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Video; UN: Wei Wuxian || Text; UN: jtd

[Even before the feed flickers into life, anyone literally anywhere in the sunlight room is probably aware that there is something going on thanks to one very shrill scream immediately followed by several minutes of panicked shouting. When the feed does flicker on, the view is oddly…tall? It's at height with the tops of the trees in the sunlight room which is because Wei Wuxian is making this post from the top of one of those trees.

The reason why becomes immediately obvious when he pans down to the familiar form of Jake barking up at him from the base of the tree. Jake's expression is partially obscured through the foliage, though a close study will find more fear in Jake's face than threat. Whatever he thinks he's looking at, it isn't Wei Wuxian.

Finally, the view shifts to Wei Wuxian who is wide eyed and panicked, his face completely bloodless as he holds onto the tree with one arm and gestures at Jake below with the other.]

Why? [He squeaks out in a desperate whisper, eyes darting back to Jake again before he lets out a soft whimper and returns his attention to the feed.]

Why is there a dog?

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[ Jake's post comes through almost simultaneously, text somehow communicating volume as much as his urgency. ]

I FOUND THE GHOST. I REPEAT, I FOUND THE GHOST. GOT IT UP A TREE IN THE SUNLIGHT ROOM. PLEASE ADVISE ON NEXT STEPS AND/OR EXORCISM.

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Really. You're afraid of dogs. How pathetic.

[He would probably be laughing if he were in a better mood himself, or if he could see this in person. It's fucking hilarious in his opinion.]

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The only pathetic thing here is embodied in the one who feels it is his right to make mockery of fear.

You are not worthy to so much as kiss this man's feet in obeisance.

Do better or stay silent.

You can tell him to get his shit together and not leave someone hanging in the middle of a battle, and I'll play nicer to the asshole who left me standing in a vice grip against an opponent.

So shut the fuck up and mind your own goddamn business. He deserves what he gets.

I am not speaking to him. I am speaking to you, and how ignorant I find you has increased tenfold at this meagre attempt to justify your actions by putting the blame on another. It says a great deal about your character that rather than use your experience to learn and improve yourself when approaching someone you feel has wronged you from a position of understanding or empathy, you seek to lash out like a child over a situation that clearly was not so dire you did not escape intact.

Wei Wuxian is a better man than I am by no small margin. However, if you treated him remotely as you are treating me now, he would have been entirely justified in leaving you to a considerably worse fate than surviving to whine about it. Perhaps you should examine why that may be before you behave thusly.

Well, the feeling is mutual, buddy. Don't act all high and mighty like you've never done something stupid in your life and regretted it. We're all here for the same reason. [Stupidity.]

I've had one conversation with the guy before and it was hardly that bad. [Not great, but damn. Not worth the trouble (or trigger) he received in return. But then, this was Felix's opinion, and he did not suffer a fool if he didn't have to.] Certainly not reason enough to act as drastically as you just described. I feel like the kettle is calling the pot black over here. You're being very petty right now. Making it sound grandiose doesn't make it any less vitriolic, you know, buddy.

But hey, have fun on that high horse of yours. I hope you fall and break you neck one day when you realize it's not all that great a view.

Edited 2023-04-07 02:12 (UTC)

（ the statement is immediately elucidating, and several pieces click into place. if the fool believes all regrets stem from stupidity it throws his actions, behaviours and beliefs into sharp relief — no one who has experienced suffering and loss and grief of any sort not driven by their own choices would speak thusly.

that estimation of felix's character drops another few impossible notches, and the goodwill he may have otherwise accrued by his actions on cirawei evaporates like water in a desert.

and speaking of dry environments, his tone is similarly reflective as he replies — ）

Your mistake is assuming I did not intend to sound vitriolic. （ hard-edged amusement creeps in like ivy through the blunt brick of his words as he adds: ） 'Grandiosity' aside.

（ the 'how actions inform consequence' pipeline is in another castle. ）

Your hope is noted. Should I die such a death, you have my permission to gloat atop my corpse.

Wouldn't want to waste my time.

Of course not, forgive my presumption. It's a precious commodity clearly better spent mocking a man's fear.

Not my fault he decided to put it where everyone can see it.

Naturally not.

I would hazard a guess that nothing is ever your fault at all.

[The voice is smooth, low and almost too calm]

What was that?

What was what?

[Why can't people just mind their own business?]

Fear is a very personal thing. Watching it, can be an almost intimate experience.

Which brings me to you, Felix.

Just spit it out, man. I'm not playing 'guess the cryptic one-liner' game with you.

[Why do you have to remind him of a fucking Freelancer?]

So impatient. I could teach you patience, but right now you need to walk away from this.

[Still calm and sweet, his voice dripping with it.]

It's a conversation happening over a network. There's nothing to walk away from.

[Purposefully obtuse for the sarcasm factor. Seriously, what does this guy want him to do. He started this conversation. There wasn't one with Wei Wuxian because he was too busy being a pussy. What does this asshole want from him? A physical confrontation? Bring it.]

His fear is not your entertainment, Felix. But that was an excellent suggestion. Close the network and take a walk around the station. There are murals in the kitchen, I think, and plenty of entertainment in the simulation room.

But not here.

Turn about is fair play. He can go get himself fucked for what he did.

If you like that asshole you can join him for all I care, too.

And what do you think that he did?

Didn't I just say? Turn about is fair play. He laughs at my misery, I laugh at his.

The point might have gotten a little lost, what with the suggestions of getting... fucked, as you so charmingly put it.

But you are claiming that he saw you quivering in fear, terrified beyond belief. And then laughed. Or is this where your fucking comes in?

I don't fear anything.

[Snapped, automatic, angry and defensive.]

What he did was take his sweet time when I was caught in a death trap. He did it on purpose, and he was amused by it.

[bold words for someone who just admitted to be afraid while Wuxian was... amused. And everyone can be made to fear the darkness and the monsters lurking inside of it.]

He saved your life, and this is how you repay that debt. In public no less, to be seen by all the people whose help you might need in the future.

As I said, you have no patience. Close the network, Felix, and take a nice, little stroll around the station. Ponder the wonders of life and how easily it could have ended, was it not for this man.

[He didn't admit to being afraid because he hadn't been afraid at the time, he had been annoyed. There was a reason he used the term "misery" instead of "afraid." Felix hardly ever lied when he didn't have to despite his proficiency as a consummate liar.]

I don't need anyone!

Because I'm faster than you, I'm stronger than you, and I can kill better than anyone on this damn station. And I have survived far worse than some scrap with a bunch of dumbass civvies!

Video; UN: Wei Wuxian || Text; UN: jtd

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