Pets can shame their humans too

[thetopofthefoodchain]

From: Anonymous
Date: 11th April

[The camera is a little shaky as it moves through corridors, twisting and turning. Whoever this mysterious poster is he is moving slowly, as if he were exploring somewhere dangerous and frightening.

There is a noise in the background and as the phone gets closer it is recognisable as singing. The phone moves around a door to a kitchen where Shen Wei can be found at a chopping board surrounded by various ingredients, meat and vegetables.

He is singing as he works. In full flow of the song. There's a soft laugh from whoever this mysterious individual with access to Shen Wei's temple might be.

The image fades and refocusing, clearly later. Or another day. It's hard to say but the camera is now at a different angle, as if the filmer might be in a tunnel, or hidey hole close to the ground.

This time Shen Wei at the oven, frying meat, boiling noodles and once again he is singing as he works.

The footage is posted with just a single line in text.]

See he is not as stuffy and strict as he makes out to be!

Comments

[unlucky7]

[Oh hey, speaking of.]

A villain would never admit to having a villain lair on a public network.

[cloakedinruins]

...True. However it still is not a room leading into a secret lair. It's just too dangerous for anyone else but me to go in there.

Private Text

[unlucky7]

[You're not helping your case????]

What are you hiding back there?

Also who should I blame for this post? I'm leaning toward Da Qing.

Private Text

[cloakedinruins]

[ Why don't people believe him though? ]

I'm not hiding anything. It's just. That room is full of the kind of energy that is native to my homelands. Just concentrated.

Yes. Zhao Yunlan would have been laughing halfway through Der Letzte Tanz.

Private etc.

[unlucky7]

With a different context, a room like that probably puts you on some kind of Definite Villain list. All things considered, with everything that goes on here? Okay, I believe you.

He doesn't strike me as the kind to go the anonymous route either. Too shameless for that.

Seriously though, great voice.

[cloakedinruins]

I suppose. I just don't know how that would affect a Yashou member even though they are from the same relative origins as Dixingren like myself. I do know that such energy is a poison to humans, like their energy can poison me. So I just don't want to chance it.

He would try. And then decide that it's not worth it.

Thank you.

[unlucky7]

Hold on. You explained Da Qing being from the cat tribe, but Dixingren? Energy poison to humans? What?

[cloakedinruins]

Yashou are the Wild Tribes with the Cat Tribe being one of them. Dixingren are people from Dixing like myself. We live in a subterranean land that has a naturally occurring energy that our bodies are able to process easily. As for it being poisonous to humans...

Well, think of it like the radiation of an X-ray machine. Low doses are within a human's ability to cope with but too much exposure over time will cause some genetic problems. A high surge of that radiation would kill a human, but to me that same surge would feel like a gentle shower, or a warm blanket.

[unlucky7]

I feel like you're too serious to mess with me. This is also not the strangest thing I've heard here. That explanation makes sense. Thanks.

Do you really have a twin brother?

[cloakedinruins]

I don't really need to mess with you? I could always show you the energy I generate if you really want to see.

I do. He's... different.

[unlucky7]

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested in seeing. It's interesting seeing what everyone can do and as a god, you can explain things with full context.

Hypothetically speaking, if he was to show up here, how much of a problem would he be? Are we talking identical twin mix ups? A twin brother you're civil with?

Is he your evil twin?

[cloakedinruins]

I usually don't explain it to a lot of people. Even for a Dixingren I'm unique. But if you want to see, I can show you.

It depends on how he shows up if I am honest. Yes we are pretty identical save for how our abilities work. I wouldn't say we're civil with each other. If it is him as a child, then yes.

As an adult, no.

...It's a long story, but in short, yes, you can say he is my evil twin.

[unlucky7]

The choice is ultimately at your comfort and convenience.

Is there a name I should keep an eye out for just in case?

[cloakedinruins]

I'm well known under a different name in my home world. At least, to other Dixingren, and members of a special task force. People don't usually approach me as a friend.

Ye Zun. He favors pale colors and his hair is naturally white, but like me, he can change his appearance.

[thetopofthefoodchain]

[He really needs a way to lock these things from Shen Wei...]

Ginia is right, that's what a villain would say.

[cloakedinruins]

No, that would be my twin brother.

[thetopofthefoodchain]

You have a twin brother?

[He hadn't known that. And his twin was a villain? Had he and Ginia accidentally hit closer to home than they meant to?]

[cloakedinruins]

Yes. He's the younger twin.

[thetopofthefoodchain]

He's not here is he?

[It occurs to Da Qing all at once that Shen Wei had a whole life that he could remember before being here. A family apparently, probably friends, a job. Da Qing found it hard to imagine him as anything but a god but once he had been just a ordinary person.

Well perhaps not ordinary. Shen Wei was anything but.

It was a strange thought to have.]

[cloakedinruins]

He is not the type to hide.

[thetopofthefoodchain]

Does he look exactly like you?

[At least there's not a secret evil twin around, that's a good thing.]

[cloakedinruins]

Yes and no. Like me, he can change his hair and clothing, and his expressions can be a little exaggerated.

[thetopofthefoodchain]

I see.

[He tries to imagine an evil Shen Wei.

It's terrifying.]

Well it's probably a good thing that's he's not here.

[cloakedinruins]

That it is, although if he ends up being a shinki, it might not be as bad.

[ Because Ye Zun can be nice, just not the kind of nice that people would like to see. And also Shen Wei feels responsible for him. ]

[thetopofthefoodchain]

Because he wouldn't remember anything?

[Or because he would be dead? Da Qing doesn't ask that last bit though. Humans could get funny about questions like that.]