jin ling

[soba]

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w5, idk monday

[goldpeony]

[i had promised someone i would do this

Toi is forced to run across peacock Jin Ling in the drawing room......painting? He's painting something. If Toi squints, he can see Jin Ling going at it.

He seems to be painting a black scabbard...gold?

But he freezes as soon as he sees Toi, paused in mid brush stroke.]

i????

[soba]

[ toi.... just stares at jin ling

looks at the scabbard

and then slowly starts to back out of the room without breaking eye contact ]

[goldpeony]

[He doesn't look embarrassed so much as he's just been caught doing something he didn't want to be caught doing.]

Hey! It isn't what--! I didn't--! I found it!

[soba]

Dude, if you want fake bling that badly, that's on you.

[ jin ling,,, ]

[goldpeony]

[STOP]

Fake what? It's not fake! I just--

[He glances down. He's painting a black scabbard gold.]

I just don't like--black!

[This sounds like such a lie, but whatever.]

[soba]

[ i need a normal icon to properly show how little toi believes this

but he just raises an eyebrow. ]

Do you understand how dumb that sounds?

[goldpeony]

How does that sound dumb?! I want it to be another color is all!

[He isn't doing anything out of the ordinary here!]

[soba]

You're going through a lot of trouble for no reason.

[goldpeony]

Shut up! There's a reason! It's a good reason!

[soba]

What's the reason then, huh?

[goldpeony]

[He opens his mouth, but nothing comes out because he's not sure what to say. And if he tries, he'll just stammer and sound fucking stupid.

More stupid? Whatever.]

It's--a good one! I... want it to be gold! Like my robes!

[soba]

[ ... ]

You just want to match?

[goldpeony]

[...]

Yeah! What's wrong with that?!

[soba]

Wow.... you really are a kid...

[ he's older than you, toi ]

[goldpeony]

[It doesn't look like he enjoys being called a kid.]

Someone gave it to me, and I don't want others to know! So they don't ask stupid, nosy questions! Especially the adults.

[soba]

[ he's just squinting ]

Why would you go through all this trouble?

[goldpeony]

[His face is indignant.]

I just told you why! I didn't want anyone to know! They could have seen him holding it.

[soba]

No, I mean, why does it matter that much?! People give each other things all the time here!

[goldpeony]

He's not my friend! People would ask questions. Or they might try to get him to give them information about it. And he's a coward, so he'd just roll over and do it.

[soba]

[ HE'S JUST

SQUINTING ]

Is this Zenitsu's?

[goldpeony]

[His soul leaves his body, honestly.]

Shhhhhhhhh!

[soba]

[ what the FUCK is going on ]

What? Is this one of those special items, or something? I literally wouldn't have suspected anything if you didn't start acting so suspiciously about it.

[goldpeony]

Yes, but shut up. Don't say anything! You're so annoying...

[Toi isn't even doing anything.]

You're also stupid. Who walks around with a sheath, but no sword? That doesn't make any sense. Obviously it's something important!

[soba]

And you think painting it a different color is going to make people think otherwise?!

[goldpeony]

What matters is they wouldn't know it belonged to him if they had seen him holding it!!