un: yiling patriarch

[weifinder]

Ah, Lan Zhan! I may have annoyed a magical fish because of a cultural misunderstanding and have it saying it'll nonspecifically curse me for seven years in a very dramatic way, but, uh, would you be willing to go cleanse its waters?

Comments

un: bashful bard of the emboldened flute; this man uses voice only

[consignation]

WEI WUXIAN WHAT DID YOU DO—

un: lady love of a thousand poets

[thehoneybadger]

hahahaha this dumbass pissed off a fish hahahahaha

switches to voice because of course

[weifinder]

The fish said it wanted warmed water, by hand, so I stuck my hand in the water, with a talisman drawn on it—

un: sweet lily of the hidden valley - handwritten

[bearshermark]

Are you okay?

[weifinder]

It was a mistake for it to act koi, is all I can say.

[weifinder]

As of the present moment, just a touch chill! Normal stuff.

[consignation]

[ God at least he didn't pee in the lake, but still. ]

Did you boil it?? How does this end with you being cursed?! Why can't you mind your own business—

[weifinder]

Jiang Cheng, I only put my hand in the water. For a talisman.

( No paper. THINK, BRO, WHAT DOES HE USE WHEN HE HAS NO TALISMAN PAPER AND NEEDS A TALISMAN? )

[bearshermark]

I'm glad to hear it.

[Normally, this would be the time he'd ask after specifics, but he has something else on his mind]

I have something for you, when you have a moment.

[consignation]

[ Yeah but what kind of magic did you draw?? DID YOU USE BLOOD AGAIN? Did you CONTAMINATE the local WATERING HOLE with your BLOOD? ]

AND YET I KNOW THIS ENDS WITH YOU BEING CURSED. SO WHAT HAPPENED.

[weifinder]

( He only?! Had blood?! On him?! THE FISH ASKED TO BE WARMED UP BY HAND OKAY HE WAS DOING AS TOLD )

Well, I warmed up the waters!

... With a talisman I drew on my hand! In blood.

[weifinder]

Oh? Sure, wanted to talk when all the uh. Trials stuff ends?

[bearshermark]

Yes, when you can.

un: heart-fluttering hummingbird | voice

[downswing]

( This fool.

This fool, alive. In health, enough to seek out counsel. Cursed, for seven years whole.

This fool, who only asks when he is strong, never in weakness.

This fool, who cannot be trusted not to hide the aches of a haunted voice behind the written word. )

Wei Ying. Speak.

[weifinder]

Will do, though if you're not up around the trials it may take a longer time than otherwise.

[weifinder]

( This fool, with one name cursed: Wei Wuxian. Kind of nostalgically familiar, that. )

Lan Zhan, I'm here.

( By which he means: he's well enough, he's not hurting, he's not injured as a cut to the finger means nothing, he's. Faintly annoyed that he's amused that yes, even here, the best of intentions get you about as damned? )

Can definitely say the carp has a low opinion of all men, as a whole, but not fully certain if that's all humans or just those of us with certain assets rather than others.

[bearshermark]

I've been trying not to get involved. Only stopped by the tree to try and reach its spirit.

But it isn't an emergency, if you're held up with them.

[weifinder]

Oh, no, I've made the fish angry so I'm only due for what, helping in some kind of apple contest?

Anyway, if you swing up this way we can meet sooner!

[bearshermark]

[An. Apple contest.]

Sure, I think there's something I need to look into out in that direction anyway, actually.

[downswing]

( A measured voice. Paced. If there are injuries on his person, they have not crippled Wei Ying's composure.

This, whatever it is — lies under control. )

What befell the waters?

[weifinder]

Blood written talisman.

( The short and simple truth. Forgive a man after two hours in the cold puzzling through riddles to have a misunderstanding about actively warming the waters with his hand when he can. Fish! Pickier than maidens! )

[weifinder]

Good, good, also what did you mean about the tree bit? I'm waiting a bit back from the waters for another one of our group to have her chance with the riddling, but you know. Where the carp can't see me from the water.

[downswing]

Uninvited. ( Tsk. ) A disciple of Yunmeng is better schooled.

[weifinder]

Clearly why I'm a disciple of no sect at the moment!

[bearshermark]

It took a few days, but I was able to commune with the ancient tree Anurr's supporters have been chaining themselves to. It gave off a sense of birth and death that reminded me of Yggdrasil.