un: dappled pearl of the parted seas [voice] - Your local Cassandra is back in town

[beitangmoran]

I know that ash is commonly used for cleaning, but I do not believe it is quite as effective on stone or hardwood floors. And if you'd like to burn something, the kitchen might not be the best place. We have room outside.

Also, I do believe there was talk about purifying the lake and the house after our... guests departed. Has more thought been put into that?

[And then, after a brief silence...]

Do we have a dog here?

((OOC: if you were in Moran's vicinity shortly before he made this post, congratulations, you were just treated to this light show.))

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un: bashful bard of the emboldened flute

[consignation]

[ Immediately combative and defensive: ]

What of it? The dog.

[ Also how do you not know about the dog. It barks, Wei Wuxian screams. It's the size of a small horse. It's hard to miss. ]

[beitangmoran]

[He spends most his time in the study engrossed in books. Unless somehow the dog has been to the study and chewed on books, he's probably never even noticed it was there. Ask him when the last time he got out of the house was next.]

So we do have one? Does it run free outside the limits of the farm, or is it kept inside them?

[consignation]

His name is Zongzi and he stays in the farm, of course! Unless accompanied. There are dangerous creatures out there, he could be injured or worse.

Why?

[beitangmoran]

I suggest you keep a close eye on him, then.

[consignation]

What part of anything I just said suggests I don't?! What are you going on about?

[beitangmoran]

He's going to get out. Into the woods.

[consignation]

Is that a threat?!

[beitangmoran]

A piece of information, Master.... sorry what was your name again?

action;

[topoiran]

[ Su Xunxian...

... will just bring him a cup of tea. ]

action;

[beitangmoran]

[Moran sighs, massaging his temple, then takes the cup and has a few sips of it.]

Thank you.

... We'll see if this is a bit more useful this time.

[topoiran]

My Lord...

You cannot consider yourself useless.

[beitangmoran]

We both know that my visions do not necessarily help, Xunxian. Sometimes they do, and sometimes I understand too late.

[He's very conscious of the limits of his own power.]

[topoiran]

It is not as if you ever were slowed by that.

They are always true, and there is so little that we understand. How are we supposed to interpret it all?

Perhaps lady Karsa might understand.

[ Xunxian has some serious questions regarding Haltham and the Merchant right now. Not that he questions Karsa's loyalty, and yet. ]

[beitangmoran]

I might want to talk to her too... but I don't know if now is the moment, or if I should keep that bargaining chip for later.

We do not know yet how long she will be with us on the journey. I am unsure she will be leaving this place with us. This seems to be her home.

[topoiran]

Of course. She... seems to care very deeply, and to expect very little, and always not what we do, or say. She might know more about the... less practical aspects of what we will be facing, so she would interpret something about the future better.

Though she did say all soothsaying she does for pay is nonsense.

[ More tea? He's ready to pour some fresh tea, too. ]

[beitangmoran]

I wasn't necessarily thinking of telling her about my visions.

The Merchant said she could procure sleeping droughts. That might come in useful.

[For himself, or someone else, who knows?]

un: heart-fluttering hummingbird

[downswing]

No purification rites yet undertaken.

(voice)

[beitangmoran]

How were you hoping to attend to them, Master Lan? Still set on salt?

Re: (voice)

[downswing]

One recourse.

(voice)

[beitangmoran]

And are you planning to do this to more than just the lake, then?

perma type vs perma voice...!

[downswing]

Where else required?

[beitangmoran]

I don't know where else it is required, I just saw it happen somewhere else.

[downswing]

You saw.

Your... visions.

un: wide open-winged queen of butterflies | audio

[binghua]

Does the kitchen need cleaning that badly? I can put my hands to work. Surely there is a broom nearby.

We do have a dog, though I admit I have not been well acquainted with the creature. You haven't heard it?

(voice)

[beitangmoran]

I believe it is fine for now, Daozhang. That may, however, change in the future.

I... do not pay a lot of attention to things that are irrelevant to my present undertakings. I am afraid dogs have been low on the list.