bang! crash! the lightning flashed!! -- that's another story, nevermind, anyway!

[qingxinling]

Jiang Wanyin sweeps along the shores of the lake, glowering. This is not his beloved Lotus Pier. These waters are cold, foreign, uninviting. Clearly there's been some trap: he's been distracted by duty in this hunt, and when he followed the slight tug in his chest, he ended up getting pulled into unfamiliar territory.

No matter. He draws himself to full height, letting cool arrogance slip down his shoulders and suffuse him. Sandu is naked in one hand; Zidian crackles in the other. He can handle whatever monsters may arrive.

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[peaklordshen]

Shen Yuan nods emphatically. "Oh, he's terrible at arbitration. His friend Claudius had this whole fight with Luo Binghe,¹ it's whatever, it's water under the bridge, but someone else arbitrated, and then after it had already been solved² Lan Wangji bursts in and holds Luo Binghe at sword-point. Like," he adopts his iciest face, his best Lan Wangji impression. "If you don't do what you've already done, I'll—"

¹ He's not avoiding telling Jiang Cheng he has a boyfriend. He's just being a little bit circumspect about it, because Jiang Cheng's experience with Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian has made him... well, a little homophobic? Everyone has flaws, it's fine.
² ?