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Wei Ying (魏婴) | Wei Wuxian (魏无羡) ([personal profile] weifinder) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2023-01-26 11:38 pm

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( a smile from the man on camera, and a wave of his fingers against the backdrop of an ice wall. )

To those who know me not at all, or less well than others of our number do, I'm Wei Wuxian.

( hands lifted, he offers a polite, perfunctory sort of bow, paired to the clasping of fingers over the other hand's set. they drop out of frame, and he looks a touch more serious, dark eyes fathomless. or maybe it's all in the lighting. (the lack of proper lighting. torchlight keeps him flickering in reds and oranges.) )

The king mentioned Irenia in passing, the dragon? She was thieved away from a lord of death our group knows of, and has run into several times. His name's Anurr, he's the, ah, very slightly less horrible option for being enslaved by death lords, and from Sa-Hareth. Trailing after us with his creatures or his shifting loyalties, never trust his kind voice, Eleven can tell you about that! Five, I'm sure, can tell you more, as can Xie Lian, or Xiao Xingchen. All members of our group, as it were. Anyway!

( he claps his hands, and grins. a little crinkling around his eyes makes him almost seem truly merry, instead of merrily dry. )

Irenia lured far enough west can be called back to Anurr's dubious graces. Far enough east, and with a different strong pull on her mind, maybe, maybe we can free her. Either way, I recommend we do one or the other, because space to crash a being who never asked to be used as she is is limited, and using the keep itself in poor taste, as it defends this world from hell. Apparently. Very exciting stuff!

( ball's in your court now, chaos crew! )
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-01-27 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure she'd rather be free, and I certainly support removing her from people's control, but if she remains an undead dragon surely it is only a matter of time before she is harnessed and used as a weapon once more?
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-01-30 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Resurrecting her would be quite the feat. We managed that before, in Serthica, but it required the assistance of the child.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-01 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
But not us. I'm not sure we left on especially good terms.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-01 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
You think his help would come without cost?
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-02 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not confident I know enough about him to be sure of that.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-02 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
To clarify, I mean to suggest I am not confident the man in white is not worse than what we face here. I would be loathe to risk finding out with a large frost wyrm, if we even knew where to find him to do so.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-04 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ An excellent question, to which he has no good answer. In an ideal world, they could help Irenia.

The world is rarely ideal.

He thinks of Sintheria, Nefarian, Onyxia, risen from death in increasing madness. Sindragosa.

Neltharion.

Metal plates holding a deteriorating form together. Liquid flame, hatred, a desire for only destruction. A voice --

You are my legacy. You shall never escape my shadow. ]


We approach this in stages. If, even steered to where she cannot hear her master's call, she only thinks of destruction she may be beyond saving.

Where I am from, undeath warps the mind the longer it lasts. Whispers of control do not help. When combined with a dragon of her size, this usually results in large scale destruction.

If her mind clears, her insight can steer us. She may yet desire freedom to be alone. She may desire an end to her suffering.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-04 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd have to defer to you when it comes to... guardianship. I have no experience of Anurr, nor any personal tolerance for the concept.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-05 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
If she cannot reason, she should be in nobody's hands.

[ Doesn't matter if the garden is Anurr or not, to Wrathion. All guardianship is distasteful. ]
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Garden?? Thanks autocorrect, this thread is now about Anurr's garden.

[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-08 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... He cannot decide if this answer is a relief or not.

When you're all ready to be angry, the bubble of emotion being popped is almost disappointing. ]


Then let us hope she can.

If we seek to lure her, I might draw her attention. Considering her size I'm sure I will be faster and more agile.


[ He's not explicitly saying how and why, but Wei Wuxian knows. If Irenia has been captive in the hands of an undead lord, it's possible she hasn't seen another dragon in a while and may be curious enough to chase him. ]
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cold yet beautiful

[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-09 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
If the plan was sound.

[ There has to be a destination, a plan for when she is lured there. Otherwise, Wrathion will just be luring her into a chase which must eventually end one way or another. ]
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-10 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
As much as any plan can be.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-02-11 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Let me know if such a plan does form.