Heavenfall

Dawei finds the bathhouse of which he has heard and avails himself of it. The trip has left little time for cleanliness beyond the barest and most brutal, and while Dawei has had no shortage of time in the field and away from such amenities, that is no excuse not to use them when they are. So he doe...

Why the shift to GMing from playing?

I am not complaining, mind, just curious.

Ask. I'll answer as I can.

Why, dammit? XD

Bayushi Umeno wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:43 am

I support Birb games. They are birby fun~

Seconded.

Jin wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:33 am

...this game was great

Seconded, emphatically.

On the other hand, it could be hilarious to have at least one token old PC as everyone shows up with the next generation of godlings and what-not. "You young whipper-snappers. Hah! Before you were born, I was giving your parents nightmares and wedgies!" ... Is Sora the only non-Daimyo/Kami Spouse l...

Dawei feels Kaze relax, hears his breathing ease.

I could do this every night, he thinks.

/scene

Dawei says nothing in reply, but simply strokes Kaze's back gently.

In the darkness, Dawei smiles.

"I like that. 'Sheltered in his lee.' It's a good thought."

Dawei nods, sighs, sits silent for a time.

"Will you speak me a poem, Beloved?"

I'm game.

"If I'm your hero, I'm hero enough, Kaze-kun. But I don't think we're going to have to do so much again."

He chuckles.

"I don't think my nerves would handle it, either."

He squeezes Kaze tighter.

"But I could definitely take you holding me."

"It was hell," replies Dawei. "And it was...not easy. Like running while holding your breath, or swimming. There wasn't time to do anything other than the rescue; I couldn't let myself think about the rest.

"Except for getting back to you."

Dawei's heart beats strongly, and the press of jade there remains. "I'll steer clear of that side of things, then, love." He bends his neck--a bit awkwardly, perhaps--and kisses Kaze's brow. "It has been a trip, certainly. Many wonders." His hand reaches up, cups Kaze's cheek. "But I think I found t...

I am a lucky, lucky man.

Dawei starts as the weight lands in his lap, but only for a moment, and his arms swiftly encircle Kaze, clutching him to him tightly.

"Oh, Beloved!" he sighs out, the exhalation carrying the traces of the day. "I am sorry to have kept you waiting!"

It shows something, certainly, that Dawei had much the same thoughts as Kaze, knowing that the vigil could not be relaxed in the field despite victory--a clear one, though not yet complete. We only win when we get back safely. He is evidently fatigued, though, and less able to hide himself than his ...

Dawei shakes himself, rousing himself from the shock of seeing so much.

"We are still not safe here. We need to get back, to get our wounded back, where we can do more to aid them."

He looks at Sora. "And several of us have people to see, as has been said."

"Wow."

It is an entirely inadequate response, of course--but what would suffice?