un: heart-fluttering hummingbird | audio (forward-dated: 24 May)

[downswing]

( A silence to his mouth, begrudging. The words, when he does speak them, gravel between teeth: )

...apologies. The blood in the northern halls will want more hands for the washing.

We made insufficient attempt.


( ooc: posted today for ooc ease, but assume this comes up after Sizhui/Eleven/Mingyu speak with the miners, around 24 May. Alina and Lan Wangji have given the miners their mercy kill, before they could fully transition, and removed the bodies from where they were kept... but clean-up. )

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[darkeststars]

Until next time, presumably. [ sigh ]

I'm a stranger to all of this, of course, but if I were to venture one opinion. Perhaps let him have this one. They went to the trouble of arranging this by themselves, so just as well they clean up their mess by themselves.

[ and, well. He also knows something about wanting to protect somebody even when you're well aware it's a futile gesture. ]

[weifinder]

He's already handled it.

( Is his (sighed) and offered conclusion, because it's not these particular people being killed per the mercy they merited that bothers, in the end, but other concerns he's not sure he should be concerned by, and it's not related to anyone but himself and Lan Zhan in the first place. )

Personal responsibility is admirable, that is always true.

[darkeststars]

[ he just thinks Wuxian doesn't need to go assist with the cleanup alongside his friend, but Arche's dabbled enough in sticking his nose into places where he's not invited already today. ]

A theme with him, I'm guessing. [ dryly ] But I will leave the pair of you to it.

[weifinder]

( Wei Wuxian is................ managing to avoid doing that. As he's now been tasked with. Drawing a bath that Lan Wangji has zero intention to use.

... But hey, that's #domesticbliss, right? Or is it trying to find ways to make someone happy, while someone else is trying to find ways to make someone feel worthwhile? It's not working on either end, but so it goes, sometimes. )

Ah, hahaha, thanks, Archeval. We'll... get to it.

( Whatever it is??? )