i’ve been tagged by @ink-and-petrichor​ for this one, so thanks! raine seems really chill, and i totally understand what she means by just being on her own and watching the stars and feeling the wind on her face in the silence -- honestly, could use some of that right now myself. ANYWAY. i’ve done this before for Zhen & Lu, Ren, Jia & Jun, and Shou & Teng, so i’m up to my last two characters, and they are... the Yus. 

Yes, so there’s Yu(f), the girl who’s obsessed with work, and Yu(m), who I dub as ‘The Stoic One’. So let’s get to know them! I’ll be using the set of 15 questions that is more appropriate for my story! rules:  answer 15 questions as either yourself or one of your OCs, then tag 15 people. 1. What is your full name? Yu(f): Yu Yu(m): Yu Yu(f): Don’t get mistaken though, i’m on the fourth tone, like ‘Jade’. That guy’s on the third tone, like ‘Rain’ or something. 2. What does your name mean? Yu(f): Are you seriously wasting my time with these questions right now? Didn’t I just answer that? 3. What are your nicknames / other names?  Yu(f): (gets ready to walk off) Yu(m): Yu. Just sit down. Yu(f): I’m not your dog, you don’t tell me what to do! Yu(m): Yeah. You really want to prove Zhen right? That you can’t get your ass off of work for even 30 short minutes? Yu(f): (... slowly sits back done) Fine. You’re convincing her to cook for me after this. 4. What’s your gender? Yu(m): (holding a hand up to the other Yu) Yeah, I’m male, she’s female. 

5. What’s your sexuality? Yu(f): Seriously, are they allowed to ask such questions?  Yu(m): We were warned. Yu(f): Ah. Fine. Okay, I don’t really know okay? Maybe I’m straight. Maybe I’m bi. Maybe I’m just someone who’s trying to finish the paperwork that’s piling up on my desk because guess what? No one does any work around here! And guess who’s left picking up the slack? Yu(m): ... You caught her on a bad day. Anyway. I’m likely straight, but don’t really care either way. 6. Where are you from? Yu(f): We. Don’t Know. That.  Yu(m): We aren’t really supposed to know. Yu(f): That’s the whole point, isn’t it? We aren’t supposed to know anything about our pasts. We aren’t supposed to remember. We are dead and all those are bygones now -- it doesn’t matter. You are starting to sound like Shou. 7. How old are you? Yu(f): I don’t know. But if I had to guess, I’d peg myself as around the same age as Zhen. 21 maybe? 23? Who the hell knows.  Yu(m): I should be older. Maybe 25 - 26. Teng’s still the oldest among us, though.  8. Any special talents? Yu(f): Huh. Yu(m): ...  Yu(f): I mean, dear ol’ Yu here has the tendency to trip over his own feet and accidentally slice himself open on any surface he happens to fall on. Don’t judge him by his stoic good looks -- he’s a dork. Yu(m): I-I.. It’s not like I... sometimes, sometimes it’s like... my feet moves and -- Yu(f): -- yeah and the air comes over and trips you over. Sure. You don’t have to keep up your ‘cool’ facade with us. We all know it’s garbage. Yu(m): It’s not! A facade! Yu(f): Anyway. I guess my greatest talent is somehow still staying sane despite living right beside Zhen and her kid. And now Shou too, apparently. People like to say I’m impatient, but can they withstand those three chaos of human beings? Huh, yeah. I thought not. 9. How do you look like? Yu(f): How narcissistic do you want us to be, to describe ourselves? Yu(m): She’s not good-looking. Traditionally, I mean. Yu(f): He only can say that because he’s gotten big-headed from all the talk about ‘that cold, dark and handsome guy’ from the ‘Noisies’ but honestly. He’s standing beside Teng all day. It’s not difficult to be considered attractive. Yu(m): There’s Jun too. Yu(f): ... Fine, but Jun is a menace to society and everyone knows that. It’s like, do you want that pretty, delicate-looking boy who picks your pockets and threatens your children, or that ~~ unknown brooding handsome man ~~ who, as far as they know, has no odd quirks to speak of? Yu(m): I have no.... quirks.  Yu(f): Sure. You know you only speak to me ‘cause you can’t speak to anyone else. 10. What’s your aesthetic? Yu(m): She’s messy hair. And coffee. And work. A lot of coffee, and a lot a lot of work. Yu(f): I’ve already said it earlier, didn’t I? He’s that nasty brooding literature-character types that people just love to fawn over. People are just so desperate and lonely here, they’ll grab at anything. He even stands sullenly in the corner of the room! He’s got all the traits down! He pretends like he doesnt know what ‘trope’ he fits into but he knows it and he knows it well. Don’t be fooled. Yu(m): Hey! I... I don’t... uh... don’t besmirch my good name! 11. Who’s your best friend? Yu(f): Best friends don’t exist around here. We might get whisked off anytime, what for make friends? Yu(m): ... 12. Would you ever get a piercing / tattoo? Yu(f): Who’s to say I don’t already have one? Yu(m): ... You.. you do? Yu(f): Ha. You wish you knew. 

hello!! hmmm since you didn’t indicate an OC, lemme choose a random OC off the top of my mind before I look at the questions... hmmm... Yu(m)? 08. What is, perhaps, their biggest flaw? Are they aware of this or oblivious to it?hm. Yu certainly knows a few flaws of his, though he doesn’t really know what exactly his biggest flaw would be. he is too unapproachable, finds it difficult to talk about his emotions or thoughts or feelings, has an inability to express himself, doesn’t care enough etc.  15. Is there a certain person in this world that they cannot stand? The very mention of this person’s name makes them tremble with anger or fear. 

well not to the extent that the question suggests, but he can’t stand Jun. they are like, nemeses in the Noisies gang, kinda. Jun treats him antagonistically and likes to mock him and tease him and make fun of him and make snide remarks about him, and he just gets very annoyed by it all. Jun can be very annoying.thank you for the ask!

yes he is my favourite boy from ‘story of yanxi palace’ and finally seeing him in modern garb rather than the qing-style manchurian outfit made the revelation pretty surprising.  (i mean he looks like this in yanxi palace and can you blame me for not making the immediate connection?)

I’ve been tagged by @incognitxburrito for this really interesting game! 

Rules: Choose 3 or more characters from your WIP and share the first & last lines they say that you’ve written. Well, since the rules asked for 3... there’s only one iconic set of 3 that comes to mind, and that is (dun dun dunnnn) the ‘Noisies’!!! basically, that would be Teng, Jun and Yu (m)! Think this would be fun! (comments in italics are by me)

Teng

“You smacked me in the face with a fish!”

(ah, poor Teng. His first line might’ve been something else, but since it wasn’t specified, then this is his true first line. i think it accurately represents his position in the world - also, if you haven’t read the extremely entertaining banter between teng & jun that alluded to this incident, what are you doing with your life??)

“But --”

(yes he didn’t even manage to complete his last sentence. poor child)

Jun

“Oi, it’s that guy again.” (blase even in first impressions)

“He might be able to help.” (ah well.)

Yu (m)

“You know me?”

(yeah well no i don’t)

“You see, everyone’s been passing on, and we were thinking, it’s about time this place does too.”

(what a spoiler!! shhhhhhhhhh!!)