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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[longforgottenpromise]

Taiki listens as Lan Jingyi speaks. It must be hard, to be the only dragon around, to have no one else who shared his way of life, his culture. Even worse that so many looked like those he knew from home, but different in many ways.

"It must be hard, to be alone. Especially when not alone. Physically I mean."

[jingyeets]

"We're all alone," he said, lifting his shoulders a touch. "To different degrees."

Being alone, in the sense that Taiki said, wasn't unique. He didn't linger in what felt off to him, but right here and now, he allowed himself to reflect on it more than he usually did.

"Hard or not, you get through it. There's nothing else to do."

[longforgottenpromise]

It was true. They were all alone. Some less so or more so but they were all parted from their worlds, from the people they should be with. To be here on this train.

"Yes. We will get through it, surviving like this... It's possible and though we can't be dragons, we can still be your friends, Shuǐlóng. We can't replace them, but we can help."

It's what friends were for.

[jingyeets]

"That's what friends are for," he said, stating the obvious, but offering a crooked sort of grin back to Taiki. "None of us can be exactly what we each want. I guess we all manage to be what we each need, regardless."

You Can't Always Get What You Want began playing muffled from the ICP.

[longforgottenpromise]

He smiled back. "Yes. We do."

He tilted his head at the music and then glanced at Lan Jingyi. Had he done that?

[jingyeets]

Jingyi shrugged in turn. Who knew? He could have when he tapped at the ICP earlier, and it just happened to play now, though when he turned to properly look at the ICP, he lifted his eyebrows.

"I think this ICP thing connects to the same stuff from the picture carriage and the music carriage. Wanna check it out?"

A step away from what was rather nice, but also sad, conversation, to one that involved poking technology.

[longforgottenpromise]

He looked over at the ICP and nodded, "Oh. You get the music and films?" He guessed since the was paying for this carriage it would come with perks such as this.

"Alright..." It was a good distraction if nothing else.

[jingyeets]

Time for Jingyi to show an increased ability to navigate, though when he moves to the ICP still holding his cup, it's to take at the screen and then gesture for Taiki to take over.

[longforgottenpromise]

He moves closer, and reaches out to go into the ICP, looking through it. "Ah it does. All the films and music."

He tilted his head, "Do you like films?"

After all they would be completely new to Jingyi.