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[traumatology]

if you know this guy —

( here, he presents a picture of lan wangji, looking pretty beat up and battered, holding up some scales. wangji does not smile, doesn't say cheese. )

he might need a little help when we get the hell out of here. i forgot my first aide kit and the things down here keep tossing him into me like a lawn dart.

and if anyone needs these lake scales, he's been talking like their important. i'm just making sure he stays alive.

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[weifinder]

That's my husband, and if the scales are important they likely have energy traces, even death ones, on them.

You're in Gut's Bind. I'll find you.

[traumatology]

We're trying to make our way outta here. But it's slow going.

( because wangji is a mess. )

But yeah, we came from Gut's Bind.

[weifinder]

Don't attack any paper that flies at you from the air, at this point, I'm likely the one sending it.

Tell my errant husband to wrap those scales in his sleeve and I'll examine them when he's healed, which for what he's done, should be at Wen Qing's delightfully pointy mercy. Also, to his woe, I'm a healer. And I've been getting more practise than I ever would have wanted in the Wards! Time to pay a few favours back to him.

[traumatology]

Right, no attacking paper. Got it.

( he's not even going to ask, he's just going with it. easier to do. )

I'll tell him. He's pretty protective of these scales and I'm just letting him be since he's probably gonna know this stuff better than me. I just showed up here like five minutes ago.

( not quite that recently but exaggeration and all. )

For the record, I don't think he's seriously injured but he's definitely gonna need to not move around for awhile.

[weifinder]

If he were seriously injured, he'd be unconscious. This is stupidity for himself to be at this degree anyway. Since the scales have his focus, we'll deal with those after we deal with him.

( ... though seriously, at some point a flying talisman will find them, fluttering down to the ground and stopping before them both. because that's how he's rolling with this, apparently! )

[traumatology]

( the flying talisman does find them and other than eyeing it suspiciously, bucky let's it go and keeps on pulling wangji along, stopping when he needs it. )

Scales didn't look all that important to me but doesn't sound like I can do what you guys can.

[weifinder]

( wei wixian is a few minutes behind it, though he does come jogging through the tunnels behind it. his response first is on pendant alone: )

We're sensitive to energies behind things, and made more sensitive to them in turn. Did whatever creature you encounter target you beyond deciding you were where to throw Lan Zhan?

( aaand look! hark, what light through yonder tunnel breaks? tis the east, and wei wuxian the pale and dark whisper of the moon. )

[traumatology]

No, that was about it.

( it doesn't take him long to figure out that someone else has joined them in the tunnel and bucky stops, stilling and waiting for the other man to approach. )

Guess he was more in the mood to toss your husband rather than me. Don't know if it was something it could sense or just random luck on my part.

[weifinder]

( wei wuxian is efficient in stride, far more confident of his surroundings for familiarity, less so than depth of knowledge in the week and more since they've arrived and faced what they have until now. he nods his head to bucky, gratitude a flash in his expression, before he's at lan zhan's other side, ready to add his support. )

There's a chance it could be either, but Lan Zhan is a beacon of spiritual energy and sensitivity. Anything of magic in this place treats that as much the same as native magics. Lan Zhan's can taste like life or death. How long did this encounter last?

[traumatology]

Not long. The thing came out of the water, smacked your guy here and tossed him so hard he ended up falling into me.

( like a lawn dart. )

How he managed to grab the scales in that amount of time, I don't know, but he did.

[weifinder]

( he listens, and the brevity of it at least makes him feel better that lan zhan didn't reach out beforehand to say anything--it's simple arrogance, not that and stubbornness. he really will need to look at those scales. )

Did it seem that creature was guarding the scales in any way? Or more territorial over the lake? Or sometime else?

( going to see if he can't use a little magic just to make sure there's nothing bleeding internally, lan zhan, ignore the wrist hold )

[traumatology]

It seemed like it wanted to keep us away from it or something.

( so maybe it was guarding the scales. didn't seem to matter to wangji since he was getting them no matter what. )

But it also seemed like once he had the scales, it went right after him and not me. So, seems like it knew that he had them.

[downswing]

Unncessary

( Focus on the real trouble here. )

Fnd sourceof scales.

[weifinder]

When you're handled. My son can act on this in the meantime, escorted by one of the capable young folk here.

[downswing]

( Switching to audio for very... very... slow, staggered responses, but fewer errors from a busted hand: )

...were... no fish.

( But scales. )

[weifinder]

And they aren't of the creatures or creature which attacked either?

[downswing]

No. Golden.

[weifinder]

While the creatures there are white to silver.

They're not like the koi scales, are they?

( by now he's just talking as he goes, and his questions sound very, very calm. )

[downswing]

Sorcery touched.

[weifinder]

Familiar sorcery?

[downswing]

( Thin....... king. )

An aftertaste. Not waters.

[weifinder]

I'm going to ask you again if I don't feel this similarly when I reach you, Lan Zhan. Again after your head clears.

Are the scales safely in your sleeve?

[downswing]

( Ah, but to have your expertise doubted by an amateur. Biting: )

Safe-guarded.

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[paperbutterflies]

Senior Wei. Where should I go?

[ He's still searching for better routes, awake, and worried. ]

[weifinder]

To the Wards first, employ what you must to get to the ways down into Gut's Bind. I'll have updated information then.