constellates | [ what's up with nie anyway ]

I think it would, too. She'd do well.

[there's a bit more of that fond smile again, especially at the mention of her wanting to visit jin ling.]

And I think it might do him some good if you're able to, as well. That boy really never has had any friends, at home... you would get along well with some of the other junior cultivators too, I'm sure. Has he told you much about the GusuLan Sect?

She is amazing - she can do anything. But will be happier to do it with you, I think.

[anya just loves beau so much it's unreal. though at the question, she's just going to shake her head]

Нет. No... Do not know much about cultivation still too. [jl just yells things and she rolls with it] But he told me he does not have my friend. Does he have more people he knows at home?

There are a couple of them I'm aware he spends time with, as well as his dog.

[JIN LING REALLY JUST DOES NOT HAVE FRIENDS it's terrible.]

Lan Sizhui and Lan Jingyi. You and Sizhui would be friends, I believe... the Lan Sect has something of a focus in music-based cultivation.

Ah - want to meet Fairy!!

[but all of that - she looks very fascinated and smiles brightly]

Eh? Sounds lovely... В восторге. Then I am very excited to go - it will have to be after I talk to Mama and Papa but...

[though that seems to remind her of something - ]

Oh... do you know anything of Ling's Uncle Jiang?

Jiang-xiong--? I studied with him when we were closer to Jin Ling's age, yes. Him and his brother both. I mainly see him for Sect business these days, though...

[a curious tilt of his head, there.]

Why do you ask?

Oh...! Friends in teens? Милая. That is sweet.

[she gives a smile though - even though it's a little bit embarrassed? anya?]

Mm... Maybe jumping too ahead - but Ling said something where I think I might have to meet him...

You two don't have any romantic involvement, do you...? Mm, though I suppose Jiang Cheng would want to meet any girl Jin Ling knew.

[a brief pause.]

I do have to tell you, Jiang-xiong is absolutely terrible with girls, so please don't let him offend you too much-- he really is like that with everyone.

[wow he just

asked

and anya looks even more embarrassed, actually blushing a bit this so rarely happens but it's happening now as she laughs....]

Ah... сложный. Hard to explain. Maybe....

[shE'S GOING TO

JUMP TO THE NEXT TOPIC]

But that is okay, Ling is bad with girls too. Makes sense.

[she calms herself down by roasting jl]

[oh no?? oh no, that's cute, but she's not getting out of that this easily when she asked him about beau.]

Ah, only maybe? I can't blame you for needing to think about it, that entire family is awful when it comes to expressing their feelings properly.

[teasing, just a bit, but he's still curious.]

Would you try explaining, Anya?

[sdklfjsdkljsf dAMMIT. she doesn't seem to mind though, instead just laughing a little bit when he refuses to let her escape. fine....

the heat comes back to her cheeks, but she fights through it.]

Ah... we only talk about it yesterday. It is still...

[she... shrugs a little, but it doesn't pull from the smile on her face]

Время. Not enough time... Someone told me that Ling might like me... so I asked him. [shE'S TOO FORWARD FOR HER OWN GOOD] It is not... 'I am sure I like you' but 'I think I could like you.'

But... I do not want to talk for him too much. I only know my own feelings.

You're both still young, you know. There's more than enough time after this, if you're able to see each other-- and from him, 'I think I could like you' is saying something, I believe.

[he has the feeling that's BASICALLY asking someone out, for jin ling.]

What are your feelings?

... is big 'if' - to see each other again. I want to hope for it, and I will, and I will work hard for it to be true if I must but... I know he does not hope as high as Anya.

[jl is a realist and she's learned that, but she doesn't mind. she'll hold onto hope enough for both of them. she's learned more and more here, that's what idols are meant to do. to carry hope.]

Mm, I think... лучше. He grows fast, and is trying even more now to be better to people. Said he would try to be better to me... so how can I not like that?

[she gives a sheepish smile, but she's honest. how can she not a ) find character development attractive and b ) respond to someone who specifically says that they'll improve for her? she is but a simple, soft-hearted teenaged girl]

He is type of person I like, when he is not being rude to others... and makes me want to do better too. So I hope that it will be okay for us.

...he's been growing, I think. And he may be a Sect Leader in his own right soon, if I haven't misread the situation at home... though I think that will be a responsibility he can bear. I've already told him he'll have my Sect's support.

[he's noticed the development, here and there, though they're still not exactly close. there's still a distance at which he needs to keep jin ling, for the sake of everything he's done-- for jin ling's sake as well.]

I think that having someone to remind him he wants to try to be better would do him a lot of good.

[and there's a slightly longer pause, there, before he adds:]

And I think that if it would make the two of you happy, then you should reach for it while you can.

[ . . . it's the pause and the ordering of those things that makes anya note, just a little quietly - ]

Приоритет. You... are very responsible. [to list improvement and the status of the sect before happiness.] Mm... I think I will have very many things to say thank you for in future.

Please support Ling until I can be there - and take care of Beau until I get to see her again too. Обмен. I will try to do my best to support you in turn too.

Ah, well-- someone's had to be.

[he never wanted to have to be someone responsible, but here he is running a sect anyway... his own happiness is something he's long since put aside, but it would be nice if they don't have to. if the world could be kinder to this generation than it was to him and his peers.

nie huaisang hopes, at least, that they'll be making it into a slightly better one by the time things come to their conclusion back home.]

But thank you as well, Anya. Try not to keep him waiting too long, and we'll try to make sure everything's settled by the time you manage to find your way there.

[She nods easily at that - there's really no universe in which she wants to keep someone that she cares about waiting on her. She knows all too well that loneliness, to be the one who's constantly wishing to see someone who is just too far away to reach. If she could, she'd keep that feeling only to herself.]

Лучший. I will do my best.

When everything is settled... what will you do? Will it be peaceful? Oтдых? Will you get to rest?

It will be-- likely a lot of work, if I'm right about the results. No matter what happens in the end, we're likely to need a new Chief Cultivator, not to mention sorting out a few other recent problems... probably new leadership for the LanlingJin Sect too. We'll need a discussion conference or three.

[he already sounds tired at the thought...]

Oh.... Занятый... Very busy.

[she doesn't know what a bunch of these things mean! but she will nonetheless offer, because this is anya we're talking baout - ]

Can I give help in any way?

Mm, it's all politics. I can handle it well enough, if I don't die of boredom first.

[anya's sweet but it's just going to be very dry, except for any arguing.]

[sdlkfjsdf okay that makes her laugh a little bit]

Then it will be important to bring entertainment. Оживленный. Will keep heart young even if mind is tired.

Then you really will have to make it, before I expire of having to listen to old man Lan lecture us all too often.

[there's still a little bit of shitty teen left over in him, here and there. sometimes.]

[she does an immediate salute!!]

Да! I will bring many good things with me. Is there something you like very much from this place? Many items are like what is in Anya's time - but not magical.

I can try to bring for you.

[ what's up with nie anyway ]

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