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ximilia2023-08-19 11:56 am
singlelogbridge) wrote in ximilia2023-08-19 11:56 am
Audio | UN: Wei Wuxian
I was able to make contact with Warrior Leixi Kalain. She led the battle to protect Queen Lloria during the uprising. The High Queens of Hhial had once been warrior queens with dragon companions for protectors, but by the time of the uprising, their numbers had greatly diminished.
Their advisors turned against them. There was something called "The Fever," presumably a grave illness but I can’t say for sure, and there was a divide between the people who had powers and those who didn’t. The advisors used these things to gather support against them.
Warrior Leixi urged High Queen Lloria to flee, and the queen's daughter Zehin escaped on High Queen Lloria’s dragon. Warrior Leixi believes they fled west to the island where their dragons built their nests. She didn’t know where it was though, she and her dragon partner fell protecting them. [He pauses for a moment to honor Warrior Leixi’s sacrifice before continuing with the rest of what he’d learned.]
High Queen Lloria took with her something called Zefira’s Gem, an object of great power that had been passed from one high queen to the next since High Queen Zefira first unified the continent.
If that sounds like the Orb to you, then we’re on the same page. I can’t say if it’s still on that island, but from what I can see, finding that island is our best bet, and we should be prepared for the possibility of encountering dragons when we do.
[Another pause and then—] The dragons that fought beside the Kalain queens were loyal and noble. They weren’t mindless creatures. If you do meet one, please don’t attack them. Speak to them as you would speak to each other. They've done noting to deserve anything less.
Their advisors turned against them. There was something called "The Fever," presumably a grave illness but I can’t say for sure, and there was a divide between the people who had powers and those who didn’t. The advisors used these things to gather support against them.
Warrior Leixi urged High Queen Lloria to flee, and the queen's daughter Zehin escaped on High Queen Lloria’s dragon. Warrior Leixi believes they fled west to the island where their dragons built their nests. She didn’t know where it was though, she and her dragon partner fell protecting them. [He pauses for a moment to honor Warrior Leixi’s sacrifice before continuing with the rest of what he’d learned.]
High Queen Lloria took with her something called Zefira’s Gem, an object of great power that had been passed from one high queen to the next since High Queen Zefira first unified the continent.
If that sounds like the Orb to you, then we’re on the same page. I can’t say if it’s still on that island, but from what I can see, finding that island is our best bet, and we should be prepared for the possibility of encountering dragons when we do.
[Another pause and then—] The dragons that fought beside the Kalain queens were loyal and noble. They weren’t mindless creatures. If you do meet one, please don’t attack them. Speak to them as you would speak to each other. They've done noting to deserve anything less.
-> Locked
He sits with that for a moment, the weight of it making it difficult to find an answer. Many things happened to him, but not the way they mean, he's fairly sure. Many things that led to his abilities.]
I don't think in the way you mean. [He says, voice soft, and after a minute, he locks the conversation. It's a common practice for him whenever he begins to speak of anything personal.]
In my world, the dead are never that far away. I only channeled a power that brought me a little closer to them.
Did someone or something give you your ability?
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...Yes. It's--I have nothing against the humans here, but in my world, I was, um, trapped by them? And they took me somewhere and...ah, it's hard to describe, but I've read about something a bit like it while we've been in this world and they call it "surgery". But that's why I'm like this. Not every cat they do this to ends up with an ability like this, but some of them do.
I don't think I've ever heard of any cat being able to choose it on purpose. Is that really what you did?
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I know what surgery is. [And what an awful thing, to do a surgery on someone against their will. He very pointedly does not think about that sentiment for even a second longer than he has to.]
I chose it during a war. It was necessary to protect my family.
[It all went to shit in the end and he'd failed dramatically, but that doesn't change what his motivation had been back then. He doesn't want to dwell on any of that though, and he continues speaking.]
But that was a long time ago, [He offers a smile, shaking his head.] And a very different circumstance from yours it seems. Still, if you'd like to speak to one of the dead together sometime, maybe we could learn something from each other.
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Oh--I'd like that very much! I don't know if I could learn to do it, but I'd definitely want to see it. Or...hear it, I suppose.
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Then the next time it becomes possible, I'll ask you to join me. [A brief pause and then.] My name is Wei Wuxian. Although I'm fairly sure you're the only cat among the crew, it would still be helpful to know your name. [There's just the slightest hint of teasing to the words.]