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ᴅᴀɴ ғᴇɴɢ 丹枫 🌙 饮月君 ([personal profile] loong) wrote2024-02-05 08:19 pm

a great escape;

[ this planet.. is a tranquil one. lonely, but peaceful. there are no intelligent species here, but that is, perhaps, for the best - dan feng's penance continues, after all. in escaping the luofu he was not attempting to escape general punishment, only the molting rebirth. fear of losing himself, of losing his memories, his sense of self..

perhaps it made him a coward, to flee, but warm memories are all he has now, and he could not bear to part with them just yet.

so here he waits, alone in his own beautiful purgatory, awaiting the end of his days, nursing his ailing mind, existing in torment and in bliss in equal measure. his hatching rebirth will come in time, and only then, perhaps, will he be free of his sin, or at the very least, free of his pain. the crime of the previous life must be atoned for in the next, but.. his memories of the quintet would vanish, save for in dreams, and his reincarnation could live on.

it's a lush, lovely planet, where he has escaped to, slowly orbiting the glowing deep of a black hole, where time, for him, runs more slowly, dragging out like a string of sticky molasses. there are thick forests and vast wetlands, eighty percent of this world is water, and there is no sign that intelligent life has ever existed here. no ruins. no scrawled paintings in caves. no hidden chambers beneath the seas. three hundred years he has spent combing the globe and found nothing to suggest that anyone but he has walked the earth here. only animals. insects. fish. they make decent company, but dan feng still keeps to himself, living out of a modest shelter built near the water's edge.

three hundred years, and he speaks to no one, says nothing, until the day the majestic luofu blots out the light of the diffracting black hole.

the sight of it stills his heart in his breast, and dan feng finds his throat running dry, but when the small starskiff lands he is standing quietly, watchful and calm, the tip of his tail swaying behind him as he watches jing yuan disembark, resplendent in his general's clothing. he takes a deep breath.. releases it. ]


.. you must have been very keen to find me, to brave the dangers of the black hole.

[ for time.. time is a precious thing, every hour he spends here could be a year on the luofu. ]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-14 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[A wild and concerned panic takes hold of Blade's expression as Dan Feng withdraws his hand, leaving the precious earring in his grasp.]

Don't leave this here with me... It will get ruined...

[Torn and tattered and bloody. There's no possible way he could preserve it. Should the mara take hold and send him into a frenzy he's liable to destroy it all on his own.

There's something about leaving it here. Giving it back, in a sense. It causes a sensation, an ache, deep in his heart. He may never have the opportunity to return it either. And as this is the real Dan Feng... This is all they have left of one another. So many other precious items lost. Lost on the Luofu. Lost to time and decay.]


...At the very least take mine in exchange.

[That doesn't satisfy him but it's a concession.]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-14 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's silently relieved that that Dan Feng is doing the exchange as he knows his fingers are too clumsy to do it himself. He'd have had to ask Kafka which would have been fine. She wouldn't have asked questions. She'll notice the difference between them, to be certain. But still, it should be done between the two of them. Having someone else touch it, even her, feels wrong.

And when the task is complete he slumps forward, head resting against Dan Feng's shoulder.

He feels... tormented. By memories. Grief. Anger. He can't sort any of it out. He may never. This whole moment may be washed away in some way... And on top of all of these sensations he also... yearns. He yearns for this person to not to go away. To not leave him here feeling like this. To do something to ease the ache. But nothing will help... he knows. Staying in each other's presence will not do him any favors. He knows this and yet...

His gloved hand, with fingers move a little better, reaches out to grip at Dan Feng's bloody sleeve. His breathing is a ragged thing. Heavy. Emotion tinges his every breath. Anger. Despair. They mingle and dance together causing unparalleled agony as he struggles with this specter from his past.]


Stay...
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-15 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[The touch makes Blade tense up, becoming rigid in the other's arms. The fight response in his body begging to lash out and free himself of this. But he holds it back. He holds it back and just... relaxes. Not right away. It's a slow process, like he has to tell every nerve in his body, one by one, to calm itself. But with the familiar song that wraps him up like a warm blanket it becomes easier... Eventually he's boneless in his husband's arms. Eyes closing and breathing coming out in soft inhales and exhales that are much more calm. The raggedness to them no longer existing.

It's warm and comforting... not quite familiar. Not being on this side of it, that is. He remembers, faintly, holding Jing Yuan to his chest while Dan Feng sang. Or just holding Dan Feng. He was too proud to be coddled in such a way. It's fine now. He has nothing like pride left within him. He has no use for it, such as he is...]


Qīn'ài de...

[He says it again with slightly more awareness than when uttered the first time. This time drifting to sleep while before he was drifting awake. But along side it there is a brief thrum of affection. Of deep love. It comes from deep within... from the old ancient parts of Blade that are not quite lost just deeply forgotten and buried.]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-15 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Death is usually the only relief from pain, fleeting as it is. Not even sleep truly drowns out the agony as there are still nightmares to contend with. Echos of a past best left forgotten...

Kafka's music helps. The gentle strings be it from her own instrument or the records she plays. But this... This helps too. Though it is still a reminder of the past it wraps him up in it rather than that clinging sensation that threatens to drag him down. The bond surely helps... The gentle cradle of love and affection that slots right back against him. And the warmth of Jing Yuan... a boon that was sorely missing.

He was angry when he first felt him there. The emotions were everywhere. Angry that the bond (that he didn't even want as he is) had been invaded by another. Furious that he wasn't there for it. That Dan Feng was even alive. Was dragging Jing Yuan into this mess. His mind was a flurry but in this gentle moment when he can reflect on the shards of his life through a slightly clearer gaze he feels like there had been some discussion... Uncertain at first but then over what they thought what might be the young Cloud Knight's deathbed there was deep regret that they had not done it sooner and now might not ever get to do it at all.

That they had left their third so unbounded in the staples of their affection for so long.

Now that young Lieutenant is an old General and here they are making plans for how to manage his end. And all the time that passed in between lost and never to be returned. They only have the beginning and the miserable ending of all those cursed by the mara. It's enough to make Dan Feng come out of whatever rock he'd been hiding under to make amends. So they may do this one thing right.

Blade slowly opens his eyes... the familiar scent of sea and cloudhymn magic envelop his senses and keep him calm otherwise he'd feel on edge on a planet he doesn't quite recognize. The strange humid air and the scent of his foul blood everywhere.]


You came all the way out here to face my wrath to ask me to watch the last good thing in the universe die.

[There's no anger or resentment. No wrath or rage in his words. Just a tired dismayed resignation... He can't say for certain that he'll go. That he'll be able to. That either of them will live to see the end of Elio's script but... If he's able to he will say his goodbyes. Put him out of his misery before the mara turns him into a monster as he's not sure if Dan Feng will have it in him to do it himself. To wrap his hands around his throat and watch the life and inevitable madness drain from his eyes.

Baiheng... And Jing Yuan... It isn't right.]


Why do only the abominations and monsters return time and time again... Why must I continue to shamble on but they will be lost forever?
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-15 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I met her... Bailu... [His eyes squeeze shut tight and a tremble rocks through him.] She's like her in many ways. Free spirited and kind. She closes her eyes when she heals because she doesn't like to see people injured... She tried to help me... She couldn't of course but her attempt was heartfelt.

During my short stint on the Luofu I gave her a gift...

[Those trembles rock through him a little more. A sorrow ripples through the bond to both of his lovers.]

I may end up forgetting... Because of the mara. Because Kafka has to take away this moment so I am able to be calm. But the body remembers... It remembers many things even if it cannot act on them completely. [The ache to craft and forge with fingers that can no longer function as intended. That can only grip the blade, of course. But the hammer and all those old tools are too small, requiring too much detail and precision.] If you want me to remember to return to you both... Find a way to carve it into my flesh.

[It's not a bad idea though anything to do with the past has its risks. But if it is all physical it may help stir up these memories of their time together. Of their lives and happiness. It may even be something he can hold on to...]

It's the only way...
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-16 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[He slowly picks himself up, his clothing sticking to the bloody mess on the ground but he pays it no mind. His clothing is inconsequential. As is his body. None of it matters. And he'd be content to just do whatever right here in this mess but Dan Feng has other ideas it seems.

So he follows letting his hand be held. His fingers twitch, bandaged and stiff but he makes the attempt to hold the hand back. It just feels right. Familiar even.

This lagoon though... He peers at it his reflection on the surface, scarlet eyes brilliant in the dim light of this world. He kicks a stone into the pool to cause ripples and distort his image having no desire to look upon it for longer than necessary.]


This is very like you... I think. [Bathing in some random body of water. Kafka would never just allow them to clean up in something like this. He's been dragged to a tub and scrubbed down more times than he can count. She'll insist upon it once he's home saying this was a swamp or some such.] I don't swim as well as I did... If I even could to begin with.
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-16 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He feels a strange sense of trepidation. This body, this husk, is a mess. Every inch of him is covered in scars and there are bandages wrapped around the worst of the injuries. There's a part of him that doesn't want Dan Feng to see him like this... It must be repulsive to behold.

He knows it is.

He kisses clumsily, uncertain, like he's forgotten how which isn't off the mark. He can't recall how the lips should move. How the tongue should shift against the other's. He has no idea where his hands should be. He hesitates at the words, hands hovering over Dan Feng's waist.]


I don't... [He needs a moment to catch his breath from the kiss.] I don't know how...

[His brow is furrowed in both confusion and frustration.]

I don't remember... How you like to be touched. And it won't be the same... It won't feel the same. These hands...
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-16 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Back it is... He pushes at the clothing Dan Feng has on letting it fall into the same pile. His hands then touch where he was told to. The calloused and damaged fingers drag along the other's back until they reach to the base of his tail. There he strokes along the scales, breath catching at how familiar they feel beneath his fingertips.

And he follows the kisses making an attempt to mimic what's being done in turn. To do what he's being guided to do. And eventually he slowly finds his own pace. Yingxing was full of teeth and forceful and Blade is not so dissimilar. There's teeth. He likes to bite and nip but it is not as certain and not as sure of himself. Where Yingxing was proud and arrogant Blade is tired and weary. Uncertain in these intimate gestures and not quite feeling worthy of them.

He's not hard out here in the moonlight. His cock one of the few unmarried things on him but also an all but useless organ in his opinion. He feels so little especially arousal these days that it serves him no great purpose other than the basics.

He tries to pull memories from their time together but he can't... The closest thing he has to intimacy was the waves of it when Jing Yuan and he were spending time together through that week. How their bond sang in blissful harmony... He loathed it at the time but now he it's a helpful thing to recall... to feel their faint strings of pleasure and that helps stir a thing or two.]


Your vent? [He rumbles, more question than statement. That's what it's called? That's where he should focus and bury himself? It's still alright for him to use it or has it been claimed by the General?] That's where I should be?

[There are many more steps in between, of course. With him not hard and Dan Feng presumably not ready for penetration but to know what the goal is as good a start as any.]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-16 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He makes a soft sound at the explanation. Not that he remembers but it sounds right... He can somewhat recall the taste of Dan Feng's vent on his tongue despite not having had him for centuries.

Some things are starting to feel right. The rough bite at his lips sparks a pleasurable sensation through his body. And then the tongue against his pulse and that old mark. His eyes flutter closed and his he inhales sharply, grip tightening on the tail in his one hand. The other drags back up the former high elder's back, fingers winding in the dark inky hair.]


Bite me again... [Reclaiming the old mark may help too. He feels like it might. And he never bit in return. He supposes they could also do that as well considering the reason he hadn't in the past is a moot point as he currently is.] It's been too long...

[If they're intent to do this there's no reason not to especially considering they're already bonded. It couldn't do more harm and maybe it might help him remember at least for a little while.]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-17 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't remember any of this... but it sounds right. Right on the edge of climax to bring him over the edge... That's sounds familiar?

He's not left to wonder or ponder as his breath hitches and his thoughts scatter at the hand against his cock. There's no immediate interest other than a faint twitch of the soft member against the other's cool palm. Pleasure is not a sensation his body is familiar with but it's clear that it won't be a completely hopeless task.

He can't recall how he likes it... How he preferred to be stroked or anything like that but he does trust that Dan Feng will know what to do. So he swallows and lets his eyes flutter closed, taking in the sensations that are being provided.]


Always on the full moon... [Sometimes only...] Just us... Or was he there too.

[Surely eventually? He can't quite recall.]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-18 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[His breathing becomes a touch heavier as Dan Feng strokes him. It's slow but he's steadily hardening beneath the skilled touch. A hand that knows exactly what he likes even though he himself have forgotten.

It's good. It feels good. He brings his hands up to rest at the other's waist. Just to hold him for now but... they don't remain in place. There's the slight desire to wander. To touch. And so they slide up a bit with thumbs brushing over soft skin and curiously exploring.

Not too much as he wants to listen and focus. He lets this individual pull away the curtains from his eyes. To reveal scenes and blow the dust off of them. It's starting to become clearer... Moonlit nights with rice wine. Their bed full. Bodies sore but satisfied... He leans in some, thinking to kiss but it is an uncertain gesture as if he might be rebuked in some way.]


It was warm... I remember that.

[Dan Feng's tail wrapped around him. Jing Yuan not as built then as he is now squeezed between them. Hands holding hands. Noses brushing against one another. Whispered words of love and affection. A love between three that was cut short much too soon. So much left unsaid and done proven by how much their third was left out of their tokens of affection. They barely had any time at all.]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-19 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He kisses back, parting his lips so that it can be deep and passionate. There's even a soft sound that escapes him due to the kiss alone. And the flood of other sensations certainly help spur him onward.

The hand stroking his cock increases speed and he finds his cock filling up, finally gaining full and complete interest. Pre beads with earnest now and slides onto Dan Feng's busy hand. All of this while important pieces of information are being said. Pieces of his past slowly piecing themself together in his mind.

He liked to go fast, he's told. Quickly... time ever short. Tomorrow is never promised. And besides... If you go quickly you get so many more rounds in. He hasn't the wherewithal to tell this to the other but it makes sense in his shattered mind.]


Long life species move so slowly... [He murmurs the words as his hand is moved, fingers dipping into the other man's vent and there's confidence in the gesture.] You and Jing Yuan always take your time in all things...

[Sparks of Yingxing are resurfacing. Each a little brighter than the next.]
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[personal profile] marastricken 2024-03-22 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He sees fractured images of this life they had. He can feel flickers of the warmth that once were. The pleasure. The happiness. But it is difficult for him to grasp. Not yet able to see the full picture but it is starting to come together.]

You had Jing Yuan for all that time. All to yourself. [He growls out the words as he crooks his fingers inside the vent, his body remembering how Dan Feng liked it and where those little pleasure centers are.] I could feel you two twisting around one another.

I wanted to destroy you both as much as I wanted to be a part of it.

[He and Jing Yuan used to fuck a lot. This he knows. Jing Yuan could keep up and was young and had the same feral energy he had. He was willing to do most things and always eager. It eased some of the pressure on Dan Feng to always perform. But full moons was for them until, at last, they finally integrated Jing Yuan into their everything. Well, almost everything. The rest was suppose to come but it never did.]

That need has not ebbed... But again we're only two...

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