dendroculi | [homophonic] catchall for shen qingqiu

[ his face is in his hands help him. ]

The original Shen Qingqiu is nothing more than a cruel, greedy master who has little redeeming qualities other than a tragic backstory.

[ be less casual about it, would you? ]

"The original"... then, you replaced him somehow?

[she's. very curious, actually.]

How did that happen?

[ he bites back like 60 different naughty words because nahida might Know now but she doesn't need to hear about just as many new curses in that short of a time. in the same minute, a small part of him wonders if this counts as confessional but neither of them are the right genre for this.

anyway ]

Poor eating choices [ what??? ] lead me to being trapped in a system and forced into his body.

[no, he should teach her a billion curse words so she can scandalize kaveh with them.

she tilts her head slowly to one side.]

I'm... sorry to hear that.

[she does not understand what his eating choices have to do with it but that's fine.]

[ new spiderman and miles thinking picture unlocked but it's just sqq trying to rub a braincell together and muttering all sorts of naughty words while nahida watches. help.

sqq in reality however just feels like his poor joke just flew right past her by a nautical mile and despairs ]

It somehow grabbed my soul upon my death. And inserted it into the original after his... well, system caused accident i suppose.

[ DOES... DOES THAT HELP? ]

[if i could draw, i would draw this so fast]

To be able to move your soul and your consciousness into another body after you had died... that's no small feat. Who designed this "system"?

[ time to place this directly in sisi's lap (no) (maybe?)

anyway he shrugs helplessly ]

You'd think it was the author but, that idiot is stuck there with me. And he definitely doesn't have admin privileges. We know Binghe is the power source it runs on but otherwise....

[ IT'S...SORT'VE JUST A BIG OL SHRUG OF GUESSWORK. But undoubtedly it's airplane bros fault at the end ]

Otherwise it's a mystery, huh...

[wild.

she really, really can't help but be curious about it.]

Umm, who is Binghe?

[ the way he just

pauses for a minute. unfortunately for everyone a soft smile unconsciouly forms while he talks about his boy ]

Luo Binghe... that child in the memory. He is the protagonist of Proud Immortal Demonic Way.

[ SOUND LESS FOND WOULD YOU ]

[his boy...]

The protagonist...? [she tilts her head to one side, thinking.] So, when you died... the system slotted you into a role in his story?

Yeah. The original version, the stories Shen Qingqiu is the main villain. The person who turned Binghe from a well meaning student to the blackened demonic lord.

[ that's a wry smile ]

Somehow I still managed that but he's far more attached to my waist.

Attached to your waist? That feels a little like a metaphor...

[unless he means it literally? which, like. gestures at scum villain. It's Both.]

If the system put you into the role of a villain... what does that mean for you? You really don't seem very villainous to me.

[ it's definitely both. sqq laughs a little unsteadily ]

He's such a clingy sticky child. [ sound less fond sqq. yet he looks at nahida then, tiredly thinking about all his mistakes ]

It is with my hands that I push him into the abyss, a place of continuous misery to find a sword that will bring him boundless power yet also endless despair. That is how he begins his descent into claiming his birthright as Demon Emperor. The system was adamant that the scenario must happen and I would lose everything if it did not. So I am the hands that start everything. All that binghe is begins and ends with me.

...but you sound so fond of him.

[it doesn't seem fair that shen qingqiu has to be the villain in luo binghe's story, when he likes him so much, when he wouldn't be the villain if the system wasn't making him.]

Isn't it painful for you, to be in that position?

[ that's a tired hollow smile ]

I clung onto his thighs so hard so he wouldn't end up killing me in such a manner. Apparently, it was far too effective.

[nahida looks puzzled as she imagines him literally clinging to luo binghe's thighs]

[ belatedly he realizes this basically makes him the heroine of a shitty romance novel and his expression slides into something more :weary: he really just did this to himself, huh?! ]

It's ....ah... a saying. Clutch onto the protagonist's thighs for safety because there's no way things will go wrong if they're fond of you.

[she thinks about it

wait a minute]

Is that why everyone is so friendly with the Traveler...?

Another protagonist.....?

...it seems like everyone they're friends with has their problems solved. It was after they came to Sumeru that my circumstances improved for the better, and there are so many amazing things they've accomplished.

[ he nods knowingly ]

The protagonist halo in full effect. The world itself opens before them allowing all sorts of amazing feats to occur.

Oh, that's an interesting name for the phenomenon... I'll have to remember that one!

[ can't believe that the last piece of knowledge he bestows on her are fic terms. help ]

There are quite a number of them for all sorts of situations, but truly the most popular ones all have to do with that person whom all gather to.

Hehe, really? I want to hear all about them!

[TEACH HER ALL THE LINGO. i want to spring it on people unexpectedly next week.]

[ you say this and suddenly i don't remember 90 percent of them. which means the answer of `does she know x` is yes, all of them. even the ones she's gonna get him double murdered for teaching. YOLO NO ONE CAN STOP ME CAUSE I'M DEAD HEHEHHOHOHA.

anyway ]

Of course! Sometimes the best way to understand a situation in literary terms!

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dendroculi - 2023-07-16 13:19 (UTC) - Expand