your heart is ticking like a clock / potluck

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[color=#7E354D]BAI SHI
" my own illusion come to be "

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a fox moved into the hall, carrying a basket of food. they lifted onto their hindquarters, using their air elemental to balance themselves. sitting down their basket they proceeded to pull out several dishes favored by those of their culture. among the plates they set down were both vegetarian and omnivorous delights. their favorites had to be the soup dumplings, the pork ribs made with plum preserves, and eggplant with garlic sauce.

flicking their ears, bai shi stepped back and away from the tables, the gold and platinum fox slipping off a distance, pulling out a few more things from their basket. they took out a beautiful blade sheathed in a very delicate-looking scabbard. it was an important cultural piece to them, directly tied to their past and former human body. it wasn't the full length of a blade, but rather a smaller blade, still effective. something a woman may have carried strapped to their thigh, hidden by traditional dress at the time.

carefully slipping the strap attached to the scabbard around their shoulder they bowed their head to sephiroth and jiyu, a replacement of the formal handshaking they would have approached with. speaking they murmured, "Ni hao, wo de ming zi shi bai shi. hello, my name is bai shi." they would translate politely.