#goldencored

[queensconquest]

@goldencored​​ said: “  i miss you.  i know i’m not supposed to,  but.  i just had to see you.  ” sqx @ hx 🙃

(SOFTISH ANGST PROMPTS)

   He  Xuan  knew  that  presence.  He  knew  it  far  ,  far  too  well.  Never  in  any  of  his  plans  had  he  ever  expected  to  cross  paths  with  it  again.  Gold  eyes  snapped  up  from  his  food  he’d  leisurely  been  eating  ,  textbook  in  hand  snapping  shut  ,  but  before  the  ghost  king  could  disappear  again  ,  he  found  himself  faced  with  who  he  hadn’t  been  expecting.  

   Despite  the  conflict  brewing  in  his  chest  like  waves  in  a  storm  ,  He  Xuan’s  pale  features  were  carefully  unreadable.  How  had  Shi  Qingxuan  even  found  him  ?  Why  ?  The  explanation  for  the  latter  question  was  quickly  provided  ,  but  it  did  not  make  any  kind  of  logical  sense.  Then  again  ,  logic  was  always  his  thing  moreso  than  the  one  before  him  now.  

   “  You  had  to  see  me  ?  “  Finally  his  voice  breaks  the  silence  like  a  cool  river  as  he  carefully  contemplates  what  he  should  do.  “  Only  you  would  say  something  like  that  ,  let  alone  actually  try  to  do  it.  “  Miss  him  ?  Had  she  hit  her  head  ?  Her  words  were  proof  she  hadn’t  ,  but  he  couldn’t  understand  why  she  would  miss  him.  

   You’ve  called  the  wrong  person.  The  words  echo  back.

   Reluctantly  ,  He  Xuan  sits  back  down  from  where  he’d  been  about  to  disappear  from  and  gestures  for  her  to  sit  as  well.  He  knows  well  she  won’t  simply  let  him  go  and  he  has  no  intentions  of  causing  a  scene  right  now.  He  speaks  again  after  a  moment  of  consideration.  “  There  are  some  things  it  is  best  not  to  revisit.  I’m  not  Ming-xiong.  If  that  is  what  you’re  expecting  ,  it’s  best  to  revisit  in  memories.  You  don’t  miss  me.  “  

[pctaldrunk]

“ - Might I trouble you to REMOVE yourself from my desk, now that you’ve realized you’re in the wrong room?” His brush doesn’t still as it travels evenly across paper even as he peers up through fingers against which forehead gently rests at the figure still rested against the corner of his workspace. There are only so many COMPETENT civil gods in the heavenly realm - he has no time, as the martial gods do, to gawk and stare at the spectacle that’s a calamity.

@goldencored​ liked for a starter !   feat.   idk civil god!h.x and calamity!s.qx??? 

[feietouhuo]

‘  what  fun  would  it  be,  if  i  took  this  off  ?  ’ mq & sqx

scenario prompts

❝ don’t. ❞ he rolled his eyes & sneered at the shameless movement of shi qingxuan’s hand near her robes. how did she have the audacity to propose such indecency at him? mu qing scoffed since he had to put more effort into his reputation later. avoid situations like this entirely. 

waving his hand at her, he said, ❝ you won’t get “fun” out of me. can’t wait to disappoint you, really. but ... ❞ he lifted his shoulders in a shrug, ❝ if you try being tactful with your decisions, you can get some other heavenly official to blunder like the fool they are. i wouldn’t mind watching something like that. ❞

wherever the windmaster went, there was sure to be excitement. as long as it didn’t involve him, mu qing was happy to observe & comment. 

❝ ha, get someone more overdramatic. you’ll have more fun then. ❞

[halfdivinity]

ming  yi  moved  their  cup  of  tea  away  as  soon  as  it  was  finished.  coming  down  on  earth  to  listen  to  strange  stories  of  the  villagers  had  never  been  their  cup  of  tea.  puns  intended.  however,  they  were  dutied  to  play  along  as  the  earth  master.  how  ironic.  

              ‘   is  there  any  part  of  your  story  telling  that  involves  the  uncanny  rumours  going  around  the  town  or  are  adamant  on  blabbering  about  your  day  ??   ’

@goldencored​

[loyaltybled]

starter for @goldencored​ 

usually,   he wouldn’t be interested in new arrivals to the heavens.    his core reverberating in rhythm with the bell’s toll was enough of a show for him.    most heavenly officials were not worth viewing by the gates.    time couldn’t touch the heavenly realm.    pei ming would be here for eternity   &   the bell towers will still be at the same place standing over the same flames that will be lit forever.    no changes,   NOTHING TO DISCOVER .    anything of value could be learned in later gossip.

it was pei ming who was strange here.    he stood front   &   center,   facing the lightning spiraling down on the stage.    for this new god to even have his audience,   they must be important.    pei ming kept his ground with his arms crossed even as the curtain of  CALAMITOUS SKYFALL  lifted.

billowing robes as wild as the wind   &   definitely more youthful than shi wudu.    this was them.    pei ming stepped up   &   flashed a lazy smirk.

❛   so you’re shui-xiong’s sibling.    he talks about you so much i had to come take a look,   see what the fanfare was about.    shi qingxuan,   wasn’t it?    you wouldn’t mind a little escort to the rest of the upper court,   do you?   ❜ 

[aeipathic]

@goldencored​ says: ❛ i’ll never be that me again. ❜ xl & sqx

     meme || accepting

     ah, she tries to say it lightly — but he thinks he can hear the sadness underneath her airy demeanor. it would be presumptuous of xie lian to say he understands. after all, their circumstances differ in key ways. he had his spiritual power locked away and his luck drained, but he was never truly mortal. and he had asked for it, brought it on himself. shi qingxuan — had not. she had never asked for any of it. so he shouldn’t presume to understand. but he does know what it’s like to feel very far away from the person you once were, and very small and rather embarrassed because of it, even if you’ve learned to smile on the outside.

     “ah, but i hope the lady windmaster doesn’t mind if i still call her that,” he responds, placing a cup of tea down in front of her. she’s kind to visit his little shrine, especially when he knows the walk isn’t easy for her anymore. he sits as well, wraps his fingers around his own cup to warm them. “you may not be the same you that you were, but the best parts of you haven’t changed. the shi qingxuan i knew was caring and generous and very kind to poor old scrap collectors who nobody else liked very much.” he smiles. “that’s the you that makes me feel lucky to be your friend, no matter what else.”

[siinkingshiips]

❗”was any of it real?” —sqx

𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖕𝖘 abruptly what he is doing, yet his sight remain stubbornly down, unable to look at her in the eye.  he was afraid she would ask, as he was not completely sure about the answer.  at times, he had lost himself in the disguise of ming yi so completely he forgot what he was supposed to be doing, moments where he dared to let her take his hand and guide him through the busy markets, moment where her smile made his own lips turn slightly upwards, but even then...  it had been a lie, hadn’t it?  one that had been so well constructed he fooled himself, but a lie after all;  a lie in its core.

And yet here he was, aiding her, protecting her. He wouldn’t do it, if he didn’t care for her  “ I do not know ”  he answered finally, truthfully  “ I am not certain of what my own feelings were doing back then, but--- but I am not deceiving you now ”  he finally looks at her face, telling her, without a word, he has come to care for her.

FORCE THE TRUTH OUT OF MY MUSE  ( accepting )

[indulgentia]

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Being  at  the  mercy  of  anyone  ( especially  someone  whose  morals  could  be  as  ambiguous  as  his  own )  was  no  such  foreign  concept  for  him.  Nor  the  other  way  around.  And  even  if  he  tried  his  best  to  deny  to  himself  to  be  this  bewitched  by  someone’s  looks,  it  was  also  a  fact  that  even  underneath  layers  of  paint  and  dirt,  such  gorgeous  features  still  managed  to  steal  his  attention  right  at  the  first  glimpse…  Mo  Ran  was  no  senseless  wall  after  all.  In  spite  of  the  help  given  with  some  inconvenient  people,  taking  care  of  the  dirt  and  scratches  that  spread  across  the  other’s  delicate  face  and  body  was  still  necessary.  With  a  wet  towel,  heavy  large  hands  tried  to  clean  as  gently  as  possible  ━━━━━━━━━    which,  unfortunately,  wasn’t  much.

❛❛ Hush,  little  baby,  don't  say  a  word... ❜❜    And  in  one  those  very,  very  rare  moments  in  which  the  mind  is  blurred  by  fascination,  dangerously  bordering  perhaps  to  weakness,  is  when  this  man  can’t  take  a  hold  of  his  own  words  as  they  leisurely  slip  from  the  mouth,  wrapped  in  a  deep  breath…    ❛❛ And  never  mind  that  noise  you  heard. ❜❜