[r8] talking head: hong lu

[loveauthority]

[ Hong Lu is led to a quiet room within the resort with a pair of hammocks to suit the scene, and upon one of them is where the overseer sits. She beams, shuffling her cards in hand (she will not use these), and motions for Hong Lu to take a seat already!!!

This is the Talking Heads room, and there are cameras. Prepare to loosen those lips! ]

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[makeine]

[ no don't worry you'll see monday everyone comes in on their own rides it's really cool. like the bachelor. ]

Oh, please! That's what this season's all about!

[ a ~wink~ at the camera. ]

Anyway, I do have actual questions to ask you... um, where are... Oh, this one's the start. [ ahem! ] "What do you think of TNT's engagement?"




[ i'm so sorry ]

[hongyuan]

[ peace do you know the palanquins in limbus are like. they're cars but they don't got wheels so human people will have to carry those cars on their backs. so he'd be soooo delighted ]

TNT...?

[ tilts head, then ding goes the light in his bright head ]

Oh, you mean trinitrotoluene. If they want an explosive engagement, sure! It's not exactly unheard of in Hongyuan, but I've heard cases of assassinating hierarch candidates through important parties like that.

[ what is bro saying ]

1/2

[makeine]

[ what is bro on about ]

2/2

[makeine]

[ that's insane i love palanquins in limbus ]

Riiiiight! Well, I don't want them to die. They're the latest and greatest love story! It's a total comeback for TSw*ft after a decade of false starts and broken promises!

[ ...

she's passionate! about... whatever that is. ]

Second question! "What does love mean to you?" This is totally original.

[ this was definitely not stolen. ]

[hongyuan]

[ she's so passionate that hong lu can't even knock at that.

at her question though, his gaze seem to trail off a bit. ]

Love, huh... I don't really know, actually. I'm starting to feel things like love again though, so I'll have to take a raincheck on that for now.

[makeine]

[ .........................

he must've gotten hurt so bad... ]

Okay, we'll come back to it in a few weeks. "If you could be a rabbit or a hare, which would you be?"

[hongyuan]

[ haha. wouldn't she like to know. ]

They aren't that much different from each other, though? Ah, but if I have to choose it'd be a rabbit. I'm not cut out for the Mao Branch, but I can always dream~

[makeine]

[ okay ]

Hares are like, really weird looking things. Kinda scary. I'd like to be a rabbit too, because I'm just as cute, fluffy, and gentle as one!

[ hm. ]

[hongyuan]

Mm, you're right! You'd make a cute bunny. But hares deserve to be adored just as much, in my opinion.

[ look at him, voicing his opinion on something... ]

[makeine]

[ he's growing................ right in front of my canto 8 blind eyes...... ]

They're cute in that weird way. [ kind of like the creatures in euchronia ] Let's see... "What caused the failure of your last romantic venture?" Wow, they didn't pull punches on this. I wouldn't have asked that myself. Not yet, anyway.

[ they let her have three questions ]

spring cultivation spoilers,

[hongyuan]

[ peace you gotta experience peak or else im gonna spoil you

like right now. sniffs. hong lu's face shifts into something more contemplative as he sits back on his hammock. ]

There were a lot of factors, but ultimately... She tried to kill my little sister. Of course I had to break our engagement right there.

[ hi did you know hong lu was engaged since the beginning of the game ]

[makeine]

[ wow. ntr with yi sang real. that's fine i think it's fun to be spoiled by the chars themselves i'll accept it from hong lu because he'll make it interesting and i promise i'll at least read it by game end. ]

Oh, that's a real downer. I'd totally break it off with someone if they did something like that too, because like, who's next? Me? Someone else I care about? No way, not taking that chance.

[hongyuan]

[ ok ok. there were some rly good don moments in that canto too so hope you enjoy!!

for now, hong lu offers a light laugh. ]

Haha, right? But I doubt that she'd ever want to do the same to me. Big Sis Baochai has always adored me since we were little. It's just that she likes the version of me she's idealized in her head.

[makeine]

[ ABSOLUTELY loving that. she isn't i am. ]

And not the person you actually are, huh? [ she can't imagine that. her and her boo have an equal pedestal relationship. ] Well! This'll be a nice, fresh start for you then -- you're a total stranger and no one cares what or who you were before!

[hongyuan]

Mm, I wonder.

[ not all of them, as hong lu will discover very very soon - ]

Even then, if I don't find that special someone here, I'd be okay with that. It hasn't been that long since I broke off that engagement, you know~?

[makeine]

[ can she trust anyone to want to find love in the gotdamn house.......... ]

Consider this a place of healing, then! It's better to be around like people than not, in my experience.