*Go slithered into the main hall, greeting guests and passing by servants along the way.*
You should control your plus one.
*He towered over Xïyà, looking irritated at being pulled away from the party.*
You missed the most amusing little dinner performance.
"𝑯𝒎. 𝑨𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈."
{𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒈 }
"𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚."
Very amusing. It's always entertaining when you have multiple family members, their behaviour becomes truly fascinating to watch.
I'm surprised your family is still so squeamish.
"𝑯𝒎𝒎."
{*𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒕*}
"𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 ."
You know, our diplomatic meeting ended earlier today. You are not forced to stay and celebrate.
*Go pointed out.*
Or perhaps you're worried about something? Still fussing over the Lady Bone Demon?
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒐̄ 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇...'𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔'."
{*𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 *}
*Go looked pleased at being addressed as a higher power.*
Well, you have always been terribly respectful. Pray tell, what is it you don't like about the demon courting method? You'll find everything I have done tonight is perfectly standard.
"𝑰𝒎 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕."
{𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒔}
"𝑫𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅."
I suppose so.
If not by winning them in battle, how did you earn your own mate?
"𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔... 𝑹𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚."-
{𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒈}
*Go chuckled, gesturing for a server to refill his wine.*
Only humans are stupid enough to mate for love. Power means everything. Why allow someone else to decide the strongest mate, when you can see for yourself?
"𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅."
{𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔}
You mean be able to tell, little Dragon, but I am certainly not attached to my mates.
I protect my claim, certainly. To show my strength. I encourage you to do the same. Who knows what could happen...
"𝑯𝒏𝒎𝒎."
"𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 '𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆' 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚?"
I don't appreciate being disrespected to my face. Not by you, not by your elders, not by the Heavens themselves. Why would I want a little upstart demon using language at me under her breath?
As I said. Control her.
"𝑴𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒕. 𝑺𝒐 𝒊 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅."
{𝑨̀𝒐̄ 𝑿𝒊̈𝒚𝒂̀ 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅}
[OOC: GIRL GET YOUR EYESHIGHT CHECKED-]
Ha! How cute and arrogant you are, little Dragon.
*Go swiped the goblet up, gesturing for a servant to refill it.*
Allow me to rephrase myself.
*he pressed the new full cup into her hands, leaning down to speak into her ear.*
If you or your little sorry excuse for a mate irritates me again, I will make what I did to Wukong at that dinner table look like nothing more than a gentle breeze across his face.
Are we understood?
𝑊𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
....
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 , 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑗𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦.
Your grandfather overestimates his importance.
I think this party is drawing to a close. I have some plans to make. Business to attend to.
"𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑛𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒."
{𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ}
"𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑀𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑖 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒."
