❀ yoo joonghyuk

[cranelike]

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Week 0, Tuesday

[cranelike]

(After some very exciting morning updates, Tsurumaru will wander off and go his own way. It looks like everyone has something to think about, hm? This is a really serious update and something everyone should consider seriously. So what does Tsurumaru do when he sees Joonghyuk?)

Are you ready to die?

(Don't say that with such a cheerful face and tone.)

[malewife]

[ Turning to him, he's quiet at first then...

He swiftly grabs Tsurumaru by the neck and holds him up. ]

[cranelike]

(Eyes go wide with surrpise but there isn't any actual panic. When all is said and done, he looks as calm as ever in his hands. If anything, he looks amused? No, excited is the better word,)

Ah!

(Just an elated little gasp,)

Very nice.

[malewife]

... Very nice?

[ HE IS STILL HOLDING HIM UP BY THE NECK LIKE HE'S A TURKEY. ]

[cranelike]

(Choke him harder, YJH.

He isn't really going to reply because look... Look at him!! But he'll give a weird little smile and raise his hands to Joonghyuk's hand and

pat gently.

Please him down.)

[malewife]

If you are going to threaten someone, then you should at least struggle.

[ No, he isn't going to put him down. Tsurumaru can try to speak? A little?? Explain himself? Joonghyuk's grip on his neck isn't that tight. ]

[cranelike]

And if I'm not threatening anyone?

(Still not struggling but that also doesn't? Explain? What he said earlier?)

I'm not the one that hunts adults.

[malewife]

[ .......... ]

If you wanted to talk about the spectres, then you should have chosen your words better.

[ He keeps holding him like this.

Shakes him five times like a toy.

Then puts him down. ]

[cranelike]

Wah...

(He's shaken like he deserves and it's probably the second time (since the initial shock) that he really reacts. Once set down, he rubs his neck,)

Careful, I'm precious.

(No context. No explanation.)

Well? (A half second, like he is truly thinking.) Are you ready?

(He's learning.)

[malewife]

[ Joonghyuk gives him a look cause lmfao what annoying. ]

I cannot die.

[ He will not allow it? His will to live is too much that he doesn't want to entertain the thought of death at all, not as a joke. ]

... Are you flippant because you're immortal?

[cranelike]

Because you're a survivor~?

(There's a sing song quality to his voice. He's teasing.)

I'm not immortal.

(Just old.)

[malewife]

Because I have something I must do at home.

[ He will not accept teasing like this. ]

Immortal means you can't die, but you can be killed. [ ... ] This means your kind has a long lifespan?

[cranelike]

(... Interesting but not unsurprising. Hm.)

Sometimes less, sometimes the same, sometimes more.

(Shrugging,)

To last as long as I have is a surprise.

[malewife]

Are you some kind of soldier?

[ Since he's named... After a sword? ]

[cranelike]

For the time being.

[malewife]

Seems there are many of you here.

w0 thursday, pre-curfew

[malewife]

[ Somewhere they probably are crossing again, this time Joonghyuk is dressed in his usual outfit and his sword hanging off his hip. He still remember the Betrayal, but he can put that aside for now. ]

You're an actual sword.

[ He thought it was just a choice of naming soldiers. ]

[cranelike]

(Tsurumaru was betrayed twice before he turned sides.

He's changed into his regular clothes sans armor for now. Kiku shifts from magpie to crane before... hiccuping?? and turning into an otter. Hm.)

Are you surprised?

[malewife]

Then what will be there for you when you're no longer one.

[cranelike]

(...)

A surprise.

[malewife]

... You can just say you don't know.

[cranelike]

(Wow, don't call him out like this. He doesn't look too bothered byt it? But wow!!)

I told you, it's a surprise.

[malewife]

... No. I have seen and met plenty of people.

[ He really has, to be honest. ]

You don't seem to be protective of your true identity.

[cranelike]

I'm sure you have.

(Considering how many interesting people there are in this place. And with a profile as interesting as his, too!

Tilting his head to one side,)

Should I? (Of course, he understands where he's coming from. Spirits are strange and unfamiliar. It's why so many hide their identities in stories. Who knows how a person react?) It makes no difference to me if people know or not.

I'd rather protect other things.

[malewife]

No plans. Nothing at all.

[ SURPRISES ARE BITTER. ]