in time, the four of them reach koi tower. nie huaisang, as the one who can’t be swayed by jin guangyao’s grace, goes in through the front door, claiming to have run away from home.
wei wuxian watches the switch of his face: from his normal self to a whiny, weepy child who fumbles with the reigns of his horse and loudly declares he is never going back to qinghe. he is ushered inside, still hiccuping.
“it’s kind of impressive,” he says to jiang cheng.
“anyone could do that,” jiang cheng says, squinting at him. “you’re just impressed ‘cause you’re a bad actor.”
wei wuxian hits him on the back of the head. they tussle silently until wen ning, embarrassed, clears his throat.
their group has been traveling together for about a week, now. lan wangji and wei wuxian have continued to spar together in between riding, sleeping, hunting for food, and their other responsibilities.
it's still exhilarating to fight with him, to know that the killing instinct wei wuxian has always needed to forcibly suppress can be matched and beaten down by someone. it is also, unfortunately, still really hot. it's fine, though. he's handling it.
eventually, lan wangji lets on that his brother is also acting strange, and his original intent was to go to koi tower in order to see him, and speak with him.
“see him?” nie huaisang says, alarmed. “da-ge is still at home. your brother is /with/ jin guangyao?”
wei wuxian doesn’t see lan wangji again, after that first meeting; he sends a letter once that is returned unopened. the look that had been on lan qiren’s face that night makes him wonder if it had even reached its recipient.
nie huiasang, however, becomes a fast friend of both his and jiang cheng’s. he’s spoiled, and he’s useless with a sword, but he’s funny, and he has this uncanny way of steering them to wherever madam yu isn’t. when he’s around, wei wuxian doesn’t have to see her much.
their lives go on—training, playing around. wei wuxian kills, when he must. he frightens, when he can. he feels guilty whenever he’s around shijie or jiang cheng, but not enough to stay away from them entirely—or, rather, his love for them equals his fear, and his guilt.
it kills me when i watch like nyc apartment tour videos for fun and theyre like i pay 1000 per month rent and i have 2 roommates! or whatever and i just sit here like hold up a min that’s how much they were asking in the town i went to college in
everyone: nyc is SOOOOOOO expensive no where else COMPARES
the dinky town where i got my bachelor’s degree: we’re abt to end this man’s whole career
its sooooo funny and like i paid it anyways i could have just gone to nyc before the entire world was a plague zone
here r my thoughts cause i cant shut up. im not taking debates cause i think all of these assignments are either sexy or funny
-knight enchanter inquisitor lwj
-necromancer blood mage wwx
-spirit healer lxc
-war council 3zun + nhs
(lxc takes cassandra's place, nmj=head of army, nhs=spymaster, jgy=head of diplomacy)
-Knight Commander Jiang Cheng Who Hates The Inquisition's Guts but is not allied with the elder one or anything. he just hates them. he comes around
-SECRET INQUISITION ALLY LADY JIANG YANLI
-dalish wens (wen ning is an archer + assassin spec and wen qing is a herbalist and sword/shield warrior with a champion spec)
-wen yuan got possessed by a compassion spirit by accident but it's kind of dope so the spirit lives here now
knight enchanter lan wangji is like LIVING in my head rent free i just walk through my home going Dragon age au Dragon age au
thinking about how sexy it is that he throws himself into the midst of battle with armor and a blade crafted purely of magic and like, chain lightning spreading out around him while he kicks ass with a sword ajxhdhaheidj (turns to dust)
em??? does he do that thing where you meet an incoming blade at the cross of your staff and spirit blade you ask????
of course he does. and it’s so hot of him