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“Xuan! Over here!” Li Ling yelled over the crowd upon seeing the man enter the hall.
The red head grinned at the sight of Ling, Mona and Lewis in the corner, he only smiled more fervently as he realised Lewis and Ling were in the same costumes as every year, the former wearing his strange blue getup and Ling wearing his really really odd pink,lilac shit. Okay shit was rude especially for Tang Xuan, he loved it.
Just when he thought he couldn’t smile anymore widely, he saw the mochi in Mona’s hands.
——我说汉语 ：）———
Lewis knew who or what aesthetic everyone was meant to be. Ling was pink, he was blue and Mona was a character from one of the games at the arcade he could never remember the name of. Only one person’s costume confused him.
“What are you meant to be?” Lewis asked as Xuan ran up to the three. Ling, who had helped him with his costume looked at him and in unison they said “monke.”
That didn’t make Lewis any less confused but Mona seemed to understand.
“Oh, Wukong?” She said
“Yeah!” Tang Xuan proudly leaped up.
“What does Sun Wukong have to do with monkies?” Lewis asked. Xuan could do nothing except raise an eyebrow.
“Wukong is literally a Monkey dumbass.” Ling interjected. Lewis took a moment to observe the false red and yellow Cord and plaque his friend wore and then processed the monkey features attached to the man.
“Ah that makes a little more sense.”
———猴子———
“I brought profiteroles.” Xuan said
“What the fuck are profiteroles?” Ling blurted out. Mona humphed grumpily.
“Of course you don’t know what profiteroles are. You uncultured pink haired swine.” She griped.
“Hey!” Ling gasped “It’s my job to be the rude one.”
“What’s my job then?” The woman spluttered.
“You’re the trendy one, Lewis is the angry one and Xuan’s the Girl Scout.”
“Okay first of all Lewis is the angry one? And secondly thank you~” she giggled
“Wait I’m a Girl Scout?”
———女童子军———
“Ling. Stop yelling.” Raven hummed.
“Sorry Miss.” Ling responded.
Tang Xuan burst into laughter. Raven looked at him befuddled.
“Sorry Raven, he’s been drinking.” Mona groaned “We let him talk to Donar for 20 minutes and….well what happened is self explanatory.” Xuan wrapped himself around Ling’s waist drunkenly laughing.
“I think it’s good when Xuan is drunk, he opens up more. Hey Xuan, why are you so uncomfortable wearing Chinese clothes?”
“My mum taught me I should embrace a more western way of living as a way to make my employers forgive me for my ethnicity. Then she also says I should take pride in the fact I’m Chinese so I’m very confused with how I should dress.” He giggled while stuttering over his words.
“Jesus fucking Christ. This is why I tell you lot to get therapy.”
———我的家人不爱我———
Twice. That’s how many times all the Op’s chief jointly sang Monster by Lady Gaga. David had yelled Cannibal in such a drunken manner it made Tang Xuan’s surprisingly alright drunken rendition of Phantom of the Opera sound sober.
It was very entertaining to say the least. Even Raven laughed, admittedly at that point the woman had had more than one glass of red wine. Yun Chuan had learnt a lot about the alcohol related tendencies of his fellow espers, from the fact red wine was the only thing Raven drank to the fact Tang Xuan drank at all. The union members being drunk led to even more chaotic activities though.
“Xuan, truth or dare.” Lin Xiao asked
“Truth I guess.”
“Hmmmmm…. Who was your first time?”
“If you’re taking about what I think you are then no one.”
Q high-fived Xuan “Virgins for life brother.”
———那个男孩是个怪物———
“Ling,Mona,Lewis,Xuan would you mind helping clear up?” Raven questioned as she walked up to the four in their little corner.
“你叫什么名字?” Xuan slurred.
“What the hell?” Raven stammered
“Oh yeah he stopped being able to form English sentences about 47 minutes ago or so. Very entertaining. Ling has to translate so we have no idea if what he’s claiming Xuan is saying is true.” Mona said nonchalantly.
“Okayyyyyy. Maybe he can just go to bed.”
“Imagine needing sleep couldn’t be me.”
“Shut up Ling.”
“Okay.”