[Zhao's showed up with a good-natured grin, a yellow rose with a spray of baby's-breath around it, and an invitation in hand. His style is a little casual for this breakfast spot: leather jacket, green shirt open at the collar, skinny jeans and boots, but he's carefully groomed enough to make the casual look appear deliberate.
(Mostly, he's just refusing to wear anything that would require a tie.)
If anyone pauses to look at him, which he's learning is a clear sign they're someone from the Far Shore, he lifts his invitation to flash the symbol at them with a grin.]
Am I who you're looking for?
B. Amusement Park - Closed to Shen Wei
[Flowers are a good date gift when you're sitting at a table, but less good when you're about to go ride roller coasters. Zhao, in a moment of something that he hopes was inspiration and not bad judgment, had bought a satiny red ribbon in the best Valentine's-day wrapping style, and tied it around a small handful of his lollipops. Candy's a perfectly reasonable unisex gift, right? The ribbon makes it more thoughtful and less cheesy, right?
Also, he has seen the way Shen Wei watches him eat lollipops, which adds just the right amount of plausibly deniable come-on to the gift choice.
He's overthinking this.
He leans one shoulder back against the pillar at the entrance of the amusement park, applies a cheerful and careless grin, and watches the crowds, searching for a familiar face. His invitation's held casually in one hand, symbol visible.]
C. Ayakashi - Open
[Zhao Yunlan's got some time between his afternoon at the aquarium and when he's supposed to show at the amusement park; he's killing it hanging out in a park near the aquarium, enjoying the slightly warmer weather and watching the wind raise little whitecapped ripples on the river.
Or he had been, until he spotted a bizarrely colored little teddy bear waddling on its own towards a young human couple.
That bear has real, sharp teeth.
Zhao's on his feet in an instant.]
Hey, teddy! Pick on somebody your own size!
[The bear's head swivels around, and its mouth gapes to show off a very good view of those real teeth as it croons, You smell nice....
Zhao suppresses a shiver -- fuck, that's creepy -- and throws his hands wide in a come-and-get-me-then gesture.
The moment the thing commits to coming after him? He is going to run.]
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[Zhao's showed up with a good-natured grin, a yellow rose with a spray of baby's-breath around it, and an invitation in hand. His style is a little casual for this breakfast spot: leather jacket, green shirt open at the collar, skinny jeans and boots, but he's carefully groomed enough to make the casual look appear deliberate.
(Mostly, he's just refusing to wear anything that would require a tie.)
If anyone pauses to look at him, which he's learning is a clear sign they're someone from the Far Shore, he lifts his invitation to flash the symbol at them with a grin.]
Am I who you're looking for?
B. Amusement Park - Closed to Shen Wei
[Flowers are a good date gift when you're sitting at a table, but less good when you're about to go ride roller coasters. Zhao, in a moment of something that he hopes was inspiration and not bad judgment, had bought a satiny red ribbon in the best Valentine's-day wrapping style, and tied it around a small handful of his lollipops. Candy's a perfectly reasonable unisex gift, right? The ribbon makes it more thoughtful and less cheesy, right?
Also, he has seen the way Shen Wei watches him eat lollipops, which adds just the right amount of plausibly deniable come-on to the gift choice.
He's overthinking this.
He leans one shoulder back against the pillar at the entrance of the amusement park, applies a cheerful and careless grin, and watches the crowds, searching for a familiar face. His invitation's held casually in one hand, symbol visible.]
C. Ayakashi - Open
[Zhao Yunlan's got some time between his afternoon at the aquarium and when he's supposed to show at the amusement park; he's killing it hanging out in a park near the aquarium, enjoying the slightly warmer weather and watching the wind raise little whitecapped ripples on the river.
Or he had been, until he spotted a bizarrely colored little teddy bear waddling on its own towards a young human couple.
That bear has real, sharp teeth.
Zhao's on his feet in an instant.]
Hey, teddy! Pick on somebody your own size!
[The bear's head swivels around, and its mouth gapes to show off a very good view of those real teeth as it croons, You smell nice....
Zhao suppresses a shiver -- fuck, that's creepy -- and throws his hands wide in a come-and-get-me-then gesture.
The moment the thing commits to coming after him? He is going to run.]
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