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thirteen unique wonders

Summary:

thirteenorphans has challenged you to a game of Celestial Jade!

or, aventurine and qingque meet online playing celestial jade and strike up an unlikely friendship.

Notes:

the idea for this fic came to me in a vision and i wrote it all in like three hours. title is a mahjong hand.

thank you as always to Azure_Ace and geminislime for cheerleading, beta reading, and mahjong consultancy.

if you don't like the chat bubbles, you can turn them off by clicking "hide creator's style" at the top! otherwise, make sure "show creator's style" is on <3

there is also one small instance of minor planarcadia spoilers! you've been warned!

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Welcome to CelestialJadeNow! Your One-Stop Online Service for Celestial Jade!

14:32:02

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

thirteenorphans has added you as a friend on CelestialJadeNow!

Your chat with thirteenorphans begins now! We wish you many blessings!

thirteenorphans 

lol whoops sorry i didn't think it would send you a notification

HoneyBlueDragon 

Haha, you're good.

thirteenorphans 

just figured we end up playing against each other a lot, so we might as well be friends!

HoneyBlueDragon 

That's true.

thirteenorphans 

it'll make it easier for you to get your ass kicked!

HoneyBlueDragon 

That's not how I remember our games usually going.

thirteenorphans 

hahahaha maybe not

thirteenorphans 

but you're really fun to play against so don't be a stranger!

HoneyBlueDragon 

Thanks.

16:05:32

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

thirteenorphans has challenged you to a game of Celestial Jade!

thirteenorphans 

game???

HoneyBlueDragon 

Aren't you supposed to ask before challenging me to one?

thirteenorphans 

you can just decline if you don't want to play!

HoneyBlueDragon 

No, I want to play.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Work is boring.

thirteenorphans 

truer words have never been spoken

HoneyBlueDragon 

Hahaha are you also playing at work?

thirteenorphans 

caught me

thirteenorphans 

don't tell my girlfriend she'd kill me

thirteenorphans 

mostly cause she's my boss and she really hates it when i slack off

HoneyBlueDragon 

Oh, goddess, yeah. I think my boyfriend would be the same way.

thirteenorphans 

well now that we've established we're not on this cjade site to find other sad, lonely cjade players

thirteenorphans 

ready to go down?

HoneyBlueDragon 

You wish.

17:05:23

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

HoneyBlueDragon 

Are you free to play?

thirteenorphans 

yeah gimme a minute

thirteenorphans 

i just woke up

HoneyBlueDragon 

Oh, shit, I never considered we had a time difference. I don't think I ever get used to that being a thing between planets.

thirteenorphans 

oh no i don't think we do

thirteenorphans 

it's like afternoon here i was just asleep

thirteenorphans 

but i'm on a xianzhou ship so they use dual hours and stuff and i know not everywhere does

HoneyBlueDragon 

No, we don't use dual hours here.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Not gonna say where. Haha.

thirteenorphans 

yeah fair enough

thirteenorphans 

when i went to penacony a while back having to adjust to a whole different method of measuring time was crazy

HoneyBlueDragon 

Penacony is a strange place.

thirteenorphans 

well i'm not too fond of it considering i was only there because i almost got kidnapped by a cult

HoneyBlueDragon 

...huh.

thirteenorphans 

true story

thirteenorphans 

ready to lose?

HoneyBlueDragon 

Should be asking you the same thing.

You have challenged thirteenorphans to a game of Celestial Jade!

09:12:53

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

Congratulations and blessings to the winner, thirteenorphans, of this game of Celestial Jade!

HoneyBlueDragon 

Good game. Rare win for you.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Out of curiosity, when were you in Penacony?

thirteenorphans 

not that rare! don't be a dick

thirteenorphans 

like a year ago? after the whole aeon debacle thing. there was a cult thing, and someone i knew was running a hotel... it was weird

HoneyBlueDragon 

You know Caelus too?

thirteenorphans 

oh my aeons small universe haha

thirteenorphans 

yes i do

thirteenorphans 

he's fun. not good at cjade though

HoneyBlueDragon 

Never played him, but from what I know, that sounds correct.

HoneyBlueDragon 

I was on Penacony around then too. Not my favorite place either.

thirteenorphans 

i know! and i used up vacation time on that trip :(

HoneyBlueDragon 

That is unfortunate.

thirteenorphans 

i knowwwww

HoneyBlueDragon 

Rematch?

thirteenorphans 

of course!

11:45:01

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

Congratulations and blessings to the winner, thirteenorphans, of this game of Celestial Jade!

thirteenorphans 

good game!

HoneyBlueDragon 

Whoever's impersonating you is doing a very bad job. I don't believe for a second that you crushed me like that and aren't going to gloat.

thirteenorphans 

comforting to know that if i was replaced by a borisin or something CelestialJadeNow user HoneyBlueDragon would be able to tell the difference

thirteenorphans 

i'm just exhausted from work :(

HoneyBlueDragon 

Yeah.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Me too. Always.

thirteenorphans 

what do you do for work that lets you play cjade all day

thirteenorphans 

and can i also have that job

HoneyBlueDragon 

Investments. And no.

HoneyBlueDragon 

You don't want it anyway. Trust me.

thirteenorphans 

you're right, i don't want any job at all

thirteenorphans 

i want to play cjade all day

HoneyBlueDragon 

Good to see your work ethic is just as strong as your Celestial Jade skills.

thirteenorphans 

mean!

thirteenorphans 

my celestial jade skills are WAY stronger

HoneyBlueDragon 

Horrified at what that means for your job.

thirteenorphans 

i have it on good authority that the boss loves me <3

HoneyBlueDragon 

Uh huh.

thirteenorphans 

being a diviner is hard work!!

HoneyBlueDragon 

It probably is, if you're actually doing the work.

thirteenorphans 

okay, "i work in investments", you're also on cjn in the middle of the day

HoneyBlueDragon 

I never claimed to not be a hypocrite.

02:03:34

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

thirteenorphans has challenged you to a game of Celestial Jade!

Congratulations and blessings to the winner, HoneyBlueDragon, of this game of Celestial Jade!

thirteenorphans has challenged you to a game of Celestial Jade!

Congratulations and blessings to the winner, HoneyBlueDragon, of this game of Celestial Jade!

thirteenorphans has challenged you to a game of Celestial Jade!

Congratulations and blessings to the winner, HoneyBlueDragon, of this game of Celestial Jade!

HoneyBlueDragon 

Can't sleep?

thirteenorphans 

yeah

HoneyBlueDragon 

Okay.

You have challenged thirteenorphans to a game of Celestial Jade!

Congratulations and blessings to the winner, thirteenorphans, of this game of Celestial Jade!

HoneyBlueDragon 

Hope everything's alright.

thirteenorphans 

thank you

14:56:17

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

HoneyBlueDragon 

I have a confession to make.

thirteenorphans 

i knew it

thirteenorphans 

you're a bot

thirteenorphans 

i've seen you get earth's grace one too many times

thirteenorphans 

nobody is that lucky

HoneyBlueDragon 

Now that's just rude. Unless you're admitting that you'd even lose to a bot? Have a little more faith in your abilities, because that's just sad.

HoneyBlueDragon 

But no. I have to admit that I don't actually have a boyfriend.

thirteenorphans 

1) fuck off and 2) ???

HoneyBlueDragon 

I don't... not have a boyfriend, either? It's weird. And I need advice.

HoneyBlueDragon 

And I know we're online friends at best, and that's being generous, so if you don't want to hear it tell me to stop.

thirteenorphans 

you have no idea how badly i want to hear this

thirteenorphans 

for the record, my girlfriend IS my girlfriend, 100% confirmed

HoneyBlueDragon 

You're an adult, right?

thirteenorphans 

i am over 200 years old, genuinely

thirteenorphans 

just xianzhou things

HoneyBlueDragon 

Right. I'm trusting you on that, even if my gut is telling me I shouldn't.

HoneyBlueDragon 

So we've been sleeping together for a couple years now, and I really, really like him. We do stuff that I would never do with anyone else. He's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

HoneyBlueDragon 

I have commitment issues and I'm only telling you that because you don't know who I am. I'm terrified that he's going to up and leave because so far, so has everyone else in my life I've cared about.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Which is so stupid. It's so fucking stupid.

HoneyBlueDragon 

But goddess, calling him my boyfriend felt so natural. I was lying because I was going to try and create a really stupid fake boyfriend for myself based on him, but I think it accidentally made me realize I actually want him to be my boyfriend.

thirteenorphans 

holy shit

thirteenorphans 

that’s honestly really cute

thirteenorphans 

and it isn't stupid

thirteenorphans 

no but seriously, i understand not knowing where you stand in a relationship with someone. and i know this is going to sound cliche, but you really should talk to him. be honest about what's going on in your head, and if he's not ready for that, then he's not ready for you.

thirteenorphans 

i don't really know you at all, but you seem like a good person.

HoneyBlueDragon 

...Thank you.

HoneyBlueDragon 

I don't know if I will talk to him. But thanks for trying anyway.

thirteenorphans 

yeah, i understand. it's hard

thirteenorphans 

and for the record, i do think we're friends

HoneyBlueDragon 

I honestly don't think I have many friends, and I feel pathetic saying that out loud.

thirteenorphans 

well, you have a random cjade player from the xianzhou on your team now, so

thirteenorphans 

at least one friend

HoneyBlueDragon 

Huh.

HoneyBlueDragon 

And those Earth's Graces are legit, by the way.

thirteenorphans 

no the fuck they are not

19:04:12

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

thirteenorphans 

alright. my turn to get personal

HoneyBlueDragon 

Oh?

HoneyBlueDragon 

Sympathy won't make me go easy on you.

thirteenorphans 

i'd be upset if it did

thirteenorphans 

so i mentioned my girlfriend is my boss right

HoneyBlueDragon 

A few times.

thirteenorphans 

right well

thirteenorphans 

she's not like, in charge

thirteenorphans 

she can still technically get uh

thirteenorphans 

let's say promoted

thirteenorphans 

and she really, really wants to get promoted, like REALLY wants it

thirteenorphans 

and i support that!

HoneyBlueDragon 

Mhmm.

thirteenorphans 

i do! i have no desire to get promoted or do anything at all. i like my job because it lets me slack off and do this all day instead of actually working

thirteenorphans 

but recently i found out that ummm

thirteenorphans 

someone else would promote me? to a job that's like... the same level as the one my girlfriend really wants

thirteenorphans 

not the same job, but the same position... elsewhere

HoneyBlueDragon 

Yeah.

thirteenorphans 

and my gf kind of freaked out about it even though she doesn't even want that specific job she wants the version of it where WE live and i didn't even GET the job

thirteenorphans 

the person who has it just said that if she died she'd give it to me

HoneyBlueDragon 

Right.

thirteenorphans 

and that person is like??? weirdly flirty/competitive with my gf anyway so it was probably just to fuck with her and not because she actually wanted to give me the job when she dies

HoneyBlueDragon 

When?

thirteenorphans 

we're diviners, there's always a when

thirteenorphans 

and if this gives away who i am then like whoops but i genuinely don't know what to do

HoneyBlueDragon 

I have no idea what you're talking about with the diviners and positions and whatever. So, no worries.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Let's just say that the Xianzhou is not my investment specialty.

HoneyBlueDragon 

The lady who would give you her job if she dies isn't dead though, right?

thirteenorphans 

no, but she all but predicted her death so

HoneyBlueDragon 

Okay. But she isn't dead.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Is she ever wrong?

thirteenorphans 

no. well, sometimes she can misinterpret things, but this one was pretty clear

HoneyBlueDragon 

Huh.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Well, do you have to take the job when she dies? Maybe your girlfriend would feel better if you told this lady that you don't want the job.

thirteenorphans 

yeah

HoneyBlueDragon 

And also you should probably talk to her about the flirting thing.

thirteenorphans 

my gf doesn't really flirt back

thirteenorphans 

i don't actually think she realizes this lady is flirting with her

HoneyBlueDragon 

Talk to her about it anyway. You'll feel better.

HoneyBlueDragon 

A very bad Celestial Jade player once told me that if she isn't ready to deal with what's going on in your head, she isn't ready for you.

thirteenorphans 

what. hey

thirteenorphans 

you having insane luck does not make me bad at cjade

HoneyBlueDragon 

Agree to disagree.

thirteenorphans 

you suck sometimes

thirteenorphans 

but thank you. i know it's a lot

HoneyBlueDragon 

I don't mind listening to you talk about this.

HoneyBlueDragon 

That's what friends are for, isn't it?

thirteenorphans 

awww you called us friends

HoneyBlueDragon 

Mhmm.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Good luck with your girlfriend. I'm not going easy on you, though.

thirteenorphans 

like you ever do

You have challenged thirteenorphans to a game of Celestial Jade!

19:04:12

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

Congratulations and blessings to the winner, thirteenorphans, of this game of Celestial Jade!

thirteenorphans 

distracted?

HoneyBlueDragon 

Are you saying I played sloppy?

HoneyBlueDragon 

Finally admitting I'm better than you?

thirteenorphans 

never!

thirteenorphans 

but also maybe

thirteenorphans 

that infamous luck of yours running out?

HoneyBlueDragon 

Hahaha. Never. I have a date tonight, so I'm a little distracted.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Apparently enough so to let you win.

thirteenorphans 

!!!!!

thirteenorphans 

with the guy??

HoneyBlueDragon 

Yeah.

thirteenorphans 

THAT'S AWESOME

thirteenorphans 

i'm so happy for you!!!!

HoneyBlueDragon 

Thanks!

HoneyBlueDragon 

I think we're really, properly boyfriends now.

thirteenorphans 

that's so amazing

thirteenorphans 

i'm so happy for youuuu

thirteenorphans 

the divinations say you will have a long and prosperous relationship <3

HoneyBlueDragon 

Um.

thirteenorphans 

just kidding, i didn't do any divinations

thirteenorphans 

too much work

thirteenorphans 

just a guess on my part

HoneyBlueDragon 

Aw.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Yeah. I'm really happy.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Wanna play again?

thirteenorphans 

always!

You have challenged thirteenorphans to a game of Celestial Jade!

00:16:42

Chatroom with thirteenorphans

thirteenorphans 

do you ever wonder if we've met in real life and just don't know it?

HoneyBlueDragon 

Sometimes.

thirteenorphans 

i wonder if we'd have liked each other

HoneyBlueDragon 

Maybe. I'm not very likeable.

thirteenorphans 

well, i'm incredibly likeable, so maybe it'd balance out

HoneyBlueDragon 

Hahaha.

HoneyBlueDragon 

I've been to a lot of planets. Maybe we've crossed paths once or twice.

thirteenorphans 

yeah

thirteenorphans 

i like to think we have

thirteenorphans 

but i like being cjade buddies with you too

thirteenorphans 

even if all i know about you is that you work in """investments""" and you have a boyfriend

thirteenorphans 

and that you went to penacony once

thirteenorphans 

i also know that you're a good person. an asshole, but a good person

HoneyBlueDragon 

...I don't know if you would think that if you'd met me in real life.

HoneyBlueDragon 

Definitely an asshole. Good person, not so much.

thirteenorphans 

nah

thirteenorphans 

the divinations say you're a good guy at heart

HoneyBlueDragon 

Did you actually do them this time?

thirteenorphans 

didn't need to

thirteenorphans 

i know i'm right

HoneyBlueDragon 

Huh.

thirteenorphans 

wanna play another one?

HoneyBlueDragon 

Yeah.

thirteenorphans has challenged you to a game of Celestial Jade!

Notes:

hope you enjoyed!! aven and qq being mahjong buddies is a headcanon of mine that i've always loved, so i'm happy to bring it to life.

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