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[downswing]

( Pictured: young master Lan, blood-drenched and saddled by five exceptionally rotund and angry chickens in a gondola that drifts merrily along one of the canals.

At his feet: a swarm of coins, a corset dress, and... pastries. Beside him, fettered and muffled, is a seemingly rabid undead, who sometimes remembers to kick at the rope-bound oar convulsively and row them onwards in the dusky horizon.

It appears master Lan has forgotten the art of blinking. Possibly, until he croaks out sound, that of speech: )

The witches. ( A pause, spanning a lifetime. He seems... to drift asleep? No. No, he's startling himself awake again: ) Answered. ( What did they say, Wangji, don't fall aslee — ) ...inquiry.

( ooc: just after the the warehouse incident, where pocket Lan Zhan Wangji's box was submerged in alcohol during transport. He has 'captured' one of the warehouse dead and... useless loot. Content warning: drunk Lan Wangji. )

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[downswing]

( Sullenly: )

Flew.

[softheartedshizun]

That makes absolutely no sense.

[downswing]

Flew at me. ( A pause. ) They.

( Chickens fly now. )

[softheartedshizun]

Chickens can't fly.

[downswing]

( Not with that attitude. Tentatively: )

You wish one?

[softheartedshizun]

This one is not sure what to do with a living chicken…

[downswing]

( The slowest: )

A gift.

[softheartedshizun]

...

Thank you....

[downswing]

You may not have it.

[softheartedshizun]

I didn't want it!

[downswing]

Another man's chickens.

[softheartedshizun]

Stop focusing on the chickens.

[downswing]

You want... ( Yep, he's raising the zombie now. )

[softheartedshizun]

No I don't want him either. Why do you even have him? What is going on?

[downswing]

Had... in the dark. They were fighting. ( And here, he raises the first, fettered undead, and the surprise second, barrelled at his feet. ) Now not fighting.

[softheartedshizun]

They were all fighting...?

[ Why? What was going on? ]

[downswing]

Dark halls. Fights. Money? Took me... Lee Chang. In a box. Took me. In a box.

( This point seems to greatly alarm him. ) Fled the box.

[softheartedshizun]

In a box? Why were you in a box? Where is Lee Chang?

[ Maybe if he talked to someone else he could have a better idea of what actually happened. ]

[downswing]

Promise. Pledge. Promise me.

Never... in a box. Never go. Pledge.

[softheartedshizun]

There will be no boxes, I promise.

[ What? ]

[downswing]

The dead. I... took them. Most of them. The dead. Killed the rest.

[softheartedshizun]

Took the dead, the dead killed the rest? You are making no sense.

Where is Lee Chang??

[ Maybe someone else will be coherent enough to get an idea of what happened. ]

[downswing]

Left them. I killed. He... ( The wave of his hand. ) Does not. Kill. Well. Much. Often.

[softheartedshizun]

You killed, yes, I got that. I don't care if he doesn't kill much, I want to talk to him because hopefully, he is more together to say a complete sentence.

[downswing]

( Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait. )

I speak. Well.