[homophonic] catchall for fei du

[dendroculi]

FEI DU

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week 0, monday

[dendroculi]

[god it is such a monday

anyway, rng hath given me "let me take a selfie," so here nahida is at the little shop with all the selfie accessories! she doesn't seem to be actually snapping any pictures, but she does have her phone out in selfie mode and seems to be going from accessory to accessory, checking the angles she needs to line them up in the frame.

huh.

when she sees fei du on her screen, though, she turns to greet him.]

Oh, hello!

[metacognition]

[ cute.... watch this tiny baby go... it's sort of marveling to see someone so small perusing the racks so easily and doing something with her phone. world's smartest toddler.

fei du smiles at her though, and gives a little wave in the screen. ]

Good afternoon, Nahida. Practicing your camera skills?

[dendroculi]

Yes. I've been experimenting with it, and it seems as though my Psych is channeled through my phone. So I thought I should get some practice with using it on the fly.

[she smiles.]

What brings you here, Fei Du? Exploring the new shop?

week 0 wednesday

[metacognition]

[ on this fine wednesday after the mini event, fei du is sitting in the park - he's got a green jacket draped over his shoulders, looking a bit like a wet cat even still. his scrawny ass is planted on a piece of park equipment, eyes closed, looking... despite it all, vaguely relaxed?

he opens his eyes when someone comes by, though, and tilts his head a little, voice a little looser than usual. truly, vibing. ]

...Hello, Nahida.

[dendroculi]

Hello, Fei Du.

[she tilts her head to one side and studies hihm.]

You look... sort of relaxed? [...] But, um... maybe we should try to find you a towel.

[metacognition]

[ zen ]

I'm very relaxed.

[ hmmm. though, he does tug lightly on the edge of the jacket he's got around his shoulders. ] This is warm, but - a towel would be nice, I think. I guess I'm still wet.

week 0 saturday 🥺

[metacognition]

[ whew what a trial

after all of that, fei du can be found in the ikea. he's sitting in a chair tucked away a bit, a green jacket slung around his shoulders, and most importantly, there's soft music playing from his phone that's sitting on his lap.

his eyes are closed, but, at least it doesn't look like he's asleep or anything! ]

[dendroculi]

[what a trial indeed.

nahida, who is really just walking around anywhere she can to avoid going back to her team's warehouse which will be missing one person, happens upon him in the ikea and pauses.

after a moment, very softly so she (hopefully) doesn't startle him - ]

Fei Du?

[metacognition]

[ our poor sweet nahida.

The soft voice and the quiet footsteps are a success - fei du’s eyes flutter open, and he refocuses, then glances down. once he sees who, he shifts, sitting up and turning off his music. ]

Nahida. How are you feeling?

week 2, monday

[dendroculi]

[the god of nerds is here in the library, her nose in a book. specifically, she is seated at a table with a pile of books that is almost as big as she is, and she's giving off vibes of curiosity and fascination as she reads.

when she hears footsteps - and feels whatever emotions fei du is giving off - she looks up.]

Hello, Fei Du.

[metacognition]

[ this is the funny thing - fei du is not giving off a lot of emotions. or, well! he is. there's a little ! of interest, followed by some warmth, and then all of it is smoothed over like taking a knife across the top of a cup of flour. ]

Hi, Teacher Nahida. [ this name is sticking ] Do you mind if I join you?

[ he also has a book under his arm!! ]

week 2, thursday

[dendroculi]

[once fei du is actually able to take visitors, nahida will come to see him! i do not know where he will be i just know this pc can't be happening inside the warehouse so it's like. somewhere. ig.

anyway, she looks and feels worried]

Fei Du...?

[metacognition]

[ he's in the library! curled up on the couch, with a blanket from a fancy bed over him, with clean, wet hair, and changed into pjs. the bruises around his neck have faded to a much less terrible color, and he's just sitting, playing with something in his hand.

when he hears nahida's voice and feels her emotions, he looks up - and gives her a small smile. he looks pale as a ghost still, and his emotions in return are... hollow, a flicker. ]

Nahida. [ a little hoarse. ] Hello.

week 2, saturday

[dendroculi]

[whew, that was a lot.

anyway, nahida comes to find fei du once the trial is over. her vibes are a complicated mess, because she was really hoping that libby's "boulder injury" would actually be a boulder injury. alas, it was not.]

Fei Du...?

[metacognition]

[ he's here! he's sitting on a bench out in the park, holding the small blue egg in his lap. there's no josh groban this time. his emotions are an empty void... but if you get close enough there's something just impossibly sad, in the thinnest layer imaginable at the bottom. ]

Hello, Nahida. [ a small smile. ] Did you need something?

week 2, tuesday

[dendroculi]

[here they are at the vroom room... nahida is looking around cautiously, her gaze occasionally drifting to where there's evidence of a crash according to the status update on the mingle.

when she spots fei du, she wanders over to him.]

Hello, Fei Du.

[metacognition]

[ fei du is judging this crash

but he's here too, pulling a helmet off of a rack. ]

Hi, Nahida. Exploring?

week 3, saturday - also me screaming as i realize i marked our last pc as w2 by accident

[dendroculi]

[well nahida looks very unhappy with the results of the trial as they exit the mcdonald's but that's probably a mood, huh.

she's sort of mumbling to herself - ]

How did their team end up with so many votes...?

HELP its valid

[metacognition]

[ fei du is on his way out - likely very close to nahri, but once she's been safely given to her teammates is when he finally runs into nahida and her mumbles. he's got the comb shenhe left him in his hands, and he makes a soft, bitter noise, almost a laugh.. ]

Because no one would look past the fact that Gyuhyuk was belligerent.

week 4, monday

[dendroculi]

[wow can't believe a pig noise is immediately bumrushing them and yeeting them into a memshare]

[metacognition]

[ wow.

well, they have a version of this 'irminsul' here that nahida created, so the term isn't unfamiliar. it fits the description she gave him a few weeks ago, too, of how memory works where she's from, and as the fairytale like story finishes, he finds himself looking thoughtful, reflective. ]

...That was very clever of you.

w6 friday

[metacognition]

[ imagine i was like everything is cool and fei du is fine except you can hear me crying from across this airbnb

do you know what live electricity sounds like, nahida? you probably do. it's this bright, buzzy noise, loud and sharp and brilliant. angry. violent. it's coming from a room in the hotel.

it's followed by a stream of thoughts that are just fucking rancid, a mix of violence and static and words that sound like they're layered over each other, so messy that it's hard to pick out any words. what does stick out though, is this.

No. No, no no no no no no - no come on no work god damn it no no no no no no no ]

[dendroculi]

[...that's not unexpected.

nahida pauses outside that door in the hotel. as far as she can tell - it's just his thoughts in there. and maybe she would leave him in the hands of someone who he knows better, who could do more good for him, but...

...she doesn't want him to be alone. so, she has to try.

she comes close to the door.]

Fei Du.

[Please open the door.]

w6, sunday

[metacognition]

[ i miss pcing with you when you're right next to me :(

anyway!!! fei du is in a decidedly better mood on this sunday. he's emerged from wherever he was hanging out with wenzhou finally later in the evening, likely because wenzhou was knocked out asleep, and is now hanging out sitting on the hood of his car, parked in the outer park, watching the city go by, freshly showered and in a cute little sweater and slacks.

he spots nahida and gives her a smile. ]

Lively day.

[dendroculi]

[same :(

nahida returns the smile and greets fei du with a wave, wandering over to him and his car. nice wheels...]

...yes, very. It seems like it's especially lively, when people arrive here. But that's understandable.

[so many emotional reunions.]