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Oct. 18th, 2020 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alongfallfromgraceHe didn't expect this.
When he first received the invitation, he spent the first day just re-reading it, tracing his finger over the characters as if he could somehow absorb their meaning through his skin.
He was invited to meet his nephew.
He was invited to come, in peace, to Golden Koi tower. To see his shijie, his nephew, most likely his shidie as well... and maybe even Lan Zhan, if the invitation is to be believed.
Invited to come, and go free again afterwards.
It's entirely unbelievable, unheard of... bizarre. This shouldn't be. He cannot imagine the Lanling Jin suddenly becoming so forgiving. Most likely at some point someone (or more than a few someones) will try to corner him about the Tiger Seal. Most likely someone will bring up these Wen survivors here, try to paint them as powerful evil cultivators just waiting to spring upon an unprepared population.
That he can handle. That will be fine. But...
He will get to meet his nephew.
After a day of shock, he disappears into his cave to get to work. The one hundred day ceremony is important, and his little nephew, Jin Ling, will need a gift. And since he doesn't know when this chance will ever come again, it needs to be a fantastic gift, one that will be able to grow with the child.
Is it any surprise that the Yunmeng boy creates a gift from lotus seeds?
The lotus grown in the Burial Mounds is grown from grave dirt. There is no getting around it. So there is a certain power to them already. He then spends over a week carefully, painstakingly carving characters into the seeds, coring them to turn them into beads, spending another few days to figure out how to create a good lacquer and then sealing them to protect against time and sharp teeth.
The resulting bracelet is a thing of power. No creature or spirit of resentful energy will not be able to get close to Jin Ling, no curse will be able to harm him. He might not be able to wear it on night hunts, when he is older - it is hard to catch a creature that is forever running away, after all - but otherwise, he will be safe. This is what Wei Wuxian wants most for his new nephew, and this is what he will bring as a gift.
When he first received the invitation, he spent the first day just re-reading it, tracing his finger over the characters as if he could somehow absorb their meaning through his skin.
He was invited to meet his nephew.
He was invited to come, in peace, to Golden Koi tower. To see his shijie, his nephew, most likely his shidie as well... and maybe even Lan Zhan, if the invitation is to be believed.
Invited to come, and go free again afterwards.
It's entirely unbelievable, unheard of... bizarre. This shouldn't be. He cannot imagine the Lanling Jin suddenly becoming so forgiving. Most likely at some point someone (or more than a few someones) will try to corner him about the Tiger Seal. Most likely someone will bring up these Wen survivors here, try to paint them as powerful evil cultivators just waiting to spring upon an unprepared population.
That he can handle. That will be fine. But...
He will get to meet his nephew.
After a day of shock, he disappears into his cave to get to work. The one hundred day ceremony is important, and his little nephew, Jin Ling, will need a gift. And since he doesn't know when this chance will ever come again, it needs to be a fantastic gift, one that will be able to grow with the child.
Is it any surprise that the Yunmeng boy creates a gift from lotus seeds?
The lotus grown in the Burial Mounds is grown from grave dirt. There is no getting around it. So there is a certain power to them already. He then spends over a week carefully, painstakingly carving characters into the seeds, coring them to turn them into beads, spending another few days to figure out how to create a good lacquer and then sealing them to protect against time and sharp teeth.
The resulting bracelet is a thing of power. No creature or spirit of resentful energy will not be able to get close to Jin Ling, no curse will be able to harm him. He might not be able to wear it on night hunts, when he is older - it is hard to catch a creature that is forever running away, after all - but otherwise, he will be safe. This is what Wei Wuxian wants most for his new nephew, and this is what he will bring as a gift.
