farsickness | Arrival of another Chinese wizard!

WHO: Xue Yang + Various/Open!
WHEN: First couple days
WHAT: Finishing up TDM threads, plus fresh stuff!
WHERE: Around Gazin and the forest
WARNINGS: The Untamed general warnings aka ghosts, necromancy, dead things, killing said dead things, possible torture....and then there's Xue Yang who is kind of insane but trying to get better. :D EDIT: Gaaaay in thread with Xiao Xingchen. XD Just kissing though.

Arrival/Around Town:

Learning a whole new language in this way is interesting to say the least, but does it matter when it's useful? Yes, because he wants to learn how to do it too! Xue Yang plans to study that sort of magic if and whenever given the opportunity. Finding Xiao Xingchen alive again is enough to get his cooperation though, even without certain others playing into him promising not to go around stabbing just anyone. It's boring but...worth it.

Now though, he wanders through the town, sword sheathed at his back as he strolls along each street and alley, poking his head through open or unlocked doors to see what sort of people are doing what here. When he sees something he wants, or thinks Xingchen would like (or even Wen Qing...) he buys it before moving on.

Forest:

It can get boring in around the town though, especially when he has to behave. So forgive him, Wangji, Xingchen, for going out beyond the border of the town to let off steam and play with the other monsters out there again. Besides, it plays a part in keeping the people in town safer, right? He's being nice and helpful! Like a 'proper cultivator'! Instead of the half-crazy hooligan he's better known as, if not flat out rabid attack dog.

He mostly just uses his sword though, slashing, cutting, stabbing at everything that moves around him, often with a yell or mocking laughter to spur others on into moving foolishly and giving him an even better opening.

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"They would mean more if they were locked," Xue Yang gives her a mock-shocked look, eyes playfully wide as he lets the latest door close quietly.

Strange, how it feels like she speaks Chinese, when that wizard had spelled him to learn this other language. Had something similar been done to her, but with his language? It's still nice to be able to keep to the familiar tongue than the harsher new one.

He lets his eyes return to their normal size as he sizes her up. "I adapt quickly," he answers with a shrug.

She smiled to herself, having someone else that adapted quickly and was clearly curious was reassuring. Most of the others seemed to be in some state of shock still. Seeing someone else searching and inspecting every building was amusing, made all the better by his quick quip.

"Has this happened to you before?" It seemed unlikely, but she still held onto hope that he had traveled realms before as well. Given his confidence, she could have sworn that he might have, unless this world was similar to his own.

"What was your world like? Was it full of curious people like you?"

"It's just another town," he waves it off. Not quite answering her question, but letting her draw her own conclusion to what he means.

"Most people are boring," he answers the last one, because in his opinion it's true. "There are a few who are curious enough like me." And only one worth living in the entire world.

"I'm still learning what's the same here and what isn't."

Not all towns were the same, as she learned, but he didn't seem quick to answer her question. She could understand and respect that, not wanting to share too much about herself either. She respects his noncommittal and leaves it at that, not bothering to push him.

"Most are," she agrees, even if she founds him a bit interesting for his curiosity. "Most hide what makes them less boring." A rarity, but still there was sometimes something there.

"The people seem friendlier than what I knew. That is a difference."

Refreshing. So many like to poke and prod at other people until all their secrets are out- oh wait. He's one of them. When he bothers, at least. When he sees a reason to.

She makes him laugh though. "They're afraid to stand out, like mice." Not that Xue Yang has anything against rodents. He's very familiar with them.

"They don't know us all yet, or why we're here." As if he does. "People are still people, however pretty the place might be."

"They have something in common with us then." Because she couldn't really answer those questions either. Being here was as much a surprise to them as it was to the natives. It should be comforting, but it only left her frustrated. There had to be answers somewhere and she had never been content to sit idle when there was a chance of getting what she needed.

"Have they spoken at all about who rules this world? I haven't heard very much."

Of course, she hasn't been pushing into shops or houses as others have apparently.

Xue Yang snorts quietly but nods in agreement.

"Not that I've heard," while he is being honest about it at this moment, he might not always be so forthcoming with a stranger. Even someone who seems to appreciate his brand of entertainment.

"Does your world have magic like this one?

That was a difficult question and treading into territory she didn't normally venture with strangers. She hadn't pushed him into what he didn't want to reveal, and this would be her line in the sand.

"There was a sect capable of magic, but it was different than this, drawn by blood." Which was viewed as more natural, since magic came from within rather than the world around them. "This is different, powerful."

Drawing them from different worlds? It was unlike anything she heard of before.

"Does yours?"

Normally Xue Yang would shamelessly press for information, not caring how uncomfortable it might make other people feel. But Wen Qing's words about him needing to 'make friends' here makes him think. Because she's right. And that means doing his best to take certain social cues, to tread with a little more care.

Even if it's boring. Or he doesn't understand the reason behind the discomfort. He doesn't have to care or understand to take a figurative step back.

Even if it makes him a little more twitchy than usual. So he doesn't ask what she knows about blood magic. What she knows about that sect who uses it.

"Nothing that could go into someone's head and shove a new language in."

She looked visibly shocked when he asked that. It was hard for her to tell sometimes when that ability surfaced and it was even more difficult to conceal. In her world, others wouldn't notice or think much of it, but somehow he guessed that this wasn't her natural language.

"No...that's...that's something I do. Not- Not the way you're describing it." But she wasn't sure how to really explain it. "Unless...you understand other people here as well?" Oh please let that be the case, please let her be mistaken.

Being outed, being read so easily, she's not comfortable with that at all.

There's a flash of calculation in his expression before he lets his eyes go wide again, head tilting a bit to one side.

"I- I was just talking about the strange man I met who put that language into my head. How am I supposed to know about your magic if you don't tell me?"

She wants to put her face into her hands, but instead just lets out an irritated sigh. She is such an idiot sometimes, clearly. What else would he have meant? But her paranoia got the better of her again.

"Some strange man put a language in your head?" Nope, she's not going to talk about it.

Xue Yang has that effect on people. Rather delights in it, too. Except with certain, special people. But he doesn't even know this woman's name. Not that he particularly cares either, but he's supposed to be trying to be on his best behavior.

It's still amusing to watch her squirm a little.

He nods. "Something about making sure everyone can understand each other."

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