heaven / jiaoqiu

[midway]

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week 7, monday, morning

[midway]

[ Okay... It's not morning, and there are no festivities...

Glancing at Jiaoqiu, vibes are a little unsettled. ]

It's strange to be back and see everything like this.

[fried]

[ a hum. he seems... pretty okay? it's hard not to feel a lot better now that the lost are back. ]

Do you mean the location changes? I suppose so. The angels mentioned that the entity is merely throwing a fit. I could see it.

[midway]

[ So cute. ]

They certainly seem the type to throw a tantrum. Egotistical too.

[fried]

Considering they spent weeks taunting us, you're not wrong.

[ huff. he reaches to pat claude on the arm. ]

Don't worry. I'll protect you from the changes. [ teasing... ]

[midway]

[ Accepts... There's a weird nervous energy from him though. ]

How kind... [ ... ] Jiaoqiu, why are you being friendly with me? You're close with Zhongli, aren't you?

[fried]

[ huffs. ]

I am, yes. [ he watches him for a moment. ] I do expect you to explain yourself a little more clearly.

[midway]

[ Looks at him in return. ]

I'll answer any questions that you have.

[fried]

Well, I suppose I'd like to ask why. Your letter explained that you were not influenced. My impression is that it was for your country. So, tell me your reasoning.

[midway]

I lost someone.

So I killed Zhongli to bring her back.

[fried]

It was Judith, yes?

[ he's just guessing, based on the memory he saw. ]

[midway]

[ A pang of guilt, and grief. He brought her back, but she's still gone until he gets back. ]

That's right.

[fried]

[ he tilts his head back, thinking about this. ]

... I can't say that I condone it. [ folds his arms. ] But he is not dead now.

And if someone had killed Feixiao, I'm not sure I wouldn't have done exactly as you have.

[midway]

[ There's a weird mix of emotions now. Still with the guilt, confusion, fear... ]

It's strange not to feel condemnation for a crime.

[fried]

Do you want me to be angry with you?

[ because he doesn't really do anger that much, it's more like disappointment. not that he's doing that now, he's kind of just like. whatever who cares we're already all dead, and everybody is alive again, so. the fuck does it matter.

nihility, baybeeee. ]

[midway]

No, it's not that. [ Furrows his brows. ] I just don't want to get accustomed to doing the wrong thing.

[ JIAOQIU... DIDN'T YAOI FIX YOU ]

[fried]

[ NOT EVEN YAOI CAN FIX TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DEPRESSION

he looks vaguely amused by this. ]

I'm not your mother. Even if I did tell you to not do it again, why would you bother listening to me? [ ... ] You know what you did was wrong, and you died for it. I don't see the point in harping on it.

[midway]

I suppose you're right.

[ Idly thinks of something... And then moves along. ]

Let's talk about something else. Are you eager to return home?

[fried]

[ tell him what you're thinking!!

a huff. ]

There you go, changing the subject when you're even slightly uncomfortable. [ but he'll let him. ] I suppose so. I miss it.

[midway]

Why wouldn't I? When you let me get away with it?

[ Gently nudges. ]

You're so lenient with me, Jiaoqiu.

[fried]

You are not very lenient with yourself, so someone must be.

[ flicks him gently with his tail. ]

Shall I chase you through conversations, then?

[midway]

[ Pets it. A little shyness over the first comment. ]

I wouldn't want to exhaust you.

[fried]

You don't exhaust me nearly as much as some of the others do.

[ like, fondly. but he is Exasperated. he allows the tail pet. ]

I can keep up.

[midway]

[ Hehe. ]

Ah... how has reuniting with Brimstone been?

[fried]

Annoying.

[ there's a little affection to it, regardless. ]

But he does seem far less angry than he used to be. I can't say that's my influence, necessarily.

[midway]

Maybe hooking up with Hawke took the edge off.