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[begguiling]

Magolor
??? / M / a multidimensional traveler

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[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.]

[strikingchords]

[lets him I gUESS, though he doesn't put his arms around him]






Your dream. Meeting Jiang Wanyin's memory.

Do you recall the circumstances?

[begguiling]

. . . I do. Did I ever explain the whole thing to you?

[strikingchords]

[softly]

Jiang Wanyin and Jiang Yanli met with Wei Wuxian. She wore her wedding attire. He could not be invited.

[begguiling]

Right . . . so I did. I remember the whole thing. A dream like that isn't easy to forget. Back then, things between them seemed complicated, but I knew there was love there. I didn't realize, er . . . you know.

[everything. everything after.]

[strikingchords]

He could not be invited because the leader of the Jiang Sect, Sandu Shengshou, Jiang Wanyin cast him out.

[begguiling]

...But he still brought their sister for a secret visit, and suggested to her that Wei Wuxian should give her son his courtesy name.

[god. could it be that all of this is really stupid? that politics and family shit are fraught and terrible? social species have it so rough. he's beginning to understand both more and less about the brothers.]

[strikingchords]

The path Wei Ying walked was not that of the sects.

When he served their goals, he was lauded.

When he threatened their authority, he was feared.

Jiang Wanyin followed this. No loyalty repaid.

Some would call it wise.

[begguiling]

[he turns this over, and leans back against Lan Wangji even though he's not being held. then he sighs lightly]

I think I've known you pretty well for a while now, but with all of this drama, I think I understand you even better . . . him too. I didn't know him, but I'm starting to! All of these makes some things pretty clear about why you'll never see eye to eye. Hey . . . do you remember telling me once that you thought I'd be better off with some understanding of duty? The kind I've never really had to have, with the life I've led.

[strikingchords]

[he puts a hand on Magolor's head again. he is kind of mad and hurt and confused right now, but in the end Magolor always tries to understand him, and he is a very good friend :(]

Mm.

[begguiling]

I still can't say I understand it much...maybe a little better than before. I do feel I have a duty to this world! But I chose that out of love. It wasn't given to me or anything like that. I can't imagine what that's like.

[he reaches up to touch that hand, lingering there, very gently.]

Anyway, I'd say you understand duty well enough to know how to balance it with the rest of your life. That's my impression of you. It's definitely not my impression of him.

[strikingchords]

[...shakes his head a little...]

Not so different. Was born to my Sect and clan. But I want it.

Reasons are not excuses.

[begguiling]

I wasn't really trying to make those for either of us. All right, all right, I'll knock it off. Sometimes I just don't know the right thing to say.

[strikingchords]

...

Did not think it.

[paffs at his head gently :(]

The years have been long. For all.

[begguiling]

You're so young to be saying that!

[he lifts up to turn and give Lan Wangji a hug. huff!!]

You're too kind even when I've disappointed you. But this is all pretty nasty all around . . . I do think it'll get better.

[strikingchords]

Oh?

[frankly he does not have a lot of experience of things getting better with time, except here! he accepts the hug and puts an arm back up around him, though. he is not going to shut Magolor out just because he's sad and angry.]