[OPEN] Settling In

[gusumouthcannon]

WHO: Lan Jingyi and OTA :)
WHERE: Maurtia Falls #006 & Elsewhere
WHEN: The Month of February
WHAT: Jingyi's got people to meet and places to go.
WARNINGS: Will update as needed.



Moving In
(Open to Jingyi's new roommates. :))
Jingyi is not used to the architecture of this strange new world and he's thrown a little by the townhouse he is apparently living in for the foreseeable future. Still, he is meant to stay here, and so he finds his way inside to the bottom floor and then simply...stops. He underestimated how different this would be.

Taking everything in with wide eyes, he finds himself observed by someone...not in robes and a headband, so he can tell very little about them. Immediately, a smile springs to his face. "Hello! Do you live here as well?"

Chicken Dance
The chicken costume is very large and very warm, though the overcast days in Maurtia mean that this is not an entirely bad thing. Still, he encourages people to go to eat chicken by standing on a corner of two streets and flapping his arms at them. It is very much not dignified, and Jingyi takes a well-deserved break from flapping at people to sit outside the back of ChickenYEET! and take off his head. The breeze is very nice, and in chasing it, he has made it so that he is not very well hidden.

Unfortunately, the breeze also has a mind of its own. His chicken head is caught by a sudden gust and flies its way out of the alley. All that is left is for Jingyi to chase after it. "Hey, come back!"

[ooc: poke me and I'll whip up a custom starter. :)]

Comments

*pats gently*

[gusumouthcannon]

"Ah, thank you." Jingyi is not easily embarrassed, but he has a complicated emotion about being seen like this. He does not want to lose face for Zewu-Jun, and while he does not mind the chicken suit for himself, he feels a little awkward.

"Yes, this is my assignment. I'm the mascot for ChickenYEET!" he explains, gesturing at the words on his suit and then lifting the head to show off the fact that, yes, it is indeed a chicken. After a moment he says, "They feed me."

But that does not answer the question. "I have only just started it, but...it is very hot." He pauses. "I do like that they are not stingy with their chicken." He pauses again and gives Zewu-Jun a somewhat imploring look. "This place is very strange and I do no know what else I can do?"

/purrs

[ze_uwu_jun]

Xichen blinks.

"Yes, this place is very strange, and it is all right to do what you were assigned, at least until you can decide on something else."

After a moment, he gives in to the temptation to reach and pet the junior's head soothingly, fingers habitually staying clear from the forehead ribbon.

"I think you can try to lower your own heat using your cultivation. Even if it does not work, it is worth a try, no?" Another hesitation. "And I do wish to ask, as I have noticed the word but not had an opportunity to ask. Have they told you what 'yeet' means?"

[gusumouthcannon]

With no reason not to, Jingyi leans into the touch. He has been living with strangers in a city that he is unsure of and he is not going to let even a scrap of comfort slip through his fingers if he can help it.

"No, I do not know what yeet means. Do you? Have you seen it elsewhere? Besides on my suit?" he asks while leaning. "But, oh, I forgot that cooling myself off is a thing that I could try."

But that means he has to explain. "I am not complaining." He is. "Wearing a suit is nothing like a night hunt. Or walking around in the cold. Or anything else. And nobody else can do anything like what we can do. I have only been here a small amount of time, but trying to do anything like normal is not easy."

He huffs, all the more dramatic with all of the feathers.

"What are you doing on the street? Are you playing for people? Do you live nearby?"