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[mingle] the space (january).

interim mingle

( WELCOME BACK, TRAVELERS. )



There's nothing but the clatter of train tracks, and the odd feeling of almost floating.

When you wake, it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're missing - only that you are. There are pieces that aren't quite right, even if you're not sure where those pieces would normally be. Pieces of what, exactly....? Well, if you had to put a word to it, it would be - yourself, probably. Or did you get something back recently?

The place you've found yourself in is strange, certainly. It's probably worth exploring a bit. Though it just as easily seems that the only form of welcome or explanation that you have, comes from nothing more than a slab of marble. It might've changed since the last time you saw it.

You might have changed since the last time you saw yourself too - perhaps with a new emblem on your clothes, or a portrait on your skin.

There's no need to fret that much though. You've already gone through the ordeal once, and you might be able to see results from it. Even so, it's best that you don't get too comfortable, because there is still the unshakeable feeling:

There's still much more ahead of you.
givethemhell: (to the wind)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[WHY IS THIS WORLD JUST OUT HERE SNATCHING GOLDEN CORES... More importantly why would this place give a cultivator back a body that is essentially "incomplete"? If they were capable of doing all of this, then the rest should be a cinch. He pulls back a little, folding his arms across his chest and giving Wen Ning a scrutinizing look.]

--Might be one of the things you're missing too, maybe? I don't see why they would handle things like this otherwise.

[Though, haha. He's definitely already starting to get an inkling of what might actually going on with Wen Ning's body here, and it is Probably Not Good. When is anything in their lives anything less, though! It's fine.]
deadened: (53)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
M-maybe, but... really, bringing my body back to life is enough, too.

[Wei Wuxian's probably not wrong, it should be possible to do both, but-- he's had quite a lot restored to him just by being alive. If he doesn't have his core back on top of it-- well, he can't do as much now, but he doesn't feel like he can complain much. He's existed without it for some time already, right?]

It's not as useful as it was before, b-but-- I'll do what I can with it.
givethemhell: (the weight of your sins)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[GOD... Well, being who he is, he obviously won't just be able to look at this situation and go "okay cool, guess that's that!" But he also doesn't want to give Wen Ning a heart attack by stressing him out with his General Himness this early on in a stay that will probably be at least somewhat stressful.

Instead, he reaches out to pat Wen Ning's shoulders helpfully.]


Wen Ning, Wen Ning. Don't worry about things like that here! You should focus on readjusting - both to that body and to this world.

[Don't worry about being useful! He doesn't have any carts full of radishes to pull here, or enemies after his head! (cue Jiang Cheng tumbling from the void in the distance).]
deadened: (42)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
...I'll try to.

[And he'll still do his best to be helpful because this is who he is as a person, but he decides this isn't the time to insist on that. He's just going to have to find ways to make himself useful, even without his physical strength or his core.]

Ah, about this world- do you know if there are many of us here?
givethemhell: (curiouser still)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Goddammit Wen Ning, can't believe he's gonna have to put his ex-zombie on watch to make sure he doesn't do anything STUPID... Like get himself flung from the train tracks like a penny Wen Ning.]

From our world, it's only us three so far. In general? I'd say... Mm, twenty-five? Thirty, maybe? I haven't met every new arrival yet, so I can't say for sure.
deadened: (52)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Listen he couldn't just let Kano get hit by a train! These things happen!]

Th-that doesn't seem like many, for a place this size... if the market is this large, is it the same everywhere else?

[Is there life outside the Notsco?]
givethemhell: (you sure?)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Just let Kano get hit by a train IT'S WHAT HE DESERVES FOR BEING AN AGENT OF CHAOS.]

Oh, yes! The rest of this place is just a giant void. [HE SAYS SO CALMLY.] You can get from one place to another pretty easily, but it's a lot of empty space in between. It's a bit hard to keep track of the passage of time around here because of that, haha. No sun!

[OH WELL so it goes.]

No idea how many people they plan on bringing here, so maybe the size of it indicates what their goals are?
deadened: (63)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
A void...? What is this place? There's r-really no sun at all?

[All of this is concerning, please don't be so CALM ABOUT IT? How does a place not have a sun, how are they existing in a giant void... he looks so troubled by literally all of this.]

-I hope no one falls into it.
givethemhell: (hello welcome home)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
A place that connects worlds! [HELPFUL.] And no, I don't think there is. There's light, though!

[And "sunlight" in some places... It's funky. Also, with a bright grin:]

Oh, it's fun to fall into, though! You just float a bit until you find a surface to put your feet on. I'll show you after we get you some new clothes! [He's going to walk upside down on a traintrack and give Wen Ning a heart attack.]

Come, come - the clothing is over this way, past that row of dressers and beds.
deadened: (74)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Young master Wei, that doesn't sound fun at all-!

[DON'T GIVE HIM HEART ATTACKS HE IS FRESHLY REVIVED!

...but he's also following easily enough, leaving that duvet behind reluctantly.]


Please, be a little more cautious...
givethemhell: (this smile has a nya sound effect)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE.]

I am being cautious! I've been plenty cautious, haha. [THE LAUGH SAYS OTHERWISE but look.

Actually don't look. Anyway!! TO THE CLOTHES. He's nyooming on ahead, immediately diving into a pile of whatever looks softest. There's a zebra print sweater in here...]


Oh! What about something like this? We'll need sleeves big enough to fit your arms and those chains of yours.
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[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[DOUBT. So Much Doubt.

but, the clothes... Wen Ning looks over that pile of fabric curiously. None of this is quite what he's used to, but compared to clothes with a bigass hole in them-- well. He can't afford to be picky, and he reaches out to touch the sweater.]


Oh- it feels warm, b-but... isn't it a little bold?

[This pattern is so much.]
givethemhell: (my turn!)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
["A little bold", says Wen Ning, not knowing what horrors await him...]

Do you think so? I guess it is a little hard to picture you wearing this. Hm, hm - then how abooout...

[RUMMAGE RUMMAGE. He pulls out, in order:
- a fuzzy white sweater with sequins in different colors
- a sparkly blue and gold shirt that looks like it belongs in a cheerleading outfit
- a sweater that says "god won't let me die" on the front, which he makes a face at
- a bomber jacket with a dog on the back, which he makes an even worse face at
- the chosen shrimpmingo.

Immediately, the stream of not this and absolutely not stops broadcasting mentally, and Wei Wuxian plucks it out with delight.]


Here! What about this one? How's this?
deadened: (42)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Out of all of those, the fuzzy white one is closest to what he'd actually pick for himself, and he's picked it up to feel the fabric and look at the sequins (it's so fancy...) when Wei Wuxian interrupts with The Sweater.

The chosen flamingo.

Which Wen Ning looks at with not a small amount of trepidation.]


A-are you sure?

[Wei Wuxian sounds so happy with it though...]
givethemhell: (hu HU)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
These little guys! [TAPPING AT A FLAMINGO it is doing a silly flamingo one-legged stand.] They remind me of you.

[Endearing and vaguely doofy...

He holds the sweater out, making grabby hands for the one Wen Ning is holding. He can tell he likes that one too so it'll also end up in Wen Ning's possession eventually, BUT FOR NOW. FULL MINGO.]


Try it on!
deadened: (35)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
They... do?

[HE DOESN'T SEE IT, they're so bright? And he doesn't view himself as especially birdlike...?

But if that's what Wei Wuxian's picked, then Wen Ning will do it. He doesn't bother removing his existing shirt to slip the sweater over his head, though he wraps the chains around his wrists and forearms so he doesn't need to worry about them getting stuck in the sleeve holes.

In the process, he engages whatever little button makes the shrimps light up while the sweater is halfway on, and yelps as there are suddenly little lights in his face-- he can't see, they're bright, send help]
givethemhell: (oh my!)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Rather than help Wen Ning out, he just GASPS, clearly even MORE enamored with this sweater now that it's revealed its powers.]

Wen Ning—! Look at that! The little shrimp light up! Isn't that wonderful?!

[WHY IS HE SO IN LOVE WITH THIS TERRIBLE SWEATER...]

--How does it feel? Is it comfortable? Here!

[Does Wen Ning need help shoving it on the rest of the way, because Wei Wuxian will help.]
deadened: (42)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Ow, they're... they're a little bright...

[His eyes are watering slightly when Wei Wuxian helps him shove the sweater the rest of the way on, but he's not crying again, thankfully. It's just from having shrimp lights directly in his poor eyes, which is up there on the list of things I didn't think I'd need to type before Wei Wuxian happened.]

But it is comfortable.
givethemhell: (potentially lovely)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Wei Wuxian happens and a lot of surprising things tend to follow, it's true...]

We can figure out how to turn them back off. That way you can take a break if you need to! [Though he personally would always have his shrimp lights on, if he had shrimp lights to wear at all...

But comfortable is nice! That's one mission successfully accomplished, as far as he's concerned.]


Good, good! Pants next, then.

[Be glad there are no matching shrimp light pants.]
deadened: (47)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-14 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[are you just typing shrimp lights as much as possible to torment ME, SPECIFICALLY.

Anyway thank god there are no matching pants.]


I-I'd rather not attract too much attention with it...

[So while Wei Wuxian is handling the pants situation, Wen Ning is busy inspecting the sweater to find a way to turn them off. They came on, so it must be here somewhere?...]
givethemhell: (good plan)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-14 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[i absolutely am

Anyway he'll leave Wen Ning to try figuring that out for now GODSPEED WEN NING!! He'll rummage through another nearby rack in the meantime, looking for pants that seem soft and comfortable. Wen Ning deserves comfy things to wear if he can feel the things he's wearing again!]


What about something like this? [Sweatpants with cheeseburgers on them...] Oh - they come in plain colors, too!

[Picking up a soft-looking white pair! As he's rubbing his thumb across the fabric:] Maybe I should get one of these, too...
deadened: (65)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-15 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Mmmm he doesn't look so sure about the cheeseburgers... but the plain white ones, those are fine, he looks VISIBLY RELIEVED. Please spare him after the shrimp lights, which he still has not turned off because he doesn't know what electricity is or how it functions.]

Do you think so...?

[Just looking from the pants, to Wei Wuxian, to the pants... and then he nods.]

I-if you'd like them, then you should.
givethemhell: (curiouser still)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-15 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[WHY THE FCK DOESN'T HE LIKE THE CHEESEBURGERS!! They're classy and a perfect match for the shrimp lights that Wei Wuxian is absolutely not helping him turn off because he thinks it's hilarious. RIP Wen Ning, too good for this world.]

Mm, I think I will!

[Not in white though, white ain't his color scheme. He'll toss the white pair over toward Wen Ning and rummage through the racks until he finds a black pair for himself, because of course.]

I wonder if these have pockets...

[As he starts feeling up a pair of pants.]
deadened: (72)

[personal profile] deadened 2020-01-15 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Because they're TOO MUCH, please let him live!!

Anyway he's doing the same thing as before and just putting these pants on over his existing clothes, because Wei Wuxian may have gotten him to remove his shirt but anything else is not happening in public, thank you!]


Oh, should they...?

[He's checking as well, because a pocket would be pretty useful-- and ah, there it is. There are two of them, how useful is that-- he's already gently stuffing his pockets full of those pouches.]
givethemhell: (soft threads of light)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-01-15 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He only gets one get out of death free card!!]

Mm, pants with pockets! They're a wonderful invention, especially when the pockets are much bigger than you first think.

[He'll join Wen Ning in putting pants on over his pants because that's just the cool thing to do these days, patting his empty pockets once he's done. These bad boys will fit so many memes.]

How is it? Comfortable and warm enough for you?

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