[7rings] catchall for douman

[shiftingwinds]

i'll make this pretty later

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[commedia]

...But how? If its been pursuing you this long, and its such a powerful thing...can it be killed?

[A furrowing of their eyebrows, look serious.]

Is it possible to ask other gods for their boons in this case?

[shiftingwinds]

Mm, it is. Ming-xiong agreed to help me, actually, and we were on our way to ask someone else for help, too...

[she pauses]

...but, that's when I received the offer to come here. And I thought, it's better if I handle it myself, so neither of them would get hurt... It's my problem, after all! I don't want either of them in danger because of me.

[commedia]

...

And yet, what if the worst comes to pass? What if you don't succeed, Qingxuan? Have you thought of that?

[shiftingwinds]

If something happens and I don't make it out of here, that monster's just not getting the meal it's been waiting for for more than five hundred years. Hah! Just starve, see what I care!

[commedia]

[PATTING HER ON THE CHEEKS]

Qingxuaaaaan, that's a terrible way to think!

[shiftingwinds]

[she's pouting!!]

I'm not going to die! I'm definitely making it out. But if I don't, I'll at least take a little satisfaction knowing it's going hungry.

[commedia]

Dying out of spite? Ahh, that shouldn't be your plan B! Bad plan, bad plan!

[shiftingwinds]

It's not a plan at all! It's just the one good thing that would come out of everything going terribly wrong...!!

[commedia]

You really are stubborn, aren't you, Qingxuan?

[shiftingwinds]

My brother is the Water Tyrant. It runs in the family.

[commedia]

The Water...what?

[shiftingwinds]

The Water Tyrant. [she chuckles] I'm the top elemental god of the winds - my brother is the top elemental god of water.

Some mortals call him that because if merchant ships don't make offerings to him before they set out to sea, he'll send storms to sink them. I don't really agree with it, but...

[he's fucking stubborn!]

[commedia]

Ohh, what a terrible temper!

[And a pause. They give her a long look.]

You know...for a god, you don't really act like one. I guess it comes from your background, but still...

[shiftingwinds]

My brother has the same background. He's only six years older than me, you know!

[but she looks back at them.]

...is that such a bad thing?

[commedia]

...No, not really. Its just different.

[A laugh.]

Gods usually look down on mortals, after all.

[shiftingwinds]

We do - and it's strange, you know? We rely on them as much as they rely on us. More, in some ways.

[...]

So, it's... I don't know. I guess it's easy for some of us to forget that we used to be just like them.

[commedia]

...

[Hmm.]

When people are in a position like that...they tend to forget who they are. I guess its special for you, to be as connected with your past even as a god.

[shiftingwinds]

Aaah... maybe that's it. I've never been very good at letting things go.

[also, like. there's her whole cursed backstory? her mortal life still haunts her even in the heavens. it's hard to feel like an all-powerful god when the monster that stalked you as a mortal has found you all over again.]

Well, whatever the case, this is just me. I'd rather be who I am than be some ideal god or whatever.

[commedia]

...

[Aha.]

[Douman just suddenly looks down at their glass almost awkwardly.]

That's just how powerful you are, Qingxuan. To be able to think like that.

[shiftingwinds]

[oh.

she looks up at that, a little surprised.]

...no one's ever said that's a strength before.

[commedia]

Ha.

[A sip of their water.]

There's people who wouldn't want to be themselves, so...what a strong sense of self identity you have. Like a diamond in the rough.

[shiftingwinds]

[she smiles a little and sips at her water, too]

...thank you for saying so.

[commedia]

Mmm, you don't need to thank me. I am only saying things as a humble priest.

[shiftingwinds]

Even so, they're nice to hear.

[commedia]

[They're just silent for a long moment.]

You seem like the type of person who deserves nice things to be said about them.