the truth is, everyone wishes to be saved.

[finalring]

The execution has come and passed with the death of two more Agents. However time moves on without cease and so must the living. There are no celebrations, only the silence that grows heavier and heavier with every day and the feeling that something is pleased with what it has done.

There are two more days before the new week arrives: what will you do?

Comments

[onemolife]

I can be a little shameless around you and not care about anything like reputations or names or any of that. I feel like even if I laid everything out for you, it wouldn't really change much in how we act around each other.

[ With their jokes, pointless chatter, or even touching on the ways they may be a bit broken. Also look, he has you in his lap and sometimes it's nice just having someone you can be affectionate with without the expectations. ]

It's been something of a relief having you around. Which is entirely selfish I know. I suppose though I should at least give you that before the dead share it first. Then it could be more true about being myself.

[ Yuri has surprisingly spared him of deet dropping. ]

[cw_suicide]

[Yuri has been a good ghost, retraumatizing-showing of her continuous suffering aside.]

... you're probably right that it won't change much.

[onemolife]

[ Yuri is living her best... unlife ]

You already know enough bits and pieces, and you're still here. [ Who knows though, maybe accidental body jacking is the line though. ]

I'm not actually Mo Xuanyu. My courtesy name is Wei Wuxian. My real name is Wei Ying.

[cw_suicide]

[... time to think if he's supposed to recognize these names or not...]

--why Mo Xuanyu, then?

Those, ah, rumors?

[onemolife]

That's the name of the formal occupant of this body. I was woken up from a long nap thanks to Mo Xuanyu performing a forbidden ritual. Basically he gave up his own life and forced me into his body.

And yeah, those rumors. I made a lot of enemies in my life.

[cw_suicide]

[this long stare as he processes that.]

... just what sort of thing was this guy after if he went that far with it?

[free hand is reaching up to pull at WWX's cheek.]

[onemolife]

[ Making a face at the cheek pull. ]

You do know I can feel that, right?

[ It's his body now ]

He wanted revenge. It's a pretty nasty ritual, I don't even know where he even came across it. I had these gashes in my arms when I woke up and they would slowly get bigger and bigger until they ripped apart the body and my soul completely.

[ Says the guy who wrote down the original ritual and theorized it could actually work. ]

He wanted me to kill the remainder of the Mo family as well as one of their servants because they made his life unbearable.

[cw_suicide]

[........... uhhhhhhhhhh.

letting go of his cheek, then.]

Well. That's one way to go about it.

It's not the sort of, ah, magic. That I can undo, at least.

Actually, it's a wonder you even got so touchy early on with that in mind.

[wwx wat.]

[onemolife]

It's how the ritual works. The body is basically is mine now like my old body was. So anything like something that can kick out souls from possession or techniques that would nullify it won't really work.

Though I do wonder if your nullification can stop Cultivation or my brand of it.

[ He is thinking it over carefully for a moment, the nerd gears turning in his head. Also he seems to know a lot about the inner workings of the ritual. ]

[cw_suicide]

[... you're a nerd and a very transparent one at that.

hand that was pulling on his cheek reaches up to pull at his hair a bit]

I can't guarantee anything if I don't understand what it entails. If it's like this sort of thing, then it's completely out.

[onemolife]

[ Looking at him for a moment as he pulls that hair. ]

Aiya, careful about pulling that. I might like it a bit too much.

[ Letting go of his wrist to just circle his arms back around him. ]

If I start trying to explain in depth how Cultivation or even Demonic Cultivation works, then we might be here for a while.

[ R u sure we want to talk about it. ]

[cw_suicide]

[letting go of his hair, then, because actually doesn't want to push it.]

... maybe not the whole of it.

Actually, maybe...

[maybe his brain is too tired to think too hard on it.]

... just tell me if you think it might be any good, later.

[onemolife]

[ Good boy, not that he really would stop him if he ever did. ]

If by later you mean you might become a spiteful ghost? Yeah, I might be able to help out with that.

[ so he might have you covered if it works ]

[cw_suicide]

Ha... if I become a ghost, chances are far more likely it'll do something with my negation abilities.

[scary thought.]

[onemolife]

[ That was part of the reasoning for arguing against voting for Dazai at the trial. Would he be able to negate the holy magic keeping some people from getting infected? Would he negate abilities that lets people talk in meetings without ghosts listening?

The other part is he's biased and Dazai is someone he's fond of. ]

At the least I might be able to control you in that state. The only risks there is that you would also eventually grow immune to it and I may get a larger dose of infection.

[cw_suicide]

Don't make light of the infection.

[there's no bite to his words, they're actually pretty flat. but also... he just thinks about how Rin was that evening, blue eyes going violet and filled with tears she refused to cry until he admitted he didn't have any himself.]

... there's also the chance that once I'm dead, my ability won't be a factor anymore. It's a less terrible scenario but your capabilities would be of more use there.

[onemolife]

Don't worry, I'm not. It's not the first time I've come across something similar.

[ Miasma and Resentful Energy does have similar strokes to it. He's already took too much of it in the past. ]

Whatever happens, you can count on me to help out in whatever way I can. Even if you don't have room in your heart to have any more faith in the future or being able to hold on to someone more... I don't mind making room in my own heart to do that.

[cw_suicide]

[... can he just press his face into a shoulder instead of words?]

[onemolife]

[ Yeah, he can do that. ]

[cw_suicide]

... so should I still be calling you Mo-kun?

[onemolife]

It's up to you if you want to call me Wei-kun.

[ Time to confuse Saphir even more ]

[cw_suicide]

Wei-kun~~~

[onemolife]

Hmmm?

[ He will look over his own shoulder before just scooting back, taking Dazai back with him. ]

Are you testing it out?

[cw_suicide]

Different mouth-sounds take practice.

Though my brain's too worn out to do much more. People dying was bad enough but now people demanding detailed, logical responses on the fly...

[brain power: low]

[onemolife]

[ Loooooow battery ]

You know, you can take a break from talking logic for a bit. Go ahead and talk nonsense or whatever comes to mind.

[ Don't think. Reclining against the pillow and taking the other with him. ]