jikan_rpg | January Catch-All (Open)

January Catch-All (Open)

⌛ Who: Gu Xiang, Ji Chong, Jiang Yanli, Nie Mingjue, Yu Mingye & YOU
⌛ What: January catch-all
⌛ When: Throughout January
⌛ Where: Various
⌛ Warnings: Added as needed

Gu Xiang

Ji Chong

Jiang Yanli

Nie Mingjue

Yu Mingye

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It was weird, if she were being honest, to have her baby brother's things moved and gone. She'd gotten so used to him being in the house that it felt like there was a hole in her chest. Before he'd moved in he'd visited as much as possible and then things had gotten crazy for him. Had gotten crazy and she'd taken him in. Now? He was moving and it felt weird, wrong almost.

She was happy, honestly, that her husband was there now. That the place had seen fit to give her Zixuan back. Unfortunately, that didn't mean it felt right not having her baby brother there. Yet, she knows that he'll be safe. That? It was her main priority when it came to him. It didn't matter if he was older than her now, that was still her baby brother. Always would be.

Of course, she comes out to where her brother is making sure he has a container of soup for himself and his companions, when he gets there. It wasn't like he couldn't get that whenever he wanted. She'd make him as much soup as needed, if it came down to it.

"You promise you'll be safe?"

She doesn't want the promise that his companions will keep him safe. Even if she doesn't know them like he does she'll trust that they'll keep him safe. That's not what she needs to hear though.

Her baby brother was grown now, a man who had no business staring into the past and longing for things that could never be again. That was what he learned and...it had taken a long time to learn it.

"I promise not to cause excess trouble." He'll be safe enough. But he knows better than to make promises he couldn't possibly keep because there was more than just him around. "And I'll visit, you know. As long as Wuxian isn't here at the same time."

That was a hard pill to swallow. No matter the fact he had received the cookies from Wei Wuxian, Cheng still felt a rift that he's fairly certain could not be mended any time soon. Wuxian made his choice. Cheng needed to respect that.

He was all grown up now and she knows that. It won't stop the worry though. At the mention of promising not to cause any excess trouble, however, she gives a soft smile. That? She knows is the best he can give than an outright promise. Even if that wasn't what she'd wanted a promise of. All she wanted was for him to be safe and happy, that was it.

It also doesn't surprise her that he'll only visit if Wei Wuxian wasn't there. This? The rift between them hurts but she understands. Her brothers made their choices and they both needed to respect those choices. She would respect it as well. "When you visit I'll let you know if he's here or not." Or they could just meet at Lotus and Peony, but that wouldn't feel right. Not when Cheng had lived with her for so long.

She reaches up and brushes her fingers over her brother's cheek before leaning up to kiss it. "We'll have to go to the park. You still have a lot to teach me," she teases.

"Do I?" He asked with a bit of a lopsided smirk. He closed his eyes as he accepts the kiss, taking her hands into his own. "When it's warmer out. I don't want you to get sick. Besides, wouldn't Zixuan want to train you himself?"

As more people arrived from his time, he didn't know really where he belonged. But he wanted to find out and he knew he couldn't find that out here.

"You do." There was no ifs, ands, or buts about that one. Her baby brother had a lot to teach her. She's learned quite a bit from him in fact. "I promise that I'll wait until it's warmer out." She knows that her brother worries about her getting sick. After all, she didn't have a strong golden core like her brother or even like her husband.

"I can't be taught by both of you? The Jiang and Jin style both?" She counters giving the hands holding her own a slight squeeze. "He can't train me in the styles of our home, A-Cheng. Only you can do that."

"Perhaps I should find some war fans, then. I know they were used to start the youngest disciples on balance and to assist them in acclimating them to our fighting style but...I liked them." He liked his mentor, most of all. He was strict and firm, but fair. He allowed Cheng to be who he was and praised him for his skill. When swords were introduced, the 'beginner fan lessons' were dropped. Cheng had never wanted to drop them. But, as an heir to the sect, it wouldn't do to have him know only the fan.

It was also the one thing Wuxian never really had any interest in, so eager he was to prove of himself with the jian. It felt like the one thing Cheng could have as his.

"War fans would actually come in handy," She tells him with a bit of a smile. There were times, when their mother wasn't hovering, that she'd watch her brother and the disciples as they trained. So, she knows how her brother's mentor was. At least in this place she didn't have to worry about gender or if it was good for a woman to use a weapon or not. She knows that her brother wouldn't take that from her nor would her husband.

That smile brightens a bit," Maybe, if you ever decide on it, you could start a school to teach with the war fans." Or with swords or both. "As long as you're happy and it's what you want to do."

"Maybe." He couldn't deny that it was appealing in its own way. But he'd have to think about it. There were other things that were happening and with the move and trying to figure out his place in the Eastern Kingdom was going to take up a lot of his time. Once the snows melted, he'd move his wine slushie cart there, too.

"I'll let you know when I'm settled in, A-Jie. Take care of Zixuan. Call me if you need anything, alright?"

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