#stormswake

[dendrothecary]

THE   rhythmic glugging of tea in a pouring stream fills the lull in conversation. A visit such as this one was unexpected but welcome. Baizhu could not refrain from offering the man hospitality even if his stay was not intended to be long. After all, his showing up wasn’t anything ordinary; Yuan’s arrival was something of remark, given his prior disappearance.         ❝ Now, I hope you don’t mind my show of hospitality... I know you’ve only meant to come drop off this item for Kratos, but I’d like to at least offer you something for your trouble. Coming from a ward over isn’t the most convenient of trips to make, much less in drizzle like this. ❞ Once the porcelain kettle is set aside, Baizhu folds his arms and leans against the counter, smiling in a manner of kindness. 

        ❝ And I suppose something of a welcome is in order, isn’t it? ❞ @stormswake​  ——  starter!

#stormswake 003. #[walks through the rain even just a little] #baizhu; immediately: come come you must drink warm tea at once- #i'm sure he PROBABLYYY heard from kratos but he's glad to see yuan back anyway! c: #stormswake

[originskey]

@stormswake

"...I don't think I'er said this, but I forgive you for trying to kill me all the time."

...

"Just. Thought about it."

#stormswake #alcohol cw

[spiderstaff]

@stormswake​

FROM: Kay

TO: Yuan

[txt]: Yuan if I get 5,000 retweets will you stop eating tide pods

#stormswake #{ic}

[twohundredpower]

“Yuan!!!”

True to his word, Lloyd tracked down the half-elf in a matter of what seemed to be mere minutes; and before he could even give the older man a chance to react, the brunette had launched himself in his direction, opening his arms and securing them around his middle tight.

And Lloyd held on for what seemed to be dear-life; it was almost out of character for him to behave in such a way towards the other, even though.. they really had gotten closer over the years. Here especially. Their past no longer defined how Lloyd felt about him, and it had been that way for quite some time. In his opinion, a hug with this much force was long overdue. If not for Yuan’s Cruxis Crystal, Lloyd was certain he would have knocked him over outright, but..

He held on longer than the other man maybe expected, and he did so silently. With his face hidden in Yuan’s cloak, Lloyd stood still as his teeth sunk into his bottom lip; exhaling quietly before he finally let go enough to catch the other’s gaze.

And there was no excitable expression on his face, though relief was palpable there as he struggled to find the right words to say. He’d been wanting to do this ever since he came back from the Abyss, but he hadn’t been ready to; even if a lot of time had passed since then.. Lloyd wasn’t going to let a chance like this get away from them a second time, for Yuan to leave the island before he could say the things he’d been thinking about for months now.

“Sorry.. I know I’m pretty late, but..”

“.. welcome back.”

@stormswake​

#stormswake #yuan 10 #hi i hope you dont mind me throwing this at you :uwa:

[keiisho]

Whatever was happening this October, he was having none of it. And his room in the basement was really showing that. It was... Well, it looked like his apartment when nobody straightened it up, back home, and nobody came to clean it, and he definitely didn’t clean it. The video game he was playing wasn’t overly loud, but he was in his pajamas and had likely been in them for a few days.

His birthday had been quiet, which was fine, but he couldn’t help but note how empty the table was lately, and even noting that briefly had made him spiral out, slightly.

But, hey, loafing around had bored Zhuge Liang, who was graciously quiet about the whole thing.

At least, until:

“Have I descended to delirium so quickly?”

“And here I was thinking that I had more mental fortitude than that.”

|That mental fortitude is typically mine, although you don’t lack for intelligence.|

And it seemed we were back, but he looked up at Yuan Ka-Fai, with a knotted brow and what almost looked like a pout. “...You do look like you fell out of a tree. Or into one. Is this one of those months where we get to see illusions of our loved ones again?”

@stormswake​

#stormswake #i saw your mini and i had to include it

[isolaradiale]

alright you got me. reapping yuan ka-fai from tales of symphonia, app is the fourth link on the sidebar or /app, and if he can go back to his misfit house (lord el-melloi ii's personal housing) i would appreciate it!!

Welcome to scenic Isola Radiale, Yuan!

You will be housed in EL-MELLOI II’S HOUSE OF ECCENTRICS.

You’ll retain everything you were given previously and the ability to keep kratos in check.

-- mod altair.  

#isola app #stormswake

[greatseedling]

Send 🫂 to just hug my muse. No reason.  Hug them. > > ✿ { @stormswake​ ​} ✿    

✿              if martel knew anything to be true of yuan over the many years that she’s known him... he’s an awkward man with his feelings: all or nothing. but for as expressive as he could (or couldn’t) be, he was always... considerate, at least when it came to where he could trust and could not. to be able to still look him in the face, let alone hug him in return... well, it didn’t matter how much they’d been though, he’d always hold a special place in her heart as one of her dearest companions and companies. in fact...

                   it’s a happy miracle that they can still try and remain friends.

“yuan, the plums look delicious,” she compliments his choice of gift, patting his back gently in greeting, “you’re going to have to stop me from eating them all before supper!! you know how i cannot resist myself around sweets... but here: what friend would i be if i didn’t offer you your pick of plum first?? surely you intend to snack with me??”

#stormswake #[ ic ] -♥- be the light you want to see in the world #late meme is late #she cares him a lot!! n is v honored to have a hug ;; #not me setting a hand ontop of their coffin....

[sunsage]

@stormswake​

It’s not the first time he forgot that his flight time is limited here (it will not be the last). But it sure is the first time he is also carrying a warm cup in his hands when it happens and that trips him up a little as he falls. So while the Monkey King himself manages to land just fine, the cup slips out of his hands, its lid falling off mid-flight, and...

...Lands right on top of some guy’s head.

“Oh no!” He swipes the cup off of stranger’s head, only causing more liquid to cascade down his face, and stares at it mournfully. There’s barely anything left in there... “My drink...”

#*shoots up in my bed* oh fuck i forgot to torment an old man *runs out into heavy traffic* #stormswake

[anghexescu]

@stormswake​

The museum. He hadn’t been here when it was first introduced, but he had heard stories of horrors that unleashed. Of course, he heard of some good  that came with some things. 

SO...

This is where one ends up after death? At least just another place. Klaus wonders what ends up sending a person to purgatory. Was it the way someone passed or the kind of being the person was or...

He supposes none of that really matters and so Klaus waits patiently for Yuan to show up. There’s a reason why he wanted to personally meet Yuan.

#stormswake #Here we go #Of course let me know if you need anything changed

[whohassummonedme]

🔮 orb me

It's red, too, but very faded. There's a series of eight tendrils in the middle, emanating from what appears to be a tall tree. The tree, itself, is a faded green.

ALT

Not my best work, but I suppose introspection is your problem, and not mine.

#stormswake

[underteika]

@stormswake

Yuan can take care of himself. Anda knew that. At one point, they were terrified of his power, even... But years of living around him made that fear whittle to nothing. So here, with lightning being thrown around, Anda was... not as worried about a stray bolt hitting them.

But as powerful as Yuan was, there was only so much he could do with those many enemies. Anda couldn't take out that big thing--NO way. But those smaller plant monsters...

A loud CLANG sounded off that shield of theirs as a thorny vine headed in Yuan's direction, thwarted.

"--Got your back!"

Maybe now he could focus a bit easier, as long as Anda stayed out of the way of that bigger monster.

Distract the plants, not the monster.

They could do that.

They garden for fun; plants weren't so bad! At least they weren't zombies.

#stormswake #isola event: down you go #weird tactic to have the tank take out adds and the dps take on the stronger monster jnbhvgyguhjk

[dendrothecary]

♦ :3

⧼ 🙔 ⧽       ❛ ONE  WORD.

        ❝ I can’t say I know Mr. Yuan all that well... ❞

        ❝ ‘Stern’ is perhaps the first word that comes to mind. However, when I look back on what I’ve understood of him thus far, ‘protective’ is yet another I think of. ❞

#they oughtta talk more.. #stormswake #answer tbt.

[originskey]

SEND “BEEP” FOR A RANDOM TEXT FROM MY MUSE -- @anghexescu​ said: A wrong number text

[Text]: Listen here you insufferable twat, if you send me that video of a man biting into a bath bomb and say “Look Aurion, it’s you”, I’m going to break into your house and replace your bars of soap with lard. [Text]: Cease this ridiculous behavior at once if you don’t wish to smell like a greased hog.

. . .

(an hour passes)

[Text]: Klaus, please disregard the above text. I thought I sent this to Yuan; his text was the most recent and I clicked yours by mistake. [Text]: I shall be more cautious when texting in states of irritation in the future. [Text]: But if you happen to see that man please pass along the lard threat. 

#anghexescu #MEME FRIDAY #stormswake

[feistyvampire]

@stormswake​​ said: "What do you mean 'feed'?" | meme

To be frank, he’s a little wary of a stranger asking for further clarification, maybe because he can’t quite read if there’s any possible hostility or not from Yuan’s voice alone yet. So he decides to tread carefully in keeping a distance maintained between himself and the other for now, eyes watchful.

“It’s another way of referring to blood drinking.” He thinks that says enough to give the gist of his implication. “It’s what keeps me going. Literally. But people can get pretty grossed out if you just start talking about blood unsolicited.”

Which is pretty reasonable, some people are completely off put by blood in any form. But it comes with the territory of knowing a vampire and all that.

#stormswake #ic; #answered memes; #if that cat's out of the bag might as well be honest- #blood / #idk maybe yuan heard it being talked abt?

[twohundredpower]

The sudden crack of lightning that echoed throughout his surroundings was enough to make Lloyd leave his post, darting off in the direction of the sound.

It still boomed in his ears as he ran-- an all too familiar sensation that he had endured more than once during the journey of regeneration. Though he didn’t have the ability to pick up on the mana signatures of others, his first instinct was to believe that Yuan may have been the cause of it-- and while an ally was welcome during the time that Kratos needed to be saved, those hopeful feelings were diminished the moment Lloyd finally found him.

Yuan wasn’t alone. He was fighting something-- though not the Desian guards of the ranch, and the sight of what was unfolding before him caused Lloyd to act without even thinking.

“STOP!”

With his swords drawn almost instantly, Lloyd put himself between Yuan and the monster he was approaching; prepared to strike the other if he took even just one step closer.

“Don’t hurt her! Look at her exsphere, Yuan! That’s my mother!”

                                            ❱❱  :   —   ( @stormswake​​ )

#stormswake #yuan 08 #kratos isola challenge #hi my name is lloyd and this is jackass *kicks his uncle into a tree*

[keiisho]

It was a precarious situation regarding moving pieces he wasn’t familiar with. There were emotions involved that he wished to keep Zhuge Liang away from. There were people involved much closer to this situation than he was. And yet he had to do his job, really.

Not even his own personal feelings could get in the way of this one - it started to involve the island’s residents in a way that was likely becoming far too common for them. Those who lived in the depths of Fibonacci put up with too much on a daily basis to have to deal with any additional problems brought from each of their worlds.

So, no matter who was in there, or who was involved, he would help. And the logical conclusion for destabilizing this place? Well, probably to trap the security in a maze before summoning his apprentice to completely decimate it. That was a plan - a sound one that relied on nobody else to get their job done. Something more than reasonable that would take up his mana reserves but given the time of the month - every two months, he calculated - he would have enough time to recover before the next big catastrophe.

The issue, his human heart said, was that there were too many sacrifices with that method.

So what was next?

Relying on others, and playing his own part in this investigation. There had been some sort of mess, some sort of distraction going on inside, and, truly, the first step to destabilizing a place short of decimating it completely?

Cut off its energy supply.

He could make a straight shot into the chambers, but it was best to burn the hinges off the doors. Short-circuit the security so the shift wouldn’t alert anybody. A glyph was drawn in marker on the metal door, as it glowed briefly, and the mechanical whirring inside the lock fell dead, and the hinges of the door sparked. The smoke from his cigar provided a calming environment as he did his work, methodical, as he made his way into the human ranch.

A despicable name, really, for a despicable place.

Exhaling, his own emotions stayed muted about the entire idea of this place as he looked up at the main generator for it. This would, at least, cause further distraction and panic, and likely make it so much of the barrier surrounding the place shut down. There would likely be auxiliary power sources to keep people contained, but he imagined - hoped - it would all be weakened.

His feathered fan manifests in his hand as he feels his mana surge around him, firing electricity at the generator to short-circuit the remaining power before slamming down several boulders into the machine’s body itself, crushing it into the ground.

Pulling out his phone, he sent a short text to Yuan. [text: Whatever you plan to do, I suggest you do it shortly.] [text: I’ve no clue if they have any back-up power, or what they may do to generate it.]

@stormswake​ @originskey​

#stormswake #originskey #not a thread but the two biggos who would know #kratos isola challenge