Hua Yuan
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Presence 2 - Nostalgic; SL 1 - Flawless
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Post by Hua Yuan on Feb 7, 2022 21:54:51 GMT -8
There was a long pause, a stretch of time of absolute silence while the Playmate sat absolutely still. Not a single muscle twitched, until all his fibres screamed for release. Finally, a wide smile stretched across his face.
"I'm an idiot. You're absolutely right, Eurydice. We are Lost. There's absolutely nothing saying that I have to play by the same rules. Sure, I can't do it in the way you did, and I'll still likely need to break some bones," he said as he nodded in Loki's direction. "But I have magic on my side."
It seemed so obvious, now that he had said it out loud. He was still iffy on the details, but it didn't matter - he had a lead at least, something he could discuss with Alexandrite. The advice he had been given was sound, it just didn't account for cultural differences. Yes. Yes, it could work. Dandelion seeds swayed eagerly in response to his shift in mood as he downed his bock before ordering another one.
"There is a Contract that could help, right?"
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Post by Aster Blau on Feb 8, 2022 16:29:05 GMT -8
Aster said little as the Peacock came to see things as they were, or at least appeared to. However, the Viper had nothing to add per se. Yuan was far different from her and it seemed likely that Eurydice's advice might be more his speed. Aster personally preferred Loki's approach.
Thus, the serpent remained where she had been, finishing off her beer before quietly ordering another. Sounded like things were winding down, but that didn't mean she had to leave.
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Post by Eurydice on Feb 9, 2022 18:30:30 GMT -8
Loki exchanged a brief look with Aster, shrugging a single shoulder and accepting this was a Green Moment. Really, their types existed to these types even had a choice in the first place, and he was comfortable in that reality.
"Depends on what you want," Eurydice said, directing Yuan's scatterbrained giddiness onto something tangible. "Shapeshifting is harder to pull off, but snatching crowns from the ether is something anyone with the right Regalia can do. Igniting the pursuit of desires never fails either, if you know where to point them. A petty seat of power is nothing when one's true fulfilment is levied before them." She seemed to codeswitch without thinking as the conversation echoed her time as Sage Escort, sounding more like a courtesan than a middling money launderer and hardened racketeer.
"...How do you two even know each other?" Loki asked, jumping ahead of the conversation as his mind had burned through the outcomes. Yuan wanted power and agency, not to swap out Masks; but maybe the Sovereign was worried about the Playmate failing to adapt if he was just simply told what to do.
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Post by Aster Blau on Feb 9, 2022 19:52:30 GMT -8
Aster's eyes flicked to Loki as he exchanged his look, relaxed in her seat and possessive of a decidedly neutral expression. The conversation was turning into a dialogue between Eurydice and Yuan, which made sense considering the Peacock seemed to dislike how Aster and Loki preferred to handle their business. Nonetheless, Aster seemed content to stick around. There was booze and the company wasn't terrible.
The conversation catches her off guard considering Yuan had largely been the focus of the meeting.
"Remember Watchtower's gig a while back?" she offered, willingly divulging the origins of her meeting Yuan to a Noble of her court, "Well, I stuck my head out. Came outta my hole. Most folks kept their distance, he didn't."
She thumbed at Yuan.
"Then there was the Ashen Hunt, we worked together there, but you already knew that," she continued, referencing the leader of the Chevaliers' role as a hunt leader, "As to why I'm here? Rep, I'd wager. My connections ain't exactly a state secret, even if they don't amount to a helluva lot."
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Hua Yuan
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Presence 2 - Nostalgic; SL 1 - Flawless
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Post by Hua Yuan on Feb 11, 2022 13:48:56 GMT -8
The Courser blushed to rose gold when he realized what he had done. He shuffled a little on his seat before leaving room for Aster to engage. The other Beast had a habit of eclipsing herself from conversations. He took several sips before speaking again.
"I hadn't seen Aster before, and she stood out. I really liked her leather jacket," he offered with a shrug. "I don't know. You looked like you needed a friend." The Venombite's affiliations only became apparent much later. He smiled at Aster, a kinder, more private kind than the one he usually tossed around the freehold.
"Oh yeah, the Ashen Hunt." Yuan remember it like a fever dream. For a moment, he grew distant. "It was a good run." He mulled it over a little again, mindful to leave space for other to speak up. "Well, I knew Aster wouldn't beat around the bush. That none of you would. And most Springs are highly unreliable when it comes to Difficult Conversations."
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Post by Loki on Feb 19, 2022 21:50:04 GMT -8
"Oh, yeah you're Cardoso's chick," Loki mused, eye twitching in a half-blink as he ran down a list in his head. His elbow sparked against the woodgrain as he adjusted his posture, putting reputation to a face for the first time and soldering the new connection. "I wasn't paying much attention, to be real. That spirit's a lot for me to channel."
It had taken the Elemental an immense amount of mental strain to have kept it together as the leader of that Hunt. Gavin hadn't been the only one edge-running with violent impulse.
"You guys did good," he acknowledged in English, remembering himself and the quiet Playmate being a presence. Aster's loss on her reason to be here caused another rapid-twitch of an expression as Loki might have chuckled out of insult or amusement. "I dunno, most Springs seem fine with money-talk and how they play the game, but maybe they're more polite to each other," he did grin this time as he chuckled to himself, looking at the table as teeth flashed.
Hands clasped together, electromagnetic radiation arching across his knuckles.
"Sooo- does that mean we're done?"
It wasn't a dismissal, the Elemental legitimately seemed to be lost on whether they just wanted the advice and to fuck off. He knew him and Eurydice cut intimidating figures to the rest of the Freehold.
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Post by Aster Blau on Feb 27, 2022 12:56:09 GMT -8
"'Stood out'?" the Viper quipped with a smirk, "I'll take that as a compliment."
The recognition of her ties made the Viper smile, sharp teeth glinting in the dim lights of the dive as she granted Loki a nod of affirmation.
"Yeah, worked for her dad in Chico before he passed," she said, "Kinda just watch her place now. Fix shit. Mean mug. You know how it is."
Then the Viper paused, her mind mulling over some deep thought for a few moments before she decided to shoot her shot.
"Still... I'm starting to think it's time to get off my ass," she said, "If there's something you think you might need help with, drop by. Got beer if nothing else."
Loki's entitlement was a rough one, but their purpose just so happened to be something Aster was good at. Frankly, she had been a free agent for a little too long.
"Yeah, not exactly how I play it either," Aster admitted, referencing the Fireheart's musing on the more diplomatic Springs, "Call it where I was raised or whatever, but I didn't get the chance to learn and be sweet."
There was a slight bitterness there, but, given Aster's gaze off to the side, it wasn't directed at present company. Aster's status as a child of Arcadia was known well enough, she didn't feel the need to expand.
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Hua Yuan
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Presence 2 - Nostalgic; SL 1 - Flawless
Posts: 304
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Post by Hua Yuan on Feb 27, 2022 16:07:50 GMT -8
If the Playmate was bothered by the foreign to him language, he showed no sign of it and waited patiently for the exchange to finish.
"I mean. We've got the place to ourselves, might as well take advantage of it. We would be wasting a perfectly good opportunity to engage in so-called Spring diplomacy." He smirked in Eurydice's direction, acknowledging her past Position. "In my experience it involves alcohol most of the time." His Mantle bobbed around him, giddy at the idea of making the most of the present.
"Let me buy the first round, as thanks for coming out here." He remembered Aster saying she didn't get out much, so the Playmate had to capitalize on the hermit's presence for some socializing.
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