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[lanclan]

I was able, with some help, to procure some spices. Wanyin, Wei Wuxian, and Xie Lian, please find me at your earliest convenience. Ruka, I have some cakes for you. Ah, and ... Wen Kexing, once you understand these devices, will you please get in contact with me too? We did not exchange details the morning after we split up. [ The morning after they shared a room, you deviants. ] Alternatively, if anyone knows this man, help me find him. He is tall and well-dressed with fine features.

Wangji. A check-in, please.

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[lanclan]

My plans are solely to keep a perimeter of safety around those who need help, you can find me by the sleeping quarters. I'll lower the silencing barrier and let Wanyin in.

[ A small smile quirks when asked about his newest friend. ]

Wen Kexing helped me, I would like to make sure he is alright.

[consignation]

[ WE SUPPOSE IT'S ALRIGHT IF A HANDSOME GENTLEMAN HAS HELPED YOU but wen kexing is going to be assumed probable slut on sight and is on thin ice. ]

I will stop by if it will ease your mind, but if safety is the goal I am of more use to everyone on the perimeter.

[lanclan]

I have an arrangement with the kitchen ghosts who are providing me with edible food and water. If you're hungry too, please come by; I also have the spices I found set aside for you.

[consignation]

[ of course lan xichen has befriended the kitchen ghosts. it's not dark arts when xichen does it, simply a matter of innate charm meeting minds that are not entirely decayed of once-human decency, surely. yes, all of this is as simple and straightforward as can be. it's its own comfort, in a way, in so far as no matter how mad things become, heaven and earth remain steadfastly in place.

...

at any rate, what's this about spices now— ]

Spices? For me? Of what sort?

[ yes, xichen mentioned them previously but this is an entirely new context. what? ]

[lanclan]

[ Befriended or extorted? No one knows. Well, Wangji does but he agrees it's for the best; the ghosts are decent cooks when they don't include hunan body parts. ]

I ... don't know, exactly. The hottest ones?

[ He huffs and chuckles at his own obliviousness. ]

Wen Kexing helped me sort through them. I thought that, as we aren't in Yancai anymore and you enjoyed the lake so much as a reminder of Yunmeng, [ as well as a certain mum-shaped ghost no longer around, ] being able to taste a dish that was more to your liking would help with any homesickness.

[ It all sounds like a really dumb idea when spoken out loud, oh no. ]

If you don't need them, I'm sure Wei Wuxian will find a use.

[consignation]

[ 'the hottest ones'... well, jiang cheng doubts that. people who don't eat spice often fail to grasp the multitudes which spice contains, the types and depths of heat, the unending quest for what counts as adequately spicy for an increasingly tolerant palate over the ages—

nonetheless, it's both charming and sweet for xichen to think of him, to remember the yunmeng diet and go so far as to set it aside for him. it's only when xichen offers to divert the thoughtful gift to wei wuxian that jiang cheng realizes enough time has elapsed for his silence to be misunderstood and he interjects too quickly. ]

—No! Absolutely not! I would love to recieve them. He provides enough spice to his own life, certainly—

[ jiang cheng pauses for breath, and then... ]

Your consideration humbles me. I will be over shortly. Is there anything I might offer you in return...?

[ not sect leader jiang absently considering mugging someone for a hairpin or tea. ]

[lanclan]

[ Relieved the gift is wanted, he shakes his head. ]

Nothing but your company and the knowledge of your safety could be more welcome, Wanyin.

[ Everyone needs to check-in with him, he's going to be a real nag about it. ]