[ 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. ]
[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.]
He's caught up in a memory, he and Mingjue eating dinner, Huaisang going on and on about something-or-other, Mingjue silently listening and filling up his brother's bowl with dumplings and choice cuts of meat.
He always fed him this way. Always gave him more than what he took for himself.]
[ Kiryu will nod and step in, looking for a good place to leave his shoes if he can toe them off. Then he'll hold up the bag for him to take and put where he wants.]
[Nie Huaisang quickly pushes aside his painting materials and sets the bag onto his table. He takes a seat and invites Kiryu to do the same across from him.]
This is really very kind of you. It even smells like home.
[ And Kiryu will pack a little extra food. It's not like he can't scarf it down if he doesn't show. ]
Good.
[ If there's anything to finish, he'll let him. If not, he'll dip his head in the start of a goodbye. But he can recognize someone who likes quiet company well enough. It makes him consider. ]
Do you play, um... mahjong?
[ He knows that one's played on the mainland, but he wouldn't know how old it is. ]
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Date: 2023-07-06 12:54 am (UTC)...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!
Date: 2023-07-06 04:54 pm (UTC)But the smell at the door!
He hurries to answer the knock, eyes wide at the sight.]
Have you brought me something?
Re: GASP big man brought food!
Date: 2023-07-06 04:56 pm (UTC)Dumplings and bao. [ A crooked sort of expression that isn't quite a smile. ] Something a little more familiar.
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Date: 2023-07-06 06:02 pm (UTC)He's caught up in a memory, he and Mingjue eating dinner, Huaisang going on and on about something-or-other, Mingjue silently listening and filling up his brother's bowl with dumplings and choice cuts of meat.
He always fed him this way. Always gave him more than what he took for himself.]
Won't you come in?
[He steps back so Kiryu can enter his cabin if he wishes.]
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Date: 2023-07-06 07:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-06 10:35 pm (UTC)This is really very kind of you. It even smells like home.
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Date: 2023-07-06 10:44 pm (UTC)Shen Wei, one of the other passengers, helped teach me cooking and my first inmate was a teenage boy.
[ The equation here is obvious enough. ]
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Date: 2023-07-06 10:49 pm (UTC)It's enough to bring tears to his eyes.]
How many inmates have you had?
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Date: 2023-07-06 10:51 pm (UTC)[ A pause. ]
One disappeared.
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Date: 2023-07-08 09:03 pm (UTC)[He can tell that he’s the kind of man who would take that sort of thing personally.]
I’m sorry.
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Date: 2023-07-08 09:06 pm (UTC)I'm going to try and help him. But it may not be possible. For now? I'm here.
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Date: 2023-07-09 01:20 am (UTC)I obviously don’t know what your inmates have done to earn such devotion, but it seems to me that they were very fortunate to have you.
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Date: 2023-07-09 03:51 am (UTC)I do what I can. In the end, they found their way.
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Date: 2023-07-09 03:53 pm (UTC)I’m certain they did.
[He sets down his food and bows his head.]
Thank you again for thinking of me.
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Date: 2023-07-10 02:13 am (UTC)[ A bow of his head in return. ]
I'm glad you liked it.
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Date: 2023-07-10 02:49 pm (UTC)[He's used to eating by himself after the death of his Da-ge, but this...? This is so heart-breaking in its familiarity.]
I'd like to ask you for a favor.
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Date: 2023-07-12 04:36 am (UTC)What is it?
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Date: 2023-07-12 04:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-12 04:45 pm (UTC)I have lunch in the counseling office most days. You can join me there any time.
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Date: 2023-07-12 04:46 pm (UTC)Thank you, I will.
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Date: 2023-07-12 04:54 pm (UTC)Good.
[ If there's anything to finish, he'll let him. If not, he'll dip his head in the start of a goodbye. But he can recognize someone who likes quiet company well enough. It makes him consider. ]
Do you play, um... mahjong?
[ He knows that one's played on the mainland, but he wouldn't know how old it is. ]
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Date: 2023-07-12 05:18 pm (UTC)No, I don't, but I'm happy to learn something new. Our next shared meal together perhaps you could teach me?
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Date: 2023-07-13 12:53 am (UTC)[ ...he's trying. ]
I could show you either one.
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Date: 2023-07-13 03:40 pm (UTC)Each region and city and even era has their own language. I'm sure that's where I'm finding difficulty in understanding these games.
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Date: 2023-07-20 01:01 am (UTC)[ Look, he's street smart, not book smart. He's not stupid, exactly, but knowledge that doesn't have a function doesn't have much room in his head. ]
Well, then I've got a lot of games to show you.
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