“ The world can be split into two groups:
those who have seen the view from the bottom,
and those who have not.”
⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚◇ Wise-Innocence -- indie, selective dual muse for yanfei and castorice. please check out my carrd before following. minors do not interact. sporadic activity. rules can also be found under the cut.
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Hmm. Yanfei's antlers were too large for her head as a child, which which made her exceptionally clumsy. Her parents (bless their hearts) would do their best to keep her upright, but one quick turn and she'd be flat on the ground. Obviously, that's not a big issue anymore, but her antlers are still very important for her balance.
"Hey, Yanfei?" Sora looked up from idly thumbing through a book, seeming a bit more... hesitant than usual. "Do you want to, maybe—" She broke off with a sigh. Why did she always feel so awkward talking about these kinds of things? All she wanted was to maybe go clothing shopping, but for whatever reason she felt so... out of place doing so.
She'd never been all that fashionable, just sort of slapping on whatever she thought looked kind of pretty and wouldn't get in the way of her adventuring. But after spending more and more time in the city she'd started to notice some fashion trends and wanted to try her hand at them. Only she didn't really know where to start, so...
"Do you wanna like, maybe.. go clothing shopping with me sometime...?"
Unprompted Asks -> Accepting! // @curiouskinetic
Ah, so that’s why Sora had been acting so strangely. Her anxious fidgeting had been distracting enough for Yanfei to give up on their little reading session entirely. Instead, she’d been attempting to recite the passage from memory, silently stalling for time until her (abnormally quiet) friend found the courage to speak up.
“That’s it? I was starting to worry you’d ask me to help hide a body or something…”
She exhaled in exaggerated relief, untwisting herself from her sprawled-out position on the floor in favor of sitting up. This request was far more manageable than anything she had been imagining. Yanfei had long since figured out her own personal style and, with a bit of trial and error, could definitely help Sora find hers too.
Still, it wasn't as though Sora needed to work up this much courage just to ask for shopping advice. Had someone made her feel embarrassed about the topic before? After giving her a brief once-over, the advisor pulled her knees to her chest before continuing.
“Of course I’ll come with you, but why the sudden interest? Is there a special occasion or did you just want to try a new look?
"Thank you for such encouraging words and poor timing.”
An apology would follow moments after. She knew that her frustration was misplaced, but the situation had already worn her patience thin. There would always be times when she couldn’t talk her way out of a conflict, and that was ultimately a failure of her own abilities. At the end of the day, Yanfei was not a fighter. She could have all the training in the world and still never match the strength of a full-blooded illuminated beast. While that normally didn’t bother her at all, the reality of it hurt when faced head-on.
Whatever creature she had encountered had landed a vicious blow to her shoulder, a jagged gash running alongside her spine that stung with each movement. She had done well enough to take care of her other injuries and the mess strewn across the floor was the reward for her efforts – that was a problem for later anyway. The bandages were admittedly sloppy from inexperience, but they were the best she could manage with the energy she had left.
Contrary to her earlier comment, Xiao’s arrival was ideal. Silently, she held the remaining roll of gauze out to him.
"If it’s not too much trouble… I would appreciate your help.”
"O~ho?" Big, bulging eyes regarded her visitor curiously. A finger placed underneath her chin, pondering.
"What does the Equilibrium want within the domain of Propagation? As you can see, I'm keeping the children under my care to be in their best behavior. They are neither overpopulated or close to being extinct. Perfectly balanced, I say! Is that not what your ilk wants~?"
Unprompted Asks -> Accepting! // @profitmania
Disgusted wasn't strong enough to describe what she was currently feeling. Yanfei stood there, stiff as a board while the creatures scuttled around her. As if the sight alone wasn’t enough, the droning noise of their wings made her skin crawl in a silent plead to leave this place.
The words escaped her for quite some time, her narrowed gaze trained on the one standing center of this abomination.
“That’s a gross simplification of… never mind.” It wasn’t worth explaining. Monitoring the Swarm’s activity was a shared responsibility of multiple factions to prevent history from repeating. At least, that’s how it should have been – nowadays the Arbitrators and Genius Society seemed to be the only ones still upholding that duty. Which left Yanfei here, in the midst of an ever-growing colony, forced to have uncomfortable small talk with their leader.
“We want nothing more than to avoid these visits,” She stated firmly, eyes snapping towards any bug that wandered too close for comfort. “If your ‘children’ venture any closer to THEIR gaze, extinction will be the least of your worries.”
At being asked what he's doing, Kazuha offers a contemplative hum; "Just wanna find the softest grass I can find, and lay down in it, and look at the sky for a very very very long time." scarlet gaze abandons the clouds lazily moving across high above them in favour of looking at Yanfei instead "You're more than welcome to join me, Miss Yanfei."
Unprompted Asks (i think?) -> Accepting! // @drolliic
“That’s certainly one way to spend an afternoon…”
Kazuha was one of the last people she expected to find this far from the city, but it was a pleasant surprise. He always carried a carefree attitude that made conversations flow easy, a magnetic presence that had her wandering off the main road to greet him. Sure, she’d planned on returning to the office, but who knew when they’d have another chance to catch up?
She was settling down beside him before the invitation was fully given, letting out a quiet laugh at how random this encounter was. The grass against her skin wasn’t the most comfortable, but the slight breeze and gentle warmth were enough to soothe any complaints. Yanfei sighed contently, closing her eyes to take in the moment the way he did.
As much as he could try, Yanfei was both incorrigible and a lawyer who could talk her way out of the Chasm itself if she was inspired to. Even if Dan Heng was more like his fellow Adepti than those who lived among mortals like Madam Ping, Yanfei, or Ganyu. Even if he lived among them in Chenyu Vale, it was more as a distant guardian than anything else. And yet, he went along with Yanfei's flights of fancy, no matter where she conspired to take them.
"...Very well. There's no discouraging you, is there?" he said with a long-suffering sigh, righting his stride to keep up with the lawyer; not to look like a flustered fool, if nothing else.
At least he was starting to understand that her determination truly had no limits, especially when she found the person interesting. The way she saw it, Dan Heng was still malleable – not like some of the other rigid Adepti that hid themselves away from the same people they were sworn to protect. Although Yanfei didn’t bear the same responsibility, there was value in bridging the gap between the two.
"Some of the children invited me to watch their performance,” The explanation finally came once they were in too deep to return, the sound of music growing louder as the advisor nudged his shoulder. “Figured it would be better with company, right?"