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Event Seventeen.
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I sat me down to look for it And brought it home because I couldn’t find it. | |
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! | |
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.
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Still, she leans over to pat him on the arm.]
You should drink all of it, sensei. Clean him out! It's fine, he won't mind.
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Wait, you're trying to get him really drunk? What are you planning? Hahahaha!
[ Hot for this teacher, Kaoru? ]
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Tell your barman your troubles, go on, don't be shy.
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If the wine didn't actually have a taste, he might have actually done a spit-take! But since it actually has one, he can't just needlessly spit it everywhere upon! Also, it really bothers him to have Airplane!Wuxian suddenly look at and wish to know his problems! When has Airplane-bro ever been so thoughtful!?
It's a lot for his heart. Also?? Is he supposed to trade something for the wine??? Should he trade his sorrows for it?? Is that fair? ]
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Also? Also?? Then what is Kaoru going to tell Shiho? He feels a little lost. Can someone tell him? Ah, but admitting that he's ignorant to what's going on really seems bad. A bad idea! Like, won't that make people think that he's drank too much already??
Shen Qingqiu looks over what he has left in his cup and quickly drinks the rest. I haven't drunk half enough! SO! Don't go deciding that I shouldn't have more. She's already vouching for me! ]
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This teacher has been thinking on the many regrets he has on the past. It's not the most attractive side I wish to show and unfortunately, Young Miss Akashi happened to see my lamenting.
[ I'll admit to being a loser and not to being cursed. Think about it!! An immortal cultivator admitting to losing to a curse is so much worse than admitting to having a few troubles now and again! ]
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But for now? That's weak, Wei Wuxian!]
I'm not planning anything. I'm just here to make sure he makes it home okay after this and doesn't get taken advantage of by some kind of pervert.
[Like you, she doesn't say out loud. But she's looking right at him when she says it.
She considers kicking Wei Wuxian. Not because he's a pervert who scams people out of kisses so much as because this whole thing was meant to be a distraction in its own way so Shen Qingqiu could process his problems while he was drunk and doing stupid things.
Then again, talking about it wasn't a bad thing either so she just left him alone.]
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Regrets? Hm, that is surprising, that someone like you would have them.
[ He moves closer on the sofa, nearer to Shen Qingqiu, his face alight with interest. ]
Do you have regrets because... the consequences of your actions were costlier than you imagined? [ a little pause; his expression flickers for an instant. ] Or — because you're ashamed of what you did?
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Surprising I have them? Why? Oh, maybe more surprising that I would admit them. Shen Qingqiu didn't quite expect the two punch attack with the two questions. He feels like his chest is reeling from them. Ow. Easy, easy!! For a second, he feels like lying but he pauses to look to his side.
This is Kaoru. She knows the truth and so he can't lie. But more than that, her appearance is still that of Luo Binghe so he also feels like can't lie with his "disciple" sitting next to him. That's slapping him twice in the face and he isn't even here...
He takes a deep breath. ]
The consequences did, indeed, cost much more than I thought. Even though, I know that for him it will work out well. He will gain more power than he could ever hope to gain as a cultivator of a Righteous sect. [ A beat. ] But I am ashamed of my actions, as well.
[ He pauses. ] Young Miss Kaoru has already heard this tale. But I had pushed my disciple down into the Endless Abyss. An abyss that connects the Human world with the Demon World. Hardly a place for anyone to be in. It is where he will learn demonic cultivation and other skills.
[ A whole fuck-ton of a lot of abilities are gonna get unlocked! Level 99 for all of them!! His fingers twitch against the cup. Well... learn? He's being taught by the Dream Demon. So not really. It's more like gain in levels! Gain in leaps and bounds!! But I can't just say that he was already practicing... I don't want people to get the wrong idea. Wei Wuxian is already a cultivator so to say that much... I don't want to darken people's opinion. ]
This is something I have never admitted in the world I came from. I instead said that he died, even though I know he did not.
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And when Wei Wuxian leans in, she twitches her wrist a little and pulls his ponytail lightly backwards. The good thing about pyschokinesis is that no one can prove she's doing anything here.
Also, hey, don't get so close! His apprentice had risked being labelled a clutz to embrace him! She's not going to let that sacrifice be trampled upon by a common pervert! (Again: she likes Wei Wuxian a lot and is indebted to him but like...that is that and this is this!)]
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She's said what she wanted already and...even if not, she's aware whose face she was wearing right now. It wouldn't be fair to say anything, knowing that.]
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[ Kaoru has met Wei Wuxian many times already, and by this time she should know how he usually looks: bright and cheerful, a smiling look always about his face. But now, even though he seems to be giggling happily, his eyes are completely cold. It’s a change in his expression so drastic, that he might seem like a different person. ]
I went back and found the man who did that, and showed him what I learned. He was very impressed! Hahaha!
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And it helps to cement that the person at his side is not his pure-as-snow disciple, either. ]
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He loses control over what expression he wants his face to show as it drops away to show fear and panic. ]
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He sits a little straighter. Honestly, he has never seen Airplane's face and voice sound so terrifying. Shen Qingqiu is able to barely gain control of his own face -- looking a little less terrified, but still feeling the ice of that fear in his chest and stomach.
His fingers shake just slightly against the cup that he is holding. ]
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He fears that is his future, as well. But a little more than that, a little more!! Didn't he step on something painful? He pauses to look to his side, noting the pressure on his sleeve as though someone is holding it. But-- It eases his heart just a little. Just a little. ]
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This teacher did not mean to rub salt into an open wound. I did not see it and had not intended to have you suffer a second time.
[ Right! First things first! I should apologize! Here I thought I might whine a little but I accidentally ended up reminding you of a shit time that happened. What was it that he said earlier to himself? He can't just step on something that is breaking and say, "oops" after the fact. ]
I am to blame for speaking so rashly just now. [ Not an "oops," but I'm sorry. I'm sorry! I had no idea! That wasn't fair to you! I'm really sorry. The fear he felt and panic was that he hurt someone again. A person can only claim it was an accident so many times until it isn't! ]
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I'm sorry. [ This time he looks to Kaoru as he says this. I didn't mean to have you have to step into this with me! You were trying to look out for me and I dragged you into something like this! I'm really sorry! ]
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...and then it suddenly wasn't anymore.
It was true, she's never seen Wei Wuxian look like that before. But rather than fear, she feels a helpless sort of anger. Because...really. What can she do?
But the question doesn't linger, she doesn't acknowledge Shen Qingqiu's apology either. Instead, she moves off of the chair, still floating as she reaches out to hold Wei Wuxian's face between her hands. Her movements are slow, but not hesitant and, cold as the gaze in his eyes were, she meets them without flinching. Only a deep, aching sadness.]
They're not the same person. The person sitting in front of you now...he's not the same as the one who hurt you.
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I know. He isn't the same person.
[ If he were, he'd already be dead. Gently, he disengages Kaoru's hands, returning his icy gaze to Shen Qingiqu. ]
That person, the one who pushed me down... we came to an understanding, hahaha. So I'm not the one with open wounds.
[ He reaches for his wine cup again, holding it up and swirling the contents. ]
Besides, the one you need to apologize to isn't me.
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He feels comforted that Wei Wuxian sees him as someone else; he feels a little upset at thinking of his own future that the cultivator hints on. But he really wonders if he doesn't have anything still hurting from that time. Revenge or not, it still is something that -- ]
No, you are not the one I need to apologize to. But I am sorry that you suffered the same, Wei Wuxian. [ No matter what. You're still my Frog-bro. You're still someone I promised to save. And I only made you think of something painful. That's not how these promises work. ]
Akashi Kaoru may agree with me... the revenge that you got... are you truly happy? Does it feel like it has settled things? [ Both of us are wondering...are you really okay? You said to tell the problems to the barkeep, but the barkeep can tell us problems, too. ]
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She has absolutely no plan to let go. Which means she has to figure out this whole seating arrangement thing again. But for now she's fine with just hovering nearby.
She's not sure if ganging up on him over this will really help. All the same...coming to an understanding can mean many things and the look in his eyes earlier didn't reassure her much.]
You don't have to tell us, but...I just want to know if you're okay.
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...one day. I will close my <SMALL> tags properly.
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