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@xuanyu.mo

[laozu]

Hehe, I see you got into a fight with my shidi, mister fox!

He's always like that, if you're a fan of consistency. [ wei wuxian gravitates between thinking it's cute and being utterly infuriated by it ]

If you're still looking for help regarding 'being human', I'm good at that! I trained all of my children to have proper manners and function in human society, after all!

[jinshi]

I see you're just as obnoxious as he is.

Don't insult me, human. I've spent five centuries catering to gods; my manners are impeccable, when they're deserved. It's your petty mortality I can't wrap my head around.

[laozu]

Eh? Hm? We're cultivators, however many years of mortality we have left are numbered in the single digits.

If you don't need manners, why did you bother asking for help? You don't eat human flesh, right? If so, my advice is to keep that on the down-low. You don't have physical traits like ears and a tail to hide, right? We could get you beautiful hats or hair accessories and fancy skirts, to hide those, if so!

[jinshi]

[ there are so many words here. ]

I don't know what that means, but if you're mortal now, then you think like a mortal.

I asked because I don't know how to imitate human behaviour, not manners. We come from two entirely different worlds.

No, I don't eat humans. I'm not that kind of youkai.

Of course I have ears and a tail. I'm a fox. But I'm not keen on the idea of covering my ears at all times. Aside from being uncomfortable, it makes it incredibly difficult to hear.

[laozu]

I don't think that's how it works when you're trained to think like an immortal for the sake of becoming one.

Okay, we can work on all of that, then. You could call me a specialist on human behavior!

As for the rest - what about earrings! There are pretty clip-on ones like bundles of flowers, we could get you those so we don't have to pierce them, and they can sit and make your ears look like a fashion piece instead - a body modification, so that you don't have to hide your ears ever.

[jinshi]

You may not be the same as an ordinary human, but I have no doubt that there is still a difference. I have always had the leisure of time. My kind do not change because we have no need to. But if you're striving for immortality, then you are already rushing, and you are already trying to change. You see?

If you are a specialist on human behaviour, you may be of some help. I've found that the problem with asking humans about this is that they aren't aware of their own nature. So I'm not opposed to hearing your thoughts on the matter, as an expert.

Well. I wouldn't mind that so much. The decoration, I mean. I had quite a lot of fashionable kimono and haori in the shrine at home, collected over centuries, and I am annoyed to be reduced to such plain clothes now.

[laozu]

Just because you haven't had a need for change doesn't mean it's impossible - change is invisible, most of the time. Who you began as... it's impossible to be them forever. That's my first lesson on human behavior! Embrace change! Time will flow slowly for you, mister fox, but it still flows. Even the slowest trickle of water will wear down the mountain.

[ wow what is this wisdom ]

I got most of my clothes from gambling with sex workers! Oh, not the accessories though! I made some of them and bought some from vendors, including a very pretty búyào accessory I think would suit you far better than me. See?

[ he links an image of what he means ]

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

Hey.

[jinshi]

?
Hello. Is something the matter?

[variate]

I have some time this afternoon.
I though we could hang out. There's something I've been meaning to ask.

[jinshi]

Are you going to drink with me?

[variate]

[ ok this sounds like Ohya but ]

Yeah, sure.
You don't mean water, right?

[jinshi]

Do you often get invitations to socialise over water?
You could have at least said tea and I might have made you some.
No. We're having sake.

@xuanyu.mo

[laozu]

Tomoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~

[ gross ]

[jinshi]

[ gross. ]

Do you want something?

[laozu]

You.

[ GROSS ]

For a dinner date.

[jinshi]

With such an atrocious invitation? My, my.

[laozu]

Oh, you haven't checked your inbox? I submitted the formal invitation just before contacting you.

[ it's done with digital brushwork and everything: to the illustrious tomoe, it is addressed. ]

[jinshi]

[ he LOVES it. ]

Goodness me. I can hardly turn that down, can I?
Very well, I accept. Let us hope your company is as elegant as your calligraphy.

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

Hey.
I need your help with something.

[jinshi]

I'm hardly going to decline.
Although if it's more zucchini bread I might kill you.

[variate]

I want to make a cake.
Just one.
No zucchini.

[jinshi]

A cake?
That's vague. If you want mochi, I can make that for you.
Oh, do you mean those Western style things?

[variate]

Like a birthday cake.

[jinshi]

?
What is a birthday cake