[WELL HE WAS GOING TO SUGGEST USING PICTOGRAPHS INSTEAD BUT then he gets treated to a really depressos memory instead, wow.
That. Hm. Honestly, it doesn't stand out from what he'd expect of Magnus from the little he already knows. At the same time, a lot clicks into place, all at once. To be able to make that kind of decision... To already have an answer, so surely. To acknowledge the inherent selfishness, and that it isn't one's own self, but someone else entirely, directing the "right" actions...
Hm.
He sits quietly for a second, hands perfectly still over the paper he'd just started to fold. GIVE HIM A SECOND.]
[He was planning to write a Kick Me sign, so it would've been a guy kicking Escha pictograph.
But. Anyway. Yeah, depresso. He stops to brace himself on the cabinet while he recovers from the memory. He's sort of okay, remembering? It isn't as though he stops remembering. The memory in a way only makes him angry, because the fucking chalice.
But what WWX says sort of cuts to the core of it. His breath hitches, he scrubs at his eyes, and nods, his voice weak.]
Wei Wuxian is the sort of person who understands terribly strong love, though. Life-destroying love. World-destroying love. The fact that Magnus could see things through because he valued and loved his wife to an even higher degree than the selfish destructiveness within such a powerful love - it really speaks volumes. He sets down his crane, glancing over.]
...Will you be able to see her again? If you stop the Hunger this time.
[Magnus is maybe selling himself short there. Changing the timeline that way would have likely destroyed the lives of his friends. The selfishness of the love he felt, how much he wanted his old life back at any cost, meant it was a temptation. But whether he resisted it only for Julia or if his awareness Julia would think that choice was wrong was also his own moral compass is a tricky question.
Still. It isn’t a decision he can shake off easily.
Anyway, the answer to Wei Wuxian’s question is yes, but only after many years, after a full life lived. Magnus doesn’t know that yet, but. ]
She’s not, uh, coming back, or anything. But someday I’ll die, too. And I plan on doing it on the same plane as she did.
[He knows only a little about the afterlife, but enough to know that would matter.]
[Death sure is just the worst. Also terrible: items that try to tempt people into doing wildass things for the sake of getting around The Horrible Reality Of Death. Even if he doesn't know Magnus that well, and has only seen this small sliver of his life in which he sold himself short, he can understand that much.
So, with sincerity:]
Then if it's possible, I hope the two of you can travel together again, someday.
[He doesn't know how their afterlife works either, comparatively. But if that's important - remaining on the same plane - then he hopes he finds what he's looking for.]
[It's good, he thinks, that Magnus is able to smile about it and hope like that.
He opens his mouth like he's going to say something else after that, but instead! Magnus gets to join the memshare party, with this memory rolling out between them. Bonus points for dog.]
No, uh. This memory. Makes Magnus pretty angry? He doesn't exactly what to intrude on a private memory Wei Wuxian never intended to share, but this is also basically everything he hates - rich folks, mistreating a little kid, thinking there's nothing wrong with what they're doing.]
[Wei Wuxian's wholeass first life would make Magnus very mad, in that case. It is a nonstop battle against rich folks mistreating kids and also the elderly while thinking they're doing nothing wrong.
MEANWHILE, fortunately(???) this is the second time he's relived this, so he doesn't tense up quite as much as the first. Phobias are wild things, though; he's visibly strained for a second just by the memory of a dog's growl, and has to shake himself out of it.]
Ah-- hah... Well! He certainly wasn't my favorite person. [THIS HAPPENED SO OFTEN that it barely registers though. Rich people!! And also hungry dogs.] People do think they can get away with just about anything out there.
[wwx 🤝 magnus eat the rich, destroy capitalism, attack and defund god
That gets a little laugh from him, though, and he hammily pats his own chest like he's settling fried nerves (when he may actually be settling some fried nerves, just for a different reason).]
What a relief! You wouldn't believe the grief my darling nephew gives me for not liking his Fairy. Hah, you'd love her, though.
[Magnus actually works for a god, but she's chill. Other than that - ]
Aww, what a cutie. [He hasn't seen or heard anything about this dog, he just assumes.] But I figure everyone's got something they're scared of even in situations where there's nothing really dangerous.
[He assumes correctly since Fairy is a very rotund husky and the sweetest dog in his world.
He raises his hands at that, though, sighing.]
You're right, but what an irritant! Ah, the mind is such a silly thing, sometimes. [Shaking his head!! He's being dramatic, but he's also being honest.]
--Anyway, sorry about the bother, there. I know neither of us can help it but, you know. [A gentle, sloping shrug. Sometimes pretending you have power over it by apologizing helps, or something.]
[He laughs a little, and also pessimistically thinks that it probably makes it more satisfying for the Powers That Be to watch people who've grown close lose each other. Terrible!]
The strangest things end up being shared between these games.
[Magnus... is a good guy. Wei Wuxian smiles a little - just a little quirk of one.]
...We should talk properly sometime, then - without the whole memory thing, hah. I'd like to learn a little more about you!
[He doesn't know Magnus well, but he seems like a good guy, and he gets bonus points for being friends with Taako because he's UNFORTUNATELY VERY FOND OF TAAKO, terrible.]
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That. Hm. Honestly, it doesn't stand out from what he'd expect of Magnus from the little he already knows. At the same time, a lot clicks into place, all at once. To be able to make that kind of decision... To already have an answer, so surely. To acknowledge the inherent selfishness, and that it isn't one's own self, but someone else entirely, directing the "right" actions...
Hm.
He sits quietly for a second, hands perfectly still over the paper he'd just started to fold. GIVE HIM A SECOND.]
—That's a terribly strong love.
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But. Anyway. Yeah, depresso. He stops to brace himself on the cabinet while he recovers from the memory. He's sort of okay, remembering? It isn't as though he stops remembering. The memory in a way only makes him angry, because the fucking chalice.
But what WWX says sort of cuts to the core of it. His breath hitches, he scrubs at his eyes, and nods, his voice weak.]
Yeah. It is.
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Wei Wuxian is the sort of person who understands terribly strong love, though. Life-destroying love. World-destroying love. The fact that Magnus could see things through because he valued and loved his wife to an even higher degree than the selfish destructiveness within such a powerful love - it really speaks volumes. He sets down his crane, glancing over.]
...Will you be able to see her again? If you stop the Hunger this time.
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Still. It isn’t a decision he can shake off easily.
Anyway, the answer to Wei Wuxian’s question is yes, but only after many years, after a full life lived. Magnus doesn’t know that yet, but. ]
She’s not, uh, coming back, or anything. But someday I’ll die, too. And I plan on doing it on the same plane as she did.
[He knows only a little about the afterlife, but enough to know that would matter.]
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So, with sincerity:]
Then if it's possible, I hope the two of you can travel together again, someday.
[He doesn't know how their afterlife works either, comparatively. But if that's important - remaining on the same plane - then he hopes he finds what he's looking for.]
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[He'll give him a smile, too, because this isn't so raw that he can't acknowledge it and keep going.]
I hope so, too.
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He opens his mouth like he's going to say something else after that, but instead! Magnus gets to join the memshare party, with this memory rolling out between them. Bonus points for dog.]
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No, uh. This memory. Makes Magnus pretty angry? He doesn't exactly what to intrude on a private memory Wei Wuxian never intended to share, but this is also basically everything he hates - rich folks, mistreating a little kid, thinking there's nothing wrong with what they're doing.]
That fucker.
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MEANWHILE, fortunately(???) this is the second time he's relived this, so he doesn't tense up quite as much as the first. Phobias are wild things, though; he's visibly strained for a second just by the memory of a dog's growl, and has to shake himself out of it.]
Ah-- hah... Well! He certainly wasn't my favorite person. [THIS HAPPENED SO OFTEN that it barely registers though. Rich people!! And also hungry dogs.] People do think they can get away with just about anything out there.
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[I mean, he did lead a wholeass revolution, so he takes it personally?]
I guess I'll give you a pass on not liking dogs?
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eat the rich, destroy capitalism, attack and defund god
That gets a little laugh from him, though, and he hammily pats his own chest like he's settling fried nerves (when he may actually be settling some fried nerves, just for a different reason).]
What a relief! You wouldn't believe the grief my darling nephew gives me for not liking his Fairy. Hah, you'd love her, though.
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Aww, what a cutie. [He hasn't seen or heard anything about this dog, he just assumes.] But I figure everyone's got something they're scared of even in situations where there's nothing really dangerous.
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He raises his hands at that, though, sighing.]
You're right, but what an irritant! Ah, the mind is such a silly thing, sometimes. [Shaking his head!! He's being dramatic, but he's also being honest.]
--Anyway, sorry about the bother, there. I know neither of us can help it but, you know. [A gentle, sloping shrug. Sometimes pretending you have power over it by apologizing helps, or something.]
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[Shrugging!]
Go figure!
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The strangest things end up being shared between these games.
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We didn't have it - the memories thing.
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[He looks a little surprised, head canting to one side. That's one of the biggest commonalities he's found from world to world.]
...That's a shame, then. It would have been good fortune if you'd managed to escape it a second time, hah.
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[That bothers him, but otherwise - ]
I'm an open book. I'm not just gonna volunteer all my sad backstory on my own, but I don't mind people knowing.
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...We should talk properly sometime, then - without the whole memory thing, hah. I'd like to learn a little more about you!
[He doesn't know Magnus well, but he seems like a good guy, and he gets bonus points for being friends with Taako because he's UNFORTUNATELY VERY FOND OF TAAKO, terrible.]
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[Since he is also very fond of Taako...]
Any friend of Taako's is a friend of mine, y'know?
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Hah - kind of you! I won't hold you up from your sign making, but let's find some time to have a drink and share some stories, then.
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[Wow.]
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A given, of course! It's a shame we're limited on the letters we can write to our dearly departed, or it wouldn't be a problem even if I did.