video; un: peekaboo

[descendency]

[ the video feed flicks on to a young man's grim, steel-eyed gaze. he strikes as a man who might be more attractive were he not so severe and dour, a natural softness to his features that does not take easily to his fury. rosy lips pulled taut in displeasure, he stares out as though scrutinizing an audience he has not yet gathered, who yet remains unseen. ]

It's Gabriel.

[ he states his own name with distaste, as though he would rather be doing anything but giving his name to these circumstances and that much is the plain truth of the matter. ]

I require the statuses of Beitang Moran [ insufferable know it all ], Wei Wuxian [ insufferable busybody ], and Five [ insufferable ].

As for the rest of you, would someone like to kindly tell me where the fuck we are and what the hell we're doing here?

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[rumorate]

[This is what Allison hoped for. That it was an accident rather than an intentional sundering of Vanya from Five's story. Her confrontational attitude lessens some, but she still needs information from him.]

No. Anytime he tries to remember he gets these nosebleeds.

[And then, the question of the hour:]

Can you fix it?

[descendency]

[ there's a low noise of something like frustration in the back of mingyu's throat. ]

Of course I can. The question is will he let me without killing me or literally punching me into next year? Again.

[ he mops a hand over his face, eyes squeezing shut. he can't remember the last time he felt quite so tired. ]

[rumorate]

[Mingyu is not wrong to be worried about these things but:]

I can keep him in line. Don't let him meet you without me.

[She'll rumor him if she has to but she doesn't want to have to.]