#sqx vc Hey Girl. You Seem Like A Doomed Sibling. I Can Make That Worse.

[deiscension]

﹄ ◇ ; @futurefind / stands at tempest's edge

     ⌜◈⌟    ▌ ── 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐤, draped in unassuming cultivator's robes. Subdued winds whisper through their sleeves as they fan their face. Just for good measure, they huff and puff as though they've run a great distance. All that oxygen swirls about uselessly within their chest before catapulting their voice out in breathy admonishment.

     "𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲? Just because this isn't any particular ghost's territory doesn't mean it's not dangerous! Actually, that makes it even more dangerous. If there's no big fish to keep the smaller fish at bay, then the smaller ones will swarm." Not that they seem too terribly concerned with heeding their own warning. The sheer white of their robes is a violent rend against gathering shadows, their voice a siren's call for any sordid beings that might lurk within those shadows. They pay no mind to themself or the quiet they've disrupted. Their focus is on her. Stormy eyes flick from Sasume's weapon to her stony expression. Behind the plain white fan shielding their mouth from view, a smile forms. This cultivator really is just too adorable for her own good! Whatever will they do about her? They snap their fan closed.

     "𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝: 𝐈'𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩. It's good to have someone watching your back even if you think you don't need it." Their gait quickens to match hers. To walk with weight, to recover lost breath, to wipe sweat from the brow; all a performance art they've mastered, if only to assuage the ache of not needing any of it. They wonder if she'd praise them for their efforts. Not likely. Hers is a mouth unaccustomed to delivering niceties, or so Shi Qingxuan suspects. A stinging sense of familiarity lights their stomach on fire. They smother it by asking, "Fill me in on the details, pretty please?"

#futurefind #▌ ◈ SHI QINGXUAN ; ⌜ in character ⌟ #▌ ◈ SHI QINGXUAN ; ⌜v. calamity | and you'll never be pure again⌟ #if you need anything changed up lmk!!! #iirc we're going for post bw calamity? #either way sqx is here to help (read: be obnoxious and scare off lesser ghosts by flaunting their unannounced presence) #sqx vc Hey Girl. You Seem Like A Doomed Sibling. I Can Make That Worse.