[It's the story he's been working on since he arrived. Aaron is simply a poor soul, shuttled aboard the Barge because of Roy's sins. Aaron is simply a vessel for Roy to get his redemption and, if he needs more proof, eventually the two can merge.
[At least Huaisang knows he did wrong. He can remember every step of his plan, every little point and detail, the satisfaction of the final stab through his enemy's chest.]
[He agrees, very much so. He shouldn't have to look at the man he killed and entombed, but yet, here they both were.]
I'll make the best of it. [He sits back and closes his fan again.] It's clear to me now that we're not done with each other. You should stay far away from him though. I don't need more reason to loathe him.
[Huaisang taps his fan against his leg, looking up at the ceiling.]
He raised me after our father died. He protected me, took care of me. [Indulged him, before he began to fall ill.] He was all I had, and Jin Guangyao took him away from me.
My brother...[How to describe it to someone outside the cultivation world?] There's a sickness in my family, inherited from our ancestors. Da-ge knew he was dying slowly, that he was going to die, but we were going to find a way to stop it. The two of us were going to find a way to stop the Nie curse, but Jin Guangyao poisoned him, made the death quicker and crueler.
[He inhales, breath shaky.]
He died right in front of me. He barely even knew who I was in the end. Then Jin Guangyao stole his body.
[He nods, trying to keep himself from outright snarling.]
He wanted to raise him from the dead and have him do his bidding. My brother's resentful energy proved to be too much to control, and so he dismembered him and scattered his pieces to the wind.
[If Huaisang saw the slight change in Aaron, he doesn't say a single thing about it. And he won't, at least not yet. His smile eases and he moves a little closer to Aaron.]
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Date: 2023-07-13 02:58 pm (UTC)[It's the story he's been working on since he arrived. Aaron is simply a poor soul, shuttled aboard the Barge because of Roy's sins. Aaron is simply a vessel for Roy to get his redemption and, if he needs more proof, eventually the two can merge.
Aaron's always played the long con.]
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Date: 2023-07-13 03:15 pm (UTC)[At least Huaisang knows he did wrong. He can remember every step of his plan, every little point and detail, the satisfaction of the final stab through his enemy's chest.]
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Date: 2023-07-13 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-13 03:37 pm (UTC)Maybe this place can make you into a singular person again.
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Date: 2023-07-13 04:29 pm (UTC)[And there's a hint of a sneer, of a self satisfied smile, before he looks back to his book.]
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Date: 2023-07-13 06:43 pm (UTC)It's good that you have a protector.
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Date: 2023-07-13 07:07 pm (UTC)[Not that he's seen much of the danger himself.]
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Date: 2023-07-13 10:07 pm (UTC)There are people you need to avoid, and sometimes frightening things can happen, but the day-to-day is boring.
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Date: 2023-07-13 10:12 pm (UTC)[Huaisang's been here longer. It's a logical question!]
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Date: 2023-07-14 01:11 am (UTC)Avoid Xue Yang and Jin Guangyao. Xue Yang was the one who stabbed me not too long ago. They're evil, vicious men.
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Date: 2023-07-14 01:16 am (UTC)Stabbed you! Oh. What - what did Jin Guangyao do?
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Date: 2023-07-14 01:32 am (UTC)He killed my brother.
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Date: 2023-07-14 01:34 am (UTC)Oh.
I - I'm sorry. You shouldn't have to see his face.
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Date: 2023-07-14 01:56 am (UTC)I'll make the best of it. [He sits back and closes his fan again.] It's clear to me now that we're not done with each other. You should stay far away from him though. I don't need more reason to loathe him.
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Date: 2023-07-14 01:59 am (UTC)He don't - don't know me though.
[Aaron is willing to test the limits of the goodwill he's garnered in his time here.]
Was you close to - to your brother?
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Date: 2023-07-14 02:55 pm (UTC)He raised me after our father died. He protected me, took care of me. [Indulged him, before he began to fall ill.] He was all I had, and Jin Guangyao took him away from me.
My brother...[How to describe it to someone outside the cultivation world?] There's a sickness in my family, inherited from our ancestors. Da-ge knew he was dying slowly, that he was going to die, but we were going to find a way to stop it. The two of us were going to find a way to stop the Nie curse, but Jin Guangyao poisoned him, made the death quicker and crueler.
[He inhales, breath shaky.]
He died right in front of me. He barely even knew who I was in the end. Then Jin Guangyao stole his body.
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Date: 2023-07-14 03:05 pm (UTC)Stole - stole his body?
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Date: 2023-07-14 05:57 pm (UTC)He wanted to raise him from the dead and have him do his bidding. My brother's resentful energy proved to be too much to control, and so he dismembered him and scattered his pieces to the wind.
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Date: 2023-07-14 06:02 pm (UTC)I'm sorry.
Did you - you do something about it?
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Date: 2023-07-14 07:50 pm (UTC)That's why he's here.
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Date: 2023-07-14 07:53 pm (UTC)Is that - that why you're here?
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Date: 2023-07-14 08:09 pm (UTC)And then he grins.]
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Date: 2023-07-14 08:12 pm (UTC)Good.
[Innocent eyes again.]
I - I started on another book.
[He holds it up, revealing one of the others Huaisang gave him.]
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Date: 2023-07-14 08:18 pm (UTC)Do you like that one so far?
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Date: 2023-07-14 08:21 pm (UTC)[He opens the book and pushes it closer to him so he can see what the page says.]
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