WIP Wednesday MLC edition
I've never remembered to do this in time before! I'm working on a fic where Di Feisheng decides to kidnap Li Lianhua to save his life in episode 13, instead of threaten Fang Duobing. Li Lianhua's cooperation remains about as you'd expect for a good while, but now they're finally communicating:
Li Xiangyi broke the silence first.
"I thought you needed the Yang leaf for yourself, to break through the eighth level of bitterwind poplar," Li Xiangyi said steadily.
"It was only a guess that it might work," Di Feisheng said dismissively. "I'll try it if anyone ever finds a second flower."
Li Xiangyi stared at him, his pupils very large. He breathed shallowly, and seemed to find no words.
"You said you don't need me to live a long life," Li Xiangyi eventually managed, sounding distinctly hurt.
Di Feisheng didn't know what to say. Without Li Xiangyi, Di Feisheng being alive didn't mean anything. Maybe the truth was that neither of them were destined to live long lives. Either way, he wasn't going to explain himself to Li Xiangyi.
Li Xiangyi peered back down at the paper, running a finger over some of the characters.
"It's not certain to work," he said eventually. "The Yin leaf will work on anyone, sure. But the Yang leaf might not cure me. I've had Bicha poison for so many years and my inner power is too spent."
Di Feisheng frowned. The flaws in this logic were painfully obvious.
"And what if you spent this time building up your inner power instead of resisting it? We should be dual cultivating together, and when you get the wangchuan flower, I will feed you as much of my power as you can take. Bitterwind poplar seeks survival in dangerous situations. I think with it, your odds would not be so low."
Li Xiangyi bent his head so that Di Feisheng could not see his face. He didn't say anything. His chest rose and fell very rapidly. But when he looked up again, he seemed calm and unaffected.
"I see," he said. "It wasn't that I don't know you. It's just that we've been misunderstanding each other these days."
Di Feisheng sighed, and bent down to take his boots off. He sat down on the bed next to Li Xiangyi.
"We can talk about dual cultivating tomorrow," Di Feisheng said wearily. "It's late. Can we put the candles out and sleep?"
"You want to sleep here?" Li Xiangyi said, giving him an inscrutable look. "Is your fortress missing a bed suitable for the alliance leader?"
Jiao Liqiao had cornered Di Feisheng in what was theoretically his bedroom yesterday, wanting to help him change and bathe. He could not bear to sleep there tonight. He didn't say anything, but waved a hand, putting out the candles, and then lowered himself down onto the bed.
Li Xiangyi made a sound that might have been laughter.
"At least this bed is larger than the one we shared in Lotus Tower," he said, settling down beside Di Feisheng.
It was much larger, although Di Feisheng was not sure that was a good thing. It had been nice, to be that close to Li Xiangyi, brushing against each other's limbs, waking up almost entwined.
He fell asleep dreaming of Li Xiangyi's skin.
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tease tidbit tuesday💀
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hi! so, yesterday I randomly opened the doc with the buddie death cast au - which is a fic I started writing last summer on vacation and never got back to it but then made progress lol
it's gonna be MCD, which i know is not everyone's thing so feel free to ignore this 🤣
it's basically buddie in the universe of the "they both die at the end"/"the first to die at the end" books so it's gonna be sad, sorry lol (I never even read mcd, idk why i'm writing this but this idea just wants to be written i guess haha)
gotta put this weird mood I've been in lately to good use and finally write this 🤣
not sure if I'm happy with this snippet, but it all needs editing, the first two snippets were written on my phone and haven't been edited yet lol
I posted two snippets so far, gonna link them both
snippet 1 | snippet 2
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“Is all of this clear, Eddie?” she asks in the end.
“Yeah, sure, whatever.” he says shortly. He should've just hung up immediately. Or cancel this stupid subscription after Shannon died. Sometimes he wonders if maybe people who get the calls and coincidentally get into accidents, for example, just give up and refuse to fight because they think it’s their time. Not like Shannon could do much, her injuries were too severe when they got there, but the point stands. Maybe they get more reckless, thinking it doesn’t matter anyway.
There’s a short pause on the line, but then Jane speaks up again, her tone softer, more sympathy seeping through.
“I know it’s not easy to accept, if you’d like some help with that, on out website you can find therapists and grief counselors specializing in-”
“Listen.” Eddie interrupts. He’s spent enough time in therapy. He’s not doing it on his supposedly last day. “I know it’s all bullshit. I don’t care. You said what you had to say, I listened, for whatever reason.” he rolls his eyes. He really should’ve hung up, or not answered at all. “Is this conversation over yet?” he asks and is met with another moment of silence. She’s probably wondering what everyone else always is: why is he even spending money on this if he doesn’t believe. He has an answer ready to go, but that’s not what she asks.
“Can I ask you a question?” she says quieter, whispering, probably not allowed to go too much off-script.
“Sure, why not.” he shrugs. He’s wide awake now, anyway, he’s not in a hurry. Not like he’s dying anytime soon.
“If it was your last day, how would you spend it? You don’t have to answer, just think about it.” she adds quickly, her tone much softer and gentler now. Eddie’s mind immediately supplies a picture of Christopher and Buck, just a casual hang-out, like usual, maybe going to the movies, or the aquarium, or the planetarium, something fun for his kid. And later a gathering with the rest of their family, maybe a barbecue at Bobby and Athena’s, with Maddie and Chim, and Hen and Karen, all their kids, just everyone having fun together. Yeah, that’d be a perfect day. “There’s no harm in spending today just like this, if possible. Just in case.” Jane adds, still whispering. He doesn’t tell her that’s more or less his plan, anyway, for the evening after his 12-hour shift. During which nothing will happen to him, because Death-Cast doesn’t know shit. “Well, lastly, Eddie,” Jane’s voice is back at normal-volume, tone strictly professional but sympathetic, as she recites the end of her script, “on behalf of everyone here at Death-Cast, we’re so sorry to lose you. Live this day to the fullest.”
Eddie hangs up without a word.
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oh my fucking god okay
so back in early april I ordered a pair of earbuds. over a month went by and no updates from the company about them being shipped or anything, so I email them like "hey what's up where's my earbuds??" and they replied very quickly like "your order has been shipped out, here is your tracking number :)". the tracking shows that the label was created right after I emailed them, but whatever they showed up like a week later and they're great. pretty good quality considering they were only $30
then a month later I get an automated email saying my order has been shipped. I assume they just realized they forgot to close out my order. I click on the tracking expecting it to say delivered, but it's a new tracking number for a new package so I guess I'm getting more earbuds?
then a week later a completely flat package arrives at my house. earbuds got run over or something during shipping I guess and now I gotta deal with hazardous waste bc of the damaged batteries. I hum and haw whether I'm gonna just leave it at that or push my luck and email them about it, but I look up online and they just got bought out by a massive $75B company so I decide fuck it and give it a go. customer service is super nice and they're like "we'll mail it out and send you a tracking number in 1-3 business days :)"
well anyway over two weeks go by and no email so I was gonna leave it, but people keep pestering me bc they want to see a conclusion to this story, so two days ago I email them asking for an update and they reply very quickly like "your order has been shipped out, here is your tracking number :)" and again the tracking shows that the label wasn't created until after I emailed them, but now it's expected to show up in two days so I think they sent it with faster shipping to avoid pissing me off lmao
anyway two very thoroughly bubble wrapped packages arrived at my house just now, each containing earbuds and stickers. so yeah if you want good decently priced earbuds check out jlab I guess but don't tell them I sent you lmao
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