Video: UN: hotgoss

[bebest]

WHO: Zulius and you!
WHERE: Network/ Entertainment District
WHEN: 7th June
WHAT: Zulius comes home from his Vacay. Is distressed by all the rain
WARNINGS: Nothing right now but it is Zulius so, y'know. Oh god this got so cursed. So NSFW.

[Zulius had a pretty nice vacation on Fire Island. The human illusion necklace Zhongli had procured for him had worked a treat, and even if it hadn't actually changed the centaur situation, it had meant he could have a relatively few days away. He's turned the thing off now he's in the city again (mostly because he plans to give Vergil a fight with it and he doesn't want the guy to be tipped off he has it) and is humming to himself as he trots down the street, trundling his suitcase along behind him, and flipping through his phone, trying to sniff out any gossip he missed out on.

And then the deluge happens. One minute he's having a great time and the next the heavens open and he's drenched. Zulius hates getting wet. He hates it he hates it he hates it. So he lets out a banshee screech as he turns on the video feed. His mohawk is immediately and tragically deflated and he's Big Mad about it.]

Oh my goose, I go away for less than a week and everything goes to hell! What's with all the RAIN?

[He tries to squeeze some of the rain out of his mane and it catches as it crystalises. ]

OW! And what the flunk is it MADE of? How can you make rain WORSE?!!!

Comments

Video | un: ecraig

[fiddlestick]

[Elliot responds to this with way more anger than you'd expect from the soft musician. Just what happened]

I don't know! Maybe it's made of KARMA, Zulius!

1/2

[bebest]

[He is WET and the rain in PAINFUL and he doesn't know what's happening and now Elliot is YELLING at him and he doesn't know what he did to deserve any of-

Oh. Wait.

Yeah.

That. ]

2/2

[bebest]

[He clears his throat. ]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey, El. Soooo I'm sensing just a tiny bit of hostility here.

[fiddlestick]

Really? Hostility? Me

Why would I be hostile Zulius? You only slept with my dad and baked me a cake to tell me in frosting!

not here...?

[fionnuisce]

[SPITS COFFEE]

[bebest]

Oh, I didn't bake the cake, I can't do that, I got it made specially.

[That's. Not the point. ]

I figured it was a way less awkward way to break that to you.

[And then he fucked off on vacation and ignored his phone for the better part of a week. ]

I did say I was sorry.

[On. The cake. ]

[fiddlestick]

Seriously?!

[Elliot is just going to upload the picture of THE CAKE:]



You thought THIS being delivered to my door was the least awkward way for me to find out?!

voice | un: blackbirdtarot

[drewthetower]

Holy shit. I don't need to be a fortune teller to see that that was only ever going to end like this, Zuilius.

voice | UN thorn

[poisontippedcure]

Zulius, I've never seen a message conveyed in a way that's more you.

Keep up the good work.

[bebest]

[He's gonna..squeeze himself into an alcove because it's still raining and it's making his arm feel stiff and weird. He tries to shake the feeling off, it's probably nothing.]

I mean, I was going on vacay so kinda? Yeah? Is there any non-awkward way of telling someone that you slept with their dad?

voice; un: riftdancer

[thavnairian]

[Forty seconds of breathless, wheezing laughter followed by a thump.]

[in the background]

[motiv8]

He was screaming for a solid 20 minutes. So was Ash.

I'm surprised no one called the cops, honestly.

[makura]

[ AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS: ]

YOU GOT SOME AND MADE CAKE ABOUT IT AND I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT ANY OF IT?!

[ THE BETRAYAL?? ]

semi-here

[stripartist]

[Yeah like ten minutes after this there is a DoorDash delivery of two teas from Elliot's favorite place with a note from Yusuke. He apologizes that they would not send over wine so he instead sent over tea, which since this is what he'd do if this happened during the school year it's probably fine.]

semi-here

[fiddlestick]

[Thanks Yusuke you're a true bro he needs this, ok. He appreciates you]

un: silverrose; private

[fionnuisce]

Right, so...disregarding whatever the hell all that was.

[sorry elliot]

Not sure if you're hiring, but I referred someone to you. Ritsuka Fujimaru, she's a friend of Nagiko's. I thought you'd be a little better equipped than me to do something with regards to employment, so if you could keep an eye out I'd be grateful.

Private;

[bebest]

[God, please, a distraction!]

I'm always hiring if app users need a job. Not gonna turn anyone away who needs it, y'know? We're all in the same boat.

[As much as he likes to pretend he's just a fun-loving gossip hound, he doesn't want anyone here to suffer if he can help. He's making a mental note of that name.]

Sure, I'll keep an eye out if they drop by. They a friend of yours, too?

Private;

[fionnuisce]

I was kind of banking on you saying that, so good to know I can be right sometimes.

Sort of? I'd never met her before now, but you could say we're in similar situations. It's not really my unholy mess to explain, even if I could.

Private;

[bebest]

Aww, come on, I bet you can be right a lot of times! You just super were this time.

Yeesh, sounds complicated. Like we don't have enough unholy messes to deal with here. Speaking of seen as Elliot's still yelling: seriously what is with the RAIN?

Private;

[fionnuisce]

Annoying, is what. Startled the living hell out of me when my arm started crystallizing earlier. Who knows what kind of disaster that's supposed to be the opening act for.

Voice: Un: Opera_Ghost

[not_a_possum]

I don't know, but it's terrible. I'm going to just stay inside. Maybe bake some things. I'm not risking getting crystallized in that.

[He's small, and he doesn't want to find out how easy it would be for him to be entirely engulfed in that.]

[bebest]

Yeah. I'm just gonna come home and hole up for like. The whole month. It's fine, that's why home delivery was invented. No need to step a toe or HOOF outside.

[Oh, but!!! He's not going to announce to the network where Moxxie lives, but:]

Hey, I'll come by and see you. Do have SOME good news at least.

[He's just coming by and seeing Moxxie in their own home. That's all. ]

[not_a_possum]

Oooh! Great! I can't wait to hear it. Looking forward to seeing you, it's always nice when you stop by!

[He's fully capable of playing along, as well.]

[bebest]

I know, I'm a flunking treat every time! Be there soon, Babe.

[Look at them, MASTERS of deception!! They could fool ANYONE. Zulius peers out from his little hidey hole as the rain blissfully stops. He is absolutely not going outside while this shit is going on. He squeezes out some more crystallisation from his mane, before taking a deep breath and diving out into the street. He's gonna trot as fast as he can home, dragging his suitcase behind him. Thankfully he gets to The Vogue building before another microburst hits- heading off upstairs to the apartment. ]

Ugh, gross- so so gross, so wet. Ewwwww, it's gonna be stuck in my mane forEVerrrrr.

[not_a_possum]

Zulius!

[Knowing what they'd discussed before Zulius left, and knowing Zulius has good news, Moxxie's particularly excited to see him...and then he notices how soaking wet with crystalized water Zulius is. He turns, rushing off again, before coming back with a towel.]

Here. You look like you need this.