[7rings] catchall for douman

[shiftingwinds]

i'll make this pretty later

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[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.

[shiftingwinds]

[WHEEZES. WAIT. THIS IS THE MEMSHARE THREAD. WHEN DID THEY GET GLASSES OF WATER

well it's fine they didn't say anything that would be out of place timelinewise]

Tell my brother that if you meet him! He's always talking about ways I should improve, instead.

[commedia]

[SDFGHJKHGFDFG SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE THREADS GOING THINGS CRISSCROSS. GOD]

Well, he is your brother, surely he knows better than I?

[shiftingwinds]

He doesn't know anything! He's always telling me to get better friends, but it's his friends who are awful. Ming-xiong is great!

[this is so stupid she's so stupid]

[commedia]

[she's stupid and she's lovely]

Well, if I'm your friend, then that's an insult to me! I won't stand for that!

[shiftingwinds]

Right! I won't stand for it either!

[she gestures vaguely upward with her fan]

Ge, stop worrying about who I'm friends with and start worrying about who you're friends with! General Pei is the worst!!

[he can't even hear her i'm crying.]

[commedia]

[Just! Shaking their fist at the sky!]

Yes! Look at your own terrible taste in friends! The pot calling the kettle black, here!

[shiftingwinds]

You might have more followers, but I have fewer enemies!! So there!!

[commedia]

Qingxuan is loved by all! How could you be a fool and not see that!!

[OLD GODDESS AND OLD CLOWN YELL AT CLOUD]

[shiftingwinds]

Yeah, yeah! "We can only rely on ourselves," hah! There are plenty of people in this world that I can rely on!!

[


a beat.]

I feel better, having yelled that.

[commedia]

...Haha.

[Just pats her cheeks.]

See? Yelling can do the soul some good.

[shiftingwinds]

[she laughs]

It certainly can! Bottle things up for too long, and you'll explode.

[commedia]

And we wouldn't want someone as lovely as you exploding on us, hm?

[shiftingwinds]

I can be a terror when I'm mad! ...no one wants to see that.

[commedia]

[A coy look.]

I want to see it.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha... you really, really don't.

[(me, having the realization that this is set during memshare week and I could yeet a memory of her getting mad...)]