Xiao (
whirlwindthrust) wrote in
isleofavalon2021-05-03 09:06 pm
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🧙 WHO: Xiao and others
⚔️️ WHAT: Closed threads/quests
🕒 WHEN: May
🗺️ WHERE: Here and there
⚠️ WARNINGS: TBD
**Note: If you want to do a thread with Xiao, I'll be more than happy to write you up something. Just hit me up at
jardaan
⚔️️ WHAT: Closed threads/quests
🕒 WHEN: May
🗺️ WHERE: Here and there
⚠️ WARNINGS: TBD
**Note: If you want to do a thread with Xiao, I'll be more than happy to write you up something. Just hit me up at

Venti 🏹 Red Spring
In poem form no less.
Sometimes he does not understand the bard. Why play all these games? What enjoyment does he get from being this way? Then again Xiao is the one that responds to them willingly, so what does that say about him? Neither here nor there, he supposes, since he arrives outside of the Red Springs.
What does Venti require of him? ]
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Beside the tall elm-tree,
Where the sweetbriar smells so sweet agen;
There come with me.
Meet me in the water's red glen.
[It goes on vaguely for a little longer than that. But the message is clear that Venti wants Xiao to meet him somewhere. And that somewhere is the red spring where the hot spring waters run deeply and soothingly. This little archon is so sick and tired of walking everywhere and just wants to soak his poor ankles. Who knew that walking everywhere would ache so much when he's spent hundreds of years traveling on the winds... Alas! Woe!
He's waiting outside the spring with what appears to be a simple packed bag. Venti... planning ahead? What is this-]
Xiao! Yahoo! Over here!
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Now if he had known that they are here because Venti's feet hurt due to walking, Xiao might find himself exasperated. Fortunately or unfortunately, Xiao is clueless as he walks up to the other. He notes the bag and tilts his head curiously. ]
You called for me?
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I did! I thought today would be a good as any for us to take a soak in the springs today! I haven't been to one in years. I'm sure nothing will beat the springs in Liyue and yet I'm still very inclined to try!
[He even packed them the items they need. Be proud of him???]
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A momentary reprieve might be manageable.
[ Thus he walks up to Venti, as if to follow. The Archon can now lead the way to where they can get changed and enter the springs proper. ]
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i have no idea what happened here?
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Makoto 🌹 Holo Goodbye
It is likely odd to see him amongst the fields, heading towards the river, with spear strapped to his back rather than in his hand. Xiao does not have any intentions to end any lives today. This is not a matter of slaying, but remembrance, he thinks.
He isn't really a social person, truth to be told. The people he is in contact with is rather limited. Thus when he sees someone on the trail as well, there's a bit of a pause. Of course others would also be taking this journey. It is an open request. Though don't expect him to start a conversation, though he might try to hang back just a little more... ]
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[Said stranger is a tall, muscular lass with curly auburn hair tied in a high ponytail. At first glance, she might look more like she's taking a stroll than on a mission; unarmed save for a messenger bag and humming a bit to herself, but at least she's dressed well (and cutely) for a long hike. When she notices she has company, she lifts up a hand for a wave.]
Hey there~
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Thus he gives a nod of acknowledgement and attempts to be on his way.
Poor Makoto. He's just an awkward "old man." ]
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[O-kay... Not the worst reaction she could have gotten. For a while she shrugs and just continues her own walk... but it seems like they keep following the same path for a while now, and they keep pace pretty well too.]
So... nice day, huh?
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I am not one to engage in... Idle talk.
[ Or conversation at all really. Honestly he's just trying to tell her that he's not really good at this sort of thing. That's not how it's coming out, but it is what it is? ]
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....wow typos
It's okay, happens to the best of us.
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Lizzie 🐇 The Green Word
He sees the woman that he had witnessed as a little girl milling about about in the crowd. She stands out, really, due to her height and ears. Lizzie really does not blend in at all does she? An idea soon comes to mind...
Thus he approaches her with something of a hum. ]
Is there something that you can do out here that will impress me?
[ Referencing their first conversation, of course. ]
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[Lizzie keeps her voice light despite the fact that she's been a bit in knots over this very moment for over a moon now. He's one of two people she needs to have this conversation with, and the only one who saw her as she once was. It's a part of her life she prefers to keep private, for all of her complicated feelings about it.
At least he has the mercy to open the conversation with her promise to impress instead of the white-haired young girl. In response, she gives him a grin. Serious conversations can wait.]
I've been practicing my flying, if you care to see.
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Yet, he will not press. If she is unwilling to share, then that is her choice. It will be respected. ]
I have been curious about your progress or whether or not there has been anything at all.
[ So by all means. Show him. ]
Are you free now or do you wish to continue your errands?
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Showing off is a great way to do just that.]
Errands can wait. Let's go somewhere more open and I can show you what I've learned.
[She gives him a grin, nodding her head for him to follow. There's a park nearby.]
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I welcome the opportunity at the very least.
[ The park is a nice open spot indeed. She should be able to spread her metaphorical wings here at least. No one will be in the way and there's plenty of time for Xiao to react in the case that something goes wrong. ]
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Mona 🔮 Caught in the Act
That is neither here nor there. Today Xiao has thought to enter a bookstore in hopes of finding something for a particular someone that might be interested in legends and ballads of this world. Now the problem here is, Xiao has no idea what he is doing. No idea how to navigate the various shelves and rows of books and even the occasional scroll.
He is a Yaksha lost in a sea of paper and hardback with no hop of finding his way out. The frustration begins to show on his face in the way his brows start to knit together and his eyes narrow. Xiao is about two seconds from leaving this little shop entirely. ]
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[ It takes her a moment to notice the glowering color and emblem there. It is stilled because the magic here of their past lives do not matter any more. It delights her however, to see another from Teyvat. ]
It is nice to meet you, I am Mona Megistus - the soon to be Greatest Astrologer within Avalon! *Ahem* Who might you be? Your clothes.... Hmm... Liyue?
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Maybe he can... Casually... Slip this book back into the shelf. ]
I have noticed an abundance of Mondstadt's Vision holders here. [ Confirming that he is from Teyvat if nothing else. ] Your assumption is correct, of course.
[ Now he won't comment on "greatest astrologer" part. If that is her goal, then that is her goal. He will not take away from her ambitions. ]
You may refer to me as Xiao.
[ There's little reason to be rude, after all. ]
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Well no matter about that, it looks like you are another avid book reader? What collection are you looking for?
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[ Though why the Traveler would speak of Xiao to anyone... He can't parse it. There is no reason to mention the Yaksha?
Anyway. He tenses when the topic of a book is brought up. ]
I... No. Not particularly, though I read when I am able to find something. [ When someone gifts him one or he finds one in the ruins. ] This. It. I am not looking for myself.
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Bennett 👍🏻 Holo Goodbye
Are you not looking for more flaming barrels to roll in?
[ Color him surprised all the same! ]
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[That was an experience that he is not too keen on repeating any time soon.]
What are you doing here, though? This quest doesn't seem like your style.
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[ At least where it involves barrels. Xiao can't say that the boy won't try other means, even if it is purely accidental.
Instead he grows pensive at the question. This quest does not seem like him, huh? That... Is likely a fair statement. Xiao is more of an instrument of destruction. A weapon. This... This is something different than that. ]
Even someone that has lived for as long as I can hold some compassion for one who will not.
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You're protecting someone's dreams.
[He folds his hands behind his head now.]
As for me... This job made me think about my dads. They're not in that great of shape, so there's a lot they can't do by themselves anymore. I always do whatever I can to help them out, because I don't want them to have to miss out on something just because they're getting older. So I totally get how this person feels with their grandma.
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His attention returns to the boy as he speaks. ]
You seem rather young for them to be getting on in years...
[ But then there might be something else coming into play? ]
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wtf i thought i responded to this.
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