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[major_rawne]

I'm your warden this month. Is there anything you need?

Other than weapons.

[threedontknows]

Oh, hi! I was wondering when we'd meet. You're Rawne, yes?

I do need something, as a matter of fact. Amulet paper, please.

knock knock

[lone_horse]

[ If nothing else, Nie Huaisang will at least smell what's at the door, namely a large container of dumplings.

...there's some dipping sauce as well but that's in a container, can't really smell it, but he didn't forget!

He'd been making some food for dinner, and as always he'd made too much. Which had made him realize that there's at least one new person who could probably use some slightly more familiar food options. ]

GASP big man brought food!

[threedontknows]

[Huaisang's been surviving, but not thriving. No one makes braised oxtail here, and they certainly don't know how to make those vegetables the way he used to have in the Unclean Realm. It's been difficult, and he misses home.

But the smell at the door!

He hurries to answer the knock, eyes wide at the sight.]

Have you brought me something?

Private | Video

[neverwaitslong]

[She keeps the camera angled at her face, so what she is isn't obvious at first glance. People who are relatively new to the Barge, she sometimes tries to warn first.] Hello, I'm Ulla. Your warden for this month.

I'd like to meet with you. You're welcome in my cabin, or we can go wherever you'd be comfortable.

Re: Private | Video

[threedontknows]

[He's seen her about, of course. Nie Huaisang is a curious sort, and someone like Ulla stands out.]

I am Nie Huaisang. It's very good to hear word from you, Lady Ulla, and I wouldn't mind meeting you in the dining hall or on the deck.

Audio

[creeksidealtarboy]

That was - was strange, wasn't it? Don't know about - about you, but I got a huge headache.

Re: Audio

[threedontknows]

[Oh, right, these things can receive messages.

Huaisang switched on his communicator with a laugh.]

I’m not sure what to make of it, other than confusion for confusion’s sake!

Before 4WD

[creeksidealtarboy]

Do you have anymore of that tea?

[threedontknows]

That's a very silly question.

Do you need a friend right now?

[threedontknows]

[Continued from here]

[He lets go of a breath he didn't know he was holding. His brother didn't recognize anyone in the end, but Huaisang knows, knows without needing any proof or evidence, that he'd heard him call for him.

He knows him. He needs to trust in that.]

I'm not sure how to explain it. [Not without sounding absolutely mad.

Well. At least that would make two of them. The two mad Nie brothers, how funny.]

I died, and was brought to this place to make amends for my actions. I'm speaking to you now through some fluke, some thin veil between worlds that was punctured. [Juuuuust gonna keep going there. Don't read too much into it, Mingjue.] But da-ge, I don't know how much time we have -- I need you to listen to me.

[brightjade]

[ Sometimes, Nie Mingjue can sit silently and listen. It's more and more rare these days, but it still happens. He knows his time is short, and he has heavy suspicions on who is behind it. Just no proof that would satisfy others.

His lips thin and fury lashes out at his brother stating he dies. No. Mingjue should be dead, not Huaisang. Not his little brother. He's worked far too hard for that ending, and he almost leaps to his feet again in denial when -

Huaisang tells him there might be very little time and there's something he has to tell him. The effort to not lash out is a visible thing, heavy in the air that misses something in this not being a face to face meeting.

Finally he nods, short and sharply for Huaisang to continue. If he speaks, he knows he'll yell again. And if it's important, and his brother wouldn't speak to him like this if it wasn't, then there is likely not enough time to give in to his temper. ]

after the pairings go up

[lone_horse]

...have you seen the announcement?

Re: after the pairings go up

[threedontknows]

[He actually hasn’t; he’s been a little distracted by the sudden appearance of his long-dead brother.

It’s rare that he’s out of the loop like this. Unheard of, actually.]

What announcement?

[creeksidealtarboy]

[And Aaron has time to send a few seconds of the carnage and then it shuts off.]

[threedontknows]

[Be still Huaisang's heart. He'll have to give him a personal thank you later.]

after Jesus sends him a certain conversation

[lone_horse]

[ Kiryu isn't sending a mission. He's going to find Nie Huaisang wherever he happens to be. ]

[threedontknows]

[Where Huaisang is hasn’t changed from where he has been for the last week or so - in his room, still attempting to recover. He’ll answer the door when Kiryu knocks and invite him inside without much formality.]

[Video]

[zichen]

Nie Huaisang. [Zichen introduces himself by bowing first.] I am Song Zichen and I have come to inquire about Baxia. Do you know the sword's location?

Re: [Video]

[threedontknows]

Song Zichen. [Have a bow in return.] We met many years ago, when Xue Yang was first apprehended.

Baxia is no longer here; she’s entombed with my brother.

During the Step right up! breach

[untiltheend]

Zhao Yunlan's tiger taming show is a popular act, and it's not all that uncommon for circus crew to attend it. Even so, Nie Huaisang and Sebastian are perhaps... some its most frequent attendees.

"He is very handsome, is he not?"

The biggest tiger, Sebastian means. His favourite.

[threedontknows]

Nie Huaisang knows by now that Sebastian isn't talking about the very handsome tiger tamer. His fascination are in the big cats themselves, which granted, are fairly impressive on their own.

"It's a lovely creature," he says, though he's not able to hide the pout this time. He can't be very enthusiastic after being shot down by the tiger tamer once more.

[creeksidealtarboy]

After Christmas, Aaron knocks on Huaisang's door, the gifts he received in his hands.

Well. Only the appropriate ones.

[threedontknows]

Nie Huaisang, in the middle of trying out his fancy new inkwell, comes to the door with the brush still in his hand and his mouth slightly blue from twisting the bristles with his mouth.

He smiles brightly up at Aaron. "You received my gifts! I have to say, I really like this holiday."

[sixfeetofdirt]

[ cont'd! ]

Astarion hums his pleasure, tilting his head into the touch like a satisfied cat, one hand trailing lightly down between Huaisang's shoulders and down the length of his spine.

"Why don't we take this somewhere more comfortable," he offers softly, "and you can tell me how you'd like to...lose yourself, tonight?"

[threedontknows]

Huaisang's back arches with the caress. He practically drapes himself over Astarion, responding with another kiss and then a few careful steps backwards, on towards the bed beyond the silk partitions.

"Am I having a void filled?" he wonders out loud, "or filling one?"

He tips one of the screens forward and it spins, leaving enough room for the both of them to slip inside his bedchamber. Everything's airy -- light drapery around his large bed, white and cream-colored bedclothes, silk pillows and neat little plants atop dark tables with geometric designs. He glances over his shoulder and then sits himself on the edge of his bed and looks expectantly towards Astarion.

[creeksidealtarboy]

After he talks with Jesus, Aaron takes a few days to think. To get himself back together. And then, with a bit of steely determination, he walks to Huaisang's door and knocks.

[threedontknows]

Huaisang, a little ragged and worse for the wear, pulls himself from his bed when he's roused by the knock. It's been a long, trying week, and he's finally paying for his hedonism with sheer exhaustion setting into his bones. Without much thought he goes to the door and pulls it open, expecting perhaps another caller or his warden, almost forgetting that Aaron very much had threatened him not to sleep around.

He gets the door part of the way open, actually sees who's standing in the corridor, and then quickly goes to shut it.

[creeksidealtarboy]

Hey.

I'm heading to the library. You want to come along?

[threedontknows]

[The wind's knocked out of him a little, but he replies almost immediately.]

I do, yeah.

Meet you there?

[verticalwall]

[ There is what is absolutely a cop knock at huaisang's door, heavy and loud and booming. ]

Huaisang!

[ It sounds pretty urgent. ]

[threedontknows]

[Huaisang absolutely thinks that something's gone horribly wrong. He runs to the door and throws it open in a half-panic, clutching at the front of his robes and quickly poking his head out into the corridor, just to make sure no one's chasing him.]

Allan! What's the matter?

Immediately post port

[creeksidealtarboy]

Did you make it out? Where the fuck are you?

Re: Immediately post port

[threedontknows]

[Breathlessly:] Aaron. I’m in my cabin!