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stressweets) wrote2020-01-07 06:27 pm
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[article_of_faith.mp3]
Tsukasa Suou
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My name is Lan Wangji. [In case Tsukasa didn't know that.] I wish to speak with you in private. It is about the Maou.
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Tsukasa tenses a little, his smile becoming stilted, before he shakes it off and tilts his head. ]
Tsukasa. A pleasure, Lan-san. [ This is the Lan-san that Wei Wuxian likes huh............... How intimidating, and also tall. ] ...We can talk. What about the Maou?
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Lan Wangji stares at him for a minute, which, yeah, definitely seems a little intimidating. But mostly, he's just trying to figure out what to say--he's not the best conversationalist.
Finally, he just says--]
Not here, please. [He'll let Tsukasa choose where they go, but he'd much rather they be somewhere indoors, and in private.]
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...But his desire to please Lan Wangji overrides all else, and he motions him along, trying to think of a good place to talk then. He doesn't really have a place he can call his own, and it'd be risky to sneak into any of his usual haunts...?
So he'll end up leading him to a clearly abandoned shack. Walls all holey, roof looking like it'll cave in at any second, totally musty smell. The works. ]
I couldn't think of anywhere else, [ by way of apology. ] But it should be alright.
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But Lan Wangji follows without complaint, barely even looking around. He looks thoroughly out of place in here, but he doesn't hesitate to kneel on the ground, back perfectly straight.]
It is fine. [He folds his hands in his lap as he sits; Tsukasa will probably recognize the ring on his pinky, since it matches the one Wei Wuxian wears, but Lan Wangji's clearly not here to talk about the bae.]
Are you familiar with Miss Beau?
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I am. She's friends with Kano-san too, though it was only recently we became acquainted... [ He bites his lip, tail twitching. ] ...Do you believe she's one of them, or do you think she knows of one?
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We are-- friends. [It always feels strange for him to say that, but after everything that's happened, he thinks it's probably okay to make that claim. Beyond that, it seems like a valuable thing to mention.] I have spoken to her about asking the Maou for help. I am also concerned for their safety.
[He already was to begin with, but with the events of the market and the castle, and all the people GETTING INTO FIGHTS even though he'd stressed not making tensions worse between humans and demons... (Lan Wangji also got into a fight, he's a hypocrite.)
A pause.]
She gave me your name.
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That's visible on his face - oh. He turns his head away immediately, biting his bottom lip, but eventually he returns Lan Wangji's gaze and nods. ]
...I'm one of them. [ It's not something he wants, and it isn't something he's told people, but more and more people are starting to learn about it anyway... Should he just come out with it? But if only "most people" want to make sure that dream doesn't come true...
He bows, forehead just barely above the ground. ] I'm sorry for hiding it, Lan-san. And I'm sorry that I don't have any answers, either - I can't help at all.
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[Especially given... y'know. Everything that's going on. He's clearly not surprised, though, which is probably enough of an indication towards how much he knows about Beau.
As for answers, well, they can talk about that in a minute, since he definitely has quite a few questions. Before anything else, though, he thinks it's prudent to share his own part in all this.]
I am able to see a person's true nature. I would like to know if there any differences between yourself and Miss Beau. [But, and this is important--] If you are unwilling, I will not use it.
[He trusts Beau, and he believes Tsukasa. If he doesn't want to deal with being Seen, then Lan Wangji is fine with moving on.]
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...What do you mean, "a person's true nature"? That is... I don't have anything to hide, so you can go ahead, but I'd like to know how it works first...? Or what you see... I suppose.
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A person's heart. Their will, and intentions. [Stuff like that.] Since the meteor shower, I have used it to search for you.
[For the Maou, he means. He can't tap into it all the time, because it's exhausting and the gods are fickle, but it's something he can do.]
It is painless. But some find it uncomfortable.
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Thank you for the explanation. Then... Whenever you're ready.
[ Seer him, baybee. ]
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Because when Tsukasa agrees, Lan Wangji nods, both in gratitude and acknowledgment. He closes his eyes, breathing slowly for a few moments. When he opens them again, they're glowing, soft and golden. True to Lan Wangji's word, it won't be painful, but Tsukasa will be able to feel the way Lan Wangji's looking through him, into him, at his soul itself.
At least, until he gasps, the equivalent of crying out in pain for anyone else. He curls in on himself, completely involuntarily, and breathes raggedly--and then collapses, right there on the floor. Hm.
And the extra fun part!! If Tsukasa touches him, he's going to fall ill for several hours with intense fever, delirium and full body pain, as though he's come into contact with a toxic substance. STAY BACK, NYANKASA]
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He also doesn't like it when Lan Wangji suddenly breathes so sharply that it makes the hair on the back of his neck rise up, and unfortunately for all of us, Tsukasa's the type to touch. He crawls closer to the other, his hands gripping his shoulder to shake him. ]
—Lan-san!?
[ Though it's not good for him either, obviously. His whole body shivers at the effects, and he cries out softly - but he still leans over Lan Wangji, shaking him. ]
Ah... Are you— okay? Lan-san? Please—
[ he doesn't want to be responsible for anyone dying. ]
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Lan Wangji regains his consciousness fairly quickly, but that's the only good thing about this. His eyes blink open again, and he pushes Tsukasa away out of reflex, rather than any intrinsic knowledge that his touch could cause harm.]
I-- [His breath catches as pain wracks through his body, but he grits his teeth, forcing himself to speak through it.] Sorry-- don't know--
[What's going on, he means.]
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tsukasa shakes his head - or maybe all of him is shaking, and he slowly lays down, hoping being gentle will ease his pain. (it does not.) there's a soft plinking sound as his tears, crystalline, hit the ground one by one, and his voice quakes. ]
...It's okay-- [ it isn't but neither of them meant for this to happen. ] Sorry- I'm sorry- it's my fault, isn't it?
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[Or, well--not entirely. Shaking his head hurts too much, but he makes himself lift a hand, breathing through his nose. His tail flares out in agitation, but there's nothing to be done for it.]
It did not-- happen with-- Miss Beau. Not your-- fault.
[It is, more likely than anything, his own. The first little shock, and the nightmares, those he might've been able to brush off. But this feels...
...honestly, it feels like a warning. But he doesn't think saying that would help anything at all, so he just concentrates on trying not to be sick. He's too busy for this!!
He tries his best to wrestle his voice back to its usual even tone, but he doesn't quite succeed.]
Do any others know?
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it's hard to concentrate to think who else does - there's lan wangji, told by beau; there's beau, told by... ]
—Okuni-san. [ beloved okuni. ] She found me first.
[ a slow, uneasy breath. he wants to just sleep it off, just sleep- ]
That's all. She's the only other.
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Okuni, though... well, he can't say he's totally surprised. EVEN NOW he thinks she was lying about some things (her stupid magical stick!!) but the fact that she's involved doesn't seem to come as a shock.
He breathes slowly, digging his nails into his palms to try and concentrate.]
I do not know what she has told you. [Though Lan Wangji would like to think Okuni wouldn't have said anything terrible about him--even if they don't always agree, she is still his kinda-sorta sister-in-law.] But I wish to help you, however I can.
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[ because of course he got the whole rundown from his local neighborhood crow. ]
No one Wei Wuxian-san loves... can be a bad person, Lan Wangji-san.
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He dips his head in gratitude, inhaling sharply at the stab of pain it sends through him.]
I will try to be worthy of your trust.
[He still doesn't know what he can do to help protect them, but he's determined to figure it out.]
Do you... know of any others? [Besides Beau.]
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...Okuni-san— [ or, well. ] Her voice. I heard her tell me Ookurikara-san was one.
[ but he wasn't yet gone to confirm or deny this because after this he's going to go investigate with shinobu, and then there's A Lot That Happens. ]
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But Lan Wangji doesn't know about that yet, so he just nods, taking that information in.]
Thank you. [For trusting him. He wishes he had something to offer in return, but no, Tsukasa just gets Pain.
Still, it's important that Tsukasa knows--]
I want to protect you. All of you. [He doesn't want what happened in the castle to ever happen again. Nor does he want them to take the fall for it, if something happens to their country.]
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The knowledge there are people looking out for him is enough - and will be comforting, considering next week's news from Okuni. ]
...Thank you. [ very sincerely. ] We'll... [ ........... ] We don't know how, but we— we'll protect you, too. Save you. Everyone.
[ somehow. ]
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Mm.
[He trusts that they'll try, and that's all anyone can ask of them.
A pause, then--and it's hard to tell if he's trying to think through the pain, or if he's just trying to figure out what he wants to say.]
May I ask what the gods asked of you?
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