#lightfreim

[fatealigned]

stares back at him. @lightfreim

[fatepowered]

❛ well, that could've gone better. ❜

( Lu Guang for Vein! )

" Come now. You're alive, aren't you ? And still in one piece... I would say it went quite well for you. " Vein leers down at Lu Guang, lips curling with amusement. " Must you be so negative ? Nothing wrong with a little optimism. " The brightness of his words hardly match the image of the murderer Lu Guang knows Vein to be, but in this moment, Vein is not yet Cheng Xiaoshi's killer - he's just Vein.

Still a threat, though. A live wire, ready to electrocute Lu Guang if he gets too close, grows too complacent. " Though, perhaps that dour expression of yours could go over well with a certain demographic... you're sure you won't model for me again ? " / @lightfreim / @knightinsourarmor

[fatepowered]

❛ so, what am i walking into exactly? ❜

( Lu Guang for Xia Fei! Thanks for the asks! )

Well - wasn't that just the question of all questions ? Worse still, it was not one Xia Fei even had an answer to. Maybe it was nothing; maybe it was life-threatening danger. Adrift in a sea of seemingly never-ending leads, most of which turned out to be literal dead ends, Xia Fei felt he was getting maybe a little too desperate as he reached the end of his rope.

And now, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi were involved, which added another layer of complexity to the whole situation. Now, it wasn't just Xia Fei whose safety was at risk if things went wrong. If he wasn't careful ( and he was getting more and more careless as time went on ) they'd get hurt, or worse.

" I don't know, " Xia Fei answered, honestly. Control slipped like sand through his fingers, until he was grasping at the false sense of security left behind in its wake. " But if you want to get out of here... now's the time. " / @lightfreim ( @knightinsourarmor )