[ This is a very complicated situation! The Daqiang that is here now still believes that Orchid has feelings for Lord Changheng - which she did have at the time. Perhaps he has doubts, or even feelings of his own.
Or perhaps he's being jealous and that's why he's asking this question of her now. Orchid doesn't know why he's suddenly asking it, when he found out about their lie months ago.
Even when Daqiang plants himself, Orchid still attempts to push at him to no avail. Soft sounds of exertion with each one, and her expression one of determination. ]
We aren't even married yet! Why are you thinking about children already, da mu tou? [ Her tendency to almost be always truthful allows the small slip-ups in her words, which she doesn't realize have been said out loud. ]
[ Everything is fine at first, they're still arguing over this topic that seems to have come up out of nowhere. She doesn't look for Daqiang's ID on the shellphones whenever he converses with other people, she doesn't know the conversation he had with Kaveh and Alhaitham.
Then he just stops speaking, and Orchid looks up at his face as he processes the words she still doesn't realize she said.
Her eyes widen at the question that comes out of his mouth next, lets out a small squeak, before spinning around and bringing her hands to cover her face. As if she can't believe she let that slip. He was just so... frustrating and his question has both startled and flustered her at the same time. Orchid had been too worked up trying to get him to leave so she didn't have to answer his question. ]
I... I don't want Daqiang to marry anyone else!
[ It's an answer, that's certain. In her mind, she can see Daqiang in wedding clothes - yet it's not her standing at his side. Someone stands there between them, someone about to marry him while she marries another person. ]
So that meant that if he was to marry, it could only be her?
Yes. The logic of that was correct. If he married, she didn't want him to marry someone 'else', and the only person in question was her, so she didn't want him to marry someone other than her. Yes. YES. The logic was correct.
So maybe... maybe she wanted to marry him? She could want to leave him unmarried entirely, which would be terribly presumptuous of her to assume she could control who he did and did not marry - perfectly reasonable because he would let her control that, but very presumptuous to do so...
But maybe... marriage?
He stared at her back for a long minute, thinking through this and trying to stop himself from jumping at the assumption that the logic followed, because she was nothing if not very emotional and illogical. He tucked a hand behind his back to keep it from reaching out and grabbing her. The other curled into a fist while he stepped forward to close the small gap between them and stand right behind her. Close enough his breath could whisper over her hair and send a stray strand or two fluttering to the side.
Dangerously close. She had a habit of knocking into him. But he wanted to be close enough he could- could-
He sucked in a deep breath and let it out, the heat of it tickling along her ear. Shuddering and hesitant. Uncertain.
She could rip his soul apart with a single word.
Hopeful.
He'd come back for more if it meant she still looked at him.
Scared.
He broke his control and reached out shy fingers to curl into her sleeve.
[ Behind her, Daqiang is awfully quiet over her words. It's no wonder considering the fact that her feelings of love have changed, and she never once felt jealous over someone before. Orchid wants to turn around to see what his face is doing, but she's scared that it will be the Daqiang who yelled at her - said that the only reason he protected her was because his life was unhappily tied to hers.
That he may lock her away again and punish her with lightning. Though she hadn't said she wanted to go "home" this time, wanted to leave him.
Orchid can feel his presence at her back growing closer, feel his breath upon her neck. It should feel threatening, but it's merely become a comfort and a pleasure to have him so close. Despite all the kisses they've shared, she's still so terribly shy.
His fingers curl into her sleeve so gently, as though afraid of her. Of her answer. It isn't too much of a surprise to her after learning about his father and the servant who once cared for him. Love is an emotion that was tortured out of him, leaving him believe no one loved him... not even his own family.
She slowly turns back towards him, towards the hand holding on to her so as to not dislodge his touch. ]
Daqiang. [ How she wants to say yes and jump into his arms. Orchid reaches up to rest her palm against his cheek, her gaze looking up at him as though searching for his soul. ] Has your Seven Emotion Tree regrown?
[ Orchid wants to marry him, but she has to know. ]
[It had begun to. It was furiously sprouting tiny green leaves under the bright sun that warmed his sea of heart and made the waters sparkle and shine like a dragon's pearl. It was enough that when he tried to kill it, he hadn't been able to bring himself to.
Because he wanted it to feel.
He shut his eyes and leaned his cheek into her gentle touch.]
It has not flowered... but it is green and flourishes.
[He said it and mourned the loss of her. If she was asking, then it was something she would judge him on. If she thought him lesser for it being grown, then it growing would be what made her say no. If she thought him lesser for it being so stunted, then it being so weak and new would be what made her say no. Whenever he was judged by those he cared about he always seemed to fall short. Why would this be different?
So he mourned because she was going to reject him. Again. And his heart already felt so fragile...
A tear gathered at the corner of his eye. Tumbled down his cheek and against her thumb. He trembled, holding himself back from holding onto her in the desperate way he wanted to.]
I... I couldn't kill it. I tried. But I couldn't.
[A soft sob before he broke entirely and admitted the most painful part of it all.]
I don't want to. I want it to grow. I want to feel. I want to know happiness and sadness and all the things that cause them for myself.
[He pulled her hand to his lips and cradled it there. Fighting the tears as best he could.]
[ Orchid has only seen his tree twice, once upon touching it and causing it to come alive again - and the second time when she admitted that it was her doing. She hasn't seen it since her arrival here, so she doesn't know the state of it.
When Daqiang does tell her, part of her is both relieved and hurts for him. The last time he had decided that he wanted his tree to grow, it had come with the reveal that his father had sacrificed himself to be killed at his own son's hand. That Daqiang would have to live with that pain and guilt. She doesn't know if his memories of that time have come back with the thriving state of the tree, but perhaps it's better this way.
It will allow him to process one and then the other.
Somehow, she is not surprised to hear that he tried to kill it. Without his emotions, he could wield Hellfire and no one would be strong enough to stop him. With them, that power will most likely leave him.
When his emotions bubble up, Orchid brings up her other arm to wrap around him in an embrace. To tell him that he can hold her in return. ]
I love you, Daqiang. I want to marry you.
[ There are probably still things they should talk about, such as the fact that she's responsible for bringing the tree and his emotions back to life. But she wants to remove any doubt in his mind that whether the tree has life or not doesn't matter. ]
There was a time I thought that we couldn't be together because I don't want you to wage war with Shuiyuntian, while you cannot let your people suffer at their hands. I thought we couldn't love each other because that would tear us apart.
[ Orchid steps closer, her head tilted up, and she doesn't try to get her hand back from him, despite the position. ]
Shifu once told me that all that exists is fate, only love is not fate. I understand what she meant now, because of my love for you.
[His arm wrapped around her and he pulled her closer. Her hand and his now tight between them while he pressed his face to her shoulder and a wretched sob wracked him.
She said she would marry him. She said she loved him.
She said she would marry him and he was crying. The sudden burst of tension, the relief, the joy flushed through him all at once and shouldn't he have laughed or something? But no. He was crying.]
[ Orchid doesn't even resist being pulled closer, merely lifts a hand to caress his hair when he cries into her shoulder. ]
You can cry when you're happy, da mu tou. [ There is no doubt at all that this time, she's happy when using it. Her tone light and airy, just like all the other times she was happy around him.
Emotions are complicated and he's just getting started. ]
That didn't make any sense. He was experiencing it, and it still didn't make sense to him. But what did it matter. She was holding him back and she had said she would marry him and he didn't think his heart had ever felt so full.
He wanted to kiss her.
He didn't want to kiss her with tears in his eyes. But he didn't think he could stop them. And if they were happy tears, did it matter so much that he was crying if did kiss her?
No.
Daqiang pushed her back just far enough to release her hand and get both of his on her face. Just enough to look in her eyes and see her smile, to see that it was real - that she was happy and looking back at him with love. Just enough to awkwardly attempt a smile back (he needed to learn how to do that. another time)-
And pulled her back in, lips to hers. Aggressive as he only really knew how to be, but not demanding. What did he have to demand of her now? She gave it freely. She chose him.
[ It seems as though their first kiss beyond body-swapping and possessiveness is done with a tearful face. For hers, she was the one crying over the thought of losing him, while also being happy and relieved he was alive.
Perhaps their next time will be without them. She will also help him learn how to smile again.
Her face tilts up to meet his in the kiss, eyes fluttering closed before they even touch. With her hands now free, they drift to curl into his clothing. Orchid won't be the one to pull away first, like so many other times before. ]
[ "Do you not want to bear this venerable one's children?"]
[ What the fuck.]
[ Dojima had just been walking the halls of the ship, minding his own business, Iron Bundle following him cheerfully while flapping those robo flippers of his, Ichigo the Strabby riding his shoulder when he stopped short just to the side of the room that belonged to Miss Orchid, Dongfang's... girlfriend? Fiancée? Lover? Betrothed? Willing Kidnap victim? Puppy dog crush? He wasn't sure and he wasn't sure either of them knew--]
[ Only to hear that come out of Dongfang's goddamn mouth like it wasn't one of the more presumptous questions a man could ask. ]
[ So of course hearing that, he was going to listen in and just make sure the young woman was okay. Hopefully this was just Dongfang being that weirdly naive dumbass he could be at times, and not anything... else. ]
[ He'd press his back against the wall beside the door frame, grabbing hold of Iron Bundle to make sure it didn't go any further to blow his cover, holding it to his front, hand on it's beak so it wouldn't squawk while he listened in. ]
That was... a hell of an awkward love confession, but. Also oddly... sweet? ]
[ --Seven Emotion Tree...? Growing?
...Huh. Was the reason Dongfang was that way he when they first met due to something magical... literally stunting his emotional growth? And being with her was helping it start growing again? ]
[ ...Literally something out of a fairytale.
Well. Seems like she was fine, so he really should just butt out and let them enjoy-- ]
[ And that's when he realised Iron Bundle was slipping out of his grasp with a squawk, heading right into that open room to investigate. Dojima tried to pull the Pokemon back, swearing under his breath, but his hands slipped on that chrome like skin, he lost his balance--
So the two love birds would get a third bird for their troubles, chirping a digital sounding greeting at them with a wave of it's flipper, before ski-waddling to look around at all the plants around the room, maybe to see if one of them was edible--
Annnd for a bonus, a detective fall flat on his face, just in the doorway of the room. ]
[ It seems to never fail. Every time they have a moment together where they're having a serious conversation, something or someone interrupts them. The very first kiss they shared that wasn't either to swap bodies or his possessive nature was also intruded upon by one dragon. Why is this a thing that happens to them?
Orchid is the first to pull away with a squeak of surprise, bringing her hands up to hide her very red face from the view of everyone. Even her new fiancée. At least this time, she doesn't completely pull out of his arms and mumble to herself in her embarrassment at being caught.
[He had been so focused on Orchid this whole time he hadn't paid attention to where anyone else on the crew was - or how close they may be. So when there is the sound of an 'oh, shit--' from behind him, followed by Orchid letting out a distressed squeak and pulling out of the kiss----
...it takes Daqiang a couple moments to figure out what just happened and what just went wrong. He blinks down at Orchid (still in his arms), then at Iron Bundle (happily sniffing at some flowers and opening it's mouth to take a bite of one), and then turns just far enough to look at Dojima in the doorway (on the floor).
He takes a deep breath.
When it settles, there is a very frustrated glare being directed first at Dojima, then at the Iron Bundle (now chomping happily on a flower).]
You-!
[He doesn't want want to let go of Orchid, but he's going to have to, to stop the pokemon from (further) destroying Orchid's flowers.]
Ryotaro Dojima! Get Turo's pet out of here!
[His arms looped around Orchid in a more protective manner and brushed some of the lingering tears away from his face. So that Dojima wouldn't catch him crying on top of catching them kissing.]
[ Oof. That was going to smart later. Felt like he hit that part of his ribs that still were... tender from the car crash.
He heard the young woman squeak in shock--
Annnnd there was the Captain, right on cue. ]
--Yessir.
[ They'd hear a pained groan as he pulled himself up, but-- no complaints or excuse, already moving into the room-- ]
--Damnit, Bundle. C'mon, that's not yours to eat--
[ He'd reach under the Pokemon's little robo-flippers, getting a good grip before hefting it up, though not without another beeping cry from the robo-bird, it's digital eyes making a >o< face in protest--
Annnd then even when he pulled it back, it's head popped off like a long spring, still connected to the main body with a long tub, taking ONE more bite at that flower-- ]
[ It's the pained groan that has Orchid forgetting about her own embarrassment and leaning to peer around Daqiang at the source. ]
Are you all right? Did you hurt yourself falling?
[ Her face is still a little pink, but that might be expected after being caught kissing Daqaing with the door so wide open. She won't think about just how much he might have heard.
When Dojima comes in to remove the creature that is eating her plant... ]
They can have it! I can always grow more.
[ The more precious plants aren't kept in her room, these are from seeds that she bought at a shop. They are simply to brighten up her room, and Bundle is clearly hungry for those specific flowers. Maybe she should buy more just for the creature.
There's a gasp when Bundle's head pops off - because that is usually not a good thing at all with most species! And yet, the creature is still eating away at her flower. ]
[An even dirtier glare was shot at Dojima over the top of Orchid's head when she turned in his arms to ask after Dojima's health. He should have been out the door already and not giving Orchid time to worry over him!
This was- There were too many people in Orchid's room. If he still had the power to snap his fingers and make both Dojima and Iron Bundle appear over the ocean waves outside the ship, he would have done it just then.
Shuffling Orchid to one side so he was firmly between her and Dojima, Daqiang reached out and picked up the pot the flower Iron Bundle had decided belonged to it. He held it up while that springy head continued to munch on the plant. Then shoved it towards Dojima to take with him.]
[ He was going to try and tell her to keep the plants, didn't need to give the damn Pokemon what it wanted just because-- especially when it misbehaved-- ]
[ Buuuut he caught that glare from the Captain, and if looks could kill-- or maybe just turn him to stone, he'd definitely be a statue by now--
And only just managed to grab the pot, hefting Iron Bundle to one side in order not to drop that too--! ]
Right, sorry--
[ Give him a sec to juggle all this, but he is trying to walk backwards out of the room. Though... really, Dongfang was the possessive type, huh? The Captain really shouldn't worry about him of all people. Orchid was-- or appeared to him, anyway-- way too young for him, let alone the fact that he was ...well... with Turo, but it wasn't like the Captain knew that, anyway. ]
I'll get out of your hair. Pardon the intrusion--
[ All while Bundle, now shoved under Dojima's arm, happily snacked on the gifted flowers. So tasty! It'll definitely need to come back...! ]
[ She looks up at Daqiang and reaches up to place both palms on his cheeks. Using it to get his attention. ]
Daqiang, it sounds like Dojima is hurt. Let's help him.
[ "I'll be fine" is not the same "I am fine". Orchid will try to squirm free of her fiancée's arm to try to go help Dojima juggle the plant and the odd creature.
Then they can close the door and continue the conversation if they want. Though... the mood might be ruined. ]
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Date: 2024-06-07 01:50 am (UTC)Or perhaps he's being jealous and that's why he's asking this question of her now. Orchid doesn't know why he's suddenly asking it, when he found out about their lie months ago.
Even when Daqiang plants himself, Orchid still attempts to push at him to no avail. Soft sounds of exertion with each one, and her expression one of determination. ]
We aren't even married yet! Why are you thinking about children already, da mu tou? [ Her tendency to almost be always truthful allows the small slip-ups in her words, which she doesn't realize have been said out loud. ]
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Date: 2024-06-07 02:39 am (UTC)Not even married. Yet.
Not even married YET
Was she... was she thinking about marrying him?]
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Date: 2024-06-07 02:41 am (UTC)...you would marry this venerable one?
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Date: 2024-06-07 03:35 am (UTC)Then he just stops speaking, and Orchid looks up at his face as he processes the words she still doesn't realize she said.
Her eyes widen at the question that comes out of his mouth next, lets out a small squeak, before spinning around and bringing her hands to cover her face. As if she can't believe she let that slip. He was just so... frustrating and his question has both startled and flustered her at the same time. Orchid had been too worked up trying to get him to leave so she didn't have to answer his question. ]
I... I don't want Daqiang to marry anyone else!
[ It's an answer, that's certain. In her mind, she can see Daqiang in wedding clothes - yet it's not her standing at his side. Someone stands there between them, someone about to marry him while she marries another person. ]
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Date: 2024-06-07 03:57 am (UTC)That wasn't a yes!
...it also wasn't a no.
But it was a-
...a no one else.
No one else
So that meant that if he was to marry, it could only be her?
Yes. The logic of that was correct. If he married, she didn't want him to marry someone 'else', and the only person in question was her, so she didn't want him to marry someone other than her. Yes. YES. The logic was correct.
So maybe... maybe she wanted to marry him? She could want to leave him unmarried entirely, which would be terribly presumptuous of her to assume she could control who he did and did not marry - perfectly reasonable because he would let her control that, but very presumptuous to do so...
But maybe... marriage?
He stared at her back for a long minute, thinking through this and trying to stop himself from jumping at the assumption that the logic followed, because she was nothing if not very emotional and illogical. He tucked a hand behind his back to keep it from reaching out and grabbing her. The other curled into a fist while he stepped forward to close the small gap between them and stand right behind her. Close enough his breath could whisper over her hair and send a stray strand or two fluttering to the side.
Dangerously close. She had a habit of knocking into him. But he wanted to be close enough he could- could-
He sucked in a deep breath and let it out, the heat of it tickling along her ear. Shuddering and hesitant. Uncertain.
She could rip his soul apart with a single word.
Hopeful.
He'd come back for more if it meant she still looked at him.
Scared.
He broke his control and reached out shy fingers to curl into her sleeve.
And softly... so softly.]
Xiao Lanhua. Would you marry this venerable one?
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Date: 2024-06-07 04:32 am (UTC)That he may lock her away again and punish her with lightning. Though she hadn't said she wanted to go "home" this time, wanted to leave him.
Orchid can feel his presence at her back growing closer, feel his breath upon her neck. It should feel threatening, but it's merely become a comfort and a pleasure to have him so close. Despite all the kisses they've shared, she's still so terribly shy.
His fingers curl into her sleeve so gently, as though afraid of her. Of her answer. It isn't too much of a surprise to her after learning about his father and the servant who once cared for him. Love is an emotion that was tortured out of him, leaving him believe no one loved him... not even his own family.
She slowly turns back towards him, towards the hand holding on to her so as to not dislodge his touch. ]
Daqiang. [ How she wants to say yes and jump into his arms. Orchid reaches up to rest her palm against his cheek, her gaze looking up at him as though searching for his soul. ] Has your Seven Emotion Tree regrown?
[ Orchid wants to marry him, but she has to know. ]
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Date: 2024-06-07 04:51 am (UTC)Because he wanted it to feel.
He shut his eyes and leaned his cheek into her gentle touch.]
It has not flowered... but it is green and flourishes.
[He said it and mourned the loss of her. If she was asking, then it was something she would judge him on. If she thought him lesser for it being grown, then it growing would be what made her say no. If she thought him lesser for it being so stunted, then it being so weak and new would be what made her say no. Whenever he was judged by those he cared about he always seemed to fall short. Why would this be different?
So he mourned because she was going to reject him. Again. And his heart already felt so fragile...
A tear gathered at the corner of his eye. Tumbled down his cheek and against her thumb. He trembled, holding himself back from holding onto her in the desperate way he wanted to.]
I... I couldn't kill it. I tried. But I couldn't.
[A soft sob before he broke entirely and admitted the most painful part of it all.]
I don't want to. I want it to grow. I want to feel. I want to know happiness and sadness and all the things that cause them for myself.
[He pulled her hand to his lips and cradled it there. Fighting the tears as best he could.]
I want to know love.
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Date: 2024-06-07 05:26 am (UTC)When Daqiang does tell her, part of her is both relieved and hurts for him. The last time he had decided that he wanted his tree to grow, it had come with the reveal that his father had sacrificed himself to be killed at his own son's hand. That Daqiang would have to live with that pain and guilt. She doesn't know if his memories of that time have come back with the thriving state of the tree, but perhaps it's better this way.
It will allow him to process one and then the other.
Somehow, she is not surprised to hear that he tried to kill it. Without his emotions, he could wield Hellfire and no one would be strong enough to stop him. With them, that power will most likely leave him.
When his emotions bubble up, Orchid brings up her other arm to wrap around him in an embrace. To tell him that he can hold her in return. ]
I love you, Daqiang. I want to marry you.
[ There are probably still things they should talk about, such as the fact that she's responsible for bringing the tree and his emotions back to life. But she wants to remove any doubt in his mind that whether the tree has life or not doesn't matter. ]
There was a time I thought that we couldn't be together because I don't want you to wage war with Shuiyuntian, while you cannot let your people suffer at their hands. I thought we couldn't love each other because that would tear us apart.
[ Orchid steps closer, her head tilted up, and she doesn't try to get her hand back from him, despite the position. ]
Shifu once told me that all that exists is fate, only love is not fate. I understand what she meant now, because of my love for you.
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Date: 2024-06-07 05:52 am (UTC)She said she would marry him. She said she loved him.
She said she would marry him and he was crying. The sudden burst of tension, the relief, the joy flushed through him all at once and shouldn't he have laughed or something? But no. He was crying.]
I don't understand. I'm happy. I am.
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Date: 2024-06-07 06:02 am (UTC)You can cry when you're happy, da mu tou. [ There is no doubt at all that this time, she's happy when using it. Her tone light and airy, just like all the other times she was happy around him.
Emotions are complicated and he's just getting started. ]
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Date: 2024-06-07 06:21 am (UTC)That didn't make any sense. He was experiencing it, and it still didn't make sense to him. But what did it matter. She was holding him back and she had said she would marry him and he didn't think his heart had ever felt so full.
He wanted to kiss her.
He didn't want to kiss her with tears in his eyes. But he didn't think he could stop them. And if they were happy tears, did it matter so much that he was crying if did kiss her?
No.
Daqiang pushed her back just far enough to release her hand and get both of his on her face. Just enough to look in her eyes and see her smile, to see that it was real - that she was happy and looking back at him with love. Just enough to awkwardly attempt a smile back (he needed to learn how to do that. another time)-
And pulled her back in, lips to hers. Aggressive as he only really knew how to be, but not demanding. What did he have to demand of her now? She gave it freely. She chose him.
She loved him.]
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Date: 2024-06-07 06:41 am (UTC)Perhaps their next time will be without them. She will also help him learn how to smile again.
Her face tilts up to meet his in the kiss, eyes fluttering closed before they even touch. With her hands now free, they drift to curl into his clothing. Orchid won't be the one to pull away first, like so many other times before. ]
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Date: 2024-06-10 11:09 pm (UTC)[ What the fuck.]
[ Dojima had just been walking the halls of the ship, minding his own business, Iron Bundle following him cheerfully while flapping those robo flippers of his, Ichigo the Strabby riding his shoulder when he stopped short just to the side of the room that belonged to Miss Orchid, Dongfang's... girlfriend? Fiancée? Lover? Betrothed? Willing Kidnap victim? Puppy dog crush? He wasn't sure and he wasn't sure either of them knew--]
[ Only to hear that come out of Dongfang's goddamn mouth like it wasn't one of the more presumptous questions a man could ask. ]
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Date: 2024-06-10 11:13 pm (UTC)[ He'd press his back against the wall beside the door frame, grabbing hold of Iron Bundle to make sure it didn't go any further to blow his cover, holding it to his front, hand on it's beak so it wouldn't squawk while he listened in. ]
[ Just what was going--? ]
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Date: 2024-06-10 11:19 pm (UTC)That was... a hell of an awkward love confession, but. Also oddly... sweet? ]
[ --Seven Emotion Tree...? Growing?
...Huh. Was the reason Dongfang was that way he when they first met due to something magical... literally stunting his emotional growth? And being with her was helping it start growing again? ]
[ ...Literally something out of a fairytale.
Well. Seems like she was fine, so he really should just butt out and let them enjoy-- ]
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Date: 2024-06-10 11:27 pm (UTC)So the two love birds would get a third bird for their troubles, chirping a digital sounding greeting at them with a wave of it's flipper, before ski-waddling to look around at all the plants around the room, maybe to see if one of them was edible--
Annnd for a bonus, a detective fall flat on his face, just in the doorway of the room. ]
Ow, shit--
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Date: 2024-06-11 12:10 am (UTC)Orchid is the first to pull away with a squeak of surprise, bringing her hands up to hide her very red face from the view of everyone. Even her new fiancée. At least this time, she doesn't completely pull out of his arms and mumble to herself in her embarrassment at being caught.
She'll let Daqiang handle this one. ]
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Date: 2024-06-11 12:19 am (UTC)...it takes Daqiang a couple moments to figure out what just happened and what just went wrong. He blinks down at Orchid (still in his arms), then at Iron Bundle (happily sniffing at some flowers and opening it's mouth to take a bite of one), and then turns just far enough to look at Dojima in the doorway (on the floor).
He takes a deep breath.
When it settles, there is a very frustrated glare being directed first at Dojima, then at the Iron Bundle (now chomping happily on a flower).]
You-!
[He doesn't want want to let go of Orchid, but he's going to have to, to stop the pokemon from (further) destroying Orchid's flowers.]
Ryotaro Dojima! Get Turo's pet out of here!
[His arms looped around Orchid in a more protective manner and brushed some of the lingering tears away from his face. So that Dojima wouldn't catch him crying on top of catching them kissing.]
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Date: 2024-06-11 12:45 am (UTC)He heard the young woman squeak in shock--
Annnnd there was the Captain, right on cue. ]
--Yessir.
[ They'd hear a pained groan as he pulled himself up, but-- no complaints or excuse, already moving into the room-- ]
--Damnit, Bundle. C'mon, that's not yours to eat--
[ He'd reach under the Pokemon's little robo-flippers, getting a good grip before hefting it up, though not without another beeping cry from the robo-bird, it's digital eyes making a >o< face in protest--
Annnd then even when he pulled it back, it's head popped off like a long spring, still connected to the main body with a long tub, taking ONE more bite at that flower-- ]
Oh come on!
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Date: 2024-06-11 01:06 am (UTC)Are you all right? Did you hurt yourself falling?
[ Her face is still a little pink, but that might be expected after being caught kissing Daqaing with the door so wide open. She won't think about just how much he might have heard.
When Dojima comes in to remove the creature that is eating her plant... ]
They can have it! I can always grow more.
[ The more precious plants aren't kept in her room, these are from seeds that she bought at a shop. They are simply to brighten up her room, and Bundle is clearly hungry for those specific flowers. Maybe she should buy more just for the creature.
There's a gasp when Bundle's head pops off - because that is usually not a good thing at all with most species! And yet, the creature is still eating away at her flower. ]
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Date: 2024-06-11 05:49 am (UTC)This was- There were too many people in Orchid's room. If he still had the power to snap his fingers and make both Dojima and Iron Bundle appear over the ocean waves outside the ship, he would have done it just then.
Shuffling Orchid to one side so he was firmly between her and Dojima, Daqiang reached out and picked up the pot the flower Iron Bundle had decided belonged to it. He held it up while that springy head continued to munch on the plant. Then shoved it towards Dojima to take with him.]
Out.
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Date: 2024-06-11 10:52 pm (UTC)[ He was going to try and tell her to keep the plants, didn't need to give the damn Pokemon what it wanted just because-- especially when it misbehaved-- ]
[ Buuuut he caught that glare from the Captain, and if looks could kill-- or maybe just turn him to stone, he'd definitely be a statue by now--
And only just managed to grab the pot, hefting Iron Bundle to one side in order not to drop that too--! ]
Right, sorry--
[ Give him a sec to juggle all this, but he is trying to walk backwards out of the room. Though... really, Dongfang was the possessive type, huh? The Captain really shouldn't worry about him of all people. Orchid was-- or appeared to him, anyway-- way too young for him, let alone the fact that he was ...well... with Turo, but it wasn't like the Captain knew that, anyway. ]
I'll get out of your hair. Pardon the intrusion--
[ All while Bundle, now shoved under Dojima's arm, happily snacked on the gifted flowers. So tasty! It'll definitely need to come back...! ]
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Date: 2024-06-13 12:38 am (UTC)Daqiang, it sounds like Dojima is hurt. Let's help him.
[ "I'll be fine" is not the same "I am fine". Orchid will try to squirm free of her fiancée's arm to try to go help Dojima juggle the plant and the odd creature.
Then they can close the door and continue the conversation if they want. Though... the mood might be ruined. ]
No no, we are the ones who left the door open.