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[wenyuan]

Who: Wen Sizhui and open to all with two closed starters
Where: All over the train
When: Day 20 - Merriment
What: Wen Sizhui about and interacting with people as he tries to get back into the swing of things.
Warnings: mentions of death and execution and murder (past).

Kitchens
There is a sense of calm when he goes through with the meal preparation of the month. The task is familiar enough that it makes him smile. Sometimes one needed the familiar motions of chopping, preparing, and cooking to help them feel centered again. He hears a clatter and looks up from where he's washing dishes with a warm smile.

"Oh! Were you looking for me?"


Quiet room
Sizhui takes a deep breath in then releases that same breath out, slow and steady as he settles into a meditation practice that Hanguang Jun had taught him since he was a young boy. His eyes slowly close. Another breath in, breath out.

The door slides open and Sizhui doesn't move from his place, instead remaining calm and smiling softly as his meditation is walked in on.


Spending time with brother
Sizhui makes his way through his brother's usual haunts to see if he could find Sizhui. There were quite a few things they needed to talk about. He pokes his head around the corner.

"Ah, didi?" he calls out. "Are you here?"


shovel talk with Dennis
Someone else he wanted to talk to was his friend Dennis. Well. His friend for now. Depending on how things go, he may gain another brother soon enough. Though he wonders if Dennis truly knows what it means to be invovled with a Lan. He only knows from the stories he's heard from Xian-ge and Hanguang Jun.

"Dennis?"

Comments

[achickenformylove]

He clasped his hands as well and returned the bow though not as deep as the one Sizhui gave him.

As he retrieved the lettuce leaf, Little Carrot sat up on his hind legs for a moment, definitely knowing it was food. You, Sizhui, are currently this rabbit's favorite person!

"Of course." He had given those to his rabbits as well and they had been fine with them. "It is good to see you," he said after giving him permission to feed the rabbit.

[wenyuan]

He certainly was a favorite whenever they visited Cloud Recesses and he had been snuck into the back mountain warren that wasn't supposed to exist. Sizhui beams and brings the lettuce down to let the rabbit nibble at it.

"It is good to see you as well, Hanguang Jun," he replies as he smiles up at the man who...was like but not like his father figure at all. "Have you been well? Ah, were you hungry? I could see if I could whip up something for you. I promise not to make it spicy like Xian-ge's cooking."

[achickenformylove]

Little Carrot happily munched the lettuce when it was within reach, occasional faint yummy sounds escaping. He was enjoying it.

"I would like that. Thank you. I have been well. How have you been after the mission?"

[wenyuan]

He smiles at the the rabbit's enjoyment, letting him have the treat. He looks up when Hanguang Jun asks after him and bows his head a little.

"Unfortunately, I hadn't the opportunity to go on the last mission." His smile turns sad as he neatly cleans up his work station. "I had learned some things. About my family in other worlds."

[achickenformylove]

"Ah, so you were not there. That is perhaps for the best. It was not the easiest of missions." Considering the illusions alone played with people's minds and what was reality.

"But it is good that you learned more about your families."

Since they might as well all be family. They were all essentially from the same world even if things were slightly different.

[wenyuan]

"You're not the same Hanguang Jun from Lan Sizhui's world."

He seems different. As far as Sizhui is concerned, he is different from Lan Sizhui's world.

"Did the same things happen? The boy you raised...is he Lan Sizhui?"

[achickenformylove]

"As far as I can tell, that is true."

There were somethings the same. Other things were different.

He nodded his head. "Yes, I raised him as well."

[wenyuan]

"Then it seems that one thing remains constant."

He smiled.

"Hanguang Jun raised me in every world."

[achickenformylove]

"Yes, I believe it is. Every Sizhui I have been met has been raised by me," he agreed. "And I would do it again."

[wenyuan]

It's comforting to hear it from this Hanguang Jun.

"With all of the possibilities, there could be one that had not been raised by you. Though I find that a little difficult to imagine."

Then again, he had been raised in a loving family despite the tragedy that befell the rest of his family.

[achickenformylove]

"That is true. But you would have likely been raised by your birth family."

Which was most ideal after all, but...

"I'm sure I must be very lonely in that world."

[wenyuan]

His face falls at that as he thinks about a Hanguang Jun without him. Without Xian-gege. His hands twitch, wanting to reach out to hug but he knows better than to simply hug someone without knowing their permission to do so.

"...I think you would be too."

[achickenformylove]

He smiled faintly. He would have certainly accepted a hug from his son, even out of nowhere. Even if this son wasn't truly his, he would have accepted it.

"I would only have my rabbits, but they are not such good conversationalist."

He glanced down at the rabbit happily munching on his snack.

[wenyuan]

Sizhui looks down at the rabbit as well, chuckling softly before reaching to pet it gently.

"I wouldn't want Hanguang Jun to be lonely in any world," he says firmly.

[achickenformylove]

Little Carrot looked up from what little was left of his leaf and the look his face at being pet definitely suggested a happy rabbit. That faint smile remained on WangJi's face as he watched.

"Thank you. And I wouldn't want you to be lonely either."

[wenyuan]

He smiles softly at that. It's good to know that Sizhui, no matter what world they came from, is always loved. Be it by his own family or by Hanguang Jun and Xian-gege.

"Are you and Xian-gege married back home?"

[achickenformylove]

WangJi was sure that he had been loved by his own immediate family even though he had never met them if how much his more distant relatives had loved him said something. WangJi had loved him as well, doing as much as he could for him to be a good father. Even if it hadn't always been easy, he had still tried.

"We were not, but it was something that I would certainly consider."

[wenyuan]

He blinks, surprised by this.

"...Hanguang Jun, were you and Xian-gege ah....together...like that?"

[achickenformylove]

"We were just figuring it out. I had always wanted this, but I was never sure if he wanted it as well until he confessed it."

When his life was being threatened. Because that's what you did.

[wenyuan]

He nods, smiling gently at the thought of Hanguang Jun and Xian-ge figuring it out. He always thought they had figured it out a long time ago. Though the first few days in their new home had meant that Hanguang Jun and Xian-ge moved around each other a little awkwardly.

"I believe you will figure it out."

[achickenformylove]

Yes, he would imagine that they would have been moving awkwardly around each other at first. He had always felt a little awkward being WuXian at first but now it was becoming more familiar to be around him.

"Thank you. I believe we will as well."

[wenyuan]

"Hanguang Jun?"

Sizhui fidgets a little. He puts the knife away and sets whatever trash in the trash before looking at the man that is his father from a different world.

"Does your Sizhui hug people still?"

A strange question to ask.

[achickenformylove]

WangJi watched as he put everything down, curious as what the question was. When he asked, a faint smile did cross his face.

"He does. He is more selective than he was when he was younger."

Aka, no hugging random people.

[wenyuan]

Hanguang Jun is not a stranger. He makes sure his hands are dry and clean before making his way around and hugging the man, holding him tight as he does whenever he hugged his own Hanguang Jun back home. They smell and feel similar but not quite the same.

Perhaps because his own had lived with them for nearly twenty years.

[achickenformylove]

WangJi's smile became more pronounced at that point as he came over and hugged him. Of course, he put his arms around him as well, hugging him back. He wasn't quite his son, but he felt that it was nitpicking to try and come up with the reasons why other than the train was a strange place. He was his son as far as he was concerned.