lan sizhui ♪ the untamed (open post)

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[fairyherder]

He started it!

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“Two wrongs don't make a right.”

[fairyherder]

Don't recite your sect rules. They don't even apply to me.

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That... isn't one of our rules, Jin Ling, but alright, I'll remember that.

[fairyherder]

... well, whatever, I don't understand how you can remember that. There's four thousand rules. Four thousand.

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I know, it's a lot. Would you like to know a secret, though?

[fairyherder]

[ if wariness could be heard over text... ]

What secret?

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[it'd be a lot better (and far more fun!) to lean into jin ling's ear and whisper like it's an actual thing to keep hush-hush, but he'll make do!]

Sometimes, I forget one here or there.

[fairyherder]

I'd be afraid of you if you didn't. Remembering them all is weird, all of you Lans are weird.

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You would be afraid of me? [now there's something he'd like to see.] Oh, and what is your definition of ‘normal,’ then?

[fairyherder]

Everyone but you.

... it doesn't mean it's bad or anything.

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It just means different, right?

And there's nothing wrong with that at all.

[fairyherder]

Yeah. Sure.

[ Sizhui is definitely different for one— Jin Ling don't let your mind wander. ]

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Do you believe it or are you just agreeing with me?

[is he teasing? hmmm, maybe just a little! and please, jin ling, there's nothing wrong with that, either.]

[fairyherder]

Of course I believe it!

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Okay, I was just making sure!

[following an extraordinarily long couple of seconds:] What makes me different?

[fairyherder]

That's...

[ fuck what does he say he's not someone who gives out compliments and now he's just getting embarrassed. ]

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[wuh-oh, was that a mistake? sizhui's uncertain either way; backpedaling, however, seems safe enough.]

You— Nevermind, it's okay, you don't have to answer that.

[fairyherder]

[ oh no he messed up. why is he never good with things like this did he make him upset now? ]

You're just. Different. Good different.

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[no, he didn't mess up, sizhui did! he should've known better than to put him on the spot like that— and yet he gets an answer anyway.

a good one, even, by jin ling standards.] This might be selfish to say: I like being different.

[fairyherder]

Good. That's... that's good.

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How are you feeling now?

[fairyherder]

What? Why do you ask?

[ safe to say he's been properly distracted. both from hangover and from being mad at Jingyi. ]

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[...the hangover is why he's asking, jin ling, please. (at least jingyi's been too tired to complain like he usually might or else the jin sect heir might've had that continuous problem as well.)]

You did get sick last night, so I feel like that's a proper thing to ask.

[fairyherder]

... oh.

I'm fine.

[ he has a splitting headache and he wants to sleep, but he's stuck doing reports, and he's only been procrastinating doing them by texting Sizhui. and he's not about to admit he's weak and whiny. ]