#meekmiko

[nobletoatea]

🌷 Being in a boy's room was nerve-wracking. Especially when she wasn't technically invited in. B-but he'd been in her room so that made up for it, right?? She sure hoped so--and that he didn't hate wisterias. Anna has managed to get them for her but the rosette owed her a favor in return... A glance to the ceiling where she'd strung up garlands of the flower across his ceiling to welcome him back reminded her it was worth it. Sensitivity, support--fitting for him and something new. Time to go~.

Lorenz appreciated flowers of all kinds. The garlands of wisteria were strung up as opposed to neatly tucked into a vase or pot. Lorenz found himself wishing more flowers were used in such a way to so freely decorate a room.

“Ah, Sakura.” He turned his eyes from the wisteria down to the girl in his doorway. Lorenz smiled at her and nodded to the wisteria. “It’s beautiful- such a shade suits me perfectly, don’t you think?” Lorenz gave her shoulder a light pat. “Thank you. Your generoristy and hospitality knows know bounds!”

[sanzuqu]

There's a certain instinctual comfort in swords for her. The broad back of her big brother. The strong defiance of Hana. It was no wonder that her feet carried her to the training grounds, prompted by a familiar sound. A lens of nostalgia painting the figure of the swordsman in front of her with brother's shadow. It was only when she'd already curled her fingers around his hand that she realized.../RYOMA WASN'T THERE/. Grip turned to iron by a sudden spike of panic, a hell of her own making.

( 乌鸫 ) — Every swing clears his mind. Every breath replaces the merciless sighs that bubble forth like a babbling brook. It's frustrating, he thinks, as he allows the killing edge to fall to his side with a final labored breath that he is only ever at peace with a sword in his hands. He wonders if it would be easier if he always had one drawn. Maybe he'd be more at ease in this new and strange place. Surrounded by people with whom he is unfamiliar. 

( Most of whom seem to delight in his idiosyncrasies. )

A cheap, useless thought. Onyx gaze fixates on the palm of his empty hand. Calloused, cut — maybe, this was all to simply say he only was suitable as a weapon or an extension thereof. Never to be considered, to be thought of as anything but. Hard eyes narrow. Pathe — thoughts fall interrupted, slender digits trace the curve of his thumb before settling as it grips his hand proper. Shoulders set, his muscles tense the minute that the faint smell of incense and soap enters his nose. The minute he realizes how small this hand is compared to his.

Maybe if he doesn’t move and doesn’t breathe, she’ll just go away.

[sanzuqu]

[ F i x + ]

nonverbal memes / fix, for your muse to treat mine’s injury.

( 乌鸫 ) — He is no healer. The assumption thereof is ridiculous. More incredulous is the assumption that he ought be tasked with the responsibility of taking care of some foolish girl who thought to throw herself onto a blade when she had the constitution of a mochi. So, he stares from across the room. Quiet, pausing, before he picks up a roll of bandages, throws it directly at the miko without so much as a word of warning and walking away. 

He doesn’t have time for this. If she was in so desperate of help, she could ask one of the actual clerics. Otherwise, he didn’t know. Didn’t particularly care. She could chop off her arm or something. An easy enough solution that requires nothing more of him. ( Though, the guilt might wear at him until he checks on her later, at least. )

[sanzuqu]

A : AFFECTION. how does your muse show affection?

valentine's day asks.

08 | on affection. lon'qu shows his affection in the things he does for people or in his criticism, lmao. he isn't great with his words and usually bungles it when he tries to be affectionate. he's even worse with pda. like, he'll debate it, then decide it's stupid and then back out. or more embarrassingly, he'll end up half-executing it and then chicken out halfway through so he'd rather just not do it all together knowing what he does know. ( it's worse with any woman because he'll be 10000% more likely to just not even look at you. )

he's not outwardly affectionate intentionally, but he will make a point to go out of his way to do certain things for you that he otherwise wouldn't bother to with other people. like, he'll save you an extra slice of cake or something even though he hates sweets. he'll let you borrow his coat or help you step over a puddle or the like. i do think, also, that he can show his affection through his words if he isn't consciously thinking about it.

exhibit a, in his future past 2 dialogue with inigo:

LON'QU: ......INIGO: Father? Is that you? But...how can you be here? You're dead... Oh no... You've come from the afterlife to collect me, haven't you? I'm finished.LON'QU: ...Finished, you say? If you're that ready to die, I won't bother with any speeches.INIGO: Huh?LON'QU: Inigo... I sentence you to death here and now... Prepare to die.INIGO: Ack! Wait!LON'QU: What's the matter? Come at me. I'll make it painless for you.INIGO: But... I don't want to die...LON'QU: You don't? ...Then don't let me ever hear you say you're "finished." If the afterlife sends someone to collect you, you put that messenger in the ground.

lon'qu speaks similarly with his other potential children. ( i'm quite fond of his dialogue with owain, particularly this line: if you want to keep your friends safe, then fight. live to keep defending them. look at what happened to your father. he died to save you. but he also lost his chance to ever save you again. ) he's not critical aimlessly, but he's also not going to let you put yourself down or give up because the going gets tough / beat around the bush really either. i think he's very much like that in normal contexts as well.

in that, he won't let you talk yourself down or talk in possibilities like they're definites. he's very roundabout, essentially. but, tl;dr he's basically just a very actions-oriented person because he's awkward and doesn't know how to say things straightforward when it comes to expressing concern / affection and pda makes him want to spontaneously combust.