eastbound inbox.

[lanclan]

inbox for the mirror pendant of 'Average Sighren'.

“Please leave your message and I will attend it as soon as possible.”

Comments

[wifedup]

Moral support!

( What is an emote and how does he do one? )

[lanclan]

That isn't really an explanation but yes, I am here and available.

[wifedup]

Ah, no. It's nothing pressing. I was just worried there might have been stragglers.

[lanclan]

Stragglers?

[wifedup]

Well, it's my first big move.

Second, if you count coming to the house, but I don't, I was barely aware of it. I worried we might have lost some people.

( Lan Xichen, specifically. )

[lanclan]

[ Let him be specific: ]

You were worried about me? :)

[wifedup]

( Stop! )

You've been a friend! I thought I should return the favour.

Also, what is the little symbol you keep using?

[lanclan]

Wen Kexing is very kind to miss me in advance.

It is a sideways smiling face, I was taught it. :)
This one is a surprised face. :o

[wifedup]

( People fear him, you know. )

Oh.

Charming.

Like this :) ?

[lanclan]

[ Have those people met him? ]

Yes!
This one bears a resemblance to you :D

[wifedup]

Someone recently told me my mouth was too big. I'm assuming Zewu-Jun is not implying the same, and instead this is just a comment on my pleasing effervescence?

( ... It's just the right size, okay? )

:D

[lanclan]

Wen Kexing's smile and laughter are an uplifting experience, yes. Your mouth is not too big.

[wifedup]

Thank you! That's what I said.

But ah, I shouldn't take something a rude old goat says to heart.

[lanclan]

As First Jade of Lan, I have been plied with engagement offers from all the sects for many years. None of the prospective applicants were half as handsome or charming as Wen Kexing, so tell your rude old goat that when you return home.

[wifedup]

Flatterer.

( He's as vain as a peacock, so any and all compliments are greatly appreciated. )

Did no one ever turn your eye then?

[lanclan]

... Once. He visited Cloud Recesses when the young masters and mistresses were with us for the summer, to learn decorum. All sects sent us their heirs for lecturing.

He was sent as more of a servant than anything, but over the years he rose to great heights.

[wifedup]

Oh?

Of course a heart as kind as yours would care not for status. But you have yet to mention a husband. Did it not end well?

[lanclan]

He was a monster.

[wifedup]

( ... )

Ah.

I'm sorry.

[lanclan]

Thank you. It has been half a year since I killed him, half of that since I came here.

[wifedup]

( Hang on, hang on, hang on. )

You don't have to tell me any more if you don't wish to. I didn't mean to pry.

[lanclan]

It doesn't matter anymore, everything he did has already come to pass.
It is not a pleasant conversation topic, forgive me. You contacted me for a reason and I have waylaid the point, I will make efforts to avoid such self-absorption in the future. You see now why I required seclusion, to better myself again.

[wifedup]

Oh, don't.

( He's known Lan Xichen a handful of days and already he knows he treats himself very harshly. Usually Wen Kexing wouldn't bother, but the other man's kindness means something. )

I didn't actually contact you for any real reason beyond wishing to speak with you. And the only time I would worry about the topic were if it was one particularly upsetting to either of us. So if you don't want to talk about it, then that's fine, but I'm hardly going to think poorly of you for it.

We could get drunk, if that's more to your preference? I'm sure I could haggle my way into a bottle with one of the vendors.

[lanclan]

Ordinarily I would use my golden core to burn up alcohol ... but I have been drunk in the past. I may be ... energetic.

[wifedup]

Isn't that the point of wine? To revitalise the spirit?

( He might have asked about the golden core any other time, but he's already sure they're on unsteady ground. So, distraction. )