🎧 homophonic | pcs | nahri

[silicone]

a merchant of delicate tasks.

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[ashmark]

[ the cuddling is nice. because now that the fun is over, the whole uncertainty of tomorrow is weighing on her too.

she rubs his back. ]

It could be worse. We could be really dead for real this time.

[silicone]

[ he'll ease up eventually and just hug her close, rubbing her arm. ]

Yeah. I mean, hey... my talk with Nightingale was promising. We all got a lot of good information about what's to come.

[ not enough, but quite a bit to jump off of. ]

Tell me... what's the first thing you're gonna do when we see them again?

[ashmark]

[ no hesitation: ] I'm going to punch Fei Du in the arm.

[silicone]

Pfft, oh man. He's got it coming.

[ashmark]

[ yeah look at your sister's guns -- she has none, she is scrawny, which is even funnier because fei du is like the ultimate sad twink ]

He's going to deserve it. [ she props herself up on one of her arms. proper gossip mode engaged. ]

What about you?

[silicone]

I'm going to kiss a bunch of men.

[ very firmly. ]

[ashmark]

[ honestly? happy for you bro ]

...You know, I'm not surprised in the slightest that this is your answer.

[silicone]

Unfortunately, this is just who I am.

[ granted, he did not anticipate this whatsoever and neither did i. ]

[ashmark]

[ HE DIDN'T??? SIR YOUR CANON ]

Someone in this family has to be. I trust that you can carry this burden responsibly.

[silicone]

Pfft - I'll do my best. If I have to bear the cross of being the slutty brother, then damn, I'm gonna kill the part.

[ laughing right into her hair. ]

[ashmark]

Just practice safe sex, o innocent maiden.

[ she is also giggling ]

[silicone]

[ laughs nervouslyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ]

[ashmark]

[ having to consider having nahri consider if stds exist when you're pseudo-dead because she's from 1798 and that's kind of a big deal

what a fucking pc this is ]

Okay, I am going to imagine that you are a pure innocent maiden for real, so then we can change the topic.

[silicone]

I will never lie to you except to say:

That yes, of course, I have not fucked in this place at all. I am... very pure.

God I'm excited to see everyone... that's keeping me going.

[ashmark]

[ she laughs again. the sex isn't the problem, just. that is too much detail. bro can fuck but she doesn't want to know how.

but it fades, and she thinking more seriously on the topic at hand (not her slutty brother). ]

I am too. It feels... I don't know. It feels kind of too far away to be real.

[silicone]

[ squeezes her hands gently and nods. ]

Yeah. I keep thinking I'll wake up... or that we'll keep looping again. Kinda nervous about this too.

[ashmark]

This is all so beyond me. Things just keep... happening. Like we're stuck in a memory, almost?

[silicone]

[ he just rubs her back slowly because what else can he say to that? it's true. ]

It's hard, yeah? We don't have to be strong right now... we just need to rest.

[ squeezing her gently. ]

It's almost over, Nahri...

[ashmark]

Yeah. [ somehow, this is not a comforting thought. it has nothing to do with eiden, just. haha. you know, stuff. things. ]

I'd like to be strong at least once. It'd make this a whole lot easier.

[silicone]

[ just a small squeeze. ]

You're strong when you need to be strong. And when you aren't, that's okay.

[ them's the facts. hesitantly: ]

What'll you do... when you get home...? What's waiting?

[ashmark]

[ she turns over, facing away from him. ]

Just work.

[silicone]

[ rolls over he is big spoon now. perching his chin gently on her shoulder. ]

What's work?

[ashmark]

[ oh noo now she's trapped.

she makes no further attempt to escape. ]

Healing people.

[silicone]

Yeah?

That something you wanna keep doing...?

[ashmark]

Yeah. Just... work politics, you know how it is.