homophonic ❆ alex

[bindings]

alex

I'll tell you when you're being weird.

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week 1: monday

[camena]

[ alex is near the spaghetti food cart. not ordering, but just watching. and as soon as she sees shenhe she is wandering closer to her because. gotta. ]

Why would a food cart sell spaghetti...

[bindings]

[oh. yes, she wants to be close to alex, hello. she moves over to set her hand on alex's shoulder, looking at the cart.]

... It seems hard to eat.

[camena]

What? No, it's--wait, do you use silverware?

[ DOES SHENHE KNOW ABOUT FORKS ]

[bindings]

[SLKDFJSKD the fact that i think i have canon basis for this]

Chopsticks are preferred in Liyue, but I usually use my hands to eat...

[camena]

That works better for some things than others. Some stuff you really need a utensil so it's not too messy.

[bindings]

Hm. Maybe I will not try it, then.

[...] Are you going to?

[camena]

[ alex SIGHS ]

Aaas much as I could use a new menu, we don't know what's coming. It might be better to save money where we can.

[bindings]

[that's fair, but shenhe wants her to have nice things...]

We can find something else that doesn't cost money. [...] Do you think there will be anything worth it in these stores?

[camena]

[ a lil nod and alex sort of leans towards shenhe a little more. ] You hungry now? I was mostly just exploring, but I could snack.

And I dunno, like... Beds. I guess?

[bindings]

[she just goes ahead and puts her arm around alex? yeah, this works.]

I don't mind trying new foods. [so yea, she could also snack.] Have you not managed to find beds either?

[camena]

[ wow... shenhe is just such a touchy-feely person..... and alex is weirdly good with that right now? it's fine. she puts her arm around shenhe too! ]

We got one this week. But it wasn't actually that bad sleeping on the floor. I'm young. I'm spry. I can handle it.

[bindings]

[they are just standing here outside the food trucks with their arms around each other like drinking buddies.]

I've only slept in a bed like the ones they sell here once or twice. [she's got like, a cot at home.] I haven't minded the floor.

We have pillows and blankets. Those are more than enough.

[camena]

[ it's fine alex just has zero self awareness about this. ]

Exactly!

But the bed was nice though, right?

[bindings]

It was nice. Unusual, though. I was a little uncomfortable with how soft it was.

[camena]

Guess that makes sense, if you're not used to it.

Like, even if you're used to beds in general, sometimes it can be hard to sleep on a new one. Or like hotel beds. That kind of thing.

[bindings]

Mm. There have been a lot of things here that have been hard to get used to.

[camena]

Like what else?

[bindings]

The food. The buildings. The people.

[(scott pilgrim turning an 8 magnet into an infinity symbol voice) everything....]

[camena]

So like everything...

[ she's so valid. ]

Well, do you have a favorite out of all the new stuff? Like, something you like better than what you're used to?

[bindings]

[she thinks about that.]

... The people. [leans a little more against alex.] You are all very kind.

[camena]

[ she is content to just receive these Basically Snuggles... what a good day. ]

I bet the people back home are nice too. You just haven't been around them enough, right?

[bindings]

I suppose.

[nyeh] The first two men to greet me in Liyue Harbor were insistent on taking whatever mora I had on me, which was very little. Apparently there are laws that make it so that I was not allowed to slam their skulls together.

[camena]

What? That's—you should be allowed to skull-smash guys who are robbing you.

[ whatever the fuck mora is, shenhe didn't deserve to have it stolen from her!!! ]

[bindings]

[alex is again her favorite]

That is precisely what I said. I doubt they would've tried much harder. I am - "very scary".

[camena]

Sure, when you want to be.

[ ... ]

Still, not everyone's like that.