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[weifinder]

( 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! )

Comments

[weifinder]

You would lie to your spouse?

( The rest he doesn't mind. This, however, is a different sort of line for him, after past transgressions in both directions, and thus he simply looks at Five. )

[somebadnews]

[ Never mind that he couldn't lie to Dolores if he tried. She always knows. ]

My spouse didn't plot to kill me.

[weifinder]

Neither did mine, so I repeat: you'd lie to your spouse?

[somebadnews]

[ He knows what he meant. ]

That’s really not the point. He wanted to murder me. I don’t want him there.

[weifinder]

He won't be. What I'm saying I won't do is keep him from knowing it's happened. I'll likewise inform him his presence isn't welcome at the time.

[somebadnews]

[ That is a terrible compromise. Why is it his business, unless he expects something to go wrong? ]

Do you tell him everything?

[weifinder]

I've learned to over the years.

( It's this thing called trusting your spouse, Five, you literally do the same thing with your manikin wife. )

[somebadnews]

[ He wonders why he didn’t ask for help. Now he assumes he’s tell him if he suddenly refuses, which he’s halfway tempted to.

There’s a long pause while he’s considering it. ]

I’d hate to be the one to come between you two.

[weifinder]

Why would you?

( looking faintly amused. )

Lan Zhan is a vinegar jar, but he's mine, and I'm his, by choice. Telling him what I'm up to isn't the same as letting him decide if it happens or not.

[somebadnews]

Of course it isn't. [ It just gives him an option that he doesn't need to have. ]

...I'll think about it.

[weifinder]

Thank you.

( which is also: don't think too long, because that's been two years of waiting, hasn't it? from his perspective, knowing that it's not been with a lack of momentum in some manner from five. just a lack of results. )

[somebadnews]

[ He expected more push back, but Wei Wuxian is smarter than that. He says nothing in response. For now he prefers to give the impression that it'll happen on his terms.

It's only a matter of time before it comes up again. Maybe by then he'll be willing to compromise. ]