emancipating | golden peacock

( continued from here! )

The little bird has quieted down... That's good.

Who would you like to go first?

It's certainly quite talkative, isn't it?

[ not that he has any room to judge. ]

Ladies first, as they say. Which would you like?

Its chirps aren't nearly as loud when you're playing along, I've realized. Let's hope that it won't be too much of a nuisance during our game.

[ is there any wood nearby... someone should knock on it. ]

I'll go with 'truth'.

( from here. )

[ gods. that smile is so bright, it's like staring directly at the sun. zagreus almost averts his gaze for a moment, willing his blush to die down before he realizes he was asked a question. ]

Zagreus, [ he says, a little helplessly. ] But you can call me Zag. It's nice to meet you, Ryuji.

[ he takes a deep breath and straightens up a little more once he feels less like he'll combust. ]

Thank you again for your help. I hope I didn't keep you from anything?

[ At the very least, once the moment passes, Ryuji sinks back into his more laid back, goofy smile instead of something so bright. He'll shake his head at Zagreus' question though. ]

Nice to meet ya, Zag. And nah, I was just... hangin' out. You're playing truth or dare, right? You should prolly get back to your game.

( from here. )

[ oh, he's very handsome, too. the resort sure knows how to pick them. ]

I'm not busy, no.
But I feel like I should at least take you to dinner first? Or get your name, perhaps.

hahahaha you're right, you're right! my name is wei wuxian. what about you? also, we can do dinner first but you're paying.

( from here. )

[ ok but that all sounds like wins to him?? hello. ]

I suppose there is a lack of obligations here.
I see. I'm not sure how it all works, but where I'm from the, er, technology? Is that what it's called? Anyway, it's not nearly as advanced. I don't think I'd really be able to tell the difference.

But yes, I'll let you know! Thank you for granting me your time and company, Fuuta.

( from here )

wait before that
i have to send you something
don't laugh okay

[ and then he gets an attachment of an audio recording....u kno what her voice sounds like, i'm not gonna link it. ]

"Then Creta Kano mounted me and used her hand to slip me inside her. Once she had me deep inside, she began a slow rotation of her hips. I couldn't stop the noises that spilled from my throat."

[ there's a pause here, like she's trying to hard not to laugh, before she makes the appropriate gasps and groans. they come out kind of shaky. ]

"As she moved, the edges of the pale-blue dress caressed my naked stomach and thighs. With the skirts of the dress spread out around her, Creta Kano, riding atop me, looking like a soft, gigantic mushroo—"

Mushroom? Seriously? How is that supposed to be sexy at all?

[ oh, he was not... expecting this? ]

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[ she's.... she's still going.... ]

[ ok but thank the gods this is over text and just a recording because he's trying really, really, hard not to laugh once she gets to the "mushroom" part. his face is all scrunched up from the effort of holding it in, despite the fact that zeta wouldn't know if he did actually laugh. she told him not to, okay. ]

I'm assuming this was for a dare?

[ thank god it's over....... ]

yeah
they said to send a recording of me reading one of the romance books here
they're all so bad though!

You know, somehow that doesn't surprise me.
This place doesn't seem to prioritize reading despite there being a library.

why read when you can spend your time sleeping around instead
or whatever else it is they make us do around here

( from here. )

[ it takes him some time, again, but he does eventually make it to her spot. he didn't realize the vale was this big? but he does find the willow in the photo she sent, and if he looks a little flushed once he gets there, don't worry about it.

he's holding a single red peony which he offers once she reaches her, because he refuses to show up empty-handed on a date. even if this did start from a dare. ]

Hello, [ he sounds just a touch uncertain, mainly because he doesn't know what she looks like nor her name, but this is the spot, so he's just going to shoot his shot. ] Thank you for inviting me.

[She was in the natural form that no one knew was a rare treat, today… because she found it amusing and ironic to be “truthful” while playing the casino’s latest game. As she waits beneath the willow, having pulled her feet from the water to prevent pruning before her date arrive she mulls over what the question about her favorite color was. Flowers, she guesses.

But she hadn’t expected that flower.

The somewhat sharp, teasing smile she’s wearing when her unnamed visitor arrives… softens, slightly, as she reaches out to take the crimson peony in pale fingers, delicately twirling the stem so that she could examine the petals.

Ah. The little everyday fates could be so casually cruel. Dark eyes, almost too dark, like a calm abyss, glance up… and she smiles again.]

How did you know I love red peonies?

[Not red flowers. Not peonies.]

[ oblivious to the significance, zagreus is mostly glad that she seems to like it, at least. he'd have gotten her a bouquet if he had more chips, but a single bloom would have to do for now. gift giving is his love language, and nothing would replace the happiness of knowing a gift was well received. ]

Do you? [ his expression brightens with pleasant surprise. ] I was told one of its meanings is good fortune, which I thought was as good a sentiment as any.

[ especially for a first date with someone he has never met. the photos she'd sent him are nothing compared to seeing her in person—he's taken by her demeanor, lush yet sharp, and he thinks it's probably easy for someone to lose themself in her dark gaze. perhaps a smarter person wouldn't be so captivated by a stranger, but zagreus' recklessness would always follow him no matter where he is. ]

Mmm, I do.

[... She really did. Lifting the flower to her nose, Kiritsubo closes her eyes a moment to inhale slowly, basking in the soft scent and recalling, just for a little while, a memory from hundreds of years ago. The lover who would never love her back. His hair, red, the blood on his blade, red, the peony she had inked across the muscles of his back... red.

But then she opens her eyes and its now again. Her iris and pupil are both so dark that the delineation between the parts blurs, making them seem almost animal in some ways, almost hypnotic in others. The eyes that could「see」only the Truth... and that included the truth of the man now standing in front of her.

She's been meeting a lot of gods lately. Lucky her.]

It makes me think we must have been destined to meet.

[Her method of dress was considered scandalous in some cultures, but perhaps less so in the Golden Peacock. She lets her hand relax and the peony petals brush between her breasts, tickling over pale skin and the hints of a tattoo inked upon the inner swell of the left, cells of a beehive dripping with honey, a bit of gossamer wing and yellow-and-black body that would then surely be... a bee, right? The loose fall of her kimono collar obscures it partially.]

You're new here, aren't you, stranger?

[ his gaze follows the gentle path of the peony along her skin, though he's quick to redirect his attention back to her face once it strays too close to the soft swell of her breast, feeling his ears grow warm. he's not a blushing virgin anymore, but it's one thing to send strangers nudes of himself and another to find himself on a date with someone far more beautiful than anyone he's met in his existence. he is not holding it together, but he's trying his best. ]

I've been told often that the Fates work in mysterious ways.

[ the fact that he's here in this place, as an example. she calls him stranger and he can't help but smile a little, remembering a certain warrior sitting on the bank of a certain river. he felt out of depth then, too. ]

But yes, I'm new. My name is Zagreus, and I'm a two of Clubs.

[And oh, how amusing she finds it, that the man who had without hesitation prepared a rather saucy photo of himself at her direction is now growing a bit heated in the face when confronted with the sexual off screen. Not that she minds it, of course. It's rather cute.

And it's true. That fate is mysterious. That destiny could be the chains that bound as easily as it could be an open door.]

It's a pleasure to meet you in person, Zagreus.

[As natural a movement as could be, without shame or hesitation, she moves to slip of curling finger beneath the collar of her loose robe, tugging aside the panel of silk to reveal that within one of the cells of the honeycomb inked upon her left breast the black mark of a spade suit.]

I'm Kiritsubo. Three of Spades~

[Her perfectly painted nail taps on the spade mark that is perfectly unactivated and fully sated, heedless of the fact that the way she has tugged her garment open has also revealed a hint of a soft pink areola. Apparently, Kiritsubo the Three of Spades was not particularly fond of undergarments.]

golden peacock — overflow.

JUNE WELCOME EVENT — TRUTH OR DARE.

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so sorry for the wait!!

not at all <3