@mansbane | audio | december 15th

[bravelyrunsaway]

Hahaha... ha... ha... loves, I hate being a bother, but I'm in a bit of a situation.

( there's a pause, and some strained breathing; also sounding a little like he's talking in a closed space. )

The, er, enthusiastic party of young women? Have locked me into a chest. And are refusing to let me out.

( he's a werewolf, he's more than strong enough to get out, right! he clears his throat. )

I'm also tied up. Just got the gag out now.

Comments

[scrapgege]

Alright, I know what your qi feels like so I can probably find you once I'm close enough.

[But it seems to take... a long time.]

1/2

[bravelyrunsaway]

Whatever a chi is, fine!

2/2

[bravelyrunsaway]

( sometime later: )

Don't tell me they got you too, love!

[Action]

[scrapgege]

Hahaha, sorry, I'll be there soon!

[And indeed soon there is the sound of someone running into the room and closing the door, their breath a bit short.

And when the chest opens... well, Xie Lian has clearly been 'got', since he's wearing a red bridal dress and makeup, which actually looks rather fetching on him except for the fact that he is, in fact pretty buff and the flimsy dress doesn't hide it the way his usual robes do, so his shape definitely doesn't look feminine in the least.]

Sorry, I think they're all a bit drunk and it was hard to escape.

[bravelyrunsaway]

( meanwhile, there's Licyn, with his arms clearly tied behind him, and a gag of cloth resting around his neck. it's been long enough he's got no spittle dripping from it, for better or worse, and his ankles are also bound, and it's almost surprising how he was shoved in here except... it's a big trunk. chest. whatever it is.

and he smiles up at xie lian, both dry and also not able to lift himself out, but lets his eyes roam what he can see of the dress. )

Trust me, love, they've been drunk for a while now. They decided to add you on to the bridal party?

[scrapgege]

[Here, let him get all of that off you, my good man... wolf... whatever you are.]

They wanted to play games and rehearse the wedding, and apparently, that meant me playing the bride while the bride was playing the role of the groom. And then someone started saying something about stripping and I figured I should go.

[bravelyrunsaway]

( he grunts as circulation restores when the binds are taken off, one by one, and works at unknotting the fabric and then tucking it away in his pocket. Useful, that overlarge handkerchief or whatever it is. )

I'm sure the show would have been an eyeful, but it's as likely you'd have ended up in here, with me, if you hadn't.

( take his abortive nod to another chest, though at present that one's full of Things. )

[scrapgege]

Ah, that doesn't sound fun, but I guess it wouldn't have been the first time either.

[Just going to check your limbs with his eyes here for a moment.]

Can you move alright? You're probably very sore.

[bravelyrunsaway]

( he stretches out, rope marks on his wrists. he's just thankful there's any clothing left on him, considering what's been stripped away by the over-eager ladies earlier in the... what time is it anyway? )

Can move, love, stretching out—the window, shall we?

( he moves toward it, lashed shut as it is, rolling his shoulders and working at the latch. )

Nothing helps soreness more than moving through it.

[scrapgege]

Yes, the window is probably a better option.

[The sounds of revelry are slowly catching up so yes, let's go.

The dress doesn't seem to hinder Xie Lian too much as he pens the shutters and makes to jump out.]

[bravelyrunsaway]

( so it is that two men go leaping out a window (more or less), or at least scrambling out onto the lower roof the window sits above, and either leaping down from there, or walking carefully at an angle across toward a wall that joins a few feet lower than where they started. )

It's not a ghost war night, is it? There's the Salt Breaker... have I said I hate this place yet? I really hate this place.

[scrapgege]

A ghost war night? Oh no, no no no. I'm not saying they all get along but really, mostly they're just... vibing here?

[That's the best way he can describe it. there are a lot of ghosts, but they're surprisingly chill, honestly.]

They're not being really serious about this whole thing. They're just having a little fun. Still it's a bit weird to go from a place with no ghosts to one that has so many.

[bravelyrunsaway]

Vibing?

( what is that... even... meaning... )

I find it utterly unnerving, and I can't wait to be away from here, and their idea of fun. From all indications that child was having fun playing dolls with us and everyone else in Serthica, and still, this is more unsettling!

( now he's setting into a jog to head across the snowy courtyard, away from this particular wing and its licentious ladies. )