#icicledragon

[grislyintentions]

After having been adventuring by himself, Xue finally returns to the harbor. After walking about, he spots Zhongli enjoying some tea. Out of excitement for spotting him so fast, the young adeptus runs over and gives him a hug. “Hi! Can I join you? But can I have grape juice instead of tea?”

(From @icicle-dragon)

Only good fortune could have prevented the tea in his cup from spilling when faced with the sudden displacement of weight. The consultant is quick to set it down, lest his luck runs out. Xue’s excitement is evidently infectious, for Zhongli finds himself quietly chuckling, the sides of his eyes crinkling in amusement. “Why, if it isn’t our clever boy Xue.” The former archon wraps an arm around the young adeptus and lifts him up into the air briefly before lowering him down again to return his hug. “You are always welcome to join me.” Zhongli pauses to pass Xue’s request to a waiter nearby, nodding in satisfaction when they leave to prepare it. “Now, what antics have you been up to, little one?”

@icicle-dragon

[carnivoraformes]

@icicle-dragon asked, "🫳  to  put  a  comforting  hand  on  my  muse's  shoulder. " -for Xiao

— ARE YOU OKAY? || Status: Accepting

He felt it, like clawing digging into him. Trying to pull him into the abyss to strip him into a monster that couldn't even recognize his own kin. He fought, he always did and until his final breath he would fight. He would not fail.

He would not force anyone to slay him. This was his debt, his retribution and penance for doing that which must be done. No one would bear his burdens and pay the price for his duties.

For a moment he was distracted from his own suffering that he almost missed the feeling of someone touching his shoulder.

For a split second he thought of Bosacius. His brother had been something of a stubborn shadow, far more timid than the bombastic man he had known. He hid it well but there was no fooling kin. He also knew full well that Bosacius was to damn stubborn to just walk away and let him suffer in peace.

So his heart sank when realization hit that the hand was to small to be one of the four hands of a man as massive as his brother. His chest was tight when he looked behind him to see Xue.

He felt ashamed of himself as he was he could feel the beginning of tears welling up in his eyes just before he quickly turned his head forward and snapped, "it isn't safe to be around me. Go back home."

[sylvctica]

      ... is this how Neuvilette and Zhongli feel about having paperwork ... they didn't expect that many friendship bingo applications would come in all at the same time.

@drolliic said: "Uh... I guess we are a pretty good friend match considering I almost ticked off all boxes?" honestly did not expect that. [ Aether! ]

      A laugh follows from Sylvie, head dipping in a nod. Yep, Aether is friend shaped after all; all the stars are aligned!

@starlitwishes said: The meme for Decarabian? :'D

      "... friend to other gods isn't ticked off? Though again, you already hit a friend bingo anyway ..." A stamp of approval, regardless.

@viigilant said: He appears defeated by this result.. does this mean Sylvie won't accept him?

      They take the paper and checkmark everything before showing it to Xiao. "You are son shaped, thus you automatically tick everything cause you are my son."

@icicle-dragon said: “LOOK LOOK! TREE PARENT I COLORED IT IN AND MADE A SMILEY FACE!!!” He misunderstood the assignment and thought it was a coloring thing.

      A soft 'pfft' leaves the god, looking at the paper with a stupidly wide smile. "Well, I think you did a wonderful job at it, you got every little square covered."

@the-wayward-snowflake said: Isolde likes dressing nice, but she just needs pointers LOL

      "Really? I would've very much marked fashionable on here, but she's already got quite a few of these covered ..."

[aeviare]

@icicle-dragon || lyric based starter! || once upon another dream by no secrets

he settles in front of xue, tucking the blankets in around the energetic boy. he hopes this bedtime story will at least settle some of his energy. "once upon a dream in a magical kingdom, a beautiful princess fell into a looong deep sleep."

[mondstadtdragon-a]

The Adepti… While he did not meet the recent Adepti personally, he knew of them. And Zhongli… That name sounded familiar. Where did he hear that name?… Oh, he remembered now. Barbartos told him that Morax has 'died' and retire to be a 'human' named Zhongli. He didn't know that Zhongli had a son unless he had adopted one.

"Is that so? And does Zhongli and the Adepti know you are here? Even if you are an Adepti, it is still unsafe to wander off."

Even if there was nothing dangerous at the moment.

"Danger can strike at any time especially when you least expect it. You can continue playing with your toys here if you wish and I will fly you home when you wish to go home."

@icicle-dragon

A question he gets fairly often in his little adventures. But due to him being an Adeptus, it made it easier for him to get around. He loved exploring around! He didn't mean to venture out this far.

"I didn't mean to go so far..." He sits in front of the dragon on the ground. "I belong to all the Adepti, but Zhongli is my dad. I'm a little explorer, so sometimes I venture out to have fun! It's like my playtime."

He takes another moment to take in his surroundings, there was nothing that felt too off. There weren't any bad feelings he got from this area. Just the normal everyday hilichurls that walk around. It wasn't anything that alarmed the young dragon.

"Nothing feels so off around here. That's why I went in this direction."

[carnivoraformes]

@icicle-dragon liked for a short starter. || Status: Accepting

"Ah, Xue there you are." He mused, twigs cracked under his foot in one step before his other sank just ever so slightly into the earth at the nest. "Xiao had said he had been searching for you."

[grislyintentions]

(@icicle-dragon) " can i help you with that ? " -for Zhongli

Meme || Accepting || @icicle-dragon

"Are you certain? Shouldn't the birthday boy be off playing with his friends instead?"

Patient hands secured yet another kite upon the handrail of the balcony. Decorations are coming together and it shouldn't take too long for him to complete the set up on his own. But if the boy is eager to help with his own party, why not?

[carnivoraformes]

@icicle-dragon asked, "Instead of a bingo card, Xiao gets a hard drawn picture from his baby brother. The kid presents with such pride.

“I drew you a birdie!!”

(Xiao) or Arlecchino Bingo Card! || Status: Accepting

"Did Brother Bosacius put you up to this?" He wasn't even slightly amused as he crossed his arms. Already pondering whether or not to burn it or leave it with Zhongli the second Xue was gone.

"I must say... it is the better of what I've seen."

[carnivoraformes]

@icicle-dragon || Plotted Starter!

It wasn't every day that a nation and it's residents survive a prophesized flood meant to destroy the entire nation. But unfortunately despite as quickly as the waters had receded the damage had still been done.

It meant replacing everything that had been pulled out to the waters that he couldn't reasonably retrieve. Fixing up the parlor and replacing everything that had been destroyed. So much to do and so little time with their lists of requests growing for all those that had lost so much and needing to replace it in order to rebuild. That included clothing.

His mind was preoccupied until he felt a familiar sensation and it stopped him in his tracks as his anxiety spiked upon realizing it was far to close for his liking. He couldn't remember who, wasn't even sure if he truly knew but upon turning his head in the direction of it he saw... a child?

[carnivoraformes]

@icicle-dragon liked to Play an April Fools Prank!

Somewhere, there is a fatui harbinger cleaning up glitter from every crevice of his make shift office in the Northland Bank, wondering who he had pissed enough to do this and didn't even fight him over it.

[sylvctica]

(@icicle-dragon) Xue walks up the stranger beside Sylvie, looking up with his light pink eyes. His tail twitches sensing something... demon like? OH! That guy from hell came around last year. Has a similar vibe. He was a tad nervous about the energy this one gave off. But then remembered something he learned from the one with a similar energy last year. "OHHH! HOW ARE THE COWS IN HELL?! Can I see one?!" His tail does a little swish.

Namatee could only groan at those words, grumbling underneath her breath: "Motherfuck—

"No swearing around the kids!"

"... not the cows again. Oh yeah, we have an entire fucking farm. We selectively made a breed of cows that do shit around it. And no, you can't see one. Not bringing one, nor will I bring you down there."

Sylvie on the other end, could only sigh and pray Xue forgets any of the fun new words he's heard and focus just on the cows.

[carnivoraformes]

@icicle-dragon asked, " I tried but failed. ” -for Zhongli

4-Word Sentence Prompts || Status: Accepting

He didn't scold Xue, nor did he waste his time belittling the boy on his shortcomings when he knew well that it would accomplish nothing. Instead he grabbed his spear, it fit in his hand like an extension of his own body.

"Then, show me what you did and I will help you try again." He had already began walking back towards the grounds he had sequestered off for the boy to practice.

[carnivoraformes]

@icicle-dragon asked, "Xue thought it'd be fun to test out a punching bag. Turns out he's a bit too little and cannot hit it correctly. So, he's just slapping the bottom with his fists. "SEE! LOOK! I can do the punchy thing too!" - Wriothesley

Random Ask || Status: Accepting

He shouldn't laugh. But he did as he came to kneel beside the kid, with a quirked brow he asked, "you want a little help there?"

He couldn't lower it but at the very least he could teach the kid how to throw a punch. He hoped the kid wouldn't need to know how over the course of his rather short sentence but he knew from personal experience that no matter how much he reminded the gardes to keep on eye on the kid and how Sigewinne seemed to taking a liking to the boy that this was still a prison.

There were still dangerous people here.

"First off, close your fist when you take a swing. Think of it like this, which hurts more getting hit by a piece of paper or stabbed by a pin? You don't have enough muscle to put much force behind it, so you have to use what you do have and make what hits them as small as you can."

[sylvctica]

(@icicle-dragon) "What does it mean to have a hold able waist? And why is it about Zhongli???" The little Adeptus is so confused as to why these compliments are in reference to his father. His tail thumps behind him as he continues questioning the whole ordeal.

Oh gods above, smack them in the head ( they can't do it themselves ).

A low noise left Sylvie, fingers pinching the bridge of their nose for a moment. How do they even describe it to Xue without making it sounds weird? "Well, if you look at me and him, you will see that his torso is a lot smaller." Fingers pat their own stomach for emphasis. "There's a small joke going on that he looks like a silly little upside-down triangle, which makes him easier to grab and pick up. Obviously, it's not true, but it's funny to me to poke him about it."

[sylvctica]

@icicle-dragon ➤ unprompted

Xue walks up to Sylvie in the middle of the night. "Tree parent! It's snowing out. I require my icy dragon snow time." The little Adeptus gives his tail a little wiggle. He knows he should be sleeping, but wants to play outside instead.

Sylvie blinks a little towards Xue before peering outside the nearby window to see the massive flakes gently falling down and coating the ground in a frosty white—leaving a mild grimace on their face at reminding themselves of the cold sensation lurking outside.

Their expression softened up once looking back towards Xue, eyebrows raised up. "It's quite dark outside, and it's very late. If you promise you'll stay close to the lights and only stay out for a little bit—thirty minutes—then go bundle yourself right back in bed ... then you can go out to play and have your icy dragon snow time."

Even so, they'll stay to oversee him from either the door entry ... or brave the biting cold and bundle up in four layers to just make sure he's safe.

[grislyintentions]

(@icicle-dragon) -for Xiao

Xue gave Xiao a surprise hug! He felt his big brother needed one.

A sharp inhale punctuates the air as the Yaksha reflexively tensed, having not expected to be caught in an embrace. Anticipation towards physical violence gives way to matching hostility and aggression, discomfort seizing a hold of his instincts.

Xiao does not jerk away but the minute flinch in his expression is hard to miss.

"Don't-" Gritted teeth ground out the beginning of his words before the older adeptus is able to suppress the rest of the venom. He takes a shaky breathe. Then another. Allows tension to bleed out of him. There is an imperceptible shake in Xiao's hand when he raises it....to gently set his touch atop Xue's head.

"Don't surprise me like that," Xiao scolds lightly. "I could easily have mistaken you as a hilichurl trying to ambush me."

@icicle-dragon