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[begguiling]

Magolor
??? / M / a multidimensional traveler

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[begguiling]

You'll stop my heart with that kind of talk . . . that's truly kind of you to worry about me.

[strikingchords]

[just exhales, not quite a sigh, not replying...]

[begguiling]

I'll take care. Our positions aren't similar, so I'm not worried, but I do take your being worried about it seriously.

[strikingchords]

[calmly]

I am also angry. He does not deserve you.

Not my choice.

[begguiling]

Even when you're angry you compliment me! You're too much! But you're right that it's not. Besides, if people only ever had the love they deserved, I'd still be dead myself.

[it was an entirely undeserved connection that he'd personally betrayed that pulled him back, after all]

[strikingchords]

[sounds... rather far away, honestly]

Had Jiang Wanyin returned loyalty deserved, Wei Ying would not be.

He would not thank me to pity him for it.

[begguiling]

[he lets out a long sigh and is quiet for a moment. then]

I'm not an idiot, so I won't ask if you're okay, but do you need anything?

[strikingchords]

[...he's gonna put Magolor down, though he doesn't-- quite-- get up yet]

Keep watch on his well-being. For the Wei Yings.

[begguiling]

I will. But that's something for them, right? What about for you?

[he lifts up and moves closer again, hovering, though he doesn't cram himself back into Lan Wangji's lap or arms.]

[strikingchords]

Nothing I can in justice ask.

[teeeeense]

[begguiling]

If I told you to ask it anyway, because I'm not the type to care if it's unjust, you still wouldn't, would you? Not that I'm saying I'd agree to it! But I want to know. Are you mad at me for not agreeing with this mysterious unjust request?

[strikingchords]

[grits his teeth a little; nothing about this conversation is going the way he wantedddddddd]

[begguiling]

Nngghh.

[INDEED. the difference is just that Magolor is all too willing to be whiny about it to Lan Wangji's face. he is whining right now! and lifting up more to cling to his arm lightly]

I hate when you're mad at me! But you're also allowed to be mad at me. It's so annoying that both of them are true, but that's how it is!

[strikingchords]

[he doesn't shake him off...]

...

What do you want?

[begguiling]

What a question...

[It's a question because he has to actually think about it seriously. Sigh! But he does that, because it is worth it.]

Obviously, I want everything to magically be okay, and you aren't mad at me for anything I do, and you and Wei Wuxian both feel better about things and live happily here, even if you don't work things out at all with Jiang Wanyin. But that's not a real answer! That's like wishing to be fabulously wealthy, right? So, for real? I do want you to feel better about things and live happily here. And I want you to still love me even if you're mad at me for deciding to talk to him again. And I want to make you feel better, but I don't really know how.

[strikingchords]

[...

closes his eyes and exhales...]

...

My affection has not diminished.

I will not speak ill of others you have chosen to befriend.

[begguiling]

Well, he did whip me and kick me across a stadium, so if you want to speak a little bit ill of him, be my guest. Er, but seriously, I know that's nothing compared to your history...I'm sorry. I really am sorry.

[strikingchords]

[LAN WANGJI'S HAND CLOSED INTO A FIST AT "HE DID WHIP ME" AND A BRANCH ON A TREE IN THE NEIGHBORING YARD CRACKED OFF LOUDLY AND LIKE, FELL TO THE GROUND SADLY AFTER A MINUTE]








He had best consider his actions.

[begguiling]

[SCARY,

Magolor actually does jump a little in surprise and cling harder for a moment.]

I did block it! Just saying. I wasn't hurt. Ergh...I knew that would make you mad, but it wasn't satisfying at all, even if I'm flattered you care for me that much...instead I just feel bad for making you angrier.

[IS THIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, disliking seeing his loved ones having negative emotions even if they're flattering to Magolor personally?! How can this have happened to a bad egg! Ugh!]

I see...it's a bad position you're in. People you care for are making decisions that might be bad for them, for the sake of someone who doesn't deserve that. Of course you're angry.

[strikingchords]

[he just kind of, breathes for a minute, getting his temper under control... yeesh it's been a long time since he's done something like that, honestly. slowly relaxes his hand]

...

My response was intemperate.

[begguiling]

You should let that kind of thing out sometimes anyway!

[aren't you tired of being nice. don't you just want to go ape shit]

[strikingchords]

[buddy you have no idea,]

If you are injured, do not hesitate.

[begguiling]

If I ever really need to, I promise I can and will make him regret picking a fight with me. I don't like doing it! Especially not to a loved one's brother! But he is just a human, after all.

[strikingchords]

[something about that does make Lan Wangji relax a little again. he rubs at his forehead a little, like a hangover is coming on]

...

That is so.

[begguiling]

. . . Feeling better? Worse? A little of both?

[he tentatively moves to settle back into Lan Wangji's lap.]