It's a hoverboard innit?

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Who: Dennis Severs, Lan Sizhui and open to all others!
Where: The gym, laundry
When: Llama 16-21st before the event
What: Just Dennis faffing about with his new hoverboard in the gym trying to learn how to use it, practicing his baby sword skills and doing his Purple chore of laundry.
Warnings: None that I can think of, but if anything comes up during a thread I'll slap a CW in the subject line.


Of Hoverboards and Swords:

For the first handful of days of the second half of the month of Llama, Dennis can be found in the gym most likely falling on his ass over and over trying to figure out how to use the hoverboard he'd politely borrowed from the world they'd been on previously. That or practicing his form with a practice sword. He's getting lessons from Inigo, but he does try to do some stuff on his own. The more he does it the more it'll just be muscle memory and not feel as weird. Much more natural.

Still feels funny holding a sword in his hands, but one day! As for the hoverboard... he's making progress, mostly it's just balance issues at this point. Staying on it while it does it's name sake. Hovers. So someone, anyone, will undoubtedly catch Dennis either landing on his ass for losing his balance and very gracefully doubtful stumbling off and half tripping on his own feet before catching himself. There's probably a frustrated curse or two in there.


Boy Meets Boy - Laundry Edition: Closed to Lan Sizhui deferences

He hadn't had a chance to do much laundry before the mission had kicked off earlier in the month so here he was trying to make up for lost chore time. Though it seems someone else has the same idea. As he enters he can hear someone listening to music...? Or wait, playing an instrument even?

Dennis doesn't expect to see Sizhui there, especially not him playing said instrument. It's rather large, but sounds so beautiful. For a moment he just listens, standing there watching as his friend strums his fingers across the strings gently. It's easy to get lost in it really, so much so he's not sure how long he stands there before speaking up.

"S'really pretty." Dennis speaks up, almost feeling bad for interrupting the song Sizhui is playing. If it even is one, maybe he's just freestyling?

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“Thank you, we try to keep it neat and tidy.” Or he does, at the very least, seeing as Sizhui doesn't mind cleaning up after others if necessary.

Although, now that he considers, Dennis might have just meant the size of the room rather than the way it looks, which following that realization, his cheeks faintly color with embarrassment. Ah well, it's not a huge deal and Dennis has been quite understanding of his missteps.

“I suppose it would depend on what you'd like to dress up as? Most of my ideas would be rather simple, to be fair, so if you have any particular ones...” Sizhui's voice trails off, suggestive anyway, because unless Dennis wants to dress up as cute animals or something, he'll be mostly useless. Right now, however, they have a cute little multitailed fox to bother. Dennis's soft astonishment makes the cultivator grin, he shifts closer too then reaches one hand out, fingertips gently rubbing between the snoozing creature's ears. “She is.” So much so, he's even thought about getting a neato spirit beast of his own!

Xixue's head nudges more intently up into Sizhui's hand as she awakens, letting out a soft, sleepy-sounding cry before her large blue eyes open and immediately turn toward Dennis as if to ask won't you pet me too? without even trying.

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Either way, the room was nice. So it still stands.

"God, haven't bothered dressing up proper for Halloween in a handful of years." Mostly just getting drunk with the boys and probably causing trouble.

"Simple like what?" Dennis is genuinely curious, c'mon, tell him! He ends up far too transfixed by Xixue, really she's fantastic looking. When those big ol' blue eyes turn to him he wonders if maybe he's done something wrong, does she not like new people? A little nervous, but far more curious, Dennis glances at Sizhui.

"S'okay if I pet her?" His hand cautiously starts to do just that, but he won't without making absolutely sure first.

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Also completely, one-hundred-percent fair.

He grins in Dennis's direction, “So, what I'm hearing is you are overdue for it?” No harm in dressing up while doing those either but, considering all those Lan rules, there's more of a likely chance Sizhui wouldn't be breaking any rules or drinking alcohol. (Unless he could let himself loosen up and perhaps be peer-pressured into having a drink.)

“Ah, ah, like the cute animal sorts of things we were discussing before.” Dennis drawing bunny features on him has Sizhui pondering what ideas his friend could have, which then leads to him wondering about a wolf or fox, but then reminding himself those might not even be animals Dennis likes.

“Honestly, I think she will be more disappointed if you don't pet her.” Given how she's uncurling herself, shifting and moving to nudge her nose against Dennis's palm, leaving tiny snowflakes when she exhales another, happier warble.

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"Yeah, guess I am." He smiles in turn, "What d'you think I should go as? For like an animal?" Come on Sizhui, what sort of animal vibe does he give off. Be truthful.

As for Xixue, he stills as she touches him, still not wanting to startle her some how. Like cats and dogs when you first meet them! Gotta let em sniff first. The snowflakes get a little laugh from him, oh that's adorable. Okay okay, he'll pet her now, still hesitant and probably too gentle, but he just looks so amazed.

"Heeey... you're really cool, like literally." Cause of the snowflakes, get it?

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Alright, Dennis, you asked for this— “Hmmm,” Sizhui hums, tilts his head with contemplation, gaze sweeping over his friend while he really reaches into the depths of his mind and produces, “How about a dog? Or... maybe a deer or a tiger?” He's trying to consider something that seems Dennis-like; dogs are friendly and loyal, deer are kind and gentle, tigers are fierce and strong!

From his peripheral during this super important thinking, he does sneak a glance over, expression alighting at Xixue and Dennis's interaction. She does her thing, nosing here, snuffling around there, but ultimately it all leads to the same conclusion for her: this new person seems copacetic and is finally giving pets.

So, she lifts her head up, nuzzling into his hand, wiggling forward and arching her back, a silent encouragement for more, please! as Sizhui's eyes playfully roll at the pun. “Haha,” he teases, gently bumping Dennis's elbow with his own.

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At the suggestion of a dog he'll make a little face before catching himself. Whoops. Look no offense to dogs, except all the offense, but he doesn't like you.

"Tiger sounds real fun, could paint some stripes on my face." He gives Sizhui a nudge back, "Pretty sure tigers would eat a little rabbit like you." He'll smirk, thinking he's pretty cheeky, of course while giving all the pets. We can't forget the pets!

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Don't worry, surely no dogs will take any offense, but Sizhui on the other hand wrinkles his brow and tilts his head with concern. He won't ask, just... alright then, no dogs allowed, that's understandable. (He's got two fathers aboard the train that don't like them either, so it's fine!)

“I could! And whiskers too.” Different from his own bunny ones, but still cute nonetheless. He glances sideways at the returned bump, playfully sticking his tongue-tip out then grinning afterward. “The tigers have to catch me first.” Xixue's happy to accept more petting, slowly lifting into Dennis's hand, tiptoeing closer until she can nudge Sizhui's side with a paw. There's an ah! of surprise, he averts his attention downward and moves his left hand to also pet her. “Somebody is needy today,” he murmurs, all affectionate teasing.