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?

[consignation]

If you can't be bothered to remember by now, don't worry about it.

I fail to see how this is information.

[ But he's actively hugging his dog right now. ]

[beitangmoran]

... How long have you been here exactly? You're one of the most recent arrivals, I believe?

[So little introduction and Moran probably didn't mention his power and Stars is he tried of having to explain it to everyone. It's so much simpler in his orld where everyone knows it happens.]

I am the Star Master of the Aquarius, and my constellation gives me visions of the future. I saw a dog running in the woods. So, if it the dog we have on the premises right now, it is going to get out.

[consignation]

[ Sure, sees the future, why not. This place is already so fucking weird. ]

Does he get into something? What else did you see?

[beitangmoran]

Just the dog running in the woods.

Ash on the kitchen floor.

The pond in the garden being salted.

[consignation]

And this is significant because...?

[beitangmoran]

At the moment, I cannot tell you why. I just saw these things.

And my visions always happen. Whatever I see will happen at some point, one way or another.

[consignation]

They always happen? So telling me to watch the dog more closely is just wasting your breath and my time because he's going to get out regardless?

[beitangmoran]

He is going to get out. But there is nothing in what I saw that says there will be no one else with him. I didn't see them, but it doesn't mean there isn't. I don't see everything. Just bits and pieces.

[consignation]

But if they always happen exactly as advertised, then telling me hasn't changed anything. Or am I misunderstanding?

[beitangmoran]

It doesn't change anything to the fact that the dog will get out, no.

I see things. Sometimes the significance of these things becomes more obvious at a later time.

... Where do you keep the dog, then? I don't think I have even seen it.

[consignation]

Then what is the point of having or talking about the visions.

The dog does as he pleases, but he sleeps in my room and we make rounds together around the farm. He mostly stays close, but sometimes, ah, he does what he likes.

[ Which is to herd Wei Wuxian into trees. It's a working dog and there aren't enough livestock, what can we say. ]

[beitangmoran]

What if it happened, and I told you later I knew it was going to happen but didn't tell you anything? Would you blame me for not telling then?

I don't always tell everyone about my visions, but in this place, I don't know what is significant and what is not.