un: absterge

[downswing]

Instructions to appease the dead were requested. For monks.

Do not greet them bloodied. Treat them as elders. Children. Capable of base emotion: fear, wrath, lust, fierce love.

Spare kindness. Respect. Sandalwood and joss sticks. Patience.

Forgive their pettiness. Their cruelty.

Allow them dignity. Listen, then perform their required appeasement.

Should this fail: binding. Execution.

( ooc: this has been Exorcism 101 and the only topic on which Lan Wangji will speak at length, Spider-walk taught during your next class. )

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[downswing]

Wei Ying instigates.

[weifinder]

With you? Always. Elsewhere? Ah, hasn't that been creative, what people say I've done?

[downswing]

Who heeds them?

[weifinder]

Enough. But not those I hold most important, or, thankfully, the ones who hold most sway now.

[downswing]

You know your worth.

[weifinder]

( unseen, the curl to his lips, the lowered eyes, the exhalation that might be amusement, that is affection, freely given. )

A turnip. A talisman. A sword. A torn book. A broken wine jar on a rooftop. The ribbon around your forehead. A blindfold. A bracelet. Three scars.

Have I forgotten anything?

[downswing]

My mortification.

[weifinder]

I found it all very sweet! Since I didn't have to worry about you flitting off into the depths of the forest and falling into a hole or anything, tied together as we were.

[downswing]

( The conclusion: )

You prefer it to my drunkenness.

[weifinder]

No, no, you're quite endearing when drunk, I'm just planning to tie our wrists next time you drink too!

[downswing]

Emulating example.

[weifinder]

If your brother drinks at the same time, unfortunately, we'll just have to give chase.

... He's not... worse than you, is he? When he's drunk? You fight like a tiger and get distracted and wander off and have a love of chickens, is he the same?

[downswing]

He takes polite cautions against excesses.

[weifinder]

So it'll be an adventure, I see, I see!

[downswing]

He is a gentleman.

[weifinder]

You both are, gentlemen can have adventures!

[downswing]

Wei Ying. Do not lure brother towards indignity.

[weifinder]

Not lure, but be in place to catch! How could I not?

[downswing]

He requires care. Serenity.

[weifinder]

Which is why I'm glad to ensure his safety and happiness should he indulge. I'm aware of his trick with his golden core!