[Wei Wuxian is no stranger to battlefields, at least. The stench of blood doesn't overwhelm him. Dying cries, desperate screams - the only part that startles him is the suddenness of it, and even that fades quickly, with how used to these leaking memories he is.
It's everything else that he didn't anticipate. He remembers Flayn talking earlier, about schools and white magic and training for a battlefield that surely she doesn't need training for. Surely not, with how surely they moved through the carnage. Weaved through the bodies. Delivered care with precision, knowing that it wouldn't be enough for everyone.
To work through the pain and the rain of attacks, to keep trying until it was physically impossible... He blinks at the clear pool water around his legs, and looks over toward Flayn. Cethleann? There's a lot he could start with, but first:]
[She can't really fault him for wondering that, given how the memory had ended. If she wasn't exactly who she was - what she was - it would have meant her death. Had it ended just a little differently...]
[War! Huh!!! What is it good for! (For almost dying.)]
I agree, I agree... A long-lasting era of peace would be ideal! [Too bad humans are so human!!] ...How did things turn out, after that one?
[He hesitates to ask, just a bit. But considering how long she'd presumably been asleep, he can only imagine how much changed between the time she passed out and the time she woke up again. Surely no war would last over a thousand years.]
[Honestly, he doesn't even think there's such a thing as a truly, fully peaceful era. "There are some things that are concerning" is probably the best any of them will ever get, barring the existence of a wild utopia out there somewhere...
He smiles, some measure of relief in it.]
I'm glad for that. [Imagine falling asleep for 1k+ years and waking up in the middle of The Next Big War wow.] Have you had much time to adjust to the way the world is, yet? Or is it still new to you?
[She gets an inquisitive look at the pause, but he decides not to press about it.]
Mm - well. If that's the last situation the two of you were in together before you woke up, then I can understand it.
[Losing a sibling is, after all, a horrific, gut-wrenching, life-changing experience. Coming close isn't as bad, but it's no walk in the park, either.]
Still, it's no good to keep you cooped up away from the world forever.
I would hope not! It was quite the harrowing experience. The only good thing about it was what came after— my brother finally allowed me to enroll in the Officers Academy.
[sighs]
As a result, I have been able to see much more of the world since then. Our missions and assignments have frequently taken us outside the monastery's walls.
[WELL. At least some good came from it, and it's clear Flayn... somehow got out of that situation. GOOD ENOUGH, HE GUESSES.]
You must be quite persuasive if you managed to convince him of this right on the heels of you being kidnapped! [Or she just logic'd her way through with the same "SEE BAD SHIT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE" argument, which, like, fair.]
How long have you been enrolled, again? I don't remember if you've said so before... Not that long, yes? A few months?
Ah... well, it was more that even he could see the logic of it being safer to be around other capable fighters, as opposed to running away ourselves and being caught unawares should our foes find us again.
[it was literally right on the heels of her being kidnapped though and if you want i absolutely have another memshare i could yeet at you.]
Hah, it's a solid logic. [Fair enough, says Wei Wuxian, who'd run into danger at all hours anyway.] It's a terrible thing that this mess is among your first experiences on getting out and about, though.
It is. For a little while there, I was sure that he would--
[...well, he'll soon see exactly what she was sure her brother would do.
in the memory, he'll only catch the voices, at first - her vision is blurred, and she tries to sit up from where she is on the ground, but finds she doesn't have the strength to move. her classmates suggest they carry her and the "other girl" up out of the catacombs, and they do.
upstairs, they check her over. she's conserving her strength and doesn't say much of anything, and she allows herself to be carried to the infirmary - but then, once they've left, she forces herself to her feet and leaves the infirmary, moving very determinedly down the halls to seteth's office. she lingers by the door, listening in on their conversation - until it reaches a point where she feels she has no choice but to butt in.
the memory fades out after the professor (who is actually the female version but i couldn't find an LP with the right class and the right professor) agrees to be entrusted with flayn's safety.
flayn blinks rapidly as their surroundings solidify around them.]
...ah. Well, I suppose you have now seen it for yourself.
[FLAYN'S LIFE SURE IS A TRIP. The heck kinda villains is she dealing with in her world...
As he blinks back into their original surroundings, he casts her a mildly surprised glance. The reaction of her brother seems about right with what he's been told of so far, and he thinks Flayn has some wonderful debate skills, but what's most unexpected is--]
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It's everything else that he didn't anticipate. He remembers Flayn talking earlier, about schools and white magic and training for a battlefield that surely she doesn't need training for. Surely not, with how surely they moved through the carnage. Weaved through the bodies. Delivered care with precision, knowing that it wouldn't be enough for everyone.
To work through the pain and the rain of attacks, to keep trying until it was physically impossible... He blinks at the clear pool water around his legs, and looks over toward Flayn. Cethleann? There's a lot he could start with, but first:]
--You've died, too?
[A natural conclusion to draw, of course.]
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[She can't really fault him for wondering that, given how the memory had ended. If she wasn't exactly who she was - what she was - it would have meant her death. Had it ended just a little differently...]
Not... exactly. [...] I... fell asleep.
[1088 year long nap.]
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Since Wei Wuxian has a braincell despite looking like he doesn't, things click into place quickly.]
So back then--
[When he'd talked about a long sleep, and she's reacted like he'd just near slapped her... His expression creases.]
...I'm sorry, if that upset you.
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It is quite alright - it is not as if it was intentional...
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[God he has a real KNACK for just saying things that are verbal punches without meaning to. Very funny.]
--I'm sorry that you've had to go through that, too. War is just - hah.
[It's just the worst of all things human and human-like, isn't it? Hm.]
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[There's a reason she's (mostly) a pacifist! It's literally this shitty-ass war she nearly died in.]
And when they cannot be, they should be ended as quickly as possible.
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I agree, I agree... A long-lasting era of peace would be ideal! [Too bad humans are so human!!] ...How did things turn out, after that one?
[He hesitates to ask, just a bit. But considering how long she'd presumably been asleep, he can only imagine how much changed between the time she passed out and the time she woke up again. Surely no war would last over a thousand years.]
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[hmm.]
It is... more peaceful now than it was. There are some things that are concerning, but - nothing like... that battle.
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He smiles, some measure of relief in it.]
I'm glad for that. [Imagine falling asleep for 1k+ years and waking up in the middle of The Next Big War wow.] Have you had much time to adjust to the way the world is, yet? Or is it still new to you?
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[stupid, overprotective seteth.]
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Because of time restraints? Obligations? Or because of something else...?
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[she hesitates]
...my brother. He is terribly protective of me.
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Mm - well. If that's the last situation the two of you were in together before you woke up, then I can understand it.
[Losing a sibling is, after all, a horrific, gut-wrenching, life-changing experience. Coming close isn't as bad, but it's no walk in the park, either.]
Still, it's no good to keep you cooped up away from the world forever.
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[...
Well, she didn't actually mean to doxx that, but. It's already out, she can't take it back.]
Better to see the world and learn to defend myself.
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I - well. I can't disagree with that in the least, if that's the sort of danger you get up to! Flayn...!
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I only mean— danger can find you no matter what sorts of precautions you might take. So why live your life without ever truly living it?
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[HE REALLY DOES so he can't argue with her at all. All the same, he's shaking his head a little...]
But I also don't think being kidnapped from a monastery is something most people have as a part of their life, you know?
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[sighs]
As a result, I have been able to see much more of the world since then. Our missions and assignments have frequently taken us outside the monastery's walls.
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You must be quite persuasive if you managed to convince him of this right on the heels of you being kidnapped! [Or she just logic'd her way through with the same "SEE BAD SHIT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE" argument, which, like, fair.]
How long have you been enrolled, again? I don't remember if you've said so before... Not that long, yes? A few months?
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[it was literally right on the heels of her being kidnapped though and if you want i absolutely have another memshare i could yeet at you.]
Just a few months, yes.
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Hah, it's a solid logic. [Fair enough, says Wei Wuxian, who'd run into danger at all hours anyway.] It's a terrible thing that this mess is among your first experiences on getting out and about, though.
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[...well, he'll soon see exactly what she was sure her brother would do.
in the memory, he'll only catch the voices, at first - her vision is blurred, and she tries to sit up from where she is on the ground, but finds she doesn't have the strength to move. her classmates suggest they carry her and the "other girl" up out of the catacombs, and they do.
upstairs, they check her over. she's conserving her strength and doesn't say much of anything, and she allows herself to be carried to the infirmary - but then, once they've left, she forces herself to her feet and leaves the infirmary, moving very determinedly down the halls to seteth's office. she lingers by the door, listening in on their conversation - until it reaches a point where she feels she has no choice but to butt in.
the memory fades out after the professor (who is actually the female version but i couldn't find an LP with the right class and the right professor) agrees to be entrusted with flayn's safety.
flayn blinks rapidly as their surroundings solidify around them.]
...ah. Well, I suppose you have now seen it for yourself.
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As he blinks back into their original surroundings, he casts her a mildly surprised glance. The reaction of her brother seems about right with what he's been told of so far, and he thinks Flayn has some wonderful debate skills, but what's most unexpected is--]
--You're from the same world as Edelgard?
1/2
2/2
wait.]
Edelgard was on the—?!
[oh, holy shit, she is never telling dimitri this EVER.]
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