video ► un: bluebird

[cairhien]

( it's awkward enough that this is being conducted in the middle of a market, with a couple of teenagers that moiraine had managed to gather together but the fact that they're putting it to the group as a whole as well? atonement, it's a serious things. and she's not wanting to risk any ill effects of leaving this.

this is also going to be the most carefully worded psa you've heard -- she can't lie and what she's going to say goes against what she's done )

I've travelled to many cities, many villages, even before yours. Some of the people there have never travelled outside of their own village, may never even have dreamed of it but they as much as anyone appreciates hearing the stories of what the world is like. ( even if to them they are only stories, many of the events are disbelieved as true as they may be )

I suppose even before I travelled I was as unaware as they are, knowing little more of the places I would see than the stories I'd heard or the people I'd meet. ( and this is where she pauses, a careful look given to her partner before adding more ) It's the people that you meet on the way that tell you the most. Sometimes those offering your kindness would seek something crueller instead, whether it's immediately or revealed much later. Your trust is something to guard.

( their... trust, Lan Wangji does not reiterate, but for the northbound pull of his brows, and how he looks distinctly tortured by this educational moment. one of the nearby teenagers interrupts her mooning to briefly consult a giggling companion, mouthing, is he well? )

...trust. ( truly, martyrs have suffered less than lan wangji in this moment. ) Is sand caught by hungry hands. Slipped, it cannot be regained. Only lessens at each trade.

( another of the teenagers, scratching the top of his head, mutters fiendishly aside, wait, is this about merchantry ledgers? lan wangji’s eyes shutter to wish away the world. it has not excused itself, when he gazes at the children, again, then, helplessly, at moiraine: )

Soulmates, partners of merit. Entrust them alone your truth, sword and flesh.

( ...and ‘lo, the collective groan of the crowd indicates the teenagers have suddenly realised just what lecture they’ve stepped into.

there are small blessed mercies that he took her lead, that he said the words she's glad she now doesn't have to specify in detail. and what she might not have been quite able to say )

The people we can have around us are the ones we need to trust, to not need to question whether they should be with us, whether we can talk to them or be with them. ( she might not blush quite as easily as she did as a girl but that doesn't mean she really wants to get too descriptive about sex. though when some of the teenagers are starting to leave maybe that's better )

And what we do shouldn't be questioned, shouldn't be doubted. Are those you trust ones you completely trust? Or have you had doubts before. Certainty, honest knowledge is more blessed to have than you can know.

( it's at this moment thankfully the embarrassment for the two ends as they finish up, ending the network before dealing with any remaining teens.

none. there are none left )

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[downswing]

( And beside her, a shrivelled husk of himself, reduced by indignity but surviving through sheer stubbornness, one Lan Wangji blinks on. )

They heeded.

( And no stones or rice balls were duly cast. That... went better than expected. )

[cairhien]

They were polite. I suppose that's all we could ask for.

video | @taken for granite

[rumorate]

[There's definitely a few moments where Allison open and closes her mouth as though she doesn't know how to address this. Eventually, she settles on just sitting them out.]

Are you giving them an Abstinence Only talk?

[She's pretty sure that the metaphor Lan Wangji used is the same as the chewing gum or old sneaker metaphor but she knows that neither of the people involved would recognize that.]

[downswing]

The ways of local curses are winding.

( Read: Yes. )

[cairhien]

Something of careful thought.

yiling laozu

[weifinder]

( here he stands, holding up a finger, brows raised, staring at the image projection which in turn means he's staring through it, at them. looking torn somewhere between amusement... and painstaking restraint from laughing. )

So, are we speaking literally only here, or are you planning to 'entrust' your metaphorical truth, sword, and flesh to meritorious hands sometime.

( did you really just lecture a peasant village about sex. did you. did you really. )

[reparo]

[let me make some popcorn for this one]

1/?

[downswing]

( .....................moiraine, take the wheel. )

[downswing]

( MOIRAINE, THE LITTER IS CRASHING. )

[downswing]

( MOIRAINE, WE'RE RUNNING INTO A LITTLE LAMB )

[downswing]

( RIP LAMB, MOIRAINE )

done

[downswing]

( Moiraine, we're for the cliff now.

Let us say a prayer.

And sing a song.

And give our children blessings and kisses unto their cheeks.

'lo, we are sauntering gently towards hell.

What a joyous life we've lived.

Thanks, Moiraine. )


Two curses, broken.

un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

Master Wei, do you mean to say he has not already?

[cairhien]

( moiraine to the rescue )

We spoke of trust with an aim in mind.

[ video ] un: owl lady

[traaaaaash]

So. Any reason this needed to be a public broadcast?

[ Not that she super minds, but it is a bit weird. Look at them, they're clearly embarrassed. They could've saved themselves some embarrassment. ]

[cairhien]

There are things within these villages that need care to be taken.

[downswing]

Curses in want of mending. The deed done.

un: man's greatest treasure; 1/3

[reparo]

[You know, she sees Moiraine and Lan Wangji on the network and thinks oh this must be an important message, so she's there. She listens. She...unfortunately, listens.]

2/3

[reparo]

[What the fuck.]

video; un: xunxian

[topoiran]

Well, trust is certainly very important. Though there is also something to be said about lovely experiences and learning from those who are knowledgeable.

[ Probably not helpful in the case of one of the curses but he's too amused to not chime in.

Abstinence is not really the best choice, on the whole. There are exceptions, of course, but still. ]

un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

I think if the speech itself was the whole point, they probably should have asked you to do it.

un: white pawn; video

[chosenbylight]

[Anduin opens his mouth and closes it after a moment. He has -- many questions.]

Just. To be clear. Are you talking about trust here, or...?

[His brow pinches, and he looks slightly pained.]

I mean. Is this all a euphemism? Entrust your sword...

un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

Master Anduin, has no one given you the Talk yet?

un: Astarion | video

[good_taste]

[He's finally bothered to figure out how the enchantment on this medallion works. It doesn't just translate, it can also manage... Sending? Sort of? He wasn't a mage, but he'd never heard of anything like this.

And within minutes, he wishes he'd never heard of it at all.]

Gods above. I need to get out of this town. Bandits, spirits, mobs, monsters, and now prudes. This is awful.

[He's not entirely aware that anyone else can hear him.]

[downswing]

And the volcano, sleeping.

un : deft hand of little deaths (voice)

[scrapgege]

Do you think you could tell them too that if they absolutely have to do it, they shouldn't just sneak into our house because there are, in fact, people living there?

It's good that they're looking for a safe area at least, but this one is occupied, and it's a bit tiresome to chase them off all the time.

un: man's greatest treasure (voice)

[reparo]

Oh no - [she's not laughing.] Do they really?

UN: Senth; Video

[sergeant_slick]

...So this curse stuff's got you good, huh?

[He's not laughing. That might get him more cursed or something. Smirking isn't off the table though.]

[cairhien]

Hopefully no longer.

video; @teamzero

[gladiokinesis]

This sounds like a safe sex ad mixed with a romance novel -- and that's not a compliment.

[downswing]

A deed required done.