you can hardly breathe ● malak

[bai shi ⦸]

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THE KINGPIN

golden lung dragon & black jaguar w/ vitiligo & platinum silver fox. unknown age - ancient. bai shi lynn lingré. proper chinese name is lin bai. prefers lynn if close. they/them. blind. wind element & electric element. firstborn son of jerisidie lingré & current head of family/general. courting delilah evergarden & halo mercer. kingpin of alithís evgenis. demiromantic gray-asexual. parent of veris, arvin, leoku, erian, flos, kekhai, evarhi, and laeglin. elder brother of ramona and hope, uncle of quennel and cosette.

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their eyes sparkled at his laughter, glad to hear that at least one of them could find humor in this trying time. twitching their ear, they gave a soft smile, eyes closing as they took reprieve in their practitioner's gentle presence, eyes lidded and breathing rather calmly, finding peace in that time. at the comment of teeth, their eyes reopened, embarassed to have found themself drifting off just the slightest bit - were they truly that tired? shaking their head with a mirthful grin, they smiled, "of course, i've brought the tiger's teeth. who would i be if i didn't bring you what you wished for?", they murmured softly.

chuckling at his comment on being a dog, they raised their paw to their mouth to cough, head turned away for kindness. thinking about his words, they himmed and hawed, before shaking their head, "i feel congested, and my throat burns mildly but that might also be my electrical element. spiders? i think that i would rather pass." inhaling sharply, they held their breath to avoid another cough, exhaling heavily before digging through their own bag, pulling out the tiger's teeth with a chuckle, setting them down.

tiping their head at his words, they hummed softly, bending their body to pick up the ring of lavender blooms and put it about their head, caught by the antlers but resting peacefully. listening to his words, their brow furrowed, isolation? who would look after everyone? it wasn't safe for the group if they were sick ... who might they have infected already? shaking their head slightly, they exhaled with concern, putting their paw to their head, "that's not good ... not good at all. i'll go to the caves.", they murmured, brows furrowed as their tail curled and lashed behind them, thoughts consumed by this new challenge. they were soon distracted by his words again, speaking of the pittian desert, and by the gods, their heart began to ache. kydobi ... was he okay? they shook their head once more, they couldn't think of him right now.

the desert ... malak needed someone to go there and get the silver beetles. "did you want this brought up at the next meeting, malak? one of ours may be able to get them ... or we could trade for them. i'm going to send someone to visit all of the groups that we know about, someone who has a bit more ... knowledge than the children here. what do you say to that? we may be able to ask playerone or someone with a lighter pelt to go.", they murmured, sinking to the ground, looking years older. the lavender was a sweet gesture but they didn't know if it would be able to combat all of their stresses.