softheartedshizun | Eastbound Inbox

( Loud, against a backdrop of... screams, dead, a shifting dragon, you name it, Lan Wangji is labouring for his breath throughout it: )

You bear a debt. I ask a reimbursement.

[ Was this really the time!? ]

Spit it out.

( Why... would he expectorate — )

Fetch dresses to fit a broader stature.

Why do you need dresses?

[ He would get them, but it just seemed odd. ]

My companion drenched.

Fine fine, I'll go find some for you and bring them over.

Do not shatter yourself in the hunt.

It's an odd thing to request in the middle of a fight, however.

[ He was off finding some free dresses anyway. ]

( The deepest sigh: )

Should he parade bare?

How did he even lose them!?

Wait, do you really want a dress?

( Trying. So very hard. So very hard. )

He shed layers with water. ( A sigh, far too audible. ) The dress pleases him better.

[ Was this a habit? Was this just a thing? Stop leaving holes in your story he's not a mind reader! ]

One day perhaps we should discuss how to appropriately convey information.

[ Ignore that he himself was also guilty of never sharing everything properly. ]

I failed to instruct?

You are failing to give context.

[ But it didn't really matter, he had a decent idea now. Grabbing a dress from somewhere, hopefully, no one was inconvenienced and heading towards where he could only assume was the right direction. ]

Would it improve the dress?

It would improve my ability to react to your request properly and quickly.

( Will you cut and sew the dress to size? )

What detail required?

I don't intend to destroy them. But saying so publicly may help if Rigarda or Macaluso are watching.

That is a good bluff, though, I hope they don't decide to execute us anyway.

It's all I can think to do, is say we decided they were too dangerous to keep. Aside from the one you mentioned being bonded to you. I hope it's enough.

I feel we should discuss with others how the network works however, and understand it better for the future.

You're probably right. I don't know much about it.

Let's ask around and learn more about it then.

We should keep the weapons for now. I'm worried the city will come under threat and we could need them then.

A good thought. It's better to be prepared than caught with our pants down.

How much harm has struck you already?

You mean am I still alive and whole? Somehow yes to both.

Perhaps you are sturdier than foreseen.

Why so much doubt?! As long as my qi is flowing I am still a golden core cultivator. I'm not going to die on the side of the road like a young maiden chased from her family home on a stormy and rainy night ready to run into a young hero waiting to start a quest.