homophonic ❆ wolfwood

[bindings]

wolfwood

Of course I missed you.

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[crucifer]

[ He stills, very much like when an animal is suddenly touched and becomes wary, but doesn't flee or push back. ]

It's what I wanted to. Like I said, I don't like leaving things unbalanced.

[ All he does is take. If he can do anything at all, starting small, it's give back so there's no imbalance. ]

I'd consider a piece of the past to be a secret.

[bindings]

[she understands the tension, because she does it too - she doesn't pull away, but she doesn't push any further.]

Then I suppose I'll be fine for the upcoming week. [...] I don't like leaving things unbalanced either.

Do you think there will be another rule?

[crucifer]

Maybe. They sure like throwing in new things, between the rules and... the thing, on Thursday. And the extra bullshit yesterday too.

[ IT'S

ONLY!

WEEK ONE ]

I'd say be prepared.

[bindings]

[a little nod.

she finally pulls her hand away, and reaches to adjust her braid where it's hanging over her shoulder.]

... I'd like to ask you a question.

[crucifer]

[ He doesn't necessarily relax, but he wasn't as tense by the time she pulled away either. ]

Yeah? What is it.

[bindings]

[she adjusts the ropes tying her hair.]

Is there something that makes you happy? Objects, food, activities.

[crucifer]

[ Happy?

He's not really that kind of a depressing guy, he wouldn't say nothing. But things have been really rough lately and the standards for 'happy' are a bit high.

He blinks once and says the first thing that comes to mind about happiness. ]

Seein' a real smile.

[bindings]

[huh. she thinks about that, for a moment, watching him.]

Ah... I'd hoped it'd be something that I could do. [she says, tilting her head. a beat.] I suppose I'll need to... practice.

[crucifer]

[ The question 'why?' immediately comes to the forefront of his mind, though he only blinks once outwardly. ]

You know you don't owe me anything.

[bindings]

No. This isn't about owing anything to you. I'd just like to.

You already make me happy, if you're worried about balance.

[crucifer]

Last I checked, I made you pissed, actually.

What'd I do that's so special?

[bindings]

I was already... pissed. [thankfully she knows this one.] That had little to do with you.

[as far as the rest:] You've been kind. [...] I would not trust just anybody to watch out for me as I slept, Wolfwood.

[crucifer]

[ He really is just gradually teaching her every fuck word under the twin suns.

A part of him does want to deny this, that Shenhe's only known him two weeks, maybe it's just because they're teammates, maybe you shouldn't leave your back open to a barely tamed wolf -- but he also doesn't. He likes her. The trust is like a little sliver of light granted and he's selfish. ]

Thanks for the compliment. [ It wasn't exactly one, but he'll say it like this anyway. Girl who always says what she means vs guy who rarely ever does. ] Yeah, keeping guard is one of my special talents. Responsibilities of a shepherd and all.

[bindings]

[it was kind of a compliment, so she allows the thanks, watching him with a vaguely amused look. he's an interesting person, to her, the push and pull that he is.]

A shepherd. [she repeats, tilting her head.] ... I'm not a sheep. Or a goat.

[nyeh!! with the tone of like, having had to correct someone over and over on something.]

[crucifer]

It's the holy title, girl. Remember I said I'm a priest? Well, there's a lot of different positions associated with the church, like altar boy, minister, Father.

I'm a pastor. Tend over the flock, which is a metaphor for God's children -- in other words, mankind.

[ Estinien Noises ]

[bindings]

[estinien noises is my favorite bracket tag]

Oh. [man. it's wild to hear about religions. teyvat has such an interesting relationship with their gods that religion is almost not even faith-based, it's not about believing - it's almost more like a monarchy.]

Have you met your god? [...] Is there not more than one? Did this god kill all the rest of them?

[crucifer]

[ Wolfwood really is just the blueprint after which all the rest of my characters are modeled. ]

Never even heard from Him, actually. There's only the one in this religion. Though the branch I was in in particular focused less on God, and more on the angel.

I guess I did meet that one.

[bindings]

[she frowns...]

I'm not sure that I know what angel means in this context. [...] But you met it?

[crucifer]

They're normally God's messengers. Heralds to bring His news to the people. Winged and holy and all that.

[ The easiest example is Gabriel announcing to Mary about her pregnancy but having to explain that and/or the entirety of baby Jesus to Shenhe seems like a big pot of worms he doesn't feel like cooking at the Liyue restaurant fires.

He shakes his head again though, this time a little dissonantly, looking but not really looking at Shenhe. ]

And just about as monstrous.

[bindings]

[she's getting the sense that he's not a big fan of whatever this herald is, which means she isn't either.]

Hm. I don't like the sound of it. [but then again she's not very respectful to. any of the gods she's met, so.]

[crucifer]

[ Somehow I've avoided saying Million Knives out loud even once in this game. It really sounds ominous until he has to say the angel is named Murdertron 5000.

But yeah, he nods slowly, coming back to focus. ]

No, it's not -- it's bad. Way out of my goddamn league, but...

[bindings]

[she thinks this guy sucks. do you want her to murder this guy for you.]

Well. If it arrives here somehow, I will stay away from it.

[crucifer]

You should. It's nothing but bad news.

[ Did you know Hei originally wanted to rope Anna into playing Knives. But I was like no we cannot do that because we would LITERALLY have to immediately kill her W1 ICly.

Smashcut to Anna dying W1 anyway send help. ]

[bindings]

[HELP YEAH if she had i would've played royce because the idea of those two would've been hysterical]

... I suppose I didn't help you get away from the doom and gloom.

[crucifer]

[ My D cr grits teeth makes fist...

He pauses a moment, clearly having forgotten about that. He tries to move on for her sake. It's nothing new at the least. ]

What can I say, kinda follows me around sometimes. It's really got nothing to do with you.

[ Finish the rest of your froyo. ]