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eastbound2022-10-14 10:11 am
descendency) wrote in eastbound2022-10-14 10:11 am
video; un: peekaboo
[ 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?
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?
un: daozhang | voice;
It's been a while and he's been through some things.
But then it hits him.]
Bai Mingyu...?
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...Xiao-ge.
Do you know how to turn on your video?
voice to chaos to video oops
[The video function is not one Xingchen ever uses, but he knows it exists. It's one of three things, the written form also one that goes unused by him. These devices are not the most user-friendly when the user is missing a vital sense, but that's all right. He's been shunned for being blind enough times that he's used to it.
Needless to say, he spends the next few moments feeling around the pendant to try and figure out the damn thing. Please disregard any flickering change between functions or the staticky rustling of fingers brushing over unknown microphones. Until, finally, he pauses in his efforts to hesitantly ask - ]
How is this?
[Congratulations, Mingyu, you have baby's first shot of...the floor. Oh! And his very scuffed up boots!]
ur doin ur best....
Turn the watch up, Xiao-ge. Slowly, if you don't mind.
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[He must have flipped things over. Not surprising. So he does as asked and slowly rights the image to his best approximation. Maybe he's a little crooked on Mingyu's end, but at least his face is visible!
A face that betrays the fact that he is probably still too thin and pale, but alive enough.]
Is this better? More importantly, how are you?
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There's not much to tell. I'm exactly as you remember, I imagine.
Where are you? What's happened to you lately?
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[They were friends! Or, at least, Xingchen thinks so.]
I am staying at the orphanage here. I imagine that is where you have also been brought. Otherwise, I have been trying to help in any place we end up, though I am unsure how effective my efforts really turn out.
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Are you at the orphanage now? How is your health?
[ not that he trusts xiao xingchen to accurately assess his own well-being but you know. it's a start. ]
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[A beat.]
You do not have to. I know it is not everyone's skill.
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I will try to attend. I have some unfinished business to take care of first.
[ another moment of silence, then— ]
If I don't show up again, don't look for me.
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Mn. Be careful, Didi.
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I will try.