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Fucking goats!

[ Look who is back from the dead.

Yes, it is Jiang Cheng, newly returned to the lands of the living after humpty dumpty met a goat even bitchier than himself and took a little fall.

Still hasn't figured out how to network. ]

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Does anyone?

I was going to be nice about it, though!

Oh oh that changes everything.

I mean it! I wasn't going to hurt the goats. Just... displace one. Gently.

[ Yeah, and nobody had informed the goats of that no hurting rule so... ]

Were you going to use it in your war against the ducks?

[This is a serious question.]

Edited (Autocorrect u slut) 2020-12-12 10:41 (UTC)

[ ... ]

I hadn't thought of that.

[ But it's brilliant! Why isn't Huaisang a strategist? ]

It was to be a gift.

[ Offered reluctantly, considering how Wei Wuxian had laughed at him for that. ]

[Shhhh don't let anyone know he's actually very smart. You'll ruin his bad rep.]

A gift? Hm... maybe you should try something less angry.

[Less will headbutt you off a mountain to your death.]

You risked a lot for that. It must be important.

I offended someone who has helped me a great deal. I still believe I was right, and I don't think she should have been offended in the first place, but I don't like her being angry with me.

Maybe I didn't think the goat idea through.

[Sounded like someone needed a slice of humble pie, but getting yeeted off a mountain by goats probably fit that bill.]

You know Jiang-xiong, you can't control if people are upset with you or not. A gift may help, but it doesn't always fix things.

Does she like animals?

I think she finds them useful, at least? I'm not sure if she likes them. But she had worried about food for the winter and goats give milk and meat, right? I thought it would be a good gift. I didn't expect them to be so combative.

Maybe? I don't know... I don't know much of farming, just birds. Pretty birds.

But I guess you had the right idea, it just didn't go well. Have you tried apologizing to her?

Of course not! I didn't do anything wrong.

[Just take the L, Jiang Cheng.]

Sometimes words are a better gift, Jiang-xiong.

Have you ever listened to me talk?!

Would it really be so hard for you to not mess up saying I'm sorry?

We both know the answer to that.

Okay okay.

If you're worried about saying something wrong, write it down? Not on these phones either.

Maybe I should have tried that first.

But yes. I can do that.

I take it I'm not allowed to say that I was right?

Jiang Cheng.

[ ... ]

You didn't go Jiang Wanyin at me so you're only somewhat mad.

I don't know what I am at you right now!

I was so worried before and now you're back and okay, but just because you're back doesn't actually mean you are okay?!

I can't be mad at you after knowing what happened to you, but you can be so frustrating sometimes!

[Oof wait. Ugh now he feels really bad. He just feels so weird talking normally after finding out his friend who's been missing for days had actually died. How should you act after that?]

Jiang-xiong I'm sorry.

Let me help okay? We'll make this better.

But you definitely have to go see your sister first.

I know. I'm going home. I just.

I was so confused when I woke up here. Dying is frightening. And waking up again after is so strange. When you wake up, you aren't even hurting. It doesn't feel real. And I didn't wake up where I fell either.

I'm not handling this well.

[He knows it was totally unfair to have an outburst at him like that, but there's a whole lot of emotions right now.]

I'm sorry, Jiang-xiong. It's not really you I'm upset at.

It's this place! The Technicians! What do they expect us to do when someone dies? When we die? Just pretend either is normal? I don't know how to talk to you now that this happened, it feels wrong either way.

I didn't know how to help Wuxian when he came back either. What sort of friend am I?

[Though to be fair, acting "normal" was exactly what Wuxian wanted.]

Will you be okay making it back to your cabin? I want to help some how, if I can.

I will be okay. I believe Wei Wuxian wants to come and get me.

Maybe he knows how to handle it. He wasn't doing well when he came back either. I was the one who found him and I didn't handle it well. Neither of us did.

I don't know how to act now. I just want to ignore it? But I can't. I don't know.

My head hurts. How to keep going after their own death isn't something people should have to wrap their heads around.

[He's glad that Jiang Cheng seems okay with Wuxian coming to get him. That he seems good with Wuxian at all. Things had been so tense when they all first got here. He's glad they had each other now.]

No, we shouldn't have to, but this place is wicked and terrible.

I'm glad Wuxian will be there for you. Maybe together you both can figure some way to handle it.

Whether you do or not, I'm here to talk if you need to. Or even if you don't. We can talk about whatever, Jiang-xiong, anything at all.

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