video | orchestra one, immediately post platform

[jingyeets]

( Lan Jingyi, appearing briefly on ICP, soaked from head to toe, actively dripping water with his hair and ribbon plastered down either side of his face, his, er, nightgown likewise... plastered... against him... and it's white, this is a wet shirt contest and no one told anyone who showed up on platform, they all just suffered together. )

Look, if anyone's trying to find me and is confused why I'm not in my tiny short bed cabin, I'm staying in the "inn" carriage the next week.

( that's it, that's him wanting to inform the ones who'd probably want to know but being in a less than happy mood to track everyone down so doing it in the most broadreaching, effective way the train's got going for it. )

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[jingyeets]

No, we're still where we were, where'd you get moved to?

( It's fine, he's just taking a Space Vacation after one of his best friends shipped out and some jackass was in his memories and he's DOING FINE he just also can for once get some space to work on it without bristling up. )

[agoodsoul]

[That's all entirely fair. Some space to heal is what we need sometimes.]

Third sleeper car. Upper cabin E. Seems kinda weird that they just got rid of the whole sleeper car when we might need it again anyway.

[jingyeets]

Huh. I'll bring something by.

( welcome to your new cabin, as a gift. said so without thought that it's more reflex on politeness and less anything he's done here before, aside from when sizhui, likely when sizhui had moved from where he shared with a-qing elsewhere. )

The whole train's weird, I may be using the inn thing or whatever but it has an inn. Then it asks us what we want, sometimes, but most the time doesn't, and just does whatever it wants, because it thinks, who knows? This is what it can do so why not.

[agoodsoul]

Oh, you don't gotta...

[Look don't go out of the way, Jingyi. Especially when it looks like you need to to get dried up and probably take a nap. A nap might help.]

Weird is a pretty good description of this Void train stuff. [A pause and he decides to ask cause he's curious and nosy.] ... why are you staying at the inn anyways?

[jingyeets]

I keep telling the train we need bigger beds. So I'm giving myself one for a week.

( the train doesn't listen, so he's making use of it's weird setup for his own ends. )

[agoodsoul]

I wouldn't complain about bigger beds. Maybe we all should stay in the inn and fill it up as protest.

[... Dennis don't give Jingyi ideas.]

[jingyeets]

Only if you think it'll treat it's fake points as meaning this is what we want and then that it cares at all, right? I heard that the doubles carriage was the first joke, because people thought they voted for double cabins instead of four-somes, and then! Everyone was played. Except whoever figured out it just meant partner-cabins.

[agoodsoul]

Doubtful.

Voted for that carriage cause I figured we'd be getting bigger beds. Like two person cabins with larger beds. Joke was definitely on us.

[jingyeets]

I would have made the same assumption. Not that it was adding one place for people to double off to, call it couples or extremely tiny family carriage or something, even if it isn't all that way. It's still pretty stupidly pointed.

[agoodsoul]

Still... would be nice to have one've them cabins eventually. Train could definitely do with just upgrading all the cabins to something more comfy though.

Just cause I'm used to a twin sized mattress back home don't mean I want it here!

[jingyeets]

Where do these names come from, are mattresses this size supposed to come in sets?

( he sighs out a huff. )

Yeah, well, I've been telling the train about making longer, wider beds standard for everyone for a while. Make them bunked still, whatever, it'd be fine.

[agoodsoul]

Look I ain't the mattress naming bloke, dunno. Though I guess probably? They're smaller mattresses so you could fit two beds in one room?

[It's ridiculous, he knows. Then there's queen and king. Like who thought of that? Why?]

Maybe one day they'll listen, but not gonna hold my breath.

[jingyeets]

Yeah, you need oxygen to breathe, better not to try and kill yourself before I, and Sizhui, have to then wait for you to come back to kill you again for being a dumbass.

( there's something of a tease in there, okay, with the wry smile he gives Dennis, all very As You Know. )

[agoodsoul]

Pff, I wouldn't go down that lamely, c'mon.

[Plus he's thankfully not that self destructive anymore.]

'Sides, wouldn't do that to Sizhui... or sure as fuck ain't planning on it.

[jingyeets]

You're not an idiot, so no, of course you wouldn't.

( Said so self assured of his judgement on Dennis here. Officially Not An Idiot, mostly because he got his shit together, and that's good enough for Jingyi in various situations. )

Wait, hey, what was your thing in the fake Diagad life again? Your ability thing.

[agoodsoul]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jingyi.

[Dennis means it though, even if he's trying not to chuckle when he says it. After everything he can tell that he means it.]

Oh uh, m'fireproof and can make these like... energy barriers?

[He'll hold a hand up in front of his face and after a little focus a blue glowing translucent orb appears around it.]

This. Been working on it since Diagad.

[It soon fades and with a shake of his hand goes away. With a wry grin he adds-]

Hard to work on being fireproof though, so not sure when that'll actually be true.

[jingyeets]

Duh, ask Sizhui to work with you on it. He and I both have fire element control to an extent... or, well, he's got talismans, I might have better elemental control.

( which is so entirely weird he has to pause and glance away for a moment, because back home, that would not be true. here, however. here, it is true. and that's weird! )

Not to test all of you, but fingers through flames, right? Go fast enough, you never feel it. Try going slower, through a candle's flame. Nothing dumb or dramatic. That other thing, though, that's fun! Do it again! I have this whole...

( he waves a hand )

Shielding thing too, but I used it to fly? Could you do the same?

[agoodsoul]

You lads can do everything huh? Magic and talismans. You're a dragon and Sizhui can sorta change into animals now too. Guess that's a good idea though, hadn't even thought of doing it that way.

[Better than yeeting himself into a full on fire.]

Uhh... how do you use it to fly?

[Dennis squints trying to picture it, but he's coming up blank.]

[jingyeets]

( to that question, he smiles. not exactly a grin, he's not summoning that up right now, but still: )

Meet up with me in the training gym tomorrow, I'll show you. Then we can see if yours will work too. I won't dignify that whole 'you can do everything' with a response beyond going: hah.

[agoodsoul]

Gonna keep me in suspense, huh?

[But fine, fine. It's a date. Except not that kind of date, cause he's dating Sizhui.]

Alright you can do most things.

[jingyeets]

( since he's not dignifying that with further response, he waves his hand at the screen, dismissive. )

Yeah, yeah, see you tomorrow. Enjoy the suspense until then.

( sizhui's fiancee can handle that much, he's certain! )