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[AND THEN TEEJ WAS BUSY.
wen ning is there, lying on the bed, and finally conscious-- he pushes himself to sit up when wei wuxian enters, though.]
Young master Wei.... I really thought I couldn't be fully unconscious anymore.
That wasn't so bad.
[his first nap in thirteen years wow]
wen ning is there, lying on the bed, and finally conscious-- he pushes himself to sit up when wei wuxian enters, though.]
Young master Wei.... I really thought I couldn't be fully unconscious anymore.
That wasn't so bad.
[his first nap in thirteen years wow]
[TEEJ YOUR SCHEDULE!!!!!
Wei Wuxian is immediately whisking his way in though, and moving to plop himself down on the foot of Wen Ning's bed. He will kindly set Trine down next to him, giving her an affectionate pat before turning his attention to his poor dang zombie.]
So you really were fully unconscious, then? [There is the little glimmering spark of the Curious Mad Scientist™ that he is as he leans forward, but it's not like he has the tools or abilities he needs to poke and prod right now, anyway.] Even back on that island, you never experienced anything like that? Mm... Well - how do you feel now, then? Groggy?
Wei Wuxian is immediately whisking his way in though, and moving to plop himself down on the foot of Wen Ning's bed. He will kindly set Trine down next to him, giving her an affectionate pat before turning his attention to his poor dang zombie.]
So you really were fully unconscious, then? [There is the little glimmering spark of the Curious Mad Scientist™ that he is as he leans forward, but it's not like he has the tools or abilities he needs to poke and prod right now, anyway.] Even back on that island, you never experienced anything like that? Mm... Well - how do you feel now, then? Groggy?
[His feet can perish.]
Good, good! [Now he won't have to fuss as much.] Anyway, I was telling you, but you already know it's true. Obviously he ended up on that island, where he died for a bit. Mm - but back home, it's significantly more difficult to kill or kidnap one. Especially Wen Ning.
[He is the fiercest corpse of them all...]
Good, good! [Now he won't have to fuss as much.] Anyway, I was telling you, but you already know it's true. Obviously he ended up on that island, where he died for a bit. Mm - but back home, it's significantly more difficult to kill or kidnap one. Especially Wen Ning.
[He is the fiercest corpse of them all...]
[HE JUST RAISES HIS HANDS.]
If you don't want to be unconscious for a few weeks after this, I'd be surprised.
If you don't want to be unconscious for a few weeks after this, I'd be surprised.
He's sort of the strongest one there is, isn't he?
[Wen Ning is a very strange existence in Wei Wuxian's realm of loved ones. He is all of the above, honestly.]
Ah! Really? Which of your friends ended up there? [But he hums a little, nodding at that.]
Before Wen Ning, there were no fierce corpses that could retain their conscience or sense of self. Hah - well, even after, there's only been one other and that one still isn't a match... All of his power and strength comes from him, though. How the individual was in life determines how strong they'll be as a corpse.
[He is very boastful of his turbozombie.]
Ah! Really? Which of your friends ended up there? [But he hums a little, nodding at that.]
Before Wen Ning, there were no fierce corpses that could retain their conscience or sense of self. Hah - well, even after, there's only been one other and that one still isn't a match... All of his power and strength comes from him, though. How the individual was in life determines how strong they'll be as a corpse.
[He is very boastful of his turbozombie.]
Carlos and I were together on the ship, but Akane got washed up on that island, apparently. [and he knows he's told wei wuxian a bit about her but it's just. funny. in the weirdest way possible.]
It means he held himself back a lot when he was alive. [HUFFING.] Resentful energy in a fierce corpse usually indicates one of two things - that they were angry people, or that they bit their tongue quite often. ...But yes, he did help me sell radishes for a while.
[HIS RADISH-SELLING ZOMBIE THAT HE LOVES even though he made Wen Ning fuckin push the cart with their radishes and also him.
But oh! Hm. The name does ring a bell and he nods. AND THEN HIS EXPRESSION LIGHTS UP.]
She's asleep here, then? [HE GETS TO MEET JUNPEI'S FRIEND.]
[HIS RADISH-SELLING ZOMBIE THAT HE LOVES even though he made Wen Ning fuckin push the cart with their radishes and also him.
But oh! Hm. The name does ring a bell and he nods. AND THEN HIS EXPRESSION LIGHTS UP.]
She's asleep here, then? [HE GETS TO MEET JUNPEI'S FRIEND.]
[why is wwx such a goblin, god. but uh. ahhhh.]
But yeah. She's asleep here. So you can see why I really wanted to win at first before we knew we could combine teams.
Want me to try dragging you to my world? Nobody gives me trouble; you'll be fine wherever I put you.
[He says this teasingly, though. He knows Junpei's got a wildass world waiting for him...]
[He says this teasingly, though. He knows Junpei's got a wildass world waiting for him...]
[If only he was from after the canon point where Wen Ning delivers one of the angriest most brutal verbal massacres in the whole series...]
It's hard to rile him, but that's in no small part because he doesn't like to show it. He's quite silly like that.
[Said fondly, though... BUT YEAH he sure does get it, and he nods.]
We all have our priorities. [THINKING OF HIS NEPHEW WHO'S JUST STUCK IN THE VOID.] No one can hold wanting to win against anyone else.
It's hard to rile him, but that's in no small part because he doesn't like to show it. He's quite silly like that.
[Said fondly, though... BUT YEAH he sure does get it, and he nods.]
We all have our priorities. [THINKING OF HIS NEPHEW WHO'S JUST STUCK IN THE VOID.] No one can hold wanting to win against anyone else.
[cannot believe souji is going to dropkick evan through pottery barn and immediately drop dread from tb. goodbye, souji.]
Of course I mean you. [Emotional support murderers... That's valid. He cannot see it, but she's rolling her eyes at him.] We're not the ones putting our necks on the guillotine week after week. How can we not fuss?
Of course I mean you. [Emotional support murderers... That's valid. He cannot see it, but she's rolling her eyes at him.] We're not the ones putting our necks on the guillotine week after week. How can we not fuss?
[Yeah it's what he deserves. Put him back in the dirt.
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT MURDERERS... He laughs, though. What a bunch of PUNKS these dang directors are. Wow the days when he thought they were all demon flesh puppets seem so far away.]
People outside of yourselves would likely have no problem with it! With not fussing, I mean. But you're all quite kind, mm?
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT MURDERERS... He laughs, though. What a bunch of PUNKS these dang directors are. Wow the days when he thought they were all demon flesh puppets seem so far away.]
People outside of yourselves would likely have no problem with it! With not fussing, I mean. But you're all quite kind, mm?
That just makes him more fun to tease. People like that have the best reactions, after all!
[He is MERCILESS. But it's fine Junpei would have no mercy to spare for him either.]
[He is MERCILESS. But it's fine Junpei would have no mercy to spare for him either.]
[WELL.
WEI WUXIAN WILL SHOW UP AFTER FEEDING TRINE... Carrying bunbun in his arms as usual. Though, when Wen Ning opens the door, he's just. Hm. HE'S LOOKIN A CERTAIN WAY. It's fine?? It's fine. The first thing he says, almost immediately, is a simple:]
I can't be around other people right now.
[He at least knows himself well.]
WEI WUXIAN WILL SHOW UP AFTER FEEDING TRINE... Carrying bunbun in his arms as usual. Though, when Wen Ning opens the door, he's just. Hm. HE'S LOOKIN A CERTAIN WAY. It's fine?? It's fine. The first thing he says, almost immediately, is a simple:]
I can't be around other people right now.
[He at least knows himself well.]
[He just. Hums in a lilting aimless way, and there's probably some gratitude in there somewhere. Then he just. Moves over to sit near the blood pool, where he stares at the dead and the shine from the water reflects back eerily across his wan face. Isn't this nostalgic??
Anyway yeehaw he's absolutely on the verge of a snap maybe staring at Dick's deadass face will help.]
Anyway yeehaw he's absolutely on the verge of a snap maybe staring at Dick's deadass face will help.]
[it's nostalgic in the worst ways, but-- it's nostalgia nonetheless. it's almost like they're home, like everyone else will be making dinner soon outside the cave. there were good things about the burial mounds too, he thinks, for all that he worried over wei wuxian there.
wen ning doesn't say anything, but he settles somewhere nearby, kneeling by the edge of the pool a short distance away.]
wen ning doesn't say anything, but he settles somewhere nearby, kneeling by the edge of the pool a short distance away.]
[Wei Wuxian is doing just fine. He'd actually much prefer if they were back at the Burial Mounds right now?? Life and death was somehow still so much more straightforward there, incredible.
But after a while he just. Laughs. A little huff of a sound, first, which curdles bitter at the back of his throat before welling up in bubbles like the blood Dick had choked on. His smile is an unpleasant cut; he doesn't bother hiding this side of himself from Wen Ning, who's seen him in worse states still.
If Wen Ning looks, he's not staring at the pool of water and blood and corpses anymore. He's not looking at Wen Ning either. He's just staring off somewhere toward the side, fingers drumming out a halting beat against his leg.]
"Are you sure you all looked hard enough for a way to win?"
[His voice, contrasted to his laugh, is soft and almost sweet.]
But after a while he just. Laughs. A little huff of a sound, first, which curdles bitter at the back of his throat before welling up in bubbles like the blood Dick had choked on. His smile is an unpleasant cut; he doesn't bother hiding this side of himself from Wen Ning, who's seen him in worse states still.
If Wen Ning looks, he's not staring at the pool of water and blood and corpses anymore. He's not looking at Wen Ning either. He's just staring off somewhere toward the side, fingers drumming out a halting beat against his leg.]
"Are you sure you all looked hard enough for a way to win?"
[His voice, contrasted to his laugh, is soft and almost sweet.]
[At least this time it isn't directed at poor Wen Ning... Honestly, he seems. Significantly closer to snapping now than he was that very first week, or even last week. That vast hollowness in his chest just holds a sickly, churning, sticky fury, which clings to his ribs and threatens to snap them to bits. He thinks his ears might be ringing, faintly.
He smiles beatifically.]
Our dear friend who narrowly escaped death today, of course.
He smiles beatifically.]
Our dear friend who narrowly escaped death today, of course.
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