[ HELLO? lu bixing immediately looks at the cute party hat, like, shocked and stunned at first as any reasonable person might be. the party hat twitches. lu bixing looks at his new roommate... and then makes his way over, warily, like a father about to kill a spider for their shrieking teenage child.
and there, curled up under the pillow, he spots a little bit of trembling yellow, and the slight wariness turns to recognition. ]
....Popcorn?
[ the snake stops moving. the pillows are still shaking, and so is the little party hat, but lu bixing makes a soft noise and turns his head back towards lavi, looking now... apologetic, if a little bemused. ] It's - it's okay, this is - don't be afraid. Popcorn, it's okay, honey, come on...
[ the snake is still hiding, even at the familiar voice, though it does poke its little face out now finally to ensure that it's not going to be yelled at or attacked by the scary red man.... and with enough coaxing, it slithers out of the pillow and puts its face on lu bixing's now outstretched hand. ]
Sorry, I... don't know why he's here, but, I promise he's more afraid of you than you ever could be of him.
[this is like asking your dad to look for the monsters under your bed and he pops back up with monsters in hand and scolds you for trying to start a fight --]
-- Popcorn? Popcorn's your snake?
[THIS IS THE WEIRDEST SENTENCE HE'S SAID SINCE DYING,
he takes another look at lu bixing gently cradling this snake (i keep mistyping it as snack i hate it here), and you know what...]
Uh... [scratches his cheek] Sorry about the yelling -- I figured it was another weird hell jail thing. Like another party favor, except poisonous.
anyway, while lu bixing is trying to coax popcorn into not shaking out of this moment of existence, he shakes his head. ]
Well... he's not my snake, really. He's my - [ a pause. what do you call zhanlu ]... roommate's. I'm not really sure why he's here, but, you don't have to apologize - I think that's an understandable reaction! It would've startled me too.
[ popcorn seems finally coaxed enough to curl up lu bixing's arm, slithering uselessly up onto his shoulders. he is not a small snake, either - like three feet long? but he is clearly very scared. a scared baby. lu bixing sighs. ] Honestly, it did startle me a little... I'm not even sure why, of all things, he's here. Did the cat finally get you?
[ popcorn shrinks back and flicks out his little snake tongue as a form of an answer.
useless. that's fine. he scritches him under his sad little chin. ] Popcorn, this is... I don't think we exchanged names. The sign said Lavi, right?
[popcorn is so long........ well, it's not that weird, lavi thinks, as popcorn cutely trembles, if general klaude nine can have a cute monkey then lu bixing can have his... roommate's.... snake!]
-- Yeah, you're Lu Bixing? [for a white(?) man, lavi's pronunciation is perfect,] Nice to meet ya -- and Poppy.
[don't just nickname someone else's snake??? but all of lavi's earlier trepidation is gone, replaced by a not so small amount of cheer.]
You can have the top bunk if you want, I'm fine on the bottom.
[he waves his hand towards the bed, the hand that's holding the textbook he grabbed earlier,]
popcorn will come around to lavi in time, probably? for now he just curls up miserably around lu bixing, making the saddest face a banana python can physically make. he is... a baby. ]
That's me! Nice to meet you. [ his grin is friendly, and the nickname gets him to laugh - he calls popcorn poppy playfully, scritching him under the chin as he goes to hide again. ] Looks like we'll be sharing the same space, at least a little. I like to think I'm a decent roommate.
[ a pause? hello he has a book ] What've you got there?
he ends up laughing a little, running his fingers gently over the pages. ]
No, no. It used to be an academy - serving teenagers. [ as he flips the pages, he finds another crudely drawn dick across a chart and just laughs. ] A rough and tumble crowd.
[ but even as he says it, he sounds affectionate, if maybe a little sad. ] Wouldn't it be even more of an issue if small children were the ones doing this?
[ now you know it's about space networks from hell (heaven?)
but he grins right back, thrilled with the excitement. ] I'll answer them all. I sense a kindred spirit in you, Lavi! I think we're going to get along swimmingly.
[ i thought i made this tag up in my brain but it was in fact real
the first part is unimportant - he starts to say something about it, opening his mouth, but the second question shuts lu bixing's never-stopping trap and he blinks like, white guy blinking. help ]
Oh, no. [ don't ] That's - that was a joke, I think. It's... a sugar daddy is someone who buys you things all the time.
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[ HELLO? lu bixing immediately looks at the cute party hat, like, shocked and stunned at first as any reasonable person might be. the party hat twitches. lu bixing looks at his new roommate... and then makes his way over, warily, like a father about to kill a spider for their shrieking teenage child.
and there, curled up under the pillow, he spots a little bit of trembling yellow, and the slight wariness turns to recognition. ]
....Popcorn?
[ the snake stops moving. the pillows are still shaking, and so is the little party hat, but lu bixing makes a soft noise and turns his head back towards lavi, looking now... apologetic, if a little bemused. ] It's - it's okay, this is - don't be afraid. Popcorn, it's okay, honey, come on...
[ the snake is still hiding, even at the familiar voice, though it does poke its little face out now finally to ensure that it's not going to be yelled at or attacked by the scary red man.... and with enough coaxing, it slithers out of the pillow and puts its face on lu bixing's now outstretched hand. ]
Sorry, I... don't know why he's here, but, I promise he's more afraid of you than you ever could be of him.
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-- Popcorn? Popcorn's your snake?
[THIS IS THE WEIRDEST SENTENCE HE'S SAID SINCE DYING,
he takes another look at lu bixing gently cradling this snake (i keep mistyping it as snack i hate it here), and you know what...]
Uh... [scratches his cheek] Sorry about the yelling -- I figured it was another weird hell jail thing. Like another party favor, except poisonous.
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anyway, while lu bixing is trying to coax popcorn into not shaking out of this moment of existence, he shakes his head. ]
Well... he's not my snake, really. He's my - [ a pause. what do you call zhanlu ]... roommate's. I'm not really sure why he's here, but, you don't have to apologize - I think that's an understandable reaction! It would've startled me too.
[ popcorn seems finally coaxed enough to curl up lu bixing's arm, slithering uselessly up onto his shoulders. he is not a small snake, either - like three feet long? but he is clearly very scared. a scared baby. lu bixing sighs. ] Honestly, it did startle me a little... I'm not even sure why, of all things, he's here. Did the cat finally get you?
[ popcorn shrinks back and flicks out his little snake tongue as a form of an answer.
useless. that's fine. he scritches him under his sad little chin. ] Popcorn, this is... I don't think we exchanged names. The sign said Lavi, right?
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-- Yeah, you're Lu Bixing? [for a white(?) man, lavi's pronunciation is perfect,] Nice to meet ya -- and Poppy.
[don't just nickname someone else's snake??? but all of lavi's earlier trepidation is gone, replaced by a not so small amount of cheer.]
You can have the top bunk if you want, I'm fine on the bottom.
[he waves his hand towards the bed, the hand that's holding the textbook he grabbed earlier,]
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popcorn will come around to lavi in time, probably? for now he just curls up miserably around lu bixing, making the saddest face a banana python can physically make. he is... a baby. ]
That's me! Nice to meet you. [ his grin is friendly, and the nickname gets him to laugh - he calls popcorn poppy playfully, scritching him under the chin as he goes to hide again. ] Looks like we'll be sharing the same space, at least a little. I like to think I'm a decent roommate.
[ a pause? hello he has a book ] What've you got there?
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Lavi looks at the title, then holds it closer out for Lu Bixing to see,]
It's -- '[insert the title of one of Lu Bixing's books, is it about space engineering]'? I found it and a bunch of other books over there.
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anyway the title makes lu bixing snap his head up in surprise?!
actually the title is A Complete History of the Eden System in the New Sidereal Era. my god. ]
I - wait, really? [ he stops trying to comfort popcorn and like scurries over to look????? ] The - I wrote this!
i forgot..... my 1/2
[opens it]
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gently turns the book around and places it in lu bixing's hands
there is a small... very tiny... almost inconsequential doodle of...a dick... on the page]
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Oh, this must be from the first day of the Starry Sea.
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[WHO DEFACES LU BIXING'S BOOKS?]
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[ his students ]
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[frowns, protective urges rising for lu bixing's book, he crosses his arms to stop himself from petting the book like popcorn,]
What's the Starry Sea? A nursery?
[teenagers can also draw on books lavi?]
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he ends up laughing a little, running his fingers gently over the pages. ]
No, no. It used to be an academy - serving teenagers. [ as he flips the pages, he finds another crudely drawn dick across a chart and just laughs. ] A rough and tumble crowd.
[ but even as he says it, he sounds affectionate, if maybe a little sad. ] Wouldn't it be even more of an issue if small children were the ones doing this?
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Some kids can get away with anything.
[lavi, also a kid, but he's clearly different. He glances at the book again...
...he wants it..... reading....]
Can I borrow that when you're done? I won't even dog-ear a page, Bookman's honor.
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he laughs a little about getting away with anything. sure, sure... but, then he just hands him the book with a flourish. ]
Here. I've read it a thousand times. [ get it, ] Take it. And let me know what you think!
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lavi beams...!!!]
Thanks, man. [his book about space engineering for teenagers that's covered in (mumbles) stuff] I'm definitely gonna a lot of questions for ya.
[he will have so many questions, he will ask them all]
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but he grins right back, thrilled with the excitement. ] I'll answer them all. I sense a kindred spirit in you, Lavi! I think we're going to get along swimmingly.
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Same here. Never roomed with a prime minister before.
[especially one with a list as long and varied as the one on his profile? Speaking of]
Oh right, I've already got a question for ya. What's a sugar daddy?
[that's after his time.....]
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the first part is unimportant - he starts to say something about it, opening his mouth, but the second question shuts lu bixing's never-stopping trap and he blinks like, white guy blinking. help ]
Oh, no. [ don't ] That's - that was a joke, I think. It's... a sugar daddy is someone who buys you things all the time.
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...Huh, I think I get it. But what's the 'sugar' for?
[turns wide impressionable eyes on lu bixing]