inheritedpain | IC INBOX: PRISMATICA

as for that other thing
we're not going to be seeing each other for a while
we can't be friends anymore
it's for the best

that

what

why???

that’s so stupid what do you mean you can’t be friends
as if anything could stop you being friends???

where is he

jin ling! listen!!!

think about it, okay?
he invited me into his home
i slept in his bed
i lived as part of his household for a while

he didn't cut me in half when i kissed him, which was a relief! but you have to admit it's a little scandalous if i stayed there for much longer! what if zewu-jun found out, and i stayed? i would dishonor us both!

fine, that part makes sense
but that’s not what you said!!

how would seeing him cause a scandal??

like
you know that everyone else is just

you know they are all nuts right they have no legs to stand on

you can't do something you know isn't right just because everyone else is doing it. what makes you different from them, then? if a man is called a villain for doing what he believes is right, would you call him a villain too? wouldn't he deserve a chance to prove his innocence first?

people aren't perfect, jin ling. lan zhan comes close, as does zewu-jun, but even they have their own faults. it doesn't matter if we can't see them. doing what you want just because it's what you want to do, while ignoring everyone else who could get hurt - i don't believe in that. nothing is worth other people getting hurt over.

lan zhan values his honor. i have to respect that.

i really don't think it's
it's not villainy
like we have to live and moonlacing is a part of that but

i mean
okay if it's about respecting his honour that's fine just
you made it sound like he hated you or something

to respect his honour you just have to follow the lan rules, right?

oh

oh wait, no, i know exactly what you have to do, it's fine

he and i sort of talked about this

you have to do three quests

[...what now]

i have to do what? you talked to lan zhan about what exactly???

quests!

i mean it wasn't about you and him obviously i was asking like
in general
about
lans

anyway the point is they're not supposed to like

touch skin or whatever except in the bed chamber or something

but when i asked like
okay but then how do you moonlace

he told me to do a bunch of stuff, to get permission

uh

learn a new ward
hunt a ghost
help someone

i think really the idea is you just have to prove you're working to be a good cultivator??

the bar is probably higher for like

you and hanguang-jun but

you just have to go and do a lot of good things and then be like hey how about now and he'll be like okay you can come back to my bedroom again

jin ling

you're giving me a headache

[why are they even discussing this, it's time for some B o U n d A r I E s]

here's a list of things i need you to pay attention to:
- bedroom is a perfectly fine word, lan zhan is not a grandmother, he doesn't have a bed chamber
- lan zhan and i touch skin just fine and zewu-jun hasn't tried to kill me for it yet
- i've done all three: invented a new talisman, saved a beautiful girl from harm, put to rest an ancient spirit
- if that bar goes any higher i'll have to invent a completely new form of cultivation

...which isn't actually a bad idea, honestly, but that's not the point!

- the lans have a living room

well fine if you don't want my help then i won't offer it

- he's the one who used the word bed chamber not me so yeah apparently he is a grandmother
- oh well then you're ahead?? i guess? maybe there are other rules for full courting

damn it am i going to have to go through this again

are you bragging right now
how am i supposed to put an ancient spirit to rest when there aren't any here, huh???

and that

don't do that
no new cultivation
disallowed
do not touch

what does a living room have to do with it

look it's fine you can just SAY 'shut up jin ling'
i was just trying to help

i just

i want you to live here but i don't want you to be sad the whole time

I DIDN'T SAY I DIDN'T WANT YOUR HELP
JUST MAYBE MAKE IT LESS???
WHY IS EVERYONE GOING FOR THE BIGGEST COURSE OF ACTION, WHAT HAPPENED TO JUST SNEAKING AROUND AND
AND
BEING SNEAKY

and i'm not bragging, that's just how things happened
lan zhan and i had an adventure
we slayed a monster together
i saved him and a very beautiful girl
and i made that talisman he's so annoyed by

and why not
what's wrong with exploring new forms of cultivation???
there's so much that we haven't done yet!

and jin ling, how can i be sad? i have you and jiang cheng. all that's missing is shijie and i'd be the happiest person in the world.

WHY GIVE YOU LESS HELP
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN
what exactly will being sneaky do!! what are you suggesting??? you're going to sneak around with hanguang-jun??? i thought you said you respected his honour????????

also why do you keep bringing up the beautiful girl
i feel like
this is not a point in your favour

i'm definitely not going to be like
hey so i saved someone but they were TOTALLY GORGEOUS just so you know

whether it's true or not!!!

and just
it just causes messes don't do it
promise me you won't
swear right now
"i, wei wuxian, will not invent and entirely new branch of cultivation"
do it

says the man yelling at me in the first half of this text [ But the mention of his mom actually makes his throat tighten up, suddenly, against his will. He swallows. ]

yeah well

well don't get your hopes up

[ Don't get his hopes up, is what he really means. His dad is here, but his mom... ]

you're so much like jiang cheng i'm honestly wondering if the right jiang birthed you.

and why would i swear that? don't you think it'd be great to create a new form of cultivation? maybe even one that can be taught to civilians? wouldn't it be amazing if everyone had the means to fight back and defend themselves?

i'm not going to sneak around with lan zhan. he's too visible, anyway, it wouldn't work.

yeah, well, he was the only one i knew and i am glad i take after him

sure
i guess
except that’s not what happens when people do that okay
just
just trust me on this one okay
if you trust me at all, trust me on that

so then don’t?? just court him properly

i'm sure he's glad too. just... don't let his frowning fool you. jiang cheng is really soft and tender inside.

what's so terrible about innovating cultivation styles! are you lan qiren now? should i cut off your beard???

if i court him properly... no, it'll take too long.

aah, maybe eloping is a better plan!

you think i don’t know??? well soft maybe not
but i know how much he cares about me so

i’m not talking about this anymore just don’t do it

wait you’re eloping now???? if you go and get married and i don’t even get to see it i’m going to be pissed

we're going to elope and we're going to have CHILDREN and a farm and a quiet house and we will play music to each other everyday

besides, i don't have money. no dowry to offer.

if you're not going to give me a good reason then i'm going to do it! i'll even ask jiang cheng for help!

don’t be stupid we’d make sure you had a dowry

what are we, poor?? speak for yourself

just

why won’t you just trust me

you don’t want to know my reasons, okay, just trust me for once

i

i'm very touched, jin ling, dear nephew

and i trust you! but i don't understand why you want me to not do it! what can possibly go wrong???

you shouldn’t have doubted it in the first place

and loTS OF THINGS

LOTS OF THINGS CAN GO WRONG

LIKE SOMEONE’S PARENTS DYING

SO CAN WE NOT

Edited 2020-04-09 17:13 (UTC)

jin ling.

tell me the truth.

what have i said that wasn’t true??

i don’t want what happened there to happen here

i like it here
i like getting to be with everyone

so just trust me okay

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What standards

RIP in pieces

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he is definitely completely misunderstanding half of what wangji said i'm so sorry

this is the worst thing wei wuxian has ever laid his eyes upon

he's HELPING

i'm crying wwx is crying WE'RE ALL CRYING

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