[ Now that more of this place is visible, Firefly's started looking through the different buildings. It's surprising to see her name written down like this.
Whoever this Zhongli person is looks like they're her roommate. So she'll step in to see what it's like. They're only on the second floor, so it wouldn't be too difficult to jump out of it's needed.
She's mostly trying to get a sense of the layout and escape routes. ]
[ despite the fact that his name is on one door, zhongli doesn't miss the fact that another's is, as well, and it would be deeply impolite for him to simply barge in unannounced. he's not familiar with this person - so, he doesn't want to alarm them.
firefly will hear a couple of firm, knuckle-rapping knocks before the knob turns, letting him open the door just enough to look in. ]
[Her little box of things was placed on one of the beds while she was checking things out. When she hears the knock, she turns towards the person in the doorway.]
Yes, that's me. Are you Mister Zhongli?
[The other person who was assigned this room? He's so tall.]
That's right. It's a pleasure to meet you, oddness of all of this aside.
[ this is a deeply unusual situation for him, but at least there's two beds. he would hardly abide by a young lady having to share a bed with him, so at least that means he won't be looking for somewhere else to lay his head.
he'll step in properly, polearm in one hand but pointed down - in the crook of that arm is his box, egg neatly tucked in with a scarf and the squishmallow hidden beneath. ]
While it's out of our hands, I do apologize for how unconventional this arrangement is.
[ that does get him to chuckle lightly, as he sets his box carefully on the unoccupied bed and props the spear point-up against the wall next to it. ]
No, there is that. It will be nice to have company for the foreseeable future. And I promise that I am rather tidy, so you shouldn't find much issue there. If you would like to come to an agreement on our rooming, anything in particular that you would like to communicate, I would be glad to make sure a sort of contract would be upheld.
Not so literally - a turn of phrase, in this case, more than anything else.
[ although he'd take it literally, being who he is. ]
I'm much the same. Early to rise, but late to bed, for the most part. If you find yourself looking for someone to share the peace and quiet of night with, I've found that there's decent tea in the kitchen now.
So far, it seems like we're a good roommate match.
I don't drink a lot of tea, but that sounds like a nice way to spend a night. I'd usually look up at the stars, but I'm not sure you can see them from here...?
Mm, I'm not certain. We'll have to see for ourselves tonight, I imagine, what the passage of time might be. Some tea and the night sky does sound like an excellent way to spend time getting to know one another though.
[ making a mental note to himself about that. ]
What else... I've never shared a space with someone in such a way. [ thinks... ] Should you like to decorate any, I won't mind.
[ unfamiliar stars (at least for peepaw, firefly travels in space that's normal) but STILL STARS!! ] I will see what sort of tea I can brew up, then, and we'll learn together.
Plants... hm, yes, it would liven things up. Perhaps save a few of the pots in the lobby from being unearthed again.
Hardly a trouble, but I understand completely. [ he briefly pats the egg, like it's a child, before he reaches out for the vortex vanquisher to bring it with them. ]
There we are. If these eggs are ours to care for, I'm not inclined to leave it unnested.
They're still warm to the touch, but she really doesn't know anything about the care and keeping. Hers is wrapped with a scarf, but that's as far as she's gone.
Perhaps. They have a certain warmth to them that I believe could be a fertilized egg.
[ he glances at the eggs for a moment before turning to properly join her, gesturing for her to go ahead of him with his free hand. ladies first, young or not. ]
We shall certainly see. There's supplies enough that we can set up something more proper for them to ensure they stay warm.
Hm... [ thinking about it as they go for the stairs, making sure the door latches behind them so it's not just wide open. ]
The clothing store will at least give us more materials to cushion the eggs with. I'm not sure that the others will offer us much more - we'll have to do some further investigating of our resources.
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