#aevori

     REACHING  FOR  HER  HAND  AND  INSTINCTIVELY  PLACING  IT  ON  THEIR  CHEEK,    refusing to let go and have her slip past them all over again.    the stellaron that she has nurtured is prone to look for them no matter how different their goals are.   mere waves and faint touches no longer     SUFFICE.    their heart brimming with anticipation that she will stay.

unprompted,  always accepting !   @aevori  ♡

a blink.  hakuno kishinami's expression remaining completely still as her gaze remained on the other woman.  boom 💥  —she'd said,  but what does that mean,  exactly ?   belatedly,  a dainty hand raises to her lips as though shocked.       ❛   ... wah ... !   ❜       not at all a convincing act,  though hakuno wanted to play the part for this skit she assumed the other was expecting.       ❛   and then,  i'm dead.   ❜       head tilting,  perfect posture slackens just as abruptly. 

( Isn't this exactly what you said you were not going to do ? Getting in bed with a Stellaron Hunter , & worst of all , the mystery woman who seemed so keen on causing trouble for your darling Express family . You , so hungry for knowledge , reckless enough to invite danger in hopes of learning her schemes . No doubt she's catching on . Perhaps that is why she torments you so . )

Lashes flutter away from the page she had devoted attention to , settling instead on that troublemaker beside her . Fingers , so delicate as they slip bookmark between pages & lovingly tap hardcover she sets aside , rise suddenly to squeeze Kafka's chin between thumb and index .

a scoff, nearly releasing a mix of tangible confidence & spite. one in the same. perhaps, to those who dishonor lawful ways, the directives sanctioned to uphold justice were nothing more than an outline for chaos or an oppressive feature of society. she disagreed. given their respective standings, she held the power — but that was not to assume kafka had none. on the contrary, fu xuan believed fully that  ( unlike criminals past )  she must remain on guard. who knew what underhanded tactics she stored?

           ❛  i have faith in the matrix of prescience  —  no method that has acted as a stronghold for the divination commission could fail .  ❜   ( though  ...  despite her better judgement ,  there were doubts )  any hint of uncertainty disappeared without a trace. i am the best — i have never been wrong before. this is no exception.   ❛  & i have no interest in entertaining such nonsense .  need i remind you ,  there is still a problem at large .  ❜   whether or not she & her coconspirators were indirectly involved in such a predicament of grand scale, it was still at the top of her priorities. desperate times called for desperate measures. 

NOBODY ASKED FOR THIS, @aevori .

AN EXPECTED LETTER, for @aevori .

        to an outsider,  it would seem that tingyun was digging her snout into business that was certainly not her own.  after all,  what reasons would one have to follow the trailblazers around the luofu aside from nosiness?  she would have to respectfully and strongly disagree at the very notion.  it was completely outside of her interests to be anywhere near the battlefield!  lady yukong was well aware that she did not even carry a weapon on her person.  alas,  she could not blame her  ...  when an arbiter general told you do to something,  you follow their directions to the letter.  especially one as seasoned and beloved as jing yuan.  fate could be such an unsightly thing.

        truly she would not have minded it so much if she wasn't coming face to face with the interastral peace corporation's most wanted.  eugh,  her fur bristled remembering how  ...  unsettling the interrogation between benefactors and convict was.  especially the ashen haired one.  it would be a lie to say that she was not curious to know the true relationship between the trailblazers and the stellaron hunters.  it would also be a lie to say that she cared enough to find out.  it was already unsettling to know that both captives were loose upon the luofu once again. 

        a heavy,  slow exhale escaped her lips.  for now,  a moment of peace.  until their honored guests came to find her once more.  hands cradled a cup of tea as she walked along the perimeter of the airship.  keen hearing caught bits and pieces of conversation from far away.  bits of gossip and replayed ads made up the bulk of what she caught,  nothing out of the ordinary aside from a familiar voice.  a calm,  even cadence not unlike her own but with something rather  ...  sinister behind it.  perhaps conniving?  tingyun was not entirely sure.  her ear flicked towards the voice in an attempt to better hear.

        "  oh,  did i say that out loud?  "

        ...  nothing more came after.  she turned to look,  curious as to the sudden silence only to find kafka looking directly at her.  before she could catch herself reacting,  tingyun found herself standing up straighter.  she could not stop her ears from pulling back at the sight of her;  it was a dangerous,  wanted criminal,  after all.  knowing she was caught eavesdropping,  she reponded as casually as she could.