I am having nostalgia for an old muse :,|

[fightsgood]

Mun,

It's been a while since we last spoke. And this is a very different place from either China... or where you last had me.

I don't think it will benefit anyone to bring me back out of... "the headspace".

So please, leave me be.

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[kingofnightmares]

Save your breath. Muns do what they please, no matter how much we tell them no.

[fightsgood]

I've known my mun a while now. There really isn't any reason for her to drag me out.

[kingofnightmares]

What? Don't you wish to be remembered?

[fightsgood]

I've already received honor from the emperor, my country, and my family.

I think that's enough memory wasted on one person.

[kingofnightmares]

[He raises his eyebrows at that, impressed.]

And what did you do to get such honor?

[fightsgood]

I... saved my country from the invasion of the huns.

[ahaha?]

1/3

[kingofnightmares]

[He... stares.]

[kingofnightmares]

[Looks her up and down, inspecting...]

DONE

[kingofnightmares]

[Nah, he isn't buying it.]

You? Surely you had some help.

1/3

[fightsgood]

No, I didn't.

They wouldn't listen to a woman.

[fightsgood]

[....That may.... require... clarifying.]

[fightsgood]

I had to pretend to be a man, to take my father's place.

After I was injured, I was revealed to be a woman.

[Skimming. over. a good bit. of that.]

They wouldn't listen when I told them I saw Shan Yu survive the avalanche. So I had to find a way to save the emperor myself.

[SKIMMING OVER SOME OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS TOO.]

[twicehitting]

You're pretty weird for a monkey.

But anyway, China belongs to Lord Shen now! So you bow down to him!

[HE WILL MAKE YOU PROUD, BOSS.]

1/2

[fightsgood]

[fightsgood]

[MULAN GET YOUR WORDS TOGETHER. YOU HAD A LION AS A TEACHER BACK IN DISNEY_ACADEMY. PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.]

Um. I don't think that's true.

Perhaps you're thinking of a different China?

[twicehitting]

Well how many Chinas could there be?! It's not like there's different versions of the same world or something!

[fightsgood]

Um... but. I believe... here there is?

I remember, at least, meeting many different people from different times and places in my time here.

1/???

[twicehitting]

Are you telling--hold on.

[He's gotta think this out.]

2/???

[twicehitting]

3/???

[twicehitting]

[Counts on his fingers, mumbling to himself. There's gotta be something here that makes sense.]

4/???

[twicehitting]

[Carry the two, add the four...moving the equation to the side....hold on he's almost there.]

OK DONE SORRY FOR SPAM

[twicehitting]

[Waaaait...NOPE.

Nope, it's gone. Kaput. Disappeared. No longer here. He lost it.]

That doesn't make any sense!

NO PROBLEM.

[fightsgood]

Well... explain the China you came from to me.

[BABY STEPS ARE NEEDED CLEARLY]

[twicehitting]

Ok so there's me and Shen, we're trying to conquer China. Then there's these five jerks who know kung fu with their ultra cuddly leader. And then Shen has all these fireworks.

[Has it become obvious that Wolf Boss isn't exactly the brightest yet?]

[fightsgood]

And... are there as many people there are there people here?

[twicehitting]

You mean here here or your China here?

[fightsgood]

I mean here here.

[twicehitting]

I don't know...if there's a lot, yeah.

[thatwasapun]

Whooooa, China, huh? D-d-don't think I've ever been there before! ... maybe. I kinda stopped keepin' track after... whatever that last war thing we did was.

[pardon the tall, excitable automaton that's wandered up, Mulan. he's just curious.

as for the war... he tries not to think too hard about that one in the first place. it didn't end well.]

[fightsgood]

[YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE MOST SOCIABLE ONE HERE DESPITE YOUR STRANGE LOOKS SO SHE SHALL OBLIGE YOU IN CONVERSATION WHILE NOT KNOWING IF SHE SHOULD STARE OR NOT]

Well... uh... China's the only place I've ever known. I've only heard of other lands.

[thatwasapun]

Wow, re-really? You gotta get out there and do some travelin', girly! [he swoops in to wrap a bone-thin arm around her shoulders, waving the other hand through the air as if to illustrate.] The world's fulla all kindsa amazin' things!

[fightsgood]

[EUURGHHODAHOI ARM. PERSONAL SPACE.....]

I've never heard of anyone travelling that far out of China. I don't think it's quite that easy.

[thatwasapun]

[SORRY HONEY, RABBIT NEVER LEARNED THAT CONCEPT IN ALL OF HIS 117 YEARS.]

Huh. Really? But I am pretty sure I've run inta some Chinese folks while tourin' around the US of A before! Maybe they just got kinda confused. Or maybe China is also the name of a city somewhere.

[he frowns to himself in thought.]

[fightsgood]

[...]

US of A?

What is that?

[thatwasapun]

Why, it's the United States of America! Tha-tha-tha-that's where I come from! California, ta be exact!

[fightsgood]

I've never heard of such a country.

[thatwasapun]

See, and that's why we gotta get you outta the house more!

... assumin' ya live in a house, anyways. I guess ya could live in some kinda other thing. Like those dams beavers make.

[he tilts his head to look down at her questioningly with literally glowing, mismatched eyes.]

Y'don't live in a beaver dam, do ya? 'Cause that sounds like it could get awwwwwfully inconvenient!

[fightsgood]

But I did leave the house. I went all the way to the palace. There still isn't any chance to leave the country. Or any reason for me to.

[......]


What's a beaver?

[thatwasapun]

A beaver is like... it's like a little fuzzy thing with big huge teeth and a flappy tail. Kinda like most reality TV stars, except they actually do somethin'. Even though that somethin' is... eatin' wood.

A-a-a-a-anyway! What's yer name, kiddo?

[fightsgood]

[...THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY WEIRD CREATURE TBH]

My name is Fa Mulan. It's nice to meet you. [Bowing now] What's your name?

[thatwasapun]

Iiiiii'm Rabbit! [and he sweeps off his hat, bowing politely in response.] It's a pleasure ta meet ya!

[fightsgood]

Rabbit. If you don't mind me asking, what are you? You don't look like anyone I've met.

[thatwasapun]

[he straightens to his full, rather intimidating, height at the question, plopping his hat back on his head and straightening it (before yanking at it again to set it at a jaunty angle.) he then thumps himself proudly on the chest with a muffled sound of metal-on-metal.]

Why, I-I-I'm a steam-powered, singing, musical automaton!

[fightsgood]

...Automaton?

[thatwasapun]

That's right! I'm a robot! Means I'm made outta metal! Copper, ta be exact. And some other stuff is in there too, I guess. But mostly copper!

[gunslingerguy]

I'd argue that you are benefiting people by being here. Sure as heck made my mun smile, and she needed that. Thank you kindly, miss.

[wallcrawler]

You sure? I mean, I'm havin' a hard time trying to think of a time when having a legendary warrior out and about isn't a good thing.

[cursedtosleep]

Mulan? Is something wrong?