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[cloakedinruins]

From: Xuanwu
Date: February 26

My new shinki woke up grumpy this morning. He may also be planning on sneaking in where he shouldn't be. I'm both apologizing in advance, and sharing an image of his current appearance just in case:



He likes dried fish, large pillows, and ear scratches. Be wary of touching his tail or his belly, and especially do not offend him by claiming that he is an inferior creature. I will not be held responsible for the damages he will cause.

Comments

[cloakedinruins]

It is.

[trustheart]

Pretty direct and to the point aren'cha?

[cloakedinruins]

There is little reason to hide anything, is there?

[trustheart]

I didn't mean like hiding. I meant like... it seems like you make your points with only a few words, you know?

[cloakedinruins]

I taught Biology and Chinese Lit at a university before I woke up here. I suppose the habit carried over.

[trustheart]

Huh. Impressive. I get good marks in school but I'm nowhere near that smart. Did they make you a God of knowledge or something?

[cloakedinruins]

Is it? I'm just been good with learning things and was handed the early morning Lit class due to my availability.

[trustheart]

... They just GAVE you the job?

[cloakedinruins]

I think no one else wanted it since it was for freshmen and at eight in the morning.

And as for the type of god, no, Xuanwu is more of a dark magic and warrior type.

[trustheart]

Oh... well if it's for freshman I guess that makes sense... Xuanwu? Like... the black tortoise? Genbu???

[cloakedinruins]

I believe so. The title does come with a tortoise and snake motif throughout the temple and gardens with those animals living in them. Da Qing is currently teaching them manners and has declared that the tortoises are his noble steeds.

[trustheart]

... Ya gotta put that shit on the network. A cat doing something like that demands it. It's like a law or something.

[cloakedinruins]

When he finally rides one, I am sure to let the rest of the network know about it. Right now he is just yelling at the water where they are lazing about.

[trustheart]

No offense but that makes it sound like his normal form is DEFINITELY a cat.

[cloakedinruins]

None taken. According to him, being a cat is superior to being human.

[trustheart]

Yeah, that's the attitude of pretty much every cat in the world.

[cloakedinruins]

I never really had pets before, so I don't really know if it's a normal cat thing or just because of it being Da Qing.

1/2

[trustheart]

They're simultaneously the most arrogant and insecure creatures in the world. If you stop paying attention to them they worry you've done something wrong and push themselves in everywhere. Then before you know it they're stealing food from a catered party even if they have it at home, or calling you every night to make sure her adopted sisters did their homework because you're keeping an eye on them while she's out of the country.

2/2

[trustheart]

... Sorry. I got caught up talking about someone I know. She does her hair up like cat ears. Dunno how that happened.

[cloakedinruins]

That's okay. It happens.

I take it that this person was close to you despite being annoying at times?

[trustheart]

Yeah, maybe. [Imagine a defeated-sounding, semi-fond pause at the start of that.]

[cloakedinruins]

I think most of us have people like that around them.

[trustheart]

[Chris is just gonna message him directly for the rest of this so a certain shinki doesn't catch on.] She's here actually. I can't tell her anything about this, or that we know each other.

::private::

[cloakedinruins]

I'm sorry to hear that. I am in the same situation myself.

[private]

[trustheart]

How do you deal with it?