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Event Seventeen.

I went to the wood and got it;
I sat me down to look for it
And brought it home because I couldn’t find it.

he magical vines creep ever onward, slowly infringing upon the Town. No matter how many are chopped down, no matter how many are set on fire, they keep coming even so.

And slowly, one by one, the people in the Town start to fall to the curse that they bring along with them.

Stay and tend to the cursed? Venture out into the woods to find the castle at the source of these vines?

Whatever you choose to do, you'd better decide quickly; the curse only seems to get worse and worse the longer everyone is afflicted.

Welcome to Awash's seventeenth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to make your own logs and posts for this event!

If there are any questions, please ask them here. Thank you!

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...I'm sorry!

[and then turns right around and runs off to hide in that room Wuxian had yelled at earlier.]

[ And you kiss me without listening to a thing I say!!

He fumes just a little about being ignored and wanting to know why Xie Lian has to be the one in the first place!! It takes him a second to realize that he isn't upset about being kissed at all by Wei Wuxian. Well, that's been going on for a week. At this point, when you get used to... ]

[ DON'T FINISH THAT THOUGHT, ME! Your life as a straight man will be fucking over if you finish that thought! "Oh, I don't mind~" I know what I mean! I know it! But if I say it, it's over! It's over in every sense of the word! Every sense!

His emotions are bubbling over about every little thing. Another side-effect of his cutting his hand upon the thorns, but not one he can recognize. If he paused to think about it, isn't-- ]

[ There's worrying and there's worrying and then there is this!! Come on! Tell him that it's fine to not do it! I don't really know why you think your wife should do this at all?! Could you explain that part?! Why are you skipping over that critical piece of information! Both of us would like to know what you're thinking! ]

[ He is actually kissed and it isn't anything to cause a heart to beat fast, but he suddenly feels a rush of concern. Ah?! Wait, my frogitis??? Shen Qingqiu isn't quite sure how one catches it, but does Xie Lian now have it??

No, no! There's nothing to apologize for! Either of you!! You're both just trying to help me out of the blunder, but I'm actually really worried about -- NO! No! My pajamas!! He's going to see them! Now all of China will know about it!!

He isn't even sure which part he should be upset with first! Or last! Or third! So he can only look helplessly to Wei Wuxian. ]

Frogitis?

[ He watches Xie Lian, his eyes alight. What a charming maiden! How innocent, how kind! Wait, no. Not a maiden. He blinks hard and sighs. His mind is a mess. And then... ]

"Frogitis"? Pfft!

[ A small chuckle escapes his lips before he has the presence of mind to clamp down on his laughter. What he wants to do is laugh until he's breathless, holding his sides and rolling on the floor. Frogitis, poor man. That's what he's worried about—a worry borne from kindness.

After he's managed to contain his mirth, he turns back to Shen Qingqiu and gazes at him fondly, once more stroking his forehead. ]

Don't worry. It's only transmitted by frog-to-human contact.

[ How can he lie so easily? It's a gift. He really will have to go back and apologize abjectly some day, with a jar or two of rice wine in hand. ]

Feeling any better?

Good.

[ What a relief! I don't need that on my conscience!! He already feels like he's built up enough guilt to last him forever with how much he's obviously distressed the two of them.

He wishes he had enough strength to cover his face. Xie Lian isn't coming back! He's seen it. He's seen it too now. My life is over. Shen Qingqiu thinks that he could feel his soul depart his body, but it's an exaggeration! I take it back! I once more take it back. He really needs to stop using that as his go-to when he's suffering from embarrassment. Especially considering how often he is in life-threatening situations!

Wait, why exactly did he think this would work in the first place? But he presses his lips together into a thin line. I get it, I think? Kind of? His thoughts are really tiring him out with how much of a burst that they're going in.

Feeling better? Mm. No. So, I guess it wasn't that story of Sleeping Beauty, huh? It wasn't. Fucking shit. Why? ]

Mmn. No. [ Not even a little bit! What gives?! If it isn't that story, then what story is it?! What is it! Fucking tell me already!! ] I don't feel any better than before.

[ His hand stops abruptly mid-stroke. ]

Not at all?

[ He'd been kneeling beside the sofa, next to Shen Qingqiu, but now he changes position so he can look directly into the man's face. He still looks as bad as before. Why didn't that work, it should have worked! It worked in the Ice Castle, and it worked for the frog enchantment, so why not now? Was that... not a nice enough kiss?

His gaze flicks down to Shen Qinqqiu's soft lips. He could try kissing them again, maybe this time a little longer, maybe with his tongue he could...

His head dips down, closer... ]

[ ....no, no, no what is he thinking?? Not a single fairy tale he's read has mentioned deep kisses in any context. He straightens up again and thinks aloud. ]

There's a version of the Sleeping Beauty story called "Sun, Moon, and Talia" in which the girl is injured with a splinter of flax and falls asleep, and then a passing King comes by, finds her asleep and kisses her, but she doesn't wake up. And then he...

[ ........what does he do?

Wei Wuxian clears his throat and looks away. ]

...and, er, later she bears twins.

[It doesn't take too long to calm himself down again, in the peace and quiet of this otherwise-empty room...it's not until he's pulled himself together that he actually starts to take note of his surroundings, gaze inevitably drawn to the clothing on the bed...

........Anyway so Xie Lian rejoins the group looking almost as calm as he'd been before, poking his head back in with a look of concern on his face, just in time to hear that last line! And is immediately struck with the thought that maybe, just maybe, he should've given himself a little more time to recover.

But he's already here, so--sorry for hesitating at the door.] ...Who does?

[ I'm not lying to you! I realize I omitted my illness, but there's no reason to check me over so closely. I promise, I promise, I'll be more honest!! Jeez!

He lets out a small sigh when he straightens. It seems like Wei Wuxian had some of his concerns validated. Sorry. I guess it isn't that-- ]

[ His eyes widen.

Can I not escape it?! Can I not escape it?!! Is this my life?! No! Somehow his pale skin turns even paler. Nononononnono!! ]

[ His eyes dart over upon hearing Xie Lian's voice. WELCOME TO THIS FUCKING PARTY! Over the news that he might have to papapapa with one of them, he completely forgot about the embarrassment related to his pajamas. PRIORITIES!!

Don't tell him! Don't tell him! And don't suggest it! ]

[ The amount of upset building inside of him is enough to give him a burst of energy! A large burst of energy! That he uses to attempt to escape this situation --

-- normally, he would escape in an elegant fashion since he has gotten used to doing everything with grace and dignity. This time, he is only able to roll quickly off the sofa and end up on the floor.

Face down. ]

[ He'd been looking away from Shen Qingqiu, and then was distracted by Xie Lian's appearance, so he doesn't react quite quickly enough to keep A-Qiu from rolling onto the floor. ]

Ah!

[ He quickly rolls the man over so he's lying face-up at least. Well, it's little wonder he tried to run away, given where he'd been going with his story. He nods to his strong wife to come help get their patient back onto the sofa. ]

Wait, wait, wait. Relax! I wasn't done with the story! The twins were important, because one of them sucked the flax splinter out of her hand. That was enough to wake the princess up.

[ Now that he recalls, it wasn't the papapapapapapa at all, but removal of the offending thorn that did the trick. Er, he probably should have started with that. ]

[It's a double Ah! here because Xie Lian made that exact same noise at the sight of Shifu faceplanting like that, quickly rushing over to help get him back up and decent again.] Are you alright? What happened? You're not feeling worse, are you? [He's worried!!!

Hearing the back half of this story he missed the beginning of, though....so this princess gave birth while sleeping? How long was she asleep? What story is this? Is it the same story? Where are they going to get--wait no the twin part probably isn't important.]

...I don't believe I saw any splinters in Shifu's hand, though...

[ You can't catch me. I'm moving at the speed of light!! The speed at which I am moving-- you won't be able to keep up!! At all! So fast!!

He realizes that this is a lie, but maybe if lies enough, it will come true. Yes, Shen Qingqiu is trying to involve the power of fairytales to give him the ability of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. But it doesn't work at all. Instead, he is carefully rolled over and he has the mind to give an upset look to the two.

Even if he is set back on the sofa, he continues to look just as angry as before. At least, it looks like that and not that I'm in near tears!! ]

This teacher is fine. [ AS IF! But he does calm down a little as it seems like the solution isn't to papapapapa but rather to see if there is a splinter of the thorn still in his hand, and he agrees with Xie Lian. ] It was just a scratch... but you may check.

[ His nose is red from having hit the floor so hard, but otherwise, he is fine. ]

[ He reaches for Shen Qingqiu's hand once more and turns it over, holding it to the light. ]

I don't see anything, either. But just for the sake of completeness...

[ With a huge grin, he lifts the back of the man's hand to his own lips and sucks hard. He's beginning to feel a bit weird about all this, but the best way to dispel that feeling to be as theatrically shameless about it as humanly possible. When he's done, he makes an egregiously loud "smack" noise, and drops the hand straight away.

He's still smiling when he raises his own right hand. A magic wand appears in it, complete with shining star on the end. ]

Anyway, anyway. I've got another idea. Any wishes I can grant?

[Wow, Shifu sure looks angry...Wuxian must have said something particularly irritating while he was gone--somehow that doesn't seem surprising, considering what little he knows of their vastly different personalities. Xie Lian sighs, a combination of tiredness at whatever the heck is going on and relief at the idea that this might just be another fairy story rather than a more dangerously life-threatening affliction.

...Sighs and pointedly pretends not to see (or hear) what Wuxian's doing for the next few seconds.]

I wish there were more chaste solutions to all these events.

[ There is a feeling of dread which burns in the center of his heart at Wei Wuxian ending his sentence with "for the sake of completeness."

His eyes widen that much more at his hand being taken. It is like everything is moving in slow-motion now, which is not particularly great given what is just about to happen. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?! ]

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[ Oh hey, I can't feel it. That's-- ]

[ That is somehow so much fucking worse! It's so much worse!! I can't really feel it, but what I can feel is definitely there! Also that sound?! That sound in this amount of silence! How could you do this in front of your wife?! Are you attempting to get divorced and owe Xie Lian so much compensation that even future generations will not be able to pay?! Because that's how that happens!! ]

[ Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Xie Lian, I understand. You can't watch this sight, either! But you could at least watch so you could suffer with me a little more! This teacher feels fucking lonely in this experience!!

But it is soon over and he did not need the kiss at the end. He did not need it. WIPE OFF MY HAND, AT LEAST!! Excuse?!? ]

[ He is staring up at the ceiling now. I feel like I'm gonna fucking astral project out of my body soon.

His eyes shift to see that a magic wand is now in Wei Wuxian's hand. Amazing. Shen Qingqiu looks to Xie Lian, barely moving his head. Good one!

And he presses his lips together. A wish, huh?! ]

Leave.

[ I'll just sit here and die. It's fine. It isn't fine! Okay?! It isn't! But I'd like to say that much, okay? I just want to say that! I am dying of so much embarrassment that I'm --

Shen Qingqiu realizes suddenly that his skin feels hot and if it feels this hot, that means he's blushing. He's bright red! Fuck! I can control my expression but not my coloring!! Help! SOS!! I'm gonna start crying! I'm gonna do it! You wanna fight!! Do you?! ]

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