Arrival... reunion... things?

[alittlespicy]

Who: Lan Wangji and open
Where: Around Gazin, possibly around Bhalris's shop for a time specifically.
When: November 1, evening before the storm, and onwards
What: Lan Wangji arrives, is silently confused, possibly acquires a language understanding. Probably gets found by his husband, a day late for said husband's birthday. Things like that.
Warnings: Possible references to canon-specific violence, gore, other issues (suicide, suicidal ideation). Spoilers for the series. All these are possible but not certain. I'll add if anything else comes up.

I. Arrival

The man is tall and very beautiful, clad in flowing white, cloud-patterned robes, with a white-handled sword at his side and a wihte-wrapped board-looking object on his back. And a white ribbon across his forehead, threaded in his long, dark hair. The eyes that look out at the world are pale, like colored glass, and a little wide because everything here is strange, very strange.

He understands not a word spoken to him unless it's in olden Chinese, so if anyone asks him a question, he's most likely to answer with a slight, graceful headshake. He does not understand.

II. Herbs and understanding

Wangj might not understand words, either spoken or written, but he can observe people, and he has some sensitivity to the flow of energy.

And, also, a sensitive enough nose. Herbs tend to require some knowledge, and he thinks that, perhaps, some information could be exchanged? Possibly?

He goes in, browsing the wares. Some herbs he knows, some he doesn't.

... hopefully, he will leave the place with knowledge of English.

III. Inn.

Wangji was going to be more likely to try to sleep under the stars, but the sudden storm is too strong, and while his cultivation is more than enough that he wouldn't be really troubled by it, this is a strange place and he knows not what else the harsh weather might bring. So, with his newly acquired understanding, he finds his way to the inn, sitting quietly at a table to the side, having only asked for tea.

Herbal tea, it turns out.

Well, he can drink that.

IV. Investigation / runes (Time)

Wangji does not wait long after the long storm ends to go investigating. He's trod the town on foot, so he starts with that, but he will wind up in the forest, contemplating the glow, too.

The rune he sees is the one for time, so once he does sleep, he dreams of his brother trying to tell him something. It makes him wake up with his lips pale. His brother always understood him, and to fail to understand in turn...

V. Wildcard

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Comments

[alittlespicy]

Put this way, Wangji can see the sequence of events, and he nods carefully.

"No control over leaving aside, not remembering when returned is probably better. Being away with no means to come here would only make everything worse."

People wish they are somewhere else many times a day, after all. But they don't all come here.

[jiangzaid]

Xue Yang nods to confirm, and agree.

"I hope to be different," he admits quietly, warily. "Because if I remember my time here, I will not make the same mistakes as before. I know I don't deserve it. But I would try."