Back in more peaceful days

[ze_uwu_jun]

WHO: Lan Xichen and whoever wants to talk to him
WHERE: Cloud Recesses probably.
WHEN: Before things are happening because we want to build CR
WHAT: Things!
WARNINGS: None right now (other than possibly OC backstories), but will update as needed.

[ It is not that the Cloud Recesses have been entirely untouched by the unrest that is building up in the cultivation world, but Xichen, along with the Clan Elders - especially his shufu - do try to give the disciples the peace and calm that their path of cultivation favors.

But he is a Sect Leader. That means that he will meet those who need meeting, both of the sect and otherwise.

And, sometimes, he still does go out to night hunts. There are many things one simply cannot learn sitting behind protective barriers and stone walls of rules. Much as shufu might wish it were otherwise. ]

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Whenever before real trouble starts

[tsukijiji]

.... An Invitation? Well, I've never needed one before, hahahahaha!

[The guard at the entrance must be new or young, because apparently, he doesn't recognize the richly dressed person in front of him. But Zong RiYue does not take offence.]

Well, would you be so kind to have someone tell your sect leader I am here? Or Zong XinWen, whichever of the two is more readily available.

'You will have to wait until we change the guarding posts in two hours, Senior.'

Oh, that's fine, I'll wait. I don't have anything better to do anyway.

[And he'll just go sit on a stone nearby and .... meditate. That's right, meditate. Not nap or anything like that... not that one can tell the difference from afar, really.

But he wouldn't just go to sleep on one of the four great families' doorstep, would he?]

[zhuiying]

[ Things were getting worse. Everyone who knew Zhuiying could see it - there was a darkness building behind his icy exterior that was only growing with every hunt. He wouldn’t hunt spirits or monsters like he was supposed to - instead, he lay waste to mortals, specifically those that preyed on others. Bandits.

He hunted them like dogs.

It was killing him, slowly. Every death only burdened him further, his vengeance never ending. He was polite and calm, but stubborn - and even as he left Lan Qiren’s rooms, forbidden from going on another hunt, he was already deciding that he finally needed to leave.

He wasn’t even really looking where he was going, and nearly ran into Lan Xichen.

Hastily, he swept his arms out before him and bowed low. ]

Sect leader. Apologies. I didn’t see you.