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Lizard House / OTA
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House ref: https://pin.it/43LQyyPhW
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... You're ridiculous.
Yes, I'll get them before I go.
Yes, I'll get them before I go.
All right, it's no rush. They shouldn't be heavy. Just some wooden molding.
[ detail stuff, so nothing he needs right now. dusting off his hands, yingxing steps back from his work, then looks back toward her. ]
Oh, right. Come with me to the forge, too.
[ detail stuff, so nothing he needs right now. dusting off his hands, yingxing steps back from his work, then looks back toward her. ]
Oh, right. Come with me to the forge, too.
... The forge?
[ Hesitates a moment before carefully getting to her feet to follow him, setting her water aside. ]
[ Hesitates a moment before carefully getting to her feet to follow him, setting her water aside. ]
[ yingxing nods, then wipes his face and collar with a rag to clear away the sweat, dropping it onto the pile of slate. leave it alone, dan feng!!
and then he's leading her back through the small compound, to where his forge is located, a sprawling work area fitted exactly to his needs. leaning down, he retrieves a small wooden box from a drawer in his work bench, and holds it out. ]
Here. Open it.
and then he's leading her back through the small compound, to where his forge is located, a sprawling work area fitted exactly to his needs. leaning down, he retrieves a small wooden box from a drawer in his work bench, and holds it out. ]
Here. Open it.
[ She'd been distracted by the forge some-- she's seen more impressive, as it's hard to get more intense than the Zhuming, but seeing a private one was a special nicety-- so she almost walks into him when he finally stops and offers the thing. She blinks at it, frowning, but takes the box after a moment. ]
... What's this?
[ And opens it. ]
... What's this?
[ And opens it. ]
[ inside the well made box is.. a dragon.
more specifically, it is a rose gold cuff in the shape of a dragon - simple, but exquisitely crafted, no detail spared. even its eyes are inset with tiny azure stones. the shape of it, she might realize, is made to fit her right ear wing. ]
What do you think? I know you said gold, but I thought rose gold might go better with your hair.
more specifically, it is a rose gold cuff in the shape of a dragon - simple, but exquisitely crafted, no detail spared. even its eyes are inset with tiny azure stones. the shape of it, she might realize, is made to fit her right ear wing. ]
What do you think? I know you said gold, but I thought rose gold might go better with your hair.
[ Oh,
She's stunned, that much is clear. For a long moment she just stares at it wordlessly, color rising in her cheeks and her neckwings starting to fluff. She looks up at him-- back to the dragon, back to him-- before she stutters a response. ]
Yinxing, I-- I couldn't possibly-- this is too much.
She's stunned, that much is clear. For a long moment she just stares at it wordlessly, color rising in her cheeks and her neckwings starting to fluff. She looks up at him-- back to the dragon, back to him-- before she stutters a response. ]
Yinxing, I-- I couldn't possibly-- this is too much.
Ah, fuck - you don't like it? Not your style?
[ it was a risk, he knows, considering he doesn't really know her taste well yet. some people prefer bolder statements, some prefer lesser - he'd gone somewhere in the middle, but maybe it's still a little too ostentatious for her liking.
he runs a hand back through his mussed hair. ]
No problem, it's fine, I can tone it down.
[ it was a risk, he knows, considering he doesn't really know her taste well yet. some people prefer bolder statements, some prefer lesser - he'd gone somewhere in the middle, but maybe it's still a little too ostentatious for her liking.
he runs a hand back through his mussed hair. ]
No problem, it's fine, I can tone it down.
[ ah shit. she's fucked it up. ]
No-- no, that's not what I'm saying at all. It's beautiful, I-- did you make this? You truly didn't have to go through so much effort for me...
No-- no, that's not what I'm saying at all. It's beautiful, I-- did you make this? You truly didn't have to go through so much effort for me...
[ oh - oh, he gets it. yingxing shakes his head. ]
It's just a small thing, honestly. I've made much bigger things that I spent much more time on. [ not that he didn't put good effort into this - he puts effort into everything he makes, and pride - but he doesn't want her worrying that he broke his back over it. ] Besides, it wouldn't suit anyone else here.
It's just a small thing, honestly. I've made much bigger things that I spent much more time on. [ not that he didn't put good effort into this - he puts effort into everything he makes, and pride - but he doesn't want her worrying that he broke his back over it. ] Besides, it wouldn't suit anyone else here.
If-- you're certain.
[ She's quiet, for a moment, before she carefully removes the cuff from its box. ]
... Thank you.
[ She's quiet, for a moment, before she carefully removes the cuff from its box. ]
... Thank you.
[ so. someone hasn't been seen all day. wasn't seen the day before, either. because someone is holed up in his room, battling a rut that just won't quit.
but for those with sensitive noses.. they might catch the scent of prickling musk, a woody sort of smell, hot and burning and inviting. or maybe you're not a freak and you're just looking for him. either way, yingxing's door is locked. ]
but for those with sensitive noses.. they might catch the scent of prickling musk, a woody sort of smell, hot and burning and inviting. or maybe you're not a freak and you're just looking for him. either way, yingxing's door is locked. ]
[ maybe this isn't the smartest idea, but you know what, yingxing is still suffering in rut, and he and val had discussed this, so you know what, dan feng is just going to have to deal with a brain meltdown.
it's later in the evening when yingxing knocks twice on dan feng's door before just. opening it. and strolling inside. val, it would seem, is just behind him. ]
Hey.
it's later in the evening when yingxing knocks twice on dan feng's door before just. opening it. and strolling inside. val, it would seem, is just behind him. ]
Hey.
[ She's close behind him, already burning red in the face. But as they enter she just. Gently closes the door behind them.
... hand still on the handle though, just in case someone (her) needs to make a quick getaway if Dan Feng reacts. Badly. ]
... hand still on the handle though, just in case someone (her) needs to make a quick getaway if Dan Feng reacts. Badly. ]
[This is the worst 'hey' in the history of forever. Dan Feng is lounging in his bed - which was less of a bed and more of a mattress under what looks like a dozen blankets and about twenty different soft things like pillows and articles of clothing, arranged around him in a circle - when his door actually opens, and his pupils thin into slits immediately. He does not look happy, and instead of answering like a normal person, he just stares at Yingxing, unblinking.]
[ okay this is already not going how he hoped it would - ]
.. what's that face for? [ val stop blushing you're blowing this for us!! he'll go ahead and step forward though, and seat himself at the side of dan feng's bed(?), partly to be close enough to intervene should he make a lunge for val. ] Pissed off at us already?
[ his hand just. slips into his pocket. to produce a few jelly cups. ]
.. what's that face for? [ val stop blushing you're blowing this for us!! he'll go ahead and step forward though, and seat himself at the side of dan feng's bed(?), partly to be close enough to intervene should he make a lunge for val. ] Pissed off at us already?
[ his hand just. slips into his pocket. to produce a few jelly cups. ]
[ Alas she cannot. She doesn't move from the door though, just letting Yingxing field this first. Her voice is soft when she does finally speak though, and if Dan Feng cares to look he'll probably notice a new dragon-shaped cuff on the neck wing opposite of the one with his scale earring, clearly of familiar make. ]
... Dan Feng?
... Dan Feng?
I'm certain.
[ she'll learn, eventually, that this is what makes him happy - that gift giving is one of his languages of affection. it's also a sort of.. a promise? an olive branch? not that there was ever bad blood between them, really, but navigating relationships when two people love the same person can sometimes be tricky. this is yingxing's way of acknowledging how she feels about dan feng, while also conveying his support for it. ]
You're welcome. Sorry if I surprised you. This is just kind of what I do. Want me to help you put it on?
[ she'll learn, eventually, that this is what makes him happy - that gift giving is one of his languages of affection. it's also a sort of.. a promise? an olive branch? not that there was ever bad blood between them, really, but navigating relationships when two people love the same person can sometimes be tricky. this is yingxing's way of acknowledging how she feels about dan feng, while also conveying his support for it. ]
You're welcome. Sorry if I surprised you. This is just kind of what I do. Want me to help you put it on?
[You better get ready with those cups because Dan Feng turns his head to look at Val, and then he starts doing the thing where he cants his head to the side. A little more. More than that. Wait that's more than ninety degrees, at this angle, on normal, non-Dan-Feng people, this would be a broken neck.
He also is not breathing. His tail has gone preternaturally still where it's buried partially under what looks like a pile of underwear he would never wear.]
Why do you smell like each other?
He also is not breathing. His tail has gone preternaturally still where it's buried partially under what looks like a pile of underwear he would never wear.]
Why do you smell like each other?
[ oh he's ready. yingxing is already opening the first one before dan feng even goes full freak bent neck lady. the stillness is threatening, and yingxing knows it for what it is, and he certainly doesn't like the way that dan feng has zeroed in on val.
this was his idea, after all. if anyone's going to take the full brunt of a dan feng meltdown, it's him. ]
Exactly why you think.
[ there's no reason to hide it. not considering what they're here for. yingxing quickly pops the jelly cup into his mouth, then bites down hard on his tongue with a fang, flooding his mouth with blood. ]
this was his idea, after all. if anyone's going to take the full brunt of a dan feng meltdown, it's him. ]
Exactly why you think.
[ there's no reason to hide it. not considering what they're here for. yingxing quickly pops the jelly cup into his mouth, then bites down hard on his tongue with a fang, flooding his mouth with blood. ]
We just-- ...
[ but Yingxing spills it so she just nods, body tense. She expected him to react ... somehow, but this was a bit worse than she was imagining. Or at least had the potential to be so. ]
... I wanted to know you better, so I need to know him as well. And-- I'm yours, so don't I deserve to know the others of yours?
[ but Yingxing spills it so she just nods, body tense. She expected him to react ... somehow, but this was a bit worse than she was imagining. Or at least had the potential to be so. ]
... I wanted to know you better, so I need to know him as well. And-- I'm yours, so don't I deserve to know the others of yours?
[He snarls violently into the cup, but he doesn’t have the presence of mind not to swallow, so Val can watch two bloodstained grown men struggle together as Dan Feng gurgles and tries to climb on and over Yingxing to get at her for Some Reason.]
What, by stealing him?! [There’s a pause, though, while Dan Feng's wrapped around Yingxing like a limpet. He turns to Yingxing.] Why are you stealing her!
What, by stealing him?! [There’s a pause, though, while Dan Feng's wrapped around Yingxing like a limpet. He turns to Yingxing.] Why are you stealing her!
Mmnmff--
[ with a mouthful of blood and jelly, he can't quite answer, too busy trying to wrangle a dragon man. he'll take advantage of dan feng turning toward him, however, by snagging his chin and tugging it forward to kiss him, forcing the terribly bloody mixture into dan feng's mouth, if he can.
.. dan feng might still be pissed off about it all afterward, but at least he'll be pissed off in his right mind. ]
[ with a mouthful of blood and jelly, he can't quite answer, too busy trying to wrangle a dragon man. he'll take advantage of dan feng turning toward him, however, by snagging his chin and tugging it forward to kiss him, forcing the terribly bloody mixture into dan feng's mouth, if he can.
.. dan feng might still be pissed off about it all afterward, but at least he'll be pissed off in his right mind. ]
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