homophonic ❆ count d

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count d

We're all rather bothersome, aren't we? I apologize.

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w0, SATURDAY

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[good morning mr. d, shenhe is out in the world! you might miss her normally, because she's pretty good at staying hidden, but the music that is playing from the tree that she's set up in is pretty attention grabbing. at the moment it's this just blaring from the top of a small tree.

you might be able to see her foot swaying back and forth absently from the bottom of the branches.]

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[Aaaaaa, a lil foot. He will snatch it (no).

He stops in his walk and exchanges a glance with T-chan (who is forever following him, now with spoils in his mouth), and then the two of them look again at the tree. Well.

They wander over to stand under the tree. D shields his face as he looks up despite not really needing to do so.]

Hello again. Would you like some apple pie?

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[she falls out of the tree on top of him (no).

she peers down at him, and he'll see that she is munching on a leaf. not from the tree, it looks like it's from the flowers below, but like. there are plants in her mouth.]

From where? [she would love apple pie... these plants don't taste very good.]

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[This tag is taking my ass out.

D has a very OH DEAR look on his face. He... exchanges another glance with T-chan, and the creature LOOKS at him.] I have some. [He doesn't want to say they will be much better than... the leaves, as not to insult her, but... they are much better than those leaves.

He bends to take the paper bag from T-chan's mouth, and then he turns to try climbing the tree. T-chan double-takes, leaping to grab a hold of D's pants leg, growling and tugging on it. D stops and looks over his shoulder, flapping his hand dismissively.]

It's alright, T-chan. I won't fall, I promise.

w0, mon

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[D is standing at the entrance to the selfie shop. He has a drink from McDonald's he's sipping idly, and T-chan is standing beside him... only without a drink, of course.

He glances over at Shenhe and smiles in greeting.]

Hello, Miss Shehne.

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[shenhe is not welcome at the mcdonald's so she's very jealous of this drink.

in any case, she wanders up to him.]

Hello, Count D. What is this? [selfies...]

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[SHEHNE...... He would give her this drink even though he loves it because it's full of sugar.]

I'm not sure. I've never seen anything like it. Would you like to look around inside with me and T-chan?

[............T-chan is looking at Shehne.]

w0, sat post trial

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[Hello, Miss Decompressing Shenhe, where are you...

He isn't, like, super hunting her down, but he is wandering on his own merry way to see who he can find and see. T-chan isn't with him this time...]

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[start the thread over i want t-chan

no i'm kidding I WROTE KISSING. I'M NOT KISSING COUNT D. but shenhe is somewhere high, away from people, meditating. she can't really focus, though, which is why she just exhales harshly and pinches at the bridge of her nose. it's loud enough that he'll hear it from above.

she hasn't noticed him yet, but she will.]

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[STOP LET T-CHAN REST help WE'RE KISSING NOW THE TWO ACE PEOPLE ARE IN LOVE

She is such a mood, can't believe I realize how neurodivergent I am from RPing with Shenhe. He stops a bit nearby.]

It's just me, Miss Shenhe.

w1, fri

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[slaps my hand down into this catchall

Where is Shenhe hiding away at???]

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[not me missing you all week >:U

she's in a tree in the park, which he'll be able to find because unfortunately there's a toasty squirrel that runs squeaking away from it. sorry for the violence,]

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[I HAD TO READ THIS TWICE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MEANT SHE HAD ROASTED A SQUIRREL AND WAS EATING IT LIKE IT WAS ON A STICK HELP ME

He wanders up beneath the tree as he has done many times before, but he's frowning a little.]

Please be kind to them. Burn me instead if you must.

w1, sat

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[Hewwo.

He is in the park. Not in a tree as Shenhe usually is; he's sitting on one of the benches quietly with T-chan lounging beside him against his leg.]

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[she will come sit next to him.

she doesn't say anything, she just sits, staring out at the park. this is a boring tag, but she's... waiting. trying to get a sense for what his mood is like.]

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[She may sit. T-chan puts a paw protectively out over D's lap, but D just strokes T-chan's head between the horns.]

How are you, Miss Shenhe?

w4, MONDAY

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[hey what's up dusts this pc off...

no preamble i'm just giving you a fucked up pig that runs past where the cherry blossoms are because of course that's where she is.

You are sitting in the garden of your childhood home, in a little village that you've grown up in. You are six years old, and your father has been away for a year, though you're not sure why. It makes you sad, sometimes, when you think about it. Your mother is gone, and the village takes turns making sure that you aren't starving, but for the most part, you're just alone, making up stories and playing with the stray dogs in the village. It's lonely. You're very lonely.

So when your father returns after that year, and he gives you a smile that borders on manic, you don't notice how it looks. You're overjoyed - father is back, and maybe this time, he won't leave. Maybe this time your curse won't drive him away. You can be good this time. You will find a way to make sure that you don't hurt him or anybody else ever again. Maybe he's forgiven you for what happened to your mother.

He doesn't even wash up, when he returns. He comes straight to the garden and smiles widely at you, and says that you should come with him to the cave in the mountains behind the village. He has a surprise for you, to make up for the fact that he hasn't been home. You don't really hope for much, but. A toy would be nice! Maybe a kite, or something that the two of you can play with together.

Your father brings you to the cave. You make sure your long black hair is out of the way, ready for whatever the surprise is.

But he barely even pays attention to you as he strides into the cave. He goes right to the altar in the middle, constructed out of stone, and he flicks through a book, and he mutters. And you take a step forward because you're unsure. Maybe you should help? You take another step forward, and then - out of the book swirls something dark and hideous, a black and rotting creature that has no shape at first as it crawls out. It drips out of the book, and your father turns and starts to walk away.

You're confused - you're a little scared, so you say, "Father?" and he ignores you, and so you look back at the shadows that soak down out of the pages, and you see it is growing teeth. It is watching you with bright blood-red eyes, and when it meets your gaze, it licks its lips.

You stumble back, and you start to cry - you are six years old, and this is the scariest thing you've ever seen - and you turn and race after your father. This isn't what he meant, right? This can't be the surprise - but he pushes you to the ground and sneers at you.

"You are a cursed child," he spits, and you stare up at him from where you're crumpled on the ground. You reach for him. No, it - no, this time, it'll be better. This time you won't bring ruin to everybody around you, you promise, you will find a way to be good, but he just shakes his head and keeps walking. "Your life brings nothing but disaster to us all."

You stand, shakily, and run, but something grabs your leg, and you scream as the monster drags you back. Your father leaves.

"At least if you die, I can bring her back." And the light from outside vanishes as the monster pulls you towards it's mouth.

But as a child - a child who hasn't grown up just yet, a child who hasn't forsaken emotion and the joys of living because you know that you aren't allowed those anymore - you don't want to die. You want to play outside, and you want to make friends with the other children in the village, and you want your mother back, and you want your father to love you, and you don't want to die you don't want to die you want to live --

The sleeping calamitous fates, violent urges, and unyielding spirit within you burst their bonds all at once. They are your unseen shield, your invisible blade, and they are all that your frail form has to protect yourself. You have a dagger that belonged to your mother. Instinct has you cut open part of the monster and it wails, and you run to hide. Your next attack is with fangs and claws; you swear to tear that wretched creature before you to shreds — to prove that you, and not it, are the cruelest evil that stalked the darkness.

For days, your life-and-death battle is one without end. Hunter and hunted switch places many times, the conflict locked in stalemate. Sometimes it rips at your skin and sometimes it just chases you when it finds you. Sometimes you beat it back just enough to find some time to rest. But you are exhausted. You can't sleep. You're hungry, and you're thirsty, and everything hurts, but you don't want to die. You refuse. You won't. But there's only so much that your tiny body can handle, and eventually, you collapse. You're afraid. You know it is coming, the monster, with its snakelike body and hungry maw. But you can't find the strength to continue.

And that's when the tide changes.

A vivid icy light pierces through the dark like skyglow, showing the path to the future. A crystalline object falls down from nowhere, into your hands. You look down at it shakily, trying to breathe. You know, instinctively, that this will allow you to wield ice. That you can use this to decide which monster will live, and which will die.

You pull yourself to your feet one more time. You wipe the tears away.

It's the last time you ever cried. It's the last time you felt anything at all.

:tadafrog:]

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[COMES BACK TO HATING THIS ALL OVER AGAIN

Wow! This is! sure fucking something! Unfortunately, we both are going to fling memories back and forth to one another and then chat about it afterward. DOUBLE THE CONFUSION AND DEPRESSION.

Once the lil piggy rushes by, Shenhe gets this memory to go along with her own. Daddy issues? :) Yes, of course.]

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[FATHER TRAUMA THROWS CONFETTI

sorry she just has to sit down for a second. she does! on the ground if she has to.]

... What? [let's just. start there. both of these, the fact that she saw her own memories in 4K HD and also what she assumes are his just makes her brain want to shut off entirely.]

w5, THURSDAY

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[can't believe you actually died for real

where the fuck is d, she's going to come looking for him. she hasn't bothered to clean up or heal the rest of the way so she's just dragging her toy axe with her in bloody robes. where did he respawn...]

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[WE REALLY PICKED DIE ON THEM AAAAAAAAAAAA

SHENHE, YOUR HEALS!!! He has respawned and tried to chill in the pet shop, of course, but SOMEONE gave him bad effects.........so no pet shop. He is sadly wandering like a ghost now, mumbling quietly under his breath.]

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[get christianed on idiot

she just wanders up behind him and holds his sleeve. hi. she's forgotten how to human.]

w6, sat

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[A bit after all the trial watching which I was definitely absolutely there the entire time, D wanders to find Shenhe.

He does not have to wander far because if he wasn't more careful, he would really have tripped over her sprawled out ass on the ground. HELLO. T-chan also is like HELLO? HE SNORTS.]

Miss Shenhe...

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[it's like the scene in barbie where margot robbie just lays facedown on the ground like a doll

except on her back, she's just here staring at the sky. hello t-chan with your backpack full of applesauce.

she looks up at d with an exhausted look.]

I don't want to do this anymore. [SO LIKE IT'S A GOOD THING THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHE'S SO TIRED]

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[SHENHE

T-chan with his applesauce backpack yes.]

I think many of us can agree with that sentiment.

[Rather than make her get up he

gets down on the ground with her with T-chan and his applesauce pillow pack.]

Thankfully, that is the last one... hopefully.