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[downswing]

( 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! )

Comments

[downswing]

What becomes of the banished?

[incantates]

Ushered into a cozy afterlife where they can live out their days on a ghost farm.

Unless we're talking about wraiths or malignant spirits from Hell.
Then those go back to Hell.

[downswing]

( translation.exe: )

You appease or exorcise.

[incantates]

If you want to simplify things like that, sure.
It takes more effort than implied,
but you got the gist.

Are you still debating whether or not to accept my offer?

[downswing]

Gratefully accepted.

[incantates]

Just what I've been waiting to hear.
Try not to die before I get there,
and if you do, I'll make sure you get the appease option.