For Lan Zhan
Nov. 17th, 2020 02:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alongfallfromgraceThe 'package' for Lan Zhan isn't so much one package, as it is a series of large bundles, each done up in simple hard-wearing waxed hemp cloth.
Each contains reams and reams of notes, all tied up in twine. They're roughly divided by topic - this packet is about theories and applications of fire-lighting talismans, that one about the effectiveness of different styles of wards against resentful energy, a whole treatise on the recovery of spiritual cognition. There's ramblings about what does and decidedly does not grow in land exposed to resentful energy, a whole sheaf of papers outlining the sheer frustration of getting lotuses to grow where they have never grown before which is followed directly by the uses of lotus beads grown from land soaked in resentful energy.
There is one page, buried deep in the middle of one of the packets, detailing how to use resentful energy as a stop-gap repair for severe injuries. He'd debated leaving it out, but it'd seemed important, even though he's sure Lan Zhan would figure out how he learned such things.
There's small sketches scattered throughout, some having direct relation to the topic on the page, and some clearly the result of day-dreaming. Bunnies are a popular theme, exploring the corners of pages and hopping along the margins, but there are other things too - scenes from shopping trips that had seemed funny, faces of the last remnants of the Wen clan drawn as a distraction from a theory that wasn't lending itself to being written down, remembered scenes from Lotus Pier.
There's a note that isn't included in the bundles, pinned to the top of one of the packages.
Lan Zhan - here's an addition to your libraries, if you think them worthy. I tried to improve the handwriting. - Wei Ying
On top of the packets, inside one of the wrapped clothes, is a small stuffed kangaroo, with a fragment of bright red hair ribbon, frayed at the edges, tied jauntily around one ear.
Each contains reams and reams of notes, all tied up in twine. They're roughly divided by topic - this packet is about theories and applications of fire-lighting talismans, that one about the effectiveness of different styles of wards against resentful energy, a whole treatise on the recovery of spiritual cognition. There's ramblings about what does and decidedly does not grow in land exposed to resentful energy, a whole sheaf of papers outlining the sheer frustration of getting lotuses to grow where they have never grown before which is followed directly by the uses of lotus beads grown from land soaked in resentful energy.
There is one page, buried deep in the middle of one of the packets, detailing how to use resentful energy as a stop-gap repair for severe injuries. He'd debated leaving it out, but it'd seemed important, even though he's sure Lan Zhan would figure out how he learned such things.
There's small sketches scattered throughout, some having direct relation to the topic on the page, and some clearly the result of day-dreaming. Bunnies are a popular theme, exploring the corners of pages and hopping along the margins, but there are other things too - scenes from shopping trips that had seemed funny, faces of the last remnants of the Wen clan drawn as a distraction from a theory that wasn't lending itself to being written down, remembered scenes from Lotus Pier.
There's a note that isn't included in the bundles, pinned to the top of one of the packages.
Lan Zhan - here's an addition to your libraries, if you think them worthy. I tried to improve the handwriting. - Wei Ying
On top of the packets, inside one of the wrapped clothes, is a small stuffed kangaroo, with a fragment of bright red hair ribbon, frayed at the edges, tied jauntily around one ear.
