pc catchall for wei wuxian (givethemhell)

[uncurtained]

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[uncurtained]

[time is fake and you're so valid

Either way, she sets aside the book she nabbed from the library so she can push herself off the bed and move his way, tilting her head.]

I didn't put anything in there... What is it?

[givethemhell]

[sometimes you just gotta say clocks don't exist,

ANYWAY!! He stands on his toes, trying to reach up to grab said item! He knocks against the shelf, jostling it a little. It looks like something pink - something made of fabric, maybe...]

Can't tell just yet! Give me a second...

[As he JUMPS UP TO TRY WHACKING IT DOWN.

On the plus side, it works! They'll be able to see a pink silk pouch drop from the shelf and onto the counter. On the down side, it disperses into dust soon after and a shimmery barrier shoots up from the ground around them. HM. Bad.]

—Um?

[Hm.]

[uncurtained]

[She's much more surprised by this sudden barrier than the mystery item in the shelf, and she's about to reach out to touch it when he'll experience something.

also it's snurtle time]

[givethemhell]

[THAT WAS A WHOLE LOTTA ASSHOLE OF A MAN IN JUST A FEW MINUTES??]

What in the world—

[As he tries to blink out of the daze of being thrust into someone else's memories and pulled back out just as quickly. At least this isn't... the first time he's done this sort of thing... god i hate wwx. Anyway give him a second to regain his mental balance, resting his hand against the barrier - though he's already like || this close to immediately going off the second he does.

Meanwhile, SNURTLE TIME. The cave is dank and dark, and above all, reeks of blood...

Throughout the memory, this younger version of Wei Wuxian is a bright ball of burning emotions that she now gets to experience for herself! Fun. The frustration of feeling his fire enchantment dying down beneath his fingers, irritation over being SHOT - angry determination as he yells at everyone to leave. At the end, as the creature's looming eye peers around the cave at him, the thunder of fear.]

[uncurtained]

[Okay, first off, and above anything else—]

—What the hell?!

[Suddenly experiencing somebody else's memories? The arrow? The huge snurtle monster? All? Probably all.]

[givethemhell]

[HE'S NEVER PERFORMED EMPATHY ON A LIVING PERSON BEFORE so actually being able to interrogate someone about the shit he saw is a whole new world... The barrier begins to dissolve under his fingers, but he hardly notices it, instead moving to plant his hands on Beck's shoulders. HIM CONCERN.]

That was you, wasn't it? Those were your memories? Who was that? He was just-- terrible! What an awful man!

[He honestly didn't even understand half of the things being talked about like the ye olde he is, but he got enough of the gist to be offended on Beck's behalf.]

[uncurtained]

Mine? No, there was this... huge monster, and fire, and someone got shot in the arm, I'm pretty sure that never happened to me.

[She pauses, though, brow furrowing. She doesn't try to move away from his grasp, but she's looking down at the ground rather than at him.]

Why, what did you see...?

[givethemhell]

Oh— [Oh. WELL. He can put two and two together pretty quickly, though he looks tired.] So that's the game for the week? Hah. Well! That was me- [SAID SIMPLY.] -so I'm imagining I was right about what I saw being you. Looks like that was some sort of - Empathy spell?

[But the barrier itself is dissolved now, even as he glances around for traces of it.]

—Er, there was some man. You were angry at him - he was unfaithful. And terribly rude about it, on top of that?

[But she FORGAVE HIM ANYWAY he wants to bust into that memory and kick that guy's ass.]

[uncurtained]

That was you? Were you okay?! I mean, that thing, and your arm...

[As he goes on, though, she sighs.]

...Benji, probably.

[givethemhell]

Ah, yes - I was fine. Haha, it was quite the experience! But I managed to make it back home in one piece, and Lan Zhan was able to slay that creature, too.

[He just casually skips over all the parts where he almost died in between point A and point B, it's fine. ANYWAY, he clearly seems more upset about... what he saw... than what Beck saw...]

Why was he like that?

[uncurtained]

What does in one piece mean in this scenario, exactly?

[She’s just about the opposite - she sounds pretty concerned about what happened to him, but she’s nonchalant as she continues.]

He usually isn’t. He’s been... difficult lately, but...

[givethemhell]

In one piece! Nothing was missing.

[WAVING A HAND one piece is one piece, it's fine, don't ask for details they're all very bad!!

Speaking of very bad, he's making a face.]

I don't like him. [SAID SO DECISIVELY he really is 3 at heart.] He made you upset! And he didn't even seem to care!

[uncurtained]

Right, but were you hurt at all?

[Other than the arrow part which she already knows, and is Bad.]

...It's nice of you to be worried. Honestly, I don't really think we'll be together much longer.

[givethemhell]

A bit, but you know, that's to be expected when you're stuck in a cave for a little while with something like that.

[He says it light and with a little laugh, though... God. Anyway, he'll set aside his intense judgment for that guy to give her a sympathetic look.]

Good! You should have someone with you who can at least understand when to apologize. Isn't that just having a basic understanding of being decent?

[uncurtained]

But it wasn't anything that couldn't heal easily...?

[She still looks concerned, but... A little bit touched, too.]

You say that, but... He can be really sweet, sometimes.

[givethemhell]

Mm, right. I have a very robust body, fortunately!

[His stupid ass was unconscious for like a week or something and he almost died but NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT.

He's also just deadass giving Beck a look.]

Shouldn't you be aiming for someone who's really sweet all the time? Or at least most of it - or at least not like that when they aren't being sweet?

[uncurtained]

As long as you're sure.

[The smile she gives is... a little bittersweet, but it's there all the same.]

...People who are sweet all the time don't exist.

[givethemhell]

I'm sure, I'm sure - don't fret over it! I'm still here, aren't I?

[In like. A different body BUT HEY at least the snurtle wasn't responsible for him having to ditch the first one!

Also, his answer is disgustingly immediate:]

I know of at least one! [His shijie...] But you're right, generally speaking. Pick someone who's more bearable when they aren't being sweet, then!

[uncurtained]

[She exhales, an amused sound, even as she shakes her head.]

If only it was as easy as picking someone, right?

[givethemhell]

Hah - well, not like anyone could say anything but "yes, it would be" to that, you know?

[Sometimes you just get unlucky and fall for jerks though, hm.]

[uncurtained]

[There's something in her expression for a moment, like she's thinking of saying something... But then she gives him a smile.]

What about you? Do you have anyone like that back home? [...] Not someone like him, I mean, but - someone special to you.

[givethemhell]

[GLAD SHE CLARIFIED. He laughs a little, because he immediately thinks of Lan Zhan for some reason but! Haha! That's so silly!]

No, no - not in that way. I was very busy and have been for quite some time! When there are so many things that you have to tend to, it's all you can do just to stay on top of it.

[No time to date when you're inventing demonic cultivation in a cave!]

[uncurtained]

Well, I hope that changes for you soon. You deserve to be with someone great, too.

[givethemhell]

[The gay thoughts can't catch him now, he's living in their cupboard.]

Haha, that's kind of you! [HE'S STILL A PARIAH but hey it's the thought that counts.] I'd always hoped when I was young that I'd be able to get married to someone nice, raise a family, live on a farm... Well, at least I got the farm, haha!

[AND A KID THAT WASN'T HIS BUT HE RAISED HIM ANYWAY.]

[uncurtained]

[She shoves at his shoulder lightly with a little laugh.]

You don't have to say it like it's too late, you know.