pc catchall | redacted | dorothy

[dianxias]

idk i wil put a shitpost here

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week 2... thursday am-ish

[dianxias]

[ hello miss dorothy!!

yesterday sure was a day. today has been a day. xie lian is dealing with the fact that it has been a Day by checking in with the others the best way he knows how - with food!

when he spots dorothy, xie lian has a smile for her, and he gives her a little bow in greeting. ] Miss Dorothy, good morning. Are you feeling up to fetching breakfast with me...?

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy looks... well, admittedly a wee bit grumpy, but she manages a smile after a minute. ]

Breakfast sounds nice, honestly.

[dianxias]

Let's head to the pub, then - I'd offer to cook something, but I don't think that would make anything any better.

[ if dorothy likes living, she should probably not have to eat his garbage food.

anyway! despite any injuries, ever the gentleman, he does offer her his arm so they can head out. ] I hope you don't mind walking a bit slowly... yesterday was quite the mess.

w2 post trial!!!

[dianxias]

[ knock knock, miss dorothy!!!

a familiar head pokes in through the doorframe a little later in the evening, very quietly. it's xie lian! he's got something that looks like a blanket looped over his arm, as well as a teapot and a couple of cups, carefully balanced with his other hand.

he's poking in very quietly to make sure she's awake, though....! ]

[misstrust]

[ Honestly, from the noise that comes from her, she is about two seconds awake-- but she stirs a little more, lifting her head from where she's flopped in her hammock.

... Oh. ]

Hello?

[ ... She sounds confused. ]

[dianxias]

[ rip

there's a quiet, melodic voice attached to the weird noise, it's fine. ] Miss Dorothy, did I wake you?

[ no, it's just a beautiful angel xie lian, who steps more properly into view. ] I'm sorry.

Week 3, Monday

[misstrust]

[ Sure, someone just got mauled to death by reptiles yesterday, but what's the opposite of that?

A gorgeous man sitting in a pen surrounded by cute animals, obviously. ]

Well, isn't this an adorable sight.

[dianxias]

[ here, indeed, is xie lian!!! he's on the ground, in the dirt, getting his nice white robes very muddy...but he is currently being doted on by two goats and a cow! the cow keeps trying to chew on the white ribbon hanging out of his bun, but there is a goat asleep with its head in xie lian's lap.

the other one keeps butting incessantly under his hand for pets. there also looks like a chicken that keeps running around nearby... he is surrounded. ] -- Oh, Miss Dorothy, good morning! Maybe you can give me a hand... I don't think I have enough, and I'm becoming quite trapped here - ah, no, don't eat that...

[ cow!! stop it!! ] - They're all quite friendly, if you're good with animals.

[misstrust]

I couldn't tell you how good I am. I've never really wrangled cattle before.

[ But she'll step in to try and shoo the cow back a few steps. Now, now. The pretty man needs his ribbon.

There sure are a lot of chickens, damn. ]

thursday w3 what the fuck

[dianxias]

[ wow we're back to this again!!! wow!!!!!

like everyone else, surely, xie lian is very, very worried about dorothy. he's going to come visit her later in the evening, wherever she is, juggling once again a little tray with a teapot and a couple of glasses, and a rattling bottle of painkillers. ]

Miss Dorothy...!

[misstrust]

... Hello.

[ She looks half-dead but she can still smile for him. ]

[dianxias]

[ relief to see her conscious sags his shoulders, and xie lian manages a relieved, worried smile in return, touching his heart briefly. ]

...I'm so glad to see you awake. How are you feeling...? I brought you some medicine.

w3 post inves... i had a half written tag for you during all that rip

[dianxias]

[ hi dorothy! if you're making your way through the inn today, you may see xie lian sitting near the little kamidana shrine in the inn lobby.

it seems he's setting up an offering? more directly, he's unscrewing the top off of a bottle of whiskey and pouring it into a glass to set on the altar itself.

if he's seen dorothy, though, he hasn't said anything, at least yet. ]

oh honey

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy will not see Xie Lian, but that's because Dorothy... can't see as of this morning. Which is why she's limping ever so carefully and using her crutches to try and tap a safe path.

But she pauses, as though she's trying to listen to something. ]

... Hello?

[dianxias]

[ i'm crying this is the second blind pc i've stumbled into

anyway. xie lian blinks, surprised, when he hears another voice, and looks back. ] ...Oh... Miss Dorothy. Have you lost your sight, today...?

[ he doesn't sound nearly as warm as he usually does; just very tired. ] Do you need help...?

Week 5, Monday

[misstrust]

[ Look. Dorothy is a delicate young lady who believes in watching her figure buuuuut...

When she sees a familiar face, she can't help but move closer and-- ]

Those pies look delicious, don't they?

[dianxias]

[ xie lian's not quite plastered to the window staring at the pie, but he is absolutely staring at it, so. when dorothy sidles up to him, he glances down, gives her a smile, and then looks right back at it. ]

It does...it's sweet, right? I've never had a pie before.

[misstrust]

... Never???

[ And with that, she gives his back a strong nudge. ]

In. We're getting it.

week 6 post deda lol

[dianxias]

[ well. xie lian has this intense need to see dorothy after all of that? she is always a comforting presence, so.... maybe that's why.

he's been walking around trying to find her since his investigation ended, although... to say he's doing a great job looking would be particularly far fetched. he's a little distracted by today's loss, and he's still got ochako's raptor in his arms as he wanders around, looking for dorothy. :c ]

[misstrust]

[ She's around! Looking very sober and solemn and troubled and-- well, she perks up when she sees him.

And then instantly frowns when she sees the raptor.

Which is not really something she ought to feel, she gets that-- but still, she's moving over as quickly as she can manage. ]

Some night, huh, bro?

[ ... She makes a face. ]

[dianxias]

...en. [ he says, quietly. xie lian watches her frown, and just assumes it's related to her being sad, because he's stupid, and also because nothing is close to dorothy right now besides xie lian, so...

he scoots into her space pretty much immediately and lets the raptor clamber onto his shoulder, instead. ] ...Both Miss Ochako and Chiron are my bros. It was truly gnarly.

[ ....

??? he doesnt know what that word means. xie lian shakes his head. ] ...sorry. How's it hanging...?

week 6 post trial

[dianxias]

[ hi dorothy. xie lian is coming to visit once he gets the chance to... it looks like he might be holding something in his hands. ]

...Miss Dorothy. [ he says, quietly, announcing his presence with a bow of his head. ] ...would you be willing to talk with me?

[misstrust]

... If it's not something I said I wouldn't talk about, then yes.

[ Dorothy lifts her eyes to his face, looking weary. ]

Week 7, Friday

[misstrust]

[ Wherever he is, she will find him.

... And hopefully he is alone, because Dorothy is ever so delicately forming a fist and not so delicately slamming it forward into his face. ]

[dianxias]

[ oh yeah, xie lian is EXPECTING this one! he is sure this is coming, so, he does not flinch, he does not dodge even if he could - he just lets her hit him. and it's a very solid hit!! hopefully she hit him on the same side that the other person who hit him did, wow

i mean. it knocks him flat on his ass, which is good. xie lian blinks his eyes open when he hits the ground, and then just... closes them again. there's a pause, as he stays there, and eventually, he sits up, looking up at her. his expression is just exhausted - and sad, too, looking all eight hundred of his years. ]

...Miss Dorothy. [ he says, quietly, after a moment of silence. ]

... Hit me as many times as you like.