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( Dark and damp and Lan Wangji's pallor strained under moonlight. Behind him, flickers of broad, long temple columns — and the smoke smears of... ghosts, gathered. He seems short of breath, the silvered sheen of his sword half drawn from her scabbard, a spate of parchment papers littering the walls: active talismans. )

They have crowded their halls of the dead, to excess.

Here, the key withholds itself. Who hunts the other locations?

( And a pause, hesitant — whether to find his words or, absently, slap another talisman on the spirit that looms with a gaping maw behind him. ) Ke-Waihu stands safe?

( ooc: forwarded dated to the group's incursions in Ke-Waicai. Feel free to run into him in person, if you're also chasing the haunted temple key! )

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His roots evidenced.

[consignation]

He's older than me, must be his bad influence.

1/2

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Wei Ying possesses

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( 'Honour thy spouse' vs 'Speak no lies': fight. )

unmistakable specificity.

[consignation]

[ New drinking game: take a shot every time someone who loves Wei Wuxian has to utter a diplomatic version of the truth. ]

That's a lot of words to say 不要脸.

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We linger in halls, haunted.

You wish to gossip of your former first disciple.

[consignation]

The halls are always haunted. Show me one unhaunted hall we've stood in since we stopped being in school.

Anyway, we found time to have these chats during the war.

[ You know, the .02 seconds these two were almost friends. Jiang Cheng thinks about that time a lot. ]

He likes to be called shameless. It makes him feel seen and understood.

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You wish to counsel me in ties.



( WHERE TF IS THAT GHOST TO END HIM. )

[consignation]

You need more counseling than just that. Zewu-jun isn't here and it shows.

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Zewu-Jun need not witness our failures.