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JIN LING-!!
[Nie Huaisang is here on the first floor, immediately yelling for a certain little gold asshole and looking absolutely terrified while he does. He's just peering into doorways, not-so-quietly panicking...]
Young master Jin, where did you run off to!
[Nie Huaisang is here on the first floor, immediately yelling for a certain little gold asshole and looking absolutely terrified while he does. He's just peering into doorways, not-so-quietly panicking...]
Young master Jin, where did you run off to!
[ Ayabe's milling around, rubbing his back like he's old and definitely feels it now. He hears Nie Huaisang long before he sees him, but can't bring himself to run or wave or do anything until he's in earshot. ]
Calm down. He was with me last night. What happened? Why do you need him?
Calm down. He was with me last night. What happened? Why do you need him?
He was?! He didn't say a single thing to us, but if he was with you...
[Ayabe is a Good Responsible Boy. Huaisang sighs, exhaling heavily.]
I was afraid something else kept him away last night.
[Ayabe is a Good Responsible Boy. Huaisang sighs, exhaling heavily.]
I was afraid something else kept him away last night.
[ Ayabe is good and responsible but Jin Ling??? ]
He didn't tell you? I thought he would have. He was with me, Ash, and Toi.
[ Jin Ling was having a sleepover and didn't invite Nie Huaisang and now Ayabe feels a little bad about it. ]
Was everything alright in your room? That's why he didn't say anything, probably... He wanted to make sure you were safe.
He didn't tell you? I thought he would have. He was with me, Ash, and Toi.
[ Jin Ling was having a sleepover and didn't invite Nie Huaisang and now Ayabe feels a little bad about it. ]
Was everything alright in your room? That's why he didn't say anything, probably... He wanted to make sure you were safe.
I wouldn't know! He didn't come back in time, so I went looking for him, and I ended up being locked in alone...
[He is going to have a TALK with Jin Ling, oh my god.]
I was hoping I could bring him back before that happened.
[He is going to have a TALK with Jin Ling, oh my god.]
I was hoping I could bring him back before that happened.
[ please don't tell Jin Ling that Ayabe snitched, he would never hear the end of it ]
At least you're safe. That was his main priority, you know? He wanted to make sure you stayed safe... so we staked out the hallways so we could... stop this from happening.
[ They sure failed! Three bodies, man. ]
At least you're safe. That was his main priority, you know? He wanted to make sure you stayed safe... so we staked out the hallways so we could... stop this from happening.
[ They sure failed! Three bodies, man. ]
...but you still fell asleep?
[his face falls at that, because it means there really might be nothing they can do... but then his eyes widen a little as he realizes something.]
Wait, you were just out there in the open-- you're all lucky nothing happened to you!
[his face falls at that, because it means there really might be nothing they can do... but then his eyes widen a little as he realizes something.]
Wait, you were just out there in the open-- you're all lucky nothing happened to you!
[ Yeah, they were all out in the open and it was very stupid, he won't argue with that although he looks like he wants to. ]
All the doors unlock, right? So there's really no safe space anywhere. We made sure to keep together, so...
[ So nobody would go up to a group and slaughter all of them, right? That'd be too much work. It was really stupid. ]
All the doors unlock, right? So there's really no safe space anywhere. We made sure to keep together, so...
[ So nobody would go up to a group and slaughter all of them, right? That'd be too much work. It was really stupid. ]
So that it would be easier to kill you all at once?? Please, don't do that again...
[why are the teens LIKE THIS oh my god. he will have a heart attack, he just wants to survive and for other people to not die on him and yet here they all are.]
[why are the teens LIKE THIS oh my god. he will have a heart attack, he just wants to survive and for other people to not die on him and yet here they all are.]
About young master Jin...? You can ask, but I don't know if I'll know enough to tell you...
[they know each other, but they aren't Close.]
[they know each other, but they aren't Close.]
...both of his uncles are men I consider friends. It would be a personal failing if I didn't look after him here, for their sake as well as his-- he's a future Sect Leader, after all.
[a slight shake of his head, there, a little sigh.]
But we really never knew each other well, personally, and no one thinks much of me. I'm not surprised he wouldn't, either.
[a slight shake of his head, there, a little sigh.]
But we really never knew each other well, personally, and no one thinks much of me. I'm not surprised he wouldn't, either.
[ Jin Ling shit talks him every time he comes up, but Ayabe's not about to tell him that. ]
You're in a position you didn't want to be in, right? As the sect leader.
[ Whatever that entails. Fighting, he assumes, where Nie Huaisang doesn't want to fight. ]
You're in a position you didn't want to be in, right? As the sect leader.
[ Whatever that entails. Fighting, he assumes, where Nie Huaisang doesn't want to fight. ]
I never expected to inherit the position, no. I wasn't... very well prepared.
[should have paid more attention in cultivator school, probably.]
[should have paid more attention in cultivator school, probably.]
Only the most basic ones-- nothing that he wouldn't already have tried.
[he's. he's not very effective, sorry ayabe.]
[he's. he's not very effective, sorry ayabe.]
He couldn't try any of them. He was blind at the time and had to direct me to draw them, but neither of us would be able to tell if they were done correctly. Could you try?
[ Ayabe is even less effective and this is useless but the important part is trying. ]
[ Ayabe is even less effective and this is useless but the important part is trying. ]
I suppose I could, but I really don't know what good it would do, coming from someone with no spiritual energy.
I am-! But neither of us can cultivate at all, in this place.
[his might be weak, but he still has some ability!!]
[his might be weak, but he still has some ability!!]
Curses, you mean...? They would call a cultivator for help.
[back to square one! he looks a little miserable at the thought.]
[back to square one! he looks a little miserable at the thought.]
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