[ on the video, short as it is, appears one (1) nie huaisang, smiling. ]
Lady Farr, a truly magnificent boost of morale, this! You really live up to your title. Something to be proud of, certainly.
[ he smiles throughout it all, almost childishly animated, fan waving in his hand; not a single word sounds insincere, or mocking. he may not be an actor by trade, but for ten years that was his career, and every single day the stakes were between life and death; one wrong expression, one wrong word, and his cover would have been blown. and so there is nothing here to betray him: if anything, it's him who is shown as silly in this — hasn't he looked at what others have said? or maybe he's just a bit thoughtless. that's probably it. the silly man who likes to paint and spends missions with birds rather than chasing the orbs; this is all that can be expected of him, really.
(it isn't easy, to make nie huaisang angry. but the title of the headshaker is wrapped around his shoulders, even now, and he bristles at the idea of another name so easily given, so devoid in meaning. he hears the annoyance in wei wuxian's tone, and thinks of the yiling patriarch, another title bestowed by the cultivation world that understands little and knows less.
in the end, huaisang is a nie to the core, and the nie temper is a biting thing. his brother's was always instant and sharp; his own is quieter, yet far more vicious.) ]
video; un: qinghe
Lady Farr, a truly magnificent boost of morale, this! You really live up to your title. Something to be proud of, certainly.
[ he smiles throughout it all, almost childishly animated, fan waving in his hand; not a single word sounds insincere, or mocking. he may not be an actor by trade, but for ten years that was his career, and every single day the stakes were between life and death; one wrong expression, one wrong word, and his cover would have been blown. and so there is nothing here to betray him: if anything, it's him who is shown as silly in this — hasn't he looked at what others have said? or maybe he's just a bit thoughtless. that's probably it. the silly man who likes to paint and spends missions with birds rather than chasing the orbs; this is all that can be expected of him, really.
(it isn't easy, to make nie huaisang angry. but the title of the headshaker is wrapped around his shoulders, even now, and he bristles at the idea of another name so easily given, so devoid in meaning. he hears the annoyance in wei wuxian's tone, and thinks of the yiling patriarch, another title bestowed by the cultivation world that understands little and knows less.
in the end, huaisang is a nie to the core, and the nie temper is a biting thing. his brother's was always instant and sharp; his own is quieter, yet far more vicious.) ]