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username: yiling patriarch

( Rise and shine, to coarse, near-dawn rasps from a gently borrowed quartz piece. Overheard in the background: meowling winds from the settling snow storms, the yawning bustle of early-morning trade, and the sharp gasps of a crowd. )

Bring salt, wine, water and joss sticks to the marketplace. ( Murmured: ) They've sullied their dead.

( A pause, stretching its legs, until a child cries over the 'armless men there.' )

We cannot be as animals, to leave them in indignity.

( ooc: ...response usernames will vary, depending on whether he's still at the marketplace or back at the House of Dew and hoarding Wei Wuxian's device, since he's too himself to get his own. )

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un: undaunted snake in lonely gardens

[descendency]

People who mind their own business tend to live longer, Daddy Yiling.

un: that's 'yiling patriarch' to you, young hussy

[downswing]

And die, lone on their knees.



( 'Daddy no.' )

[descendency]

Going out of your way doesn't save you from such an end, it only hastens it.

[ Just ask Wei Wuxian. ]

[downswing]

Twice slain, now. Have they not earned peace?

[descendency]

Perhaps. But so few get what they deserve.

sweet lily of the hidden valley

[bearshermark]

I can bring water and a pouch of salt, but that's all I have.

[tbh he's never heard of joss sticks. he has a good guess at what they are, but even if he's right, he doesn't know where to find them]

[downswing]

( Excuses, then. Impoverished commitments. )

Procure more.

[bearshermark]

I can get more salt, but the trip to the mines will take a few hours.

[downswing]

( A long pause, then the sound of — rustling, before Wangji's voice returns: )

They perished in violence. Rites are required.

un: drenched kitten of heated purrs

[jeoha]

I will come.

They have dismembered them? [ He can only guess based on the 'armless' comment from the child. ]

Re: un: drenched kitten of heated purrs

[downswing]

( Sounds of hard steps, shuffling, a crowd. He moves. )

An arm removed of each cadaver.

[jeoha]

An arm?

[ A pause, a frown. ]

Any idea of the meaning? That does not sound like thoughtless slaughter.

[downswing]

They profaned remains. ( Yet, past indignation: ) Too clinically for anger.

( This was no crime of simple passion. )

un: undaunted snake in lonely gardens

[descendency]

Must you be an incurable busybody?

[jeoha]

A man must find some purpose.

[ It's hard to tell if he is serious or joking. The tone is flat. ]

[descendency]

You're just going to find an early grave. Again.

[ At least Mingyu's mood is clear: bitchy. ]

Can't you take up knitting or something?

un: dappled pearl of the parted seas [voice]

[beitangmoran]

What happened? I think I can ask that helpful young lady if she can spare a bit of incense.

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[downswing]

( On the one hand, a man who takes advantage.

On the other, need past reproach. )


With thanks.

[beitangmoran]

[It's not taking advantage if he doesn't know he's doing it!!!!!]

How much would you need? What exactly happened?

[downswing]

The woken dead have been slain once more. ( And the disgusting part: ) Amputated.

un: old dog turning new tricks

[weifinder]

( Later, of course, but not later, and there's a yawning echo of: )

Lan Zhan?

( amidst the chatter of less lurid things, given the hour. )

un: .....yiling patriarch, that's right

[downswing]

( The most sighed out: )


Good morning.

[weifinder]

( give him a moment to pause, rub at his eyes, and stare again. he's waking up, but he's not fully awake to undead revenge ramifications left strung up anywhere, he's... making a small amused sound. )

Never thought I'd be talking with the Yiling Patriarch on here. Could you not find the other crystal earlier?

( another yawn, sounds of stretching and the little grunts that come along with it, and: )

Where are you?

( what's the 411 on the redead situation ser patriarch )

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[downswing]

( Delayed, between the sound of hard shifts and laboured movement — as if something of not insignificant weight is getting turned or lugged around.

He breaks only for muted, wry laughter: )

Did not think to speak to him again either.

[downswing]

( More... movement... )

Marketplace. Beside salt and corpses.

( Purify, etcetera. )