un: yiling laozu | video | all aboard and leaving kyari

[weifinder]

( Lo, here sits Wei Wuxian, very tired, but smiling as if he's not and managing (through the use of present soft, kind lighting) to not look anywhere near as tired as he is. He's sitting on a couch, leaning back, and dressed rather dapper, as far as his buttoned up vest indicates; his robes are in need of mending. Please bear with the weird (to him) puffy sleeves and tight sort waistcoat. )

Hello! I'm called Wei Wuxian, summoned like you, ah? Don't ask me how long. Years? Years... ( He sighs. It's pointedly theatrical in delivery, with a small shake of his head. ) As Karsa, delightful woman, has likely told you already, the way home for us lies in the gateways of this world being activated and powered long enough for us to get through. They do work. They just don't run for very long.

( He smiles, waving at the "view" finder, where his pendant sits as he records. )

These summonings across worlds have happened the last two years. The man who smooths our way east refers to himself as the Merchant; he's one of the few left living from the citadel of Ellethia. Mark the name, because they're the source of the cursed dead plaguing this world over the last decades.

We started in the citadel of Sa-Hareth, then traveled east to Taravast. From there we sailed through the remains of Ellethia. After, we arrived at Ke-Waihu village. We sailed on to Serthica, then cut across the deserts to Alem. If you're here now, that's where we just left.

( Now he holds up his hands, waggling his fingers. )

Time to talk about the undead warlords? I'll make an effort to remember their names. ( a pause. ) I'll remember most of them, and the rest of us will have to help, ah?

( He'll now count them off on his fingers. )

Unhalad, dead. The Beastmaster, dead. The Huntress, supposedly broken away from the Brotherhood. The Child, son of the Beastmaster that his wife, the Huntress, willingly sacrificed. Matthias kept the Child's survival and changed state secret from his parents. He persists. ( A wave of his hand, and he's back to counting: ) Ratkeikaku, Rathingku, Rat... the clawing one of war, left behind in Alem. Those are the named Brotherhood. Then there's Anurr, native to Sa-Hareth. Older than all the Brotherhood.

Matthias has been mentioned twice, and I'll say now he was the lead behind the project in Ellethia that led to the deathless that plague this world. He made himself known to young miss Kamala recently, though we've indirectly crossed his path before. I don't know what to properly call him, but he has control over the dead. He's a lord of the deathless.

( He claps his hands together, leaning forward a touch. Canting his head and smiling, but lacing his fingers together until his chin can rest atop them. )

I'll end with a listing of our other allies. Zenobius of impaired memory and survivor of Ellethia's disastrous research, Quicksilver Sam, former pirate captain who'd been influenced by... that was the tongue, wasn't it? Oh, there's body parts in our mysterious eastward journey, but don't worry about those quite yet. The witch Hatisse is I believe still beholden to Wrath, one of our number. She's very old, very wily. Take care. The last of our allies is an ancient scholar, but he does and doesn't always wish to be disturbed, so be kind to Asgeirr, ah? He's a gently spirited fellow.

( He's also a ghost, which is specifically what he isn't sharing. His jests are hilarious, he knows. He smiles broader, staring at the pendant through which anyone watching this will feel as if he's staring through to meet their gaze. )

I welcome questions. I welcome everyone else to offer answers. My memory, as some will say, isn't the most trustworthy thing.

( ooc: please use this as a information sharing post and threadjack away, wei wuxian will not be able to answer everything alone, nor does he want to! )

Comments

un: absterge

[downswing]

( He is trying. One must always commend Wei Ying for trying.

But. But. The gentle correction: )


Rathakku.

[weifinder]

I have no idea how to say the that!

( he says this so chipper, he is never getting this name right. )

[downswing]

You are not so foolish.

un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[somebadnews]

[ Who is this addressed to? Did they have another influx while he wasn't looking? And did he really need to bring up body parts? Five almost doesn't add on, but one other thing catches his attention. ]

Zenobius is still around?

[ When did he wake up from his coma, you were supposed to keep him updated. ]

[weifinder]

Far as I can tell, he helped with those explosives in Alem, engineered them and everything during the last part of the siege.

( five has only managed to miss out on a fellow grumpy old soul )

[somebadnews]

[ Excuse him while he aggressively ignores everyone else responding so he can focus in on this bomb-making coma victim. ]

So it's fair to say he's coherent. Have you questioned him about Matthias yet?

un: man's greatest treasure

[reparo]

Some people would call him a necromancer. Matthias, I mean. [An exhale, and then frustrated:] I can't believe I've been thinking that he was someone who was trying to fix things. The waters in Ke-Waihu, the presence of his everywhere we stepped foot.

I've been glaring - metaphorically - at the Merchant for months, Wei Wuxian!

[weifinder]

The waters both healed and injured, I don't think it's as simple as having only one effect. Also, they're all linked back to what... whatever it was in the mirrors, doesn't that appear to be the case?

Master Scorpion is worth glaring at, just not over Matthias.

[reparo]

What would you say he's worth glaring at over, then?

un: oil change | voice

[nachocheese]

So, uh. Anybody ever thought about writing all this down somewhere?

[weifinder]

( he practically beams at this question. )

Congratulations! Thank you for volunteering!

( he remembers, sir. he remembers. )

[nachocheese]

[You can practically hear the record scratch in the background. Volunteering??? WAIT NO. He wasn't volunteering for shit! It was just an idea! For, you know, someone else to actually do.]

Uh. Oh. I mean, not like me. I just meant like somebody --

[It's a losing battle. He knows it. Of course this guy remembers. Why wouldn't he? Most people don't just forget the dude who tried to blackmail them. Nacho definitely would not forget the man who blackmailed him for over a year, although he'd argue the stakes for him were much higher than just an annoyed spouse.

He doesn't sigh out loud, but somehow a sigh is implied in his tone.]

...Sure. You're welcome, man. You know what? I'll get right on that.

[Goddamn it.]

un : dappled pearls of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

Thank you for this succinct recapitulation, Master Wei.

We could add things about the mirrors and the dark waters, as well, I suppose.

[weifinder]

We could, we could. What would you say?

un: owllady

[traaaaaash]

Wow. You could be a teacher.

[ Coming from Eda, this is not exactly a compliment. ]

[weifinder]

I've been head disciple once or twice.

( he nods to this agreeably. to him, hrs taking the compliment. he does actually enjoy teaching the younger generations, which has not been... relevant here, aside from some one on one relationships with youth largely no longer stranded here. )

un: Black Prince; text

[blackscales]

Worth nothing that Matthias and our dear guide the Merchant share a history. Both from Ellethia, having worked together.

[weifinder]

For the sake of the newest of us, would you elaborate?

un: a civil serpent | audio.

[inferus]

Hatisse is not beholden to me.

She wishes to be beholden to me, however, and so she remains. ( Because she is aware of how powerful Wrath is, and so has attempted to ~seduce~ him despite the fact Wrath only ever found the sharp blades of weapons attractive before meeting Emilia. ) Given she is the one capable of powering up the beacons, I suppose the group should be grateful.

[weifinder]

She's never shy stating what she wants, ah? Regardless of anyone else's thoughts.

( pardon the flicker of amusement at those words; he's not going to complain that he is not who hatisse decided to fixate on. he thanks the many, many stars for that. lan zhan drinks enough vinegar as it is. )

One of the most consistent powers, it's true.

[valeas]

( let us all be grateful emilia's sleeping like a baby and cannot add her opinions to this conversation.

but she does have them. ☝️ )

un: daozhang | voice;

[binghua]

Has it really been around two years...

[weifinder]

By the telling of time and passing of seasons here, yes. Not going to say if that means the same for what we'd think of as the years back home.

text, un: firehose

[3point0]

Please tell me there's not gonna be a quiz on all this later, also I'm pretty sure I have no idea how Sarareth or Assgire are supposed to be spelled.

[weifinder]

( a new labeled name, but those can change, so it's more the tone of what's written that inclines him toward: new person. new abducted, such as it is. )

I'm happy to inform you the only reason I'd quiz you on any of it would be by request, and because I'd be taking pity on a scholar's dream of perpetual life in school. Horrible thought, isn't it? Endless school.

The only name you really want to remember is Matthias. ... And Anurr. Who sometimes calls himself Haltham, after the name of his current body.