pc catchall for wei wuxian (givethemhell)

[uncurtained]

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[givethemhell]

[Waving a hand!! His bleeding hand, like the thoughtless fool he is, but at least blood doesn't go flying everywhere.]

It's fine, I'll go get one. It's my mess, after all! Besides, you should probably get a little rest after everything. [The whole being cursed and then finding out she has a cursed roommate... thing...]

You can help yourself to some of that if you'd still like, though.

[HIS EQUALLY CURSED MEAL.]

[uncurtained]

[After a moment, she shakes her head.]

Actually, I think getting some air might help. I won't stop you if you want to go, but...

[glances at the congee]

I'm not that hungry, but - thanks.

[givethemhell]

Mhm, no problem. I'll probably make more tomorrow if you want any then!

[HIS CONGEE... HIS TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE POISON-CURING CONGEE.]

If you want to get some air, it would probably be better to visit that room with all the alcohol. I wouldn't go back downstairs so soon if I were you, just in case.

[THAT'S OMINOUS. Anyway with a way he'll just open the door to go on Sponge Quest 2k19.]

I'll be right back!

[Haha.]

[uncurtained]

[watches him leave the room

lays down on the bed

puts pillow over her face and screams into it]

[givethemhell]

[WELCOME TO YOUR NEW LIFE, BECK!!

Wei Wuxian also takes a suspiciously long time to come back but he eventually will, wet rag in hand so he can dutifully free their door of his fine blood art.]

[uncurtained]

[She is at least no longer screaming into the pillow when he returns, and turns to look at him.]

...Hey.

[givethemhell]

[Is he a little surprised she's still here?? He might be! It doesn't show regardless, though; he just nods in return.]

Hey! It'll be just a second...

[HE'LL JUST. GET TO WORK OVER HERE. Scrubbing his blood off of their door, god. And rambling while he does because he just rambles!!]

Haha, it's been a long time since I've been around this many non-cultivators at once! You forget what kind of things are considered normal by normal standards, you know? ...Well! To be fair, the conventional method is using cinnabar to write with, but we don't have any of that around here that I've found and it's better to be able to work on the fly without supplies anyway.

[uncurtained]

[She hesitates, listening to that, before:]

Is your hand okay?

[She doesn't know what else to say in this situation please save her!!]

[givethemhell]

Huh?

[He's legitimately got no idea what she's talking about for a second because biting his own hands like a feral hog is SO NORMAL it doesn't even register... And also because he's used to his troubling injuries being like, literal disembowelment, and a precious few people worry about even those.]

—Oh! This? It's fine, it's fine. Can't feel it at all!

[uncurtained]

That's good.

[Even if it's also a little concerning!!]

Thanks for getting the rags.

[givethemhell]

Mm, mm. [NODDING AND WAVING HIS FREE HAND it's fine, it's fine.] Haha, any time I don't clean up after myself, I can practically hear Wen Qing yelling at me to get my act together! No way would I leave a mess for anyone else to deal with.

[Or rather, he never expects anyone else to deal with his messes?? She should have seen his cave...]

[uncurtained]

[As she watches him clean:]

Wen Qing... Is that one of your friends?

[givethemhell]

Mmm.

[THAT'S NOT A YES OR NO but he laughs after that complete non-answer anyway, finally scrubbing away the last of the blood. There, blood-free door.]

Medics are always fussy, I think! And cranky medics are even worse. If you come across them on a bad day, it's like walking right into the mouth of hell. Put away this! Tidy up that! Dumping all your things onto the ground just to give a stranger your bed... Terrible, right?

[uncurtained]

...I wouldn't really know, but I also can't tell if that's a yes or not?

[gently tries to make the atmosphere in here less incredibly awkward through her forced jokes]

[givethemhell]

You're lucky, then! There's nothing worse than a nagging medic.

[Except maybe a weird necromancer?? God though wow, she really is doing her best here. A for effort, Beck.]

Anyway! I feel like she could find her way here somehow and beat me up for answering a question like that with a straightforward "yes", but it's more or less exactly that. Prickly people really are something else, aren't they?

[uncurtained]

...Wait, you think she's going to beat you up for saying that she's your friend?

[Somehow, through the surprise, her voice sounds almost amused as well.]

[givethemhell]

You don't know anyone like that?

[He sounds just as surprised, twirling on his heel and reclaiming his spot on the floor. He also scoops up his now definitely cold bowl of congee to keep eating it... He really lives like this, damn.]

That's lucky! I know far, far too many people who can't deal with someone being so direct. It's a charm point, though! Definitely endearing! Haha, actually-- The person I'm traveling with now denied being a friend of mine dozens of times when we were young. Maybe more! "We are not friends" - he'd say it just like that! So stuffy and stiff!

[uncurtained]

No, I'm... pretty sure all of my friends know that we're friends.

[She smiles a little bit, sitting up on the bed.]

Did he grow out of it?

[givethemhell]

[Ah, what's life like when you aren't surrounded by tsuns? A mystery...]

Hah, he has, he has. He's had a lot of time, to be fair! It would be a little strange if he didn't, even if it would be hilarious to see him at his age giving me the same old "we aren't friends, not at all" run-around. I wouldn't mind having a few more that would be as straightforward as yours sound, though!

[uncurtained]

If Peach ever told me we weren't friends, I think I might actually cry.

[She doesn't quite laugh, but she does look amused, glancing at the floor.]

Annika and Lynn aren't really the type, either, even when we were younger. If someone said they weren't my friend, I probably would have just... backed off.

[givethemhell]

[SOMEONE STILL NEEDS TO SAVE BECK...]

It does sound like a terrible thing to say when you put it like that. [That is literally exactly what he just said Lan Wangji said BUT SURE.]

Anyway, I think most people probably would. I was just an insufferable kid! [Said so cheerfully?!] You know, I really believed there wasn't a single soul in the world that actually disliked me back then.

[uncurtained]

...I think most kids are probably like when they're pretty young.

[But, hm.]

You've known him for a while, even though it sounds like you moved around a bit?

[givethemhell]

Mmhm! We went to the same school together when we were teenagers and our business intersected quite often when we were young adults. [Messily, but he'll leave that out... Which is good because he doesn't leave the REST OUT WHICH HE REALLY SHOULD.]

And then, wouldn't you know? The day I was brought back to life, I ended up running into him again! The winds of fate are hard to keep up with, aren't they? We've been traveling together since then.

[uncurtained]

[ah]

...When you were what?

[She's expecting him to be highkey strange at this point but somehow that exceeded her expectations!!]

[givethemhell]

[beck as that sweaty guy in the college humor sketch]

Ah, brought back to life! I died for a bit. It was a big secret until recently but now that it's out and I've ended up here, I don't see a point in keeping quiet about it, you know?

[THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM.]