm smile. ]

Ah, good afternoon, Hansa. I was just meditating - would you care to join me?

[ there's still a bird in his hair. ]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-09-27 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...?

[ xie lian attempts to look up at the bird, and naturally fails. it's making a nest out of his bun, currently, plucking out strands as it sees fit. ] Um, that's fine. I didn't think I'd been out here that long.

[ should. should he move? probably not??? ]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-09-27 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you are saying words that mean nothing to him atm so xie lian just nods kind of blankly, and then starts to reach up for the bird!

it pecks at his fingers. ]
- Ah! [ fuck you xie lian, says the bird. ] Ahaha... would you mind helping, terribly...?
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-08 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hello, hansa!

xie lian is supposed to be in bed, probably. he is not, currently, in bed, coming back from the river with a ball of wet white clothing draped over his arm. when he spots his fellow priest, he has a greeting for him, bowing his head politely, though not as far as usual.

his voice still sounds like he smoked a pack of cigarettes but that's fine. ]
Hansa, good evening.
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-08 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... don't look at him like that! ]

Ah, well, nothing's bleeding... I'm alright. [ ? ] Besides, I couldn't let my clothes sit like that much longer. It takes a long time to get blood out of them.
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-08 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahah... [ oh, yeah, that. he gives him a small, sheepish smile. ]

It is a bit of a long tale. I was on my way back to hang these up and make a pot of tea. Would you like to join me...? I can tell you what happened. [ and tea will help with that! talking hurts. ]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-08 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's one of the few things I know how to make: it will be.

[ and, they're off! i'm skipping all of the setup, so fast forward to where xie lian is holding the teapot in his hands, setting it down on the counter in the kitchen once it's all done and moving to reach for a mug-- then wincing a little as he does.

he can't reach very high right now. :(]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-09 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Is getting a mug really pushing myself...

[ xie lian says this quietly, but, he moves with no protest, stepping out of hansa's way to let him get the cups with a quiet-- ] ...thank you.
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-09 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ he does! it's a slower pace than usual, but, xie lian joins him at the table, easing down to sit. ]

...It was quite strange. I was just walking in one place, and then, I took a step, and was suddenly in another place entirely, with the others. We were separated almost immediately; Won and I were together, and we went to a room with two strange chairs, as if it were waiting for us. We sat, and the... I suppose the screen? Told us that were were going to have to fight monsters, so the both of us said "yes", we would.

Only... [ his brow furrows a little. ] ...Well, we didn't do much monster fighting, at least not physically. [ despite. everything. gestures. ]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-09 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ at that, xie lian glances at his cup. the corner of his mouth lifts, as if he's finding something, privately, a little ironic - or more so, that all he can really do is feel a twinge of hopeless amusement at how right that hansa is. ]

That's not where the injuries came from - at least, not mine, or Won's. For us, it was as if we were in nightmares; experiences based off of our real lives, though twisted.

[ he's moving on quickly past the emotional part of it, though, not willing to dwell. ] ...What we experienced was tied quite directly to what Miss Ochako and Archer were doing.

They were the ones engaged in combat - and the monsters they fought were somehow connected to us. Supposedly, when things were happening in our experience, the monsters fought would react accordingly... Miss Ochako and Archer were successful in defeating them. They must have fought quite valiantly - from the extent of their original injuries, I can only imagine how difficult it must have been.
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-09 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ he shakes his head. ]

I'm not sure. I wasn't aware it was happening - I only found out after the fact. But... these injuries - [ a pause, as he reaches to touch his chest, gingerly. ] -- they weren't from that, either.

According to Miss Ochako and Archer, when they defeated the monsters, they entered the same room that we were in, we had all the same injuries that monsters did -- that is to say, we were dead.
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-10-09 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well, death is a bit complicated for me... but we were quite dead.

Miss Ochako informed us that they had something they could inject us with to revive us, with drastic side effects. They acted, to do so and the "monster's" injuries were healed.

However, when I awoke again... [ and here, now, something flickers across his face. he's told the story calmly up to this point, with few reactions, but as he remembers, xie lian feels the frustration well up in his chest, and he looks down into his cup, gripping it tighter. ]

...I wasn't myself. It was as if I were possessed.

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