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Jin Ling ⬤ The Untamed
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[amidstsnow]

alright

alright

[but is this going to make him feel better or worse?? zixuan has regrets.]

my father, your grandfather, hosted a night hunt and invited everyone to take part. i wanted yout mother to come, i went to her personally, but i let her believe that the invitation was from my mother because

because i was too prideful, too stubborn.

it turned into a spectacle. there were misunderstandings and arguments, and i regret to say that i did nothing. your mother was going to leave when i finally gathered up enough courage to tell her that the invitation was really from me, that i was the one who wanted her there.

...unfortunately, my courage ran out. i ran away.

[feel better yet, jin ling? oh wait.]

you can ask zewu-jun if you don't believe me. or hanguang-jun. or wei wuxian. they were there, and if they remember the hunt, i'm sure they'd be delighted to back up these facts for you.

[inheritedpain]

[ Mostly he’s just trying to remember how Hanguang-Jun smells, but he will investigate later.

His face may well be on fire and he’s gonna just - agh he can’t even eat dumplings now, he has to wash his hands!!! But washing his hands means pulling out of Wei Wuxian’s koala embrace so he’ll just

stay here

it’s fine!! ]

That’s— why would I wear anything different! We’re going to play— [ fuck he never did figure out how to say this out loud ] — Kwid Ditch. I’m going to shove him off his broom and win whatever this golden ball thing is!!

[ Ugh— ] Am I supposed to bring something??

[inheritedpain]

[ There’s a long pause. ]

why would i ask them
i believe you



why did you run away

the only story people kept telling me was the lotus garden

JIN LING MUST ALSO ENJOY XICHEN'S JOKE 1/2

[downswing]

'What says the death convict to a mannered governor?'

'Pardon.`

2/2

[downswing]

Manners ease the mannered.

And he wished reprieve.

1/3

[inheritedpain]

[ . . .

What in the world??

Was this a lesson?? A lecture????

HAD HE DONE SOMETHING TO DESERVE THIS ]

2/3

[inheritedpain]

[ He quickly wracked his brain trying to think of every time he’d displayed bad manners recently.




It was a lot.
It was always a lot.

But!!! Everyone else had terrible manners here too!!! And he couldn’t remember specifically offending Hanguang-Jun.

Mild mannered - had be offended Zewu-jun??

DID HE NOT LIKE THE ORANGES
HAD HE ACCIDENTALLY STAINED SOMETHING WITH ORANGE JUICE ]

3/3

[inheritedpain]

[ After a full five minutes of panic: ]

look i’m sorry!!!

tell him i’ll replace it!!!!!

[downswing]

( But... the governor might not be pardoning a crime of theft, for all of the nobility of Jin Ling's spirit, wishing to pay the price of freedom for a fictive culprit. )



That may not appease him.

[inheritedpain]

[ oh god what had he dONE ]

that

is he that upset???

What

Okay what do I do then

Clearly fruit is no longer acceptable

[downswing]

Fruit would not befit the occasion.

[inheritedpain]

[ okay okay okay

think jin ling

if you somehow managed to offend the most mild mannered of all sect leaders

what possible thing could you do to make it up to him ]




i
w
what's the punishment in gusu anyway

is it lashes



how many lashes am i getting

[downswing]

At least one for each rule broken.

[inheritedpain]

[ he's going to die ]






okay but

in
this case in particular


how many does that mean....

how many rules were broken.....

[downswing]

At least 39.

1/2

[inheritedpain]

[inheritedpain]

Hanguang-Jun,

I respectfully request a pardon.


can i at least know which
which rules those were...

how did it reach 39????

it can't have been that bad!!

[downswing]

The sentence giver will name the counts.

[inheritedpain]

[ Jin Ling just.

Slumps down onto the floor.

Time to beg Zewu-jun for leniency.

Who knew he could be this strict????? ]


i understand

i will make the proper appeal

[downswing]

( ...that. Is certainly one read of the jest he'd tried so very hard to master. Jin Zixuan fathered well. )



You are noble-spirited.

[inheritedpain]

[ But apparently horribly ill-mannered!! ]


i'll do beTTER NEXT TIME

[downswing]

Next time?



( Where will he find a second joke??? )

[inheritedpain]

n


no!!

no never mind i'll never do it again!!

[downswing]

( ...huh. Truly, this has been a most successful jest.

Xichen will be pleased to hear of it. )

[sterilize]

( she doesn't look intimidated, but she does appear deadly serious, eyes a little dark even in the warmth that blooms in her chest. )

And I would hand you the mallet.

( she has no intention of breaking jiang cheng's heart, ever.

or, well. again might suit better. )

You'll be expected to take part in the ceremony. ( and, ) After then, we will be considered family.