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[sylvctica]

@liuuyuun replied to your post “sylvie vc: she’s taking on a human form...”:

"Hmph! Do not celebrate just yet, for us being on equal grounds means such treatment shall be freely reciprocated!" She will indulge in bullying Sylvie too

​"Put on higher heels, then I'll consider it equal grounds!" Don't worry, they're just already preparing the bullying and getting their shield up.

[abyssmalice]

@liuuyuun sent: "Child." Her voice is stained in frustration. Oh, she truly cannot hear anymore of this blasphemy―least when it includes the lord too as part of a recipe. "Given you are resolute in this pursuit for a most worthless knowledge, one will enlighten you then with a response." So maybe she will, frankly, shut up about it. "Us adepti do not become steak. We do not belong within the mortal oncept of a food chain. You will not get acquire a speaking piece of meat." Only a death wish. "Are we understood now? Will one be unleashed from your senseless rambling?"

Tonia listens to the talking bird dutifully as it finally provides an explanation to her questions on adepti and adepti meat. Once fully relayed, the girl takes a moment to quietly consider all of the information she now has...

"A food chain isn't a mortal concept though," she replies. "Even gods and things in the Abyss have to eat, and so long as we all need to eat something, there has to be a 'thing' to eat in the first place. So to someone stronger than you, you can become food - which means you can be a steak!"

"Which means you still have to answer the question - if you were turned into food, would you still be able to talk?"

[sylvctica]

@liuuyuun replied to your post “Tea, tea, tea—it's been so many years since...”:

Tea, huh? Perhaps we could accompany these with snacks produced by one's Supreme Cuisine Machine. One has try-tested such myself and can attest to their crispy goodness! (Proud feather ruffling)

One's Supreme Tea Brewing machine might also be able to brew the finest tea if we are to utilize the freshest leaves!

​An eyebrow raises before a chuffed sound escapes them; well, considering her pride over it, how could they say no? As for the tea brewing ... "Considering that tea normally takes no longer than a few minutes to brew, I think I can handle that, and you handle snacks in your Supreme Cuisine Machine? That way we can do both in one go."

[yuelun]

It was strange, how comfort was suddenly found in the unchanged, within this place that she'd known so well that seemed as if it had frozen in time entirely, when all of her memories bore the reflection of her once desire for change, for growth. And yet here, as her fingers strayed over the rim of the bowl that lay presented much like it had in days long past, and as eyes as grey as storms and steel — almost ill-fitting to she who'd sat here before and sat here again — lingered over the chopsticks aside it, a poignancy tugged in her chest that eased her eyes into a close. Funny, she could still smell the tea like this, could still hear the discontent in response to her jest, and the amusement that lingered soon in its wake, much like how a smile strayed across her lips now in the sight of auspicious recollections.

Though she had learned that they had lost many after her, his words had told her that this mountaintop had never emptied, Mt. Aocang belonged still to who had always found her retreat here. And though she was glad for it, the smile that warmed a countenance now was more cautious than it was in the days of old, when her arrival here was marked with quips and laughter each time, when the Lord of Dust was ever stricken with endless gaiety. But when she'd heard the footsteps, those that sounded the very same as she remembered, her hand strayed to the edge of the stone table — one that had become something akin to an old friend — to guide her to turn in her seat, so that her gaze would come to rest on a friend older still. "You're late, normally I can already smell the tea brewing."

@liuuyuun / A little starter I promised many moons ago.

[sylvctica]

@liuuyuun said:

"One knows not, though it sounds nonsensical beyond it being a sort of animal habit."

      "I mean is it nonsensical if it exists in nature then? I'm just trying to unpack it because animals usually do it for their own survival, but maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree. Err. Can't bark up myself ..."

[cryoexorcist]

@liuuyuun: "One would certainly fare better with the absence of that obnoxious Fatui child."

"Just do what I'd do, and bite her. You have teeth, don't you?"

[abyssmalice]

@liuuyuun "Did one not answer yours inquiry already? One said one does not become talking food!!!"

"And you tried to say the food chain doesn't exist. I don't think you actually know and you're just saying what you think is right."

[ofqilins]

@liuuyuun: "Ah, Ganyu. It is a delight to find you around. One is most pleased to see you are getting acquainted with so many as of late. Care to indulge one's old bones with trying a serving of jewelry soup of one's great Supreme Cuisine Machine's making? Surely you are not so pre-occupied that you cannot make time for a meal?"

[HELLO REN GUESS WHO]

@liuuyuun

A touch of sweetness, a moment of delight, a melody of comfort. Cloud Retainer's voice always brought a smile to her face. Everything that happened would always be attributed to her upbringing. Those who raised her were not Qilins, not humans, but those adepti who lived in Guili Plains. At the sight of her once caretaker and her family, Ganyu feels warmth blossom inside her chest. No matter how many centuries passed, even thousands of years were not enough to make Ganyu feel less wishful when coming back to Mt. Aocang and visiting her teacher.

"Cloud Retainer..." Her voice comes out soft and tender before stepping closer. Jewelry Soup was a delight to enjoy with someone so essential to her. With that in mind, the woman nodded lightly with a grateful smile. Her hand rises to touch her bell, playing around with it before letting out a soft sigh. Being acquainted with so many yet still feeling like she did not belong was quite unsettling; two sides pulled her apart internally and this journey for self-discovery made her wonder if there was truly a place where she won't feel so strange. Not here, not in Liyue, not anywhere. It was hard, it was hard to breathe sometimes after everything had changed so much but work kept going, and nothing was slowing down. "I would love to join you and tell you more about the current news of Liyue Harbor... Ah, I meant, I will be glad to share what has happened in my life since we last saw each other."

Of course, she would. Even if the soup smelled delicious, the half-Qilin would instead concentrate more on sharing the news. How she spent time with Beidou, how she got closer to some of the Liyue Qixing like Keqing, how she spoke with Yanfei, and how she was taking care of Yaoyao. The sweet and tender moments and more free time allowed her to speak with more people, and it felt so foreign. Her work was endless, never-ending, but it all started to change.

"Lady Ningguang gave me more time to me. The new secretaries I am teaching are taking over some of my work," she explains softly, suddenly feeling out of her element. Her finger clutched around the metal of her bell, causing her body to tense for a second before she smiled again, alas tensely. "It's strange to have so much time for myself. Suddenly, I'm more aware of the changes than ever."

It's scary.