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voidtreckerexpress2021-08-09 10:15 pm
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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?"
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?"
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?"
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"Haven't met them though, your fathers, his fathers? The dads." Now that's the nerve wracking stuff.
"... but s'not like I wanna go ask for his hand in marriage or nothing, this is between Sizhui and I. Everything else comes second." Though the hand in marriage thing, if Jingyi was right...
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"They're very nice, I assure you." His face falters a little. "Ah...Hanguang Jun is nice to those who are upstanding. His nice is different than Xian-ge's."
But when Dennis mentions marriage, Sizhui makes another thinking face, considering his answer carefully. There's no doubt that perhaps Jingyi already put the fear of
Lan Qirentheir courting practices in him. He crosses his arms and looks up, trying to think of the best way to explain it. When it dawns on him, he looks back at his friend."The Lan take their courtships very seriously. They believe in having a fated person. Sometimes you don't recognize the fated person right away. Hanguang Jun and Xian-ge supposedly fought a lot when they were younger. But after a while, when Hanguang Jun got to know Xian-ge better, he knew that he was his fated person." He pauses and tilts his head, "do people...not court to marry where you're from?"
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"So they can only be with their fated person? There's never no mess ups or mistakes?" Do they just some how always get it right?
"Mm, some do? Not really the main goal of a lotta couples now a days, a big commitment and all, not everyone is ready for that, even if they love one another." Dennis leans back against the nearby wall, considering something.
"Some people can't get married even if they wanted. Depends on where they live. Gay marriage just got legalized where I'm from, but still a long ways from being okay every where." Yes hello, he's only from 2014. Crazy how things are different depending on where someone is from or what time. Worlds be wilding.
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Mess ups. Mistakes. There were people who had their opinions. He mentally shakes his head. Not the time to divulge that when Dennis keeps speaking about how courtship works back home where he's from. He makes a thinking noise, a hum to mull over the information.
"Is that a goal of yours?" he asks.
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"I mean... I guess? One day, but never figured I'd be thinking so much 'bout that sorta thing right now. Was working on getting my life together, being something." Being a better man, fixing things, not being like his shitty father.
"Some day I'd like to be a father. Be a good father." That's the important part.
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He nods on and on as Dennis speaks about being something, bettering himself. That does put whatever doubt in his heart to rest about the sort of person that fancies his brother.
"If this courtship goes well, then you wouldn't be a good father on your own."
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"Y-Yeah, don't know if I'd want kids anytime soon though." Get his life together first then live that life for a little while.
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He wouldn't want nieces and nephews right this second.
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"Some day." He nods. "... what about you? Would you ever want kids?"
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He thinks on it.
"I'm expected to have children at some point," he admits. He gives a roll of his shoulders. "I never really thought too hard on it and assumed that when I meet my person, then our lives would unfold from there."
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"I'd want children. As many as my fated one and I would want."
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"So you want like a Brady Bunch family then huh?" Wait, "Lotta kids I mean."
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He feels the heat deepen on his cheeks at that.
“Yeah. I grew up as the only child for so long. I think,” he smiles warmly, “I think I would want as many children as possible. Ah but it would depend on my cultivation partner as well. I would hope they want many children as well.”
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"Hope you find that for yourself one day."
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You're going to make this poor little radish implode! He shakes his head. There are expectations for him to hopefully produce an heir himself to continue this version of his sect.
"I hope I find that person some day too."