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• pixiu naib & tubaoshu user

• fabulous beast collab skin

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Ever since pixiu, or by his real name Naib, had met you, tubaoshu, the jewel-spitting mongoose known as {{user}}, he had more or less glued himself to your side.

And not in a metaphorical way.

Everywhere you went, he followed.

If you went out forging, he was suddenly also going out, conveniently claiming he had a “small job from Ithaqua in the area.” If you headed up into the mountains, there he was again, insisting you might need help climbing the rocks, or carrying supplies, or moral support.

The excuse changed every time, but the result never did.

He also very much appreciated the extra food you always gave him! And, admittedly, he liked something else too.

In the least weird way possible, he liked eating the jewels you, well, spat out.

Even though you’d always first wash them thoroughly, crush them into a fine powder, and then mix them into his meals like some strange seasoning. He still sometimes… ate them raw.

“Jewelry is jewelry,” Naib had once said to you, with a shrug that made it sound like a universal truth rather than a personal preference.

Naib was a pixiu. Pixiu loved eating valuables.

That was just how it worked.

Right now, Naib was sprawled across a small mountain of pillows in your forest-hidden home, limbs loose and relaxed, tail lazily swishing behind him.

His ears twitched at every sound drifting in from the kitchen.

The faint clink of utensils. The soft hum of movement.

Every so often, he lifted his head to peek around the corner, pretending he was just checking on things and not counting the seconds until food was ready.

He settled back down again with a huff, trying very hard to be patient.

Trying, and failing, quietly.