audio | un: yiling laozu | early on in the storm at sea event

[weifinder]

( so the audio comes on, no announcement, playing across everyone's pendant. the sound of the storm, of a boat at sail, and of a voice some will know, others might choose not to remember after his shouted love declarations, as he speaks with the dead of a ship quicksilver swears second damnation upon: )

Let me see if I understand. You and this crew are seeking vengeance against Quicksilver for him leaving you to die after you left him to die. Quicksilver is seeking vengeance by attempting to kill you all directly, whom are already dead. The Dawn's Reach Trading Company is surprised that entrusting pirates with a venture posing high returns went wrong once, and now again, while our other pirate captain wants just the tangible gains, and to the hells with everything else.

Meanwhile, none of you have control over the waters, which was the treasures heart. Is that somewhat correct?

( there is an extended pause, an awkward one for its seeming understanding of the true absurdities which have been spoken, before a voice unfamiliar to all the ragtag travelers responds in the cadences of the bodied dead: )

... Aye. It be like that.

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un: man's greatest treasure

[reparo]

Unbelievable. [It just be like that.]

It truly proves the theory, doesn't it? An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind. [A pause, and lower:]

If you need to be extracted, tell me.

Re: un: man's greatest treasure

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( lowly, since at that moment he's still speaking with augustus: )

Thinking is not the strength here, Miss. And thank you, if this goes poorly, I'll call--

( then it's back to talking with the pirates for a farewell in which... he thinks the pendant stopped recording. )

[reparo]

[Whispered, after a long while of her just listening in on the conversation.]

...switch your recording off.

[weifinder]

( a long... long... pause. )

Ah? Hahaha, did I just hear something?

( okay so having it be linked still to wangji is one thing. was it still linked to everyone?! )

[reparo]

You left this on for everyone...

[weifinder]

I'll choose to hope people admired the wit at my exit!

( hah... hah... hah... )

Anyway, I'm heading back right now, anything I should know?

[reparo]

You were extremely witty.

[weifinder]

Thank you, that'll be a comfort while I'm rowing.

[reparo]

And you are the best at rowing. [The flash of amusement.]

I did offer to come get you. [Dramatic sigh, and she decides to pull his leg - his, of all people.] I understand, I see how it is. You don't trust me to Apparate you safely on board.

Or you were missing cardio?

[weifinder]

Can you apparate an entire boat safely?

( he sounds amused, and firmly is forgetting he was talking about letting his husband do this or that to him when it was witty chatter at a dead man. why are his verbal battles won in front of the dead these days... )

[reparo]

I wish I could... I'm not that powerful.

[weifinder]

Then for the interim, let me row, Miss Hermione, for a boat in hand is better than one abandoned to the sharks and mermaids and the dead. Though I will shout if all those decide I look better than the rest, all at once! Life before practicality.

[reparo]

That's the spirit. [No pun intended.]