lonelydream: (04)
周子舒|周絮 (Zhou Zishu | Zhou Xu) ([personal profile] lonelydream) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2024-01-03 10:12 am

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How long has it been since we've been allowed to see the night sky? Has anyone managed to pry their windows open? Where I'm from, peaceful nights are often spent drinking beneath the moonlight.

[ There's the sound of clinking ceramic--clearly, he isn't letting anything stop him from drinking, at least.

It's frustrating that he hasn't been able to explore to his heart's content, that he's cut off from investigating the mysteries of this place. How much longer does he have, here in this place of relative peace? What sort of place will they go to next? Is it worth the risk to wait? (No. He knows it's not.)

A brief pause, and then he continues, though his breathing sounds...not ideal. ]


My apologies for the late introduction. My name is Zhou Xu; I arrived not long before we left the last city.

It's been brought to my attention that we have a number of healers among us. I seek, at your convenience, Wen Qing, Anduin, Nynaeve, and Hermione. Any others with an understanding of medicine, healing, or magic would be appreciated as well.

[ Far more open and blatant than he'd ever been before, but he's running out of time. He simply can't afford to be discrete any longer. Just before he ends the transmission, something occurs to him: ]

--Ah. I've heard that I've been here before. If you once knew me, I'd also like to meet. Thank you.
reparo: (alchemy)

[personal profile] reparo 2024-01-04 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I would much rather be direct, Wen Kexing, for future reference. If I want to help, I will offer to help. If I think I cannot, I'll tell you.
wifedup: (ix.)

[personal profile] wifedup 2024-01-04 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Forthright.

I like that. A woman who says what she means. It's a shame you've never met my Ah-Xiang, she'd like you very much.
reparo: (alchemy)

[personal profile] reparo 2024-01-05 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
A woman you know, or a sister? The honorifics still confuse me sometimes, sorry...
wifedup: (iv.)

nooooooo. why did i do text html there.

[personal profile] wifedup 2024-01-05 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Sister. Maid. Apprentice. Unruly little beast. Gu Xiang is whatever she wants to be on any given day, whichever she thinks will get her the furthest.

( He's not really interested in getting into the specifics, but she is Wen Kexing's as much as he is hers and so. Their ties are the kind not easily untangled. )

I shudder to think of the chaos she would have brought upon this place.
reparo: (levicorpus)

modern wife wen kexing, always be texting

[personal profile] reparo 2024-01-08 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[A long pause.]

Do you think I'm an unruly little beast?
wifedup: (iii.)

he wishes, it's fast and effective!

[personal profile] wifedup 2024-01-08 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
( Oh, the sudden burst of dread that brings is surprising. Usually Wen Kexing doesn't care if he's misinterpreted, but Hermoine is his only chance of help at the moment and the panic is immediate. )

No, ah - the similarities don't extended that far, Mistress Granger. It's only that you seem strong, and forthright. That's what reminded me of her.
reparo: (muffliato)

[personal profile] reparo 2024-01-08 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[EXCUSE YOU, SHE WOULD NEVER WITHHOLD TREATMENT OVER PETTINESS!! But mostly she's amused now, and sounds it.]

Oh, if it's only that which reminded you.
wifedup: (xxi.)

[personal profile] wifedup 2024-01-08 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
( A beat. )

Well, that and the startling ability to never take me seriously.