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[queenofminiskirts]

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so. back home, we figured out a way to travel between alternate universes.

we really just managed to go to a world just like our own but different. like, i was a guy sort of different? or people i know lived different lives and also were no longer adult men but teenage girls sort of different.

but i don't see why we can't travel to the worlds of some of the people here! i mean, how different would it be? if we could find someway to meet each other again after all this is over...I'd really like to be able to do that! i don't know if there might be anything that'd make it easier? i don't know much about this topic so if anyone has any idea of how to make it easier for me to find everyone i've become friends with here i'd be happy to hear it!

anyway, what do you think your alternate selves would be like? my guy self is an ikemen but he's so dumb looking...and rude too! why can't alternate me be a gentleman?

[That's a version of yourself you're talking about Kaoru...]

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[queenofminiskirts]

you can say that again.

because i really adore everyone here and i want to keep spending time with everyone!

ah, not a catastrophe. The Catastrophe is the name of a ship. pandra uses it as its base of operations and i sort of...live there right now?



it's complicated.

[alittlespicy]

[ She is so, so full of energy and cheer and enthusiasm and... and love for the world. She and Wei Ying really probably get along so well, going back to their first encounter, he's not surprised that, affected by what she may have been, she wanted to hug Wei Ying.

And, for once, that is not the kind of thought that stabs a knife through WangJi. For one thing, he knows Wei Ying far too well to consider him capable of ... seriously wanting someone who is barely more than a child. For another...

He knows many people turned their back on Wei Ying back home. He knows they still might, here. But it is a good thing, a needed thing, for Wei Ying to have friends. He does not fare well in solitude. ]

I understand.

I think some places will not be easy for people from other worlds to visit.

[ Ranging from, say, intense personal discomfort to starting a small - or not so small - war, for example. ]

But, with caution, it may still be good.

[queenofminiskirts]

[Currently her world would fall into the category of ''probably not easy or wise to visit' at the moment but again. That's temporary. She'll make sure of that.]

right? as long as we're careful about it, i'm sure it'd be an amazing experience!

what about you? if we came to visit where would you take us?

[alittlespicy]

[ WangJi hesitates a moment. Then... ]

Wei Ying would answer better. I can only take to a place with many rules.

My home. Not... much to his taste, so probably will not be much to yours, either.

[queenofminiskirts]

but i still want to see the place where you grew up! i promise i'll do my best to follow the rules!

and then afterwards we could go exploring! dicovering things together is good too! or wei wuxian can show us both around!

[Though, hm. Speaking of that guy...]

why do you call him 'wei ying'? is it some kind of nickname?

[alittlespicy]

Trying will be appreciated.

[ It will probably end up in disaster. She probably won't like it. But if she wishes to see... he will show her. And anyone else who wants to see. ]

Where we come from, people... some people have several names. One is birth name, used by close family, by elders, by close friends. One is courtesy name, used by everyone.

He gave permission that I call him Wei Ying when we were fifteen.

[ There is one other group of people who use birth name. Those who mean disrespect and derision. WangJi has heard the man called Wei Ying in the last weeks before coming here more than ever before.

But they can't take that name from him.

And he's pretty sure that if he called him Wei WuXian where the man could see, he would think something is wrong, or WangJi is angry with him. Not a mistake he wants made. ]

[queenofminiskirts]

i'm sure i can talk the chief into letting you see the place i stayed when i was five! it was where i met shiho and aoi!

[And she'd last as long as he has childhood stories to tell.]

i see! so his birth name is wei ying and wei wuxian is his courtesy name?

so you have another name too, right?

[alittlespicy]

I would like to see that place.

And all of that is correct.

[queenofminiskirts]

great! i have so many stories i can tell you!

[She'd of course, focus on the happy ones.]

i see! so what is your birth name?

[alittlespicy]

[ The awkward moment where even with what Kaoru has been asking, it still feels strange for people to not know his names. ]

Lan Zhan.

[queenofminiskirts]

then, can i call you that?

you can say no. i won't mind!

[alittlespicy]

[ He. Walked into this one. And much as he doesn't want to reject her, the though of someone else calling him Lan Zhan regularly just...

Not right now, he can't. ]

No.

Please.

[queenofminiskirts]

[...ah.]

you don't need to say 'please' you know. i already said, right? it's okay for you to say no.

did i upset you?

[alittlespicy]

It is polite and right way to make a request. If you change your mind, I will not be angry.

Not upset. Only not ready.

[ This is publicly visible. Ha can't make himself explain. ]

[queenofminiskirts]

but there's no need to be so formal with friends!

[Because they're friends, now.]

that's good. i didn't want to upset anyone.

[Look, she's not the brightest crayon in the box but she's not a complete moron. He's a private sort, probably wouldn't want to talk about these things on the network.]

can i come over?

[alittlespicy]

I am still learning about being a friend.

[ And she probably will remember his determination to be Wei Ying's friend. She probably heard it at least twice, after all. At least he's not outright denying friendship, as some people might remember him doing automatically a handful of years ago. ]

If you wish.

[queenofminiskirts]

well, here's a lesson: with friends it's okay to not be formal. in fact, you're allowed to even be a bit spoiled!

and we can continue this lesson in person!

[And that's all the reply he gets over the network since she's headed over immediately after. It won't be long until there's a knock on his door.]

[espritdecorpse]

He’s got a third name, more of title really. It’s Hanguang-Jun!

[queenofminiskirts]

does everyone get a title? and how many names does one person need...?

[espritdecorpse]

Nope! You have to be special! Like, the son of a sect leader, or the winner of an important title, like "Second Best-looking Man of his Generation in the Cultivational World," that sort of thing!

[queenofminiskirts]

and where do you rank on the 'best looking man of his generation' list? don't try to tell me you're second.

[espritdecorpse]

No, I was fourth.

[queenofminiskirts]

oh! that's higher than i expected.

[espritdecorpse]

You'd say I was ranked too low, if you'd known me back then!

[queenofminiskirts]

pics or it didn't happen.