Im Soooo Bored! We Still Have 80 Miles To Go!

I’m soooo bored! we still have 80 miles to go!

Someone y’all to me about something or teach me how to draw male lips. I’ve been struggling with a sketch for hours

Lucette’s mind and tongue were rendered speechless as she watched in blanked out horror as a whole fucking ....thing appeared out of Bi-Han’s body and glared down at him with glowing white eyes. The second most bewildering thing was that Bi-Han was speaking to it as if it were another human!

‘Well, that’s interesting. Explains the odd bouts of silence. I assume that’s the other being he has been speaking to.’

The voice’s bored commentary was what snapped Lucette out of her terror and shocked induced frozen state, blinking up at the being as it floated closer to and touched her hand. She shuddered as a cold, slick feeling encompassed her right hand, almost like she dumped her hand into a barrel of oil. As if she wasn’t already freezing enough. “Ah! Hey wait, what the hell are you-Ah!” She screamed as she was warped through a portal and appeared in a whole different room, her head spinning. Yanking her hand away, she backed up 5 steps and glared at the entity with narrowed eyes. “What are you? And where did you take me?” She demanded, eyes now glowing orange as she summoned a fireball in her hand.

‘That’s a bit of an overreaction, don’t you think?’ “And you hush up. I’d like to see how you’d react if some shadow guy appeared out of nowhere and teleports you somewhere.” Lucette snapped back at her, not in the mood for sass.

kingarise

Lucette watched in amazement and wonder as the man conjured a portal out of a small amulet. She’s never seen magic like that before.

‘Not bad. For a human.’

And there is Miss Raincloud, raining on her parade. Lucette rolled her eyes as Bi-Han stepped through the portal and, unthinkingly, stepped in right behind him. Only to let out a loud shriek when she fell face first into bonechilling snow and ice. Popping her head up, she coughed out the mouthful of snow that got into her mouth, blinking and looking around.

She was in a fucking ice tundra. This man took her from a mildly cold climate to a fucking winter wonderland!

‘That’s what you get for being so trusting.’

‘You’re not helping.” She growled as she dug herself out of the hole she made, realizing with a growing dread that something was very wrong. Her clothes were completely and utterly soaking wet from the snow. And the polar wind was blowing hard. Lucette quickly felt her body temperature begin to drop, her fingers and toes quickly going numb with a faint burning sensation and her teeth chattering in her mouth. If she wasn’t miserable before, she sure was now. Looking up, she saw that they were standing in front of some sort of Mooshu-like palace, Bi-Han speaking speaking to two people a few feet in front of them.

Huffing an annoyed breath, she stomped a path through the snow, each step sending a shockwave up her bare legs as the ice seeped further into the now ruined sneakers, walking up behind him and now sending a mild glare at the back of his head. Now she’s 10x more suspicious of him.

‘You think he brought you here to let the environment kill you less than 10 feet away from his home?’ Lucette could hear the incredulous tone she was using and turned her head to the wall and stuck her tongue out, imagining that she was doing it in her direction.

“I have just cause to believe so.” Lucette murmured haughtily before turning back to Bi-Han.

“Thanks for the warning of the weather, sir.” It was hard to keep her sarcasm out of her voice. But then again, she’s freezing, she’s wet, can’t feel her appendages and is away from home and starving. She deserves some sarcasm.

Bi-Han shuddered. A familiar sensation shudders through him: the shadowy form that materialized out of his own, arms crossed and tapping his boot against the ground and somehow managing a look of unamusement without a mouth.

‘You really forgot about our guest within a span of only a few minutes?’

Oh… right, her.

Saibot shook his head. Sometimes how dense Bi-Han could be was surprising even after the decades that they spent together. Just how he made his way up to the throne of the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei was beyond him: ‘Go speak to your brother, I’ll take care of her and return to you.’

The pure white eyes that stared back at him didn’t leave much room for protest. Bi-Han sighs, clasping his hands behind his back; peering at Lucette behind Saibot’s lithe figure. “Alright, don’t take too long.”

‘You know I can’t be apart from you for more than a few hours at most.’ While literal, drew a hint of a smile across the otherwise grim Grandmaster’s lips. They were two halves of one whole, and nobody else in the world knew him better than his shadow, his shadow; a flash of purple from the corner of one eye the telltale sign of him taking one of her hands and warping them to one of the many guest chambers in the temple.

Lucette mused over the events that happened to her in the past few hours as she tied the odd sash of the uniform she was given around her waist.

“Kuai Liang and Bi-Han. We’re definitely not in the Spiral anymore but everything here reminds me of Mooshu. Even....whatever I’m wearing now has bits and pieces of Mooshu design.” 

Lucette wasn’t too fond of what she had to wear. It wasn’t a dress or even a robe or a jacket! It was some odd tight sleeveless bodysuit in a dark gray color with some odd medallion on the chest and long elbow length black gloves. All in all, not something Lucette has ever seen before, even in Mooshu. When wearing it, she felt like she was naked! The blue sash didn’t really help either, so she just decided to wear it as a belt.  ‘At least its something. I think you look lovely in it. Highlights all of your curves well.’ Lucette looked in the mirror, frowning at her reflection 

 "That’s what I DON’T want. I look...odd in this uniform."

‘Well, that’s all you’re getting until after dinner. So stop whining and let’s go. I’ll lead.’ Lucette grumbled under her breath as her legs took her out of her room and down the hall, the sound of chatter and noise growing louder. Entering the dining hall, Lucette was left standing by the entrance as feeling finally returned to her legs, now back in control. Except, now Lucette was entirely frozen as a feeling similar to a lamb walking into a den of lions overtook her. 

“Great, what do I do now?” She mumbled, partially to herself. The air brushing against her body in places it normally wouldn’t and the tight material lining to her skin made her feel like everyone was staring at her. She’d never thought she’d say this but she missed her polonaise and panniers.

‘You are so dramatic over nothing’

kingarise

“I have never heard of the Lin Kuei before. And yes, your brother found me……and then forgot about me.” She was still not over that. She has never seen such a short attention span before in her life!

“Saibot, hmmm. His shadow huh? But he seems to think independently from Bi-Han. Much more helpful.” Lucette has never seen such an odd entity as Saibot before. Ghosts, zombies, clockworks, werewolves, vampires, yes. But that? Never. Lucette pouted and let out a low groan of annoyance when she was told that she couldn’t take a bathe until after dinner. Her royal upbringing was screaming in terror and horror.

“After dinner?!”

‘Oh, stop whining. At least he’s giving you better clothing. It’s not like you’re sweaty or smell right now. You can just eat dinner quickly and then take a bath.’

Lucette frowned at the internal scolding she received but didn’t argue as she knew the voice was right. She was lucky to get new clothes and food. She’ll just have to take a long bath after dinner. “Very well. I understand……Who are you?” She completely forgot to ask for the man’s name before.

“Kuai Liang, Bi-Han is my older brother. I am the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei clan of assassins.” -

Bi-Han folded his legs beneath him, regarding the plates set before him. Pork belly, fried fish, some steamed vegetables and rice. A true feast fit for a king! Maybe it wasn’t such a bad idea to have his little brother handle most of the important things, after all.

‘I can hear your thoughts, you want a dessert after this.’

The cryomancer paused, rolling his eyes: ‘Shut up, bastard.’

He scooped a spoonful of rice up, sprinkled with broth. Everyone else were fortunately too busy conversing amongst themselves to notice his little… distraction. Elder gods above did he adore him, but this is one of those times when he sincerely wished that he could yank him out and shut him up properly.

“Got you a little something, since you did cut your little break short.” Kuai winked with a gesture at the bottle on the elder cryomancer’s table, Bi-Han quirking his brow in return. It was not like Kuai Liang to allow emotions out, much less when in public: who is this man and what did he do to his stiff-backed little brother?

@umbrclflame

A family isn’t always a mom, dad and two kids.

Sometimes, it’s two god dads with their three chaotic as fuck children who are always throwing fireballs at each other and snitching.

Lucette pouted as she recognized the look on the man, Bi-Han’s, face. It was a look she was well acquainted with. Exasperation.

‘If he’s exhausted dealing with you now, just wait til something happens and you go charging in as usual.’

What a pest. The confused and odd look Bi-Han gave her didn’t help matters, either. How can he not know what Mooshu and Valencia were? The most famous worlds in the Spiral?! Lucette was astonished when he told her that she was in a place called Earthrealm, blue eyes growing wide in wonder.

“Earthrealm? As in.....Earth? Maria’s original home?”

Lucette looked around with a new appreciation, her mouth open in shock. That explained why none of the animals talked here.

“It looks.....nice? Where are the giant trees? And waterfalls? and all the shiny moving things? The ones that she says carries people on the ground?”

Lucette stopped herself before she asked too many questions. She stared at Bi-han in surprise when he told her that he will take her to where he and his brother lived.

“Really?! That would be great! Since I...uh....don’t know how to get back to my own home.”

She felt embarrassed admitting that to a total stranger but since the stranger was helping her and making sure she didn’t freeze to death, she felt it was only fair she admits that.

kingarise

The man’s long period of silence rang alarm bells in Lucette’s mind. The way his head tilted and his eyes looked distant for a bit before focusing on her was not natural. She would’ve been more disturbed by it but-

‘Let’s not have the pot calling a kettle black now, girl.’

Yes, she could not speak so boldly. When he spoke to her, he started talking about….some other odd place.

“S…Spain? My apologies, but I have never heard of such a world. I am from the world of Valencia, ruled by the clockworks. I can most certainly assure you, I am no visitor. Or…at least, not willingly.”

She felt embarrassed admitting that but withholding too much information from someone who seems to know the place would not be very helpful in the long run.

“The Changbai Mountains? Am I somewhere in Mooshu?”

‘I have traveled Mooshu and have never heard of such a mountain range. He is either messing with you or we are truly further away than I thought.’

It seems so. She was in really deep trouble now. At the man’s answer of being a human and admitting he knew he didn’t look like one, Lucette’s body posture relaxed slightly, though she still kept her hands close to her side.

“My sincerest apologies for the rude question, Bi-Han. I have encountered many odd creatures in my life and have many magical enemies.”

Wouldn’t be very queenly to forget her manners, after all.

Alright, the gods are seriously trying to fuck with him. Not going to be the first time this has happened, but still.

‘Is she delusional or something? Mooshu? Clockworks? What the fuck?’

‘You’re talking to me, I’m your shadow living inside your mind. Not really outside a realm of possibility that she came from either another realm, or maybe even some universe.’

Saibot had a point, as much as that made him roll his eyes. Bi-Han’s attention turned to her, Lucette, as she claimed to be named, breathing out a long breath that turned into smoke in the chilly mountain air, escaping through the slight gaps at the sides of his mask: “I know nothing of whatever realms you speak of, but this is Earthrealm and we are currently standing on the Changbai Mountains.”

A pause before he adds:

“While I also don’t know how much of what you’re telling me is the truth, it would not do well for me to leave you here to freeze on this mountain. Guess I’m going to cut my vacation short and take you back to my brother’s place… our place.”

So I completely forgot to announce this here and with the recent news, I think now is the perfect time to say it.....

Kirinmaru no longer belongs to Sunrise. He’s mine now. They obviously don’t know how to treat him or use him right and they always fuck up his hair! 

In every single episode he appears in, his hair gets progressively uglier!

I’ve had enough. I’m taking Kirinmaru away from that shitshow and putting him in “The Dragon’s Flight”. And actually use him and give him the development he deserves without a nonsensical train wreck of a plot.

His role will be a bit different tho. He’s not gonna be the Demon Lord of the East anymore. He will still be high on the hierarchy though.

Fuck Yashahime and Fuck Sunrise.