[not again] catchall for wei wuxian

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[fishingforcompliments]

[no you aren't.]

...I wonder! Does that mean that someone who could use magic from my world would be able to become a cultivator in yours?

[givethemhell]

[FOR THIS PARTICULAR CURSE I AM, I PLAYED FROM PH I KNOW THIS PAIN]

Could very well be possible! Though a key component of cultivating is a golden core, and it's said only those from cultivation families or with a history of cultivation somewhere in their bloodline has what it takes to form that.

[fishingforcompliments]

[okay that's fair]

A... golden core? [Flayn puts a hand over her heart, looking thoughtful.] What is that?

[givethemhell]

Ah, goodness, I'm terrible at explaining this. [He tried for like 10 minutes with Natalie but maybe it'll be easier with Flayn since she comes from a world with magic...

He pats his solar plexus!]

A golden core forms right here! I've described it as something similar to an organ, since it circulates qi through your body in the same way a heart circulates your blood. It's a tangible, physical thing, but doesn't entirely follow the laws of regular physics, since it was created from qi in the first place.

[fishingforcompliments]

[stares at his solar plexus

stares at his face]

...so do you have one of those, then? Since you are a cultivator?

[givethemhell]

I do, yes!

[Pokes himself right in the fuckin gut which does absolutely nothing to highlight his point.]

Right here, though the circulation of qi doesn't mean much in a place where cultivation techniques don't work.

[fishingforcompliments]

Hmm... it is a shame that our powers are not working, here! I would have loved to be able to see a demonstration.

[givethemhell]

Trust me, I would have loved to give you one! After all of this time with only a brief break where we could get in touch with our abilities again, I'm afraid my core is going to rust and fall right out!

[TRAGIC especially considering it ain't his.]

[fishingforcompliments]

[UH.]

Is that likely to happen to you...?

[givethemhell]

Oh, no. [SIMPLY. Sorry for the tiny concern there Flayn.] Though it could certainly get weaker from lack of use! Wouldn't want that, mine's already pitiful.

[fishingforcompliments]

[she lets out a small, relieved sigh]

Oh, good... well, I hope that you are able to use your qi again and strengthen it! It sounds as though it is like any muscle that also needs to be regularly exercised. It is a little unfair that it could get weaker simply because we were kidnapped...

[givethemhell]

Isn't it such an unfair thing? Really! I didn't even have the time to start working it back up to proper strength before being snatched away to that boat, and now this... I could be going near half a year without any sort of training at all, at this rate!

[Since he has no faith they aren't going to be stuck here for WEEKS AND WEEKS.]

[fishingforcompliments]

[oh..]

Do you think we shall be here for that long?

[givethemhell]

[There's a tiny pause, since honestly, he figured everyone else was just as resigned as he was...]

—Well, not a half-year here, at least! But if this takes as long as my time on the boat did, that's a good two months each, give or take.

[fishingforcompliments]

...we only spent two weeks on the island.

[givethemhell]

Ah-- that's right...

[He gives Flayn a sympathetic look.]

Much as I hate to say it, I think your bunch was the outlier, there.

[fishingforcompliments]

Yes, it seems so.

[she sighs heavily]

I do hope that this will be more like ours, but... what are the chances?

[givethemhell]

One in about six? Seven? It would seem. So it's not an impossibility!

[Just, like. Not likely.]

[fishingforcompliments]

But it is an improbability.

[givethemhell]

Mmm... Unfortunately so, I'd say. If it ends up being the case, then I'm sorry your luck didn't last through this.

[fishingforcompliments]

If any of us had any luck at all, I do not believe we would be here right now.

[givethemhell]

Hah! Can't much argue with that, ah.

[He sighs, reaching out to pet another rabbit that skitters by.]

At least we have something cute to play with this time.

[fishingforcompliments]

[im ngl i fckin forgot the rabbits were here]

Yes... they do make it a little more bearable. I wonder what their names are?

[givethemhell]

[SO DID I HONESTLY this is what happens when you have too many threads

Anyway he points to the largest one.]

This one is John Cena.

[fishingforcompliments]

Oh?

[She reaches over to pet the largest rabbit.]

It is nice to meet you, John Cena!