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[420blazeit]

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13:37 pm

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" 미안하다!
I'm not here right now,
but leave a message and I'll get back to you asap!
♥ D.Va"

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[leaveofabsence]

I appreciate your concern, but please do not worry. And not because I believe I would needlessly shoulder such threat to myself, but more that I have navigated many contracts before. As long as it is worded carefully I will be able to protect myself and do what is right by you two.

[420blazeit]

[ she nudges hurricane and gives him a smile. ] It sounds like things are going to be okay, so maybe we can share a little and draft a contract for the full details! assuming at that point Zhongli would like to continue. Ooor, if not, we can just contract his silence or something.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah... yeah.

I guess whatver we wanna do, first thing's getting the paperwork done.

[leaveofabsence]

Yes, of course, let us be explicit as we can about what I am to do with the information you may entrust to me. Is it something you do not wish me to share or reference to anyone not currently in this room?

[420blazeit]

I'd say this is something to keep between me, you, Hurricane, and [ looks to hurricane. we mentioning nem here? ] ...

[crossmyheartandhope]

...and Nem.

[leaveofabsence]

Very well. Whatever is spoken in this room will remain between the four of us then.

Do you wish me to act on this information or merely act as its guardian?

[420blazeit]

Depends. Not much to act on now, but I guess that may change. Alright, Hurricane, you want to drop the deets?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Sure, I can fill him in.

[To Zhongli:]

But, uh. More than acting as guardian or acting on it, I was kinda... wondering if you got any advice. For, like. Action that could get taken.

[A beat, as he considers]

Do we gotta write this down? People usuall write contracts and stuff down, right?

[leaveofabsence]

Verbal contacts can be as binding as written ones as long as all parties agree to it.

But if you wish to have a copy in writing, then I can provide.

[420blazeit]

I'm fine with whatever makes Hurricane feel most comfortable.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Okay. Okay, cool. Then I guess... if it's verbal, do we gotta do anything to make it official?

[leaveofabsence]

That which thou seeketh will be bestowed unto thee, for my promise is solid as stone.

[420blazeit]

How formal~ do we need to say that too?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Solid as stone, huh? S'pretty solid.

I'm cool with saying it, too. But... full disclosure, technically a couple more than just us four know some of this already. I been trying to dig up more info, and I had to give a little to get a little, so... do I gotta have, like. Different terms or something?

Pretty sure I never done a contract before, I wanna make sure I'm doing it right.

[leaveofabsence]

The agreement we have made is that I will not share it outside of the designated four. Since it is your information, I do not claim any right to it and you may use it as you see fit.

To my understanding, you just wish to consult me on the information you have available. And perhaps I may be able to provide some insight into it since I have been in different parts of Hell, even if my memory of those places are fuzzy at best.

[420blazeit]

Here's to hoping. [ smiles at zhongli. ] Alright, time to info dump. [ the floor's yours, hurricane. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Okay... so.

[Deeep breath]

Long story real short, a while back some of us went to heaven and met an angel while we were there. He was kinda high strung, but a real good guy. We came back here, but then we met up again this other time, and he tried to help bust everyone out of the city. By bust out of the city, he kinda like... broke the city. And we got to run around in hell proper for a while, after.

But right after that, the demons grabbed him, and they were gonna try and make him, like... fall. And use him to get into heaven, or something? But then we saw him again, and it looked like he busted out? Only... me and Nem tried to call him not long ago, and he super didn't bust out. He's just, like. Been there, this whole time, and it looks real bad.

[Hesitates, and glances at Zhongli]

...I know you don't do like... heaven and angels and whatever. That all make sense so far?

[leaveofabsence]

So your ally has been imprisoned, and you do not know what state he is in.

[420blazeit]

Yeah. And, like, I think the Liars had him initially... but somehow he got into the hands of the Vengeance people. I remember Hadassah mentioning this real vague like. I've never met him, but I kind of get the feeling he'd be super turned off by mean, since I'm all [ makes a motion at her everything. ] but he's Hurricane's bud and even if he's kind of, like, not the brightest he's definitely got a good heart.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean... I kinda do know what state he's in? And the answer is, not great. Like super not great.

So we gotta get him outta there like ASAP, right? So me and Nem did some digging and tried to call someone who might have some answers. Only we got this, like... mushroom demon. And the stuff she told us was all in like... jumbled poetry? So it's real hard to understand what she said, and we been trying to figure out where to go from here.

[leaveofabsence]

I see.

May I see this poetry?

[420blazeit]

Here’s to hoping you can make some sense of it.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah, for real.

[Handing over a notebook open to this page]

Took us a while to track it down, but we figured out she was saying parts of the lines from this.

[leaveofabsence]

[ He reads over the poem. Once. Twice. Three times.

Unfortunately the symbolism here is lost on him as it matches not the tales and lore of Liyue. ]

Does the snake have some cultural meaning here that I am not aware of?