Which becomes another game, one of telling herself that it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s one she’s played for a long, long time. As if that isn’t pretending itself. As if this is the same as Before.
It’s a game she is very good at.
And for this round, she is going to a party. Which is a hell of a thing, all things considered. But. So. Xiulan goes to a party.
The room and the people already within it get a methodical visual scan as she enters that looks exactly like what it is; she doesn’t bother to disguise it. Theoretically, this isn’t a group that necessitates it.
She doesn’t recognize anyone yet within, but there is something eye-catching nevertheless: small floating bundles of tentacles with silvery...spot-somethings. Pausing and gazing up at them for a long moment, she then crosses the floor to the people standing closest [Remi and Ione, and Sulen if they’re nearby] and gestures upwards at the mothlings. “I think the briefing missed a thing or two.”
There’s a touch of tightness around her eyes, but she smiles as she speaks and it seems to ease a hair in favour of curiosity as the mothlings are studied.
“I’m Xiulan. You’re part of the Cantata crew?”
[First post so going to indulge in some gratuitous description time.
Xiulan is mixed ethnic Han Chinese/ethnic Mongolian on her mother’s side and North Germanic ethnicity (think Scandanavia) on her father’s. She takes most after her mother’s side appearance-wise, but there are some notes from her father. I’ve figured this means she largely looks to a hexarchate citizen like one of their major phenotypes, with a touch of something else. Hafn maybe?
She’s in excellent physical condition and fast (combat specialist). Black hair that falls a little past the top of her shoulders, hazel eyes, ivory complexion, sharp featured. Around 5’6”, 5’7”-ish in height. Hair is currently pulled up, some ‘decorative’ hair sticks in use. (They’re not actually what’s holding up her hair, they just look like they are:))
She’s wearing an outfit - jacket and slacks - that isn’t an outright military uniform but evokes it stylistically in a lot of ways. It’s well tailored to her and is predominantly black. At the neck of the jacket, there’s a span of a red shirt visible beneath it. Polished boots.
The only jewelry visible are dangling scrollwork style earrings of oxidized silver and a ring on one finger. She has eyeliner on and lipstick.
Uh, signifier! Will get back to Sulen on that one. She has a variable signifier, but I need to decide what’s predominant. There’s something Ninefox showing right now, since I believe it was said people not from the he*archate still map to the faction ranges.]
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What are those and who are you? (Paging Remi, Ione, Sulen)
Date: 2020-01-10 07:14 pm (UTC)Which becomes another game, one of telling herself that it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s one she’s played for a long, long time.
As if that isn’t pretending itself. As if this is the same as Before.
It’s a game she is very good at.
And for this round, she is going to a party. Which is a hell of a thing, all things considered. But. So. Xiulan goes to a party.
The room and the people already within it get a methodical visual scan as she enters that looks exactly like what it is; she doesn’t bother to disguise it. Theoretically, this isn’t a group that necessitates it.
She doesn’t recognize anyone yet within, but there is something eye-catching nevertheless: small floating bundles of tentacles with silvery...spot-somethings. Pausing and gazing up at them for a long moment, she then crosses the floor to the people standing closest [Remi and Ione, and Sulen if they’re nearby] and gestures upwards at the mothlings. “I think the briefing missed a thing or two.”
There’s a touch of tightness around her eyes, but she smiles as she speaks and it seems to ease a hair in favour of curiosity as the mothlings are studied.
“I’m Xiulan. You’re part of the Cantata crew?”
[First post so going to indulge in some gratuitous description time.
Xiulan is mixed ethnic Han Chinese/ethnic Mongolian on her mother’s side and North Germanic ethnicity (think Scandanavia) on her father’s. She takes most after her mother’s side appearance-wise, but there are some notes from her father. I’ve figured this means she largely looks to a hexarchate citizen like one of their major phenotypes, with a touch of something else. Hafn maybe?
She’s in excellent physical condition and fast (combat specialist). Black hair that falls a little past the top of her shoulders, hazel eyes, ivory complexion, sharp featured. Around 5’6”, 5’7”-ish in height. Hair is currently pulled up, some ‘decorative’ hair sticks in use. (They’re not actually what’s holding up her hair, they just look like they are:))
She’s wearing an outfit - jacket and slacks - that isn’t an outright military uniform but evokes it stylistically in a lot of ways. It’s well tailored to her and is predominantly black. At the neck of the jacket, there’s a span of a red shirt visible beneath it. Polished boots.
The only jewelry visible are dangling scrollwork style earrings of oxidized silver and a ring on one finger. She has eyeliner on and lipstick.
Uh, signifier! Will get back to Sulen on that one. She has a variable signifier, but I need to decide what’s predominant. There’s something Ninefox showing right now, since I believe it was said people not from the he*archate still map to the faction ranges.]