catchall; fei du

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sisi play a priest character with good vision challenge I WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO WRITE "LEAVES FINGERPRINT SMUDGES ON FEI DU'S GLASSES" BUT THEN I REALIZED--

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weekend 0, saturday

[ohthehumanities]

[ANYWAY. Kaveh is here--somewhere out in the city, nowhere in particular. He seems to be studying his phone very intensely; beside him, Mehrak hovers with a blank '_' face. WHAT IS THIS LAD DOING...]

i was gonna say what about bixing but i remembered he lost an eye

[metacognition]

[ kaveh can find fei du sitting on a bench somewhere in this city! maybe of more excitement and interest, he's got his nose buried in a device, too...? it's not his phone. rather, it's a PSP!

it's making this cute little noise, actually? maybe this will be of interest to a Lad ]

HELP I ALSO FORGOT ABOUT BIXING NOOOOO

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[The noise definitely draws his attention--he looks up and wanders over!! But then he just kind of. Hovers, because he's nosy and curious but Fei Du looks busy and he doesn't want to interrupt like a rude person...]

shoots him

[metacognition]

[ this is fine. as he finishes out a level, he glances up - and then offers a quirk of a smile, a little playful. ]

Do you want to watch?

w0, wednesday

[metacognition]

[ on this fine wednesday after the mini event, fei du is sitting in the park - he's got a green jacket draped over his shoulders, and no longer looks so much like a wet cat, though he does look a little... well.... he looks relaxed? who knows.

like a content cat. he opens his eyes when someone comes by, though, and tilts his head a little, voice a little looser than usual. ]

...Hello, Kaveh.

[ohthehumanities]

[Here they are!! Winding down, cleaning up, buying Haru's horrible furry pins. The usual. Amazing.]

Oh, hello again. [...Hm.] Are you alright?

[metacognition]

[ vibing. chill. unbothered. ]

I'm perfectly fine. [ like. Relaxed. ] Painting is awfully therapeutic, isn't it?

[ was any of that therapeutic. ]

[ohthehumanities]

[Did he get a weed

Also he raises an eyebrow, looking a little amused.]

Did you actually do any painting? [HE SAW YOU HARASSING PEOPLE WITH SHENHE]

week 0, sunday

[ohthehumanities]

[Well

That was. That was a lot. Kaveh shuffled out of execution with the rest of him but he just looks kind of like (standing man emoji) because he was prepared to feel kind of bad and sad and now he's just like ????FGO Lesbians????]

[metacognition]

[ what a time!!

fei du is out of the execution too, and weirdly disappeared for a little bit? maybe he was processing lesbians.

but now he's back! when he spots kaveh, he raises a hand in greeting, and - coughs, actually, but he shakes it off. ]

Kaveh. You alright? All things considered.

[ohthehumanities]

[That's fair, he also needs to process lesbians.]

Honestly, after all of that? I don't know how to answer.

week 1, wednesday

[ohthehumanities]

[Post mini-event unless you'd rather it be before in which case I can redo this

But otherwise Kaveh is just sprawled out somewhere in the Outer Park, muttering to himself about their absurd sports tournament while he fiddles with his phone. There is a squirrel sitting next to his leg.]

week 2, monday

[ohthehumanities]

[Hello Fei Du!!!! Kaveh is here at the library with a stack of books beside him, taking notes in a separate notebook TCH. The vibes here are mostly mellow and Very Focused, thankfully, though if Fei Du gets close enough at any point, he'll probably pick up on an undercurrent of exhaustion and old, lingering guilt. He's in his new outfit with his hair pinned up in a bun and his nails painted; he's absorbed enough in what he's doing that he doesn't seem to notice Fei Du's entrance.]

week 2, friday

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[KAVEH IS HERE... he is sitting inside of the library like a sad, guilty person. There's paper, a brush, and two tubes of paint beside him, but he's not touching them, just staring out into the distance. When he sees Fei Du, he will at least rouse from his musings, a little thread of concern curling around him.]

...Are you okay? [He means about yesterday.]

[metacognition]

[ THIS SHITPOST IM LOSING MY ASS

jesus christ. fei du is also in the library today, but it's because he was settled in another corner - he gets up, spots kaveh, and when he's addressed, gives him a small smile. emotionally? he's a void. he looks very pale, but he did also find the communal boyfriend corpse and he's a weenie. ]

I feel like I should ask you that question. [ quietly; a thread of concern comes to join kaveh's, and he makes his way over. ]

[ohthehumanities]

[It made me laugh really hard

BUT FEI DU UR WEENIE-NESS!!!! Kaveh doesn't know it was him, of course; he just glances over Fei Du to make sure he really does look (physically) okay, then looks down.]

...I was cruel to him last week. [...] I couldn't--I never made up for it.

[He'd so selfishly wanted space, at first--and then he'd simply... gotten caught up in other things. He'd known, of course, that there was a chance anyone could die that night, but he isn't used to living this way. It hadn't occurred to him that he'd never get the chance to talk things out with Buzen.]

Week 3, Monday

[ohthehumanities]

[Oh god I almost wrote "Sunday" I'm still traumatized

Guess who else is still traumatized!! KAVEH. But lying around on the floor and becoming one with the earth won't help anyone do anything--and besides that, Kaveh has been working on filling out his map since he got here, so it's something of a responsibility to keep it going now. That's what he's doing as he makes his way to the Vroom Room, though he pauses as he peers inside.]

What's this?

[metacognition]

[ well, when kaveh peers inside, he gets a view of the track, and the people inside, and approximately three seconds later - vroooooom goes a motorcycle, whirring by. it is very, very fast, clearly being driven by someone who knows what they're doing; the motorcycle zips around a corner, very nearly dipping down to the ground before it comes back around.

the driver pauses when he notices someone else. the motorcycle rumbles to a stop, and he reaches to pull off his helmet - in a fluff of his dark hair, it turns out the person in the motorcycle is fei du! he looks very at home, and he leans back into the seat of the motorcycle when he spots kaveh. ]

Kaveh. Exploring?

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[Kaveh gets run over and dies--no just kidding. He jumps a little, but fortunately, he saw A Motorcyle during the Olympics mini-event, and it's common sense to get out of the way of Vehicle Going Fast anyway. Alas.

But--ah. Well. Things are... admittedly a little weird now, after last week. Kaveh had been so tangled up in his own anguish, his sorrow and fear and anger for Matsui and Rang that he hadn't spared much thought to Libby's teammates at all. He hadn't missed Fei Du's needling at people toward the end of the trial, but he also hadn't missed the look on his face or the tone in his voice toward the end, after Libby came forward. He wasn't in a place to consider it then, but now... now, he wonders.

It's hard not to think that he must've known. But at the same time, would he have seemed so horrified if he did? But then, again... would two teams really betray each other that way?

Kaveh doesn't know. He's not sure he wants to know, really. He was too close to the victims, and he doesn't want to make the same mistakes twice.

But Fei Du is here now, and Kaveh, despite how it might've seemed over the past couple of weeks, is capable of keeping himself under control. So he nods politely, and after a brief hesitation, comes closer.]

Yes. It isn't particularly useful, but I've been trying to keep my map updated.

week 3, sunday

[metacognition]

[ goofing around on motorcycles feels 100 years ago huh

anyway what's kaveh up to in the vr room today? fei du seems to just be making his way around - he's dressed down a little, still lacking his jacket, though he gives him a slight sup nod when he sees him. ]

...Kaveh. Would you mind some company?

[ohthehumanities]

[OUR MOTORCYLES...... LORDT

But when Fei Du enters the VR room, he will see... a desert! More specifically, a large desert ruin on a clear, starry night, with enormous structures in the distance. Hopefully these links work, girl help.

Under the fake moon and stars, Fei Du might notice that Kaveh still kind of looks like shit; unsurprising, probably, given what they just went through. Nothing cures a hangover like an insanely gay vore execution, huh?

He jumps a little at the sound of his name, turning toward the entrance.]

Oh--no, not at all. [And, quickly, because the effects of this week truly won't let him go until the last minute--] Um, I can leave, if you'd prefer that.

[metacognition]

... No, not at all.

[ he says, with a small smile anyway, folding his hands behind his back and coming up to join him looking around. ]

This is home, right? Teyvat. [ he's seen parts of it, at least, through shenhe - and there's a pang in his chest, though he doesn't show it. and then, with a twitch of his mouth. ] ...You look like you need home.

Week 4, Monday

[ohthehumanities]

[I'm not even gonna try and pick a location IT'S FINE WE'RE HERE FOR MEMORIES.

As a pig runs past, Fei Du will get this memory! Sometimes... fambly feelings exist.]

[metacognition]

[ this is such a. this is such a kaveh memory.

by the time it finishes, fei du's expression is very complicated. he stares into the area after the pig skitters away for an extra moment, until all the sights and sounds of kaveh's memory finally disappear. a mother who left him behind, a box full of family mementos.

but it's only for a second. and then, there and back again, he has a smile on his face like nothing ever happened. ]

How nostalgic. [ awww. ] How long ago was that?

[ohthehumanities]

[HE REALLY IS JUST SUCH A GUY. Truly the difference between "here's my backstory full of HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION and GENOCIDE and WORLD-ALTERING EVENTS" versus "I'm a sad architect" has been sending my ass.

Anyway--well. This is a little embarrassing, since, y'know, it's still private, but it's not as invasive as it could be, he guesses. And it's not really like it's a secret, so... this is fine enough, he guesses.]

That memory? Not that long ago. A few weeks before I came here, maybe.