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eastbound2021-05-23 02:46 pm
paperbutterflies) wrote in eastbound2021-05-23 02:46 pm
un: blushing beads of heft and beauty | audio | After Sizhui and Eleven question the miners
[ Sizhui hasn't spoken much over the network, but for those who know him, he sounds extremely subdued, though his words are clear and his voice calm. The execution has not happened yet, so. ]
This is Lan Sizhui. For those who might be curious, Eleven and I talked with the two miners that... were taken.
In short, their story started when they were snowed in - and iced in - for far too long inside the mine. They had not expected that, so there were no provisions. First one, then another of their number died of hunger, and then the two dead bodies reanimated and ... asked what they would give for the hunger to stop.
What they are becoming, they chose, under duress.
The two who had died first already became among Unhalad's soldiers. I do not know why the remaining six were asked to choose it, rather than waited out to be just taken. I don't think they know, either.
And if they remember what exactly was done to them after they agreed, they are not telling us.
I think this is more or less the information we found from them. Thank you for your attention.
This is Lan Sizhui. For those who might be curious, Eleven and I talked with the two miners that... were taken.
In short, their story started when they were snowed in - and iced in - for far too long inside the mine. They had not expected that, so there were no provisions. First one, then another of their number died of hunger, and then the two dead bodies reanimated and ... asked what they would give for the hunger to stop.
What they are becoming, they chose, under duress.
The two who had died first already became among Unhalad's soldiers. I do not know why the remaining six were asked to choose it, rather than waited out to be just taken. I don't think they know, either.
And if they remember what exactly was done to them after they agreed, they are not telling us.
I think this is more or less the information we found from them. Thank you for your attention.
also same day early evening
Sizhui! Would you make sure this gets back into your father's hands?
... dads what happened now
[ Sizhui takes the bundle calmly, not trying to read the note. And then, with the same calm-cheerful voice, ] is there a reason for not giving it to him yourself? Not that I mind talking with either of you to deliver it, but I would like to know what to expect.
[ He is fine with being used as part of Senior Wei's tricks. But if this is going to upset Hanguang-jun, he would rather be prepared. ]
nothing muhc, rich dad having an adjustment period, it's fiiiine
Hanguang-jun is having trouble adjusting to certain, ah, aspects of the ongoing... lack of normal luxuries, and to compensate has decided to forgo gifts. Including practical ones.
( He brings his hand away again, smile smaller, shaking his head. )
He's against me, not against you. He'll be more bothered if he has to start trusting in finger combing alone, and his ability to bargain is... haaa, anyway, there are things you can do I can't. Asking young master Sizhui to bear with the trespass.
oh dear gods
Then takes a deep, deep breath. ]
Senior Wei, Hanguang-jun is not against you.
[ Starting with the obvious here. ]
But he is used to things being a certain way, and it is all right to not aggravate things.
no subject
Sizhui, I've never thought he was against me, ah? But I'm also easy to be against, if you understand what I mean.
( He's safe, in a way; when one is not used to things, one can lean into what's familiar, and press back against it. He doesn't mind, precisely, but he does think aspects of it are silly, and aspects are easier to accept from someone who Lan Zhan protects in a very different way.
He raised Sizhui, he's possessive of him, his language and his twitch of his fingers shows it, no real mystery. He doesn't find it strange, and where it frustrates is in feeling like he's being cut out of something he likewise doesn't really know he has any right to. His son. Their son. Lan Zhan's son.
Sixteen years dead, what kind of claim does he have that isn't a shadow of a time barely remembered? )
He can allow you to give him things that are harder coming from me. Besides... he has so much hair, Sizhui. All that hair. Is he going to have to finger comb that for days.
( Looking at Sizhui with his eyebrows gently lifted. )