Seeing the esteemed Duke of Meropide eyes a pair of decorations curiously is an amusing experience, turns out. Even when your relationship with him is pretty much an unsaid ‘almost lover’ situation.
“So,” leaning against his working desk, you try not to smile too wide, “do you like them?”
Wriothesley continues to stare and blink at the black and white dog miniatures—intended to be placed on flat surfaces, however, your creativity is your limit, or so the craftsmen of Liyue said. Straightening his sitting posture, he then leans towards the objects that sit on his desk. “…this feels like a series,” he finally says after a long while, taking one of the two dogs. He once again takes in the merry dog figurine in his hand. Slightly bigger than his thumb, carrying a ball with a tail that is depicted to be in the middle of a swishing motion.
“It is. There are actually another eight dogs,” and also another twenty cats that are a story or, perhaps, a gift for another time, “but I don’t know if you will like it… or do you even have the space to keep all ten, so I just buy you two this time.”
“Hey, hey, since when do I seem like the sort of person who is unappreciative of something people give me?” Wriothesley put down the dog, only to take another one up. In between that, a smile and a glance are addressed to you humorously, yet as softly as always. “And also…”
You realize he purposefully trails off. “And also?”
With how entertained he is at the handcrafted woods, you think he will praise the craftsmanship. Or perhaps, it is time to recall that musing of his about wanting to keep a pet and how these two will be a perfect replacement. Or maybe, he will make another unpredictable joke one would never thought would come out from his mouth.
Yet, instead of all of that, Wriothesley merely reaches out a hand to take yours while his other hand and focus remain on your present. His tone is far from anything—as if he is simply stating a fact. Despite all that, the squeeze he gives as he intertwines his fingers with yours says enough.
“This is from you,” he states, finally shifting his attention to fully land on you. “There is no way I would dislike it.”
[Burgess Meredith resting on the set of Twilight Zone, 1959. Meredith filmed perhaps the most famous Twilight Zone episode, "Time Enough at Last," as Henry Bemis, the last man left alive after a nuclear explosion.]
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"A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ — but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone — look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether."
more head previews ft selener!
what got done today:
all three head variants have been made, including earless versions, 'less motion' versions with less mouth movement, and then combo earless + less motion versions
all modular pieces have been fitted to other variants
sliders are now actually editable with the head on
started on fake shadow overlay + made transition smoother for general head overlay to prep for the variants
[asktheouroboroslights] Reon: "huh, there's more than one of you here? Well, Axl, not to get too personal, but what do you think of X and Zero? Are they friends, father figures...?"
YOU CAN NEVER GET TOO PERSONAL WITH THIS GUY!
BUT FOR THOSE TWO.. THEYRE OLD. NOT MUCH TO SAY. TWO OLD MEN.
THEYRE NICE, EXCEPT WHEN THEY JUDGE MY FASHION SENSE. I DONT GET WHAT THE PROBLEM IS??
ACTUALLY THEYRE NEVER NICE! THEYRE ALWAYS SAYING THINGS LIKE "AXL DONT EAT CHAIRS" AND "AXL HAVE YOU BEEN GOING TO THERAPY?" ITS SO ANNOYING!