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[ at some point once the welcome party has died down, lu bixing can be found in the common area, sitting on the floor and peering underneath a couch. he is like six feet of guy but he's still scrunched downwards and appears to be trying to...coax...something... out from underneath it? ]
Popcorn, it's okay. [ slightly despairing ] ...Oh, come on, please...?
[ what is happening here ]
Popcorn, it's okay. [ slightly despairing ] ...Oh, come on, please...?
[ what is happening here ]
[I am going to say that Kitty is not here for the moment, because Kitty is the appropriate size for food for Popcorn. Let's avoid that.
But Tuuri is here! And she pauses by the doorway when she sees Lu Bixing over by the couch.]
Lose something over there?
But Tuuri is here! And she pauses by the doorway when she sees Lu Bixing over by the couch.]
Lose something over there?
[ there's a 50% chance that's why popcorn is under the couch but not for the reasons you might think
anyway. at the voice, he looks up! and then looks a little sheepish and sighs from where he's now moving to lay on his stomach. ]
...Something like that. It's not really lost, just... very stubborn.
anyway. at the voice, he looks up! and then looks a little sheepish and sighs from where he's now moving to lay on his stomach. ]
...Something like that. It's not really lost, just... very stubborn.
Oh?
[Time to crouch down and look under the couch! Hello Popcorn!]
[Time to crouch down and look under the couch! Hello Popcorn!]
[ i almost wrote lalli in this tag.
anyway tuuri indeed gets to see that there is a long, curled up shape at the very back of the couch - a snake. it peers back at them both, and then seems to startle and starts to shrink back further into a corner. ]
Ah -! Oh, damn. Sorry, he's - a little shy.
anyway tuuri indeed gets to see that there is a long, curled up shape at the very back of the couch - a snake. it peers back at them both, and then seems to startle and starts to shrink back further into a corner. ]
Ah -! Oh, damn. Sorry, he's - a little shy.
[Gaaaasp]
It's okay! But wow, I've never seen a snake that brightly-colored before! And he's so big too!
It's okay! But wow, I've never seen a snake that brightly-colored before! And he's so big too!
He is, isn't he...
[ both big and brightly colored. he sighs, propping his chin in his hand in temporary defeat. ]
He's what's called a banana python. An albino one, if you want to be very specific - really, for his size, he's only about medium, or so. They can grow to be up to five feet long.
[ both big and brightly colored. he sighs, propping his chin in his hand in temporary defeat. ]
He's what's called a banana python. An albino one, if you want to be very specific - really, for his size, he's only about medium, or so. They can grow to be up to five feet long.
The only snakes where I'm from are grass snakes and vipers...He's not venomous, is he?
[He's got a friendly python face, it's hard to believe he's a danger. But if he can get to five feet long that's so big.]
[He's got a friendly python face, it's hard to believe he's a danger. But if he can get to five feet long that's so big.]
[Thank u teacher]
Oh, so that's why his body is so much wider than on the snakes I've seen before! He must have quite a bit of muscle to be able to constrict his food.
[She seems eager to learn at least?]
Oh, so that's why his body is so much wider than on the snakes I've seen before! He must have quite a bit of muscle to be able to constrict his food.
[She seems eager to learn at least?]
Awww, it's okay if he's a big baby. Maybe offering him food will get him to come out?
I'll go see.
[She goes back to the table to check, and comes back with both a piece of pizza and a slice of cake.]
Neither of these are meat though, I'm not sure if he'll go for it.
[She goes back to the table to check, and comes back with both a piece of pizza and a slice of cake.]
Neither of these are meat though, I'm not sure if he'll go for it.
I'm not either, but... I at least want to get him back to the room.
[ SIGH
he settles back to where he was, taking the pizza slice and breaking off a piece of it. ]
Popcorn, come on. I can take you to your daddy, please...?
[ popcorn lifts his head and stares at them both. woeful. miserable. he does not move. ]
[ SIGH
he settles back to where he was, taking the pizza slice and breaking off a piece of it. ]
Popcorn, come on. I can take you to your daddy, please...?
[ popcorn lifts his head and stares at them both. woeful. miserable. he does not move. ]
Maybe he'll respond for his 'daddy'?
[Who could that be? Tuuri does not know, she thought Lu Bixing owned Popcorn.]
[Who could that be? Tuuri does not know, she thought Lu Bixing owned Popcorn.]
[So when the execution is finally over, Tuuri is still holding onto Lu Bixing's arm pretty tightly. But with Bucky dead and Hunter back to normal (?), Tuuri finally lets out an audible breath of air. Whatever trauma response she had, she's starting to come out of it.
But still, she whispers to Lu Bixing as she lets go of him, rather than talking at her normal volume.]
Sorry about that.
But still, she whispers to Lu Bixing as she lets go of him, rather than talking at her normal volume.]
Sorry about that.
[ lu bixing has not moved at all to let tuuri cling to him as the execution ends - he locks eyes briefly with lin to let him know things are okay, but then, immediately, his entire attention is on tuuri. expression worried, brows knit together, he ducks a little to listen to the whisper. ]
It's okay. [ and matches her volume, just as quietly. ] Are you alright, Tuuri?
It's okay. [ and matches her volume, just as quietly. ] Are you alright, Tuuri?
[She glances back to the now-empty stage. There's nothing there now. It's fine, whatever it was is over. She'll just have to keep telling herself that.]
Yeah, I'm okay. That was just...
[Horrifying? Triggering in a way she did not expect? Enough to keep her up for hours now?]
...a lot. But I'm fine now, really!
[This might actually be the first time that she's shifted from fear to that 'default, polite cheerfulness' she usually has. She does it with practiced ease too.]
Yeah, I'm okay. That was just...
[Horrifying? Triggering in a way she did not expect? Enough to keep her up for hours now?]
...a lot. But I'm fine now, really!
[This might actually be the first time that she's shifted from fear to that 'default, polite cheerfulness' she usually has. She does it with practiced ease too.]
...
[She's very quiet for a moment, considering her words carefully.]
"If you come across a Beast, Troll, or Giant,
do not run or call for help
but stand still and stay silent.
It might go away."
It's something they teach children in my world.
[She's very quiet for a moment, considering her words carefully.]
"If you come across a Beast, Troll, or Giant,
do not run or call for help
but stand still and stay silent.
It might go away."
It's something they teach children in my world.
[Welcome to the void! Tuuri looks a little listless at first, but when she sees Lu Bixing she offers up a small smile.]
Hey...
[Shit, what should she even say? He's such a dad, he's going to be torn up over this isn't he?]
Hey...
[Shit, what should she even say? He's such a dad, he's going to be torn up over this isn't he?]
Well, I think I would be doing better if I hadn't lost half of my blood.
[It's true, she could handle a lot of this shit better if she hadn't been bleeding so much. Her eyes still look bloodshot too.]
[It's true, she could handle a lot of this shit better if she hadn't been bleeding so much. Her eyes still look bloodshot too.]
[ he winces a little at that, sympathetically, looking a little fussy. ]
I heard about your trip from the others - it sounds like it was even bloodier than ours. Waking up to another body after all of that feels like literal insult to injury, doesn't it?
I heard about your trip from the others - it sounds like it was even bloodier than ours. Waking up to another body after all of that feels like literal insult to injury, doesn't it?
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