[open] It's a (very belated) birthday log!

[queenofminiskirts]

WHO: Kaoru, Shiho and friends
WHERE: Town hall
WHEN: Last week of February
WHAT: It's Shiho's birthday
WARNINGS: None probably.

I: Food!

[What is a party without food? Kaoru can't cook but she happens to know people who can! There's even a cake! She may have borrowed a table from another house for the purpose of keeping the food.

Though, oddly enough, there's also a small card (all of them different colour and sizes, some of them looked like they'd been gently folded then ripped along the fold) beside each dish with a number on it. There's also a list (all handwritten in pink), with the same numbers all listed on one side and lines beside it like something you should fill out.

On the top it says: Guess Who Made This Dish!

Are you here to play or are you just here to eat?]


II: Games!

[There is a hastily written sign on one side that says: NO DANCING.

But every party needs entertainment so beside there is a sign with game suggestions like: Truth or Dare, Never Have I Ever...or maybe you'd like to take your list from the food table and see if you got more correct than the person beside you!]

Comments

[pyrafect]

[ A shidi... Hm. ]

It sounds like he is one of your ruckus-causing disciples? [ Does she detect a hint of frustration there? Does she??? Either way, she brings a hand to her chest. ] I still would like to meet him, even if he sounds like a handful.

And... you would have someone from your world here, to spend time with. Er-- that is, if Wei Wuxian and Xie Lian aren't from your world already.

[shizun]

No, he is also a Peak Lord...

[ Yes, she detects frustration from him. His hand touches his forehead as he cannot believe that Shang Qinghua cannot put on at least some airs to act like a proper Peak Lord. The man is an embarrassment! If I see him, I'm going to have to punch him first. I am just going to have to do it! ]

I would have someone from my world, yes. [ He stares hard at nothing as he can already imagine all the screaming and crying that Shang Qinghua would do if he was in Chroma. ] ... no, those two are not from my world. At least, I'm fairly certain that they are not.

[pyrafect]

[ Her eyes widen. ] Oh, my. [ The hand that had been upon her chest then goes up to cover her mouth as a small gasp escapes her.

A Peak Lord... who is not like you? I can hardly imagine it. [ A pause. ] Or, perhaps, you've simply set my expectations that high.

Even among those lords I know in my own world, you certain come off as... [ ............AND gonna stop herself there.

Because she doesn't want to come off as rude. ] W-well, when I first met you, let me put it this way: you were, ah, a bit intimidating. Dignified, still, but very not as I know you now. It's hard to picture a Peak Lord behaving any differently than how you do.

[shizun]

[ He tries not to look too shocked, but he is, honestly, shocked.

Wait, what? Could you finish your thought? I come off as what? Do I come off bad? Shen Qingqiu somehow keeps himself from asking as he controls his expression to hide his anxiety. Oh, was I? I was floundering so bad and bullshitting so hard that I didn't really know how I was coming off!

He wonders if he should feel pleased that he came off as intimidating and that the air around him remains elegant. ]

How should I put it? Every Peak Lord acts in their own way and this teacher thinks that is fine. [ A slight pause. ] It's not good to speak poorly of someone when they are not here... and so I apologize for giving you a bad impression of Shang Qinghua. [ Manners tell him that he should take back what he said! But he really wants to talk shit about Airplane-bro! He's so embarrassing! HE'S SO EMBARRASSING!! ]

Whether or not I approve of how he behaves is irrelevant... he is still my younger brother within the sect and also a Peak Lord. I should not speak as I please about him. [ Even though, status speaking, I have the higher status than him so I really could say whatever the fuck I want! But Airplane-bro has helped me out in the past so I'll relent! I'll relent! Look at me! I'm relenting! I've already relented!! ]

He's a good person with a good heart. That is what is always most important.

[pyrafect]

A good person with a good heart... [ If a little exasperating at times. Yes, she can understand the type! ] He's probably saying that about you, too.

But you also might as well have described yourself! [ Her smile is sweet as she clasps her hands in front of her. And just in case he tries to deny it, she quickly adds: ] I've been in your heart, after all, and I can say that I trust it is a good one.

[shizun]

[ That fucker better be!!

But, huh? ]

Described myself? [ He makes a soft "eh" sound as he does want to deny that he's a good person with a good heart. He really did put a pin in the issue of him not liking himself. He still sees the issue pinned up and is getting around to it, okay?! ]

Ah, I guess you have been. [ He laughs nervously as he gives a non-answer to the praise. ] Anyway! Back to the game, back to the game! I tangented us off in the worst kind of way. Let's return ... ah, whose turn of it?

[pyrafect]

[ Huh, she's never really seen him so quickly try to brush a topic aside before. Maybe she's hit a nerve. That.. wasn't her intention to bring up his heart in a bad context; she had meant it to be a compliment!

Ah, well. ] ...Mine.

[ Hm. ]

Truth.

[ Only fair, since she's asked a lot of questions of him just now and he volunteered all of his truths. ]