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Date: 2022-07-29 01:13 pm (UTC)Unacceptable. And heart-breaking.
A cry stirs him from his rest one day and he flies to the tortoise's side only to find him...
Upside down? Frowning, he rights the poor creature, laying a gentle hand on the tortoise's brow.
"What has happened?"
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Date: 2022-07-29 03:29 pm (UTC)So he flips that little tortoise over. Every. Single. Day. Knowing it upset both tortoise and the various attendants in charge of this peaceful garden. They never caught him, and even if they did...what would they do?
He'd sensed something new lately though. Something, some spirit perhaps, that has been tending the little creature diligently. So this time he hangs back after flipping the little thing onto it's back. He stays out of sight to watch.
And the man he sees is...not what he'd have expected. It's enough to hold his attention, a flicker of curiosity tilting a corner of his lips up before he vanishes.
The next day, that little tortoise gets flipped right back over onto it's back.
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Date: 2022-07-29 11:43 pm (UTC)"Shhh I know that must be frustrating. Who is playing pranks on you, little friend?" he pets the tortoise's head with soft fingers before looking around. Frowning at the magical trace in the air - one linked to a powerful source! - he follows the trail, floating silently.
Until he sees him. It's Xingchen's turn to be curious. The tortoise cries against his shoulder, telling him he found the culprit and he nods.
Gracefully, he confronts the notorious tortoise flipper.
"My lord, forgive me, but are you the one who is causing the eternal tortoise distress daily?"
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Date: 2022-07-31 04:52 am (UTC)But a human spirit, trapped here perhaps. Connected to the little tortoise.
Yingyuan doesn't quite roll his eyes at the confrontation, casting a glance at the little thing as if in castigation, then flexes some of his power to create a diversion before...simply vanishing. Again.
A slight smirk might be the last thing Xingchen sees this time around.
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Date: 2022-07-31 07:18 am (UTC)Is he rude or mischievous? Biting his lip, he returns the tortoise to his big rock and pool. He even gives him a special treat to eat. That calms the small creature and gives Xingchen time to plan...and think.
Since he is a spirit, he doesn't really need to eat or drink or go anywhere, so he places himself beside the pool.
Only, he makes himself invisible to most eyes, wondering what he will see like this.
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Date: 2022-08-08 11:04 pm (UTC)The next time he visits, he pauses by the pool. As always. Looks around with a flicker of curiosity - he can feel he's being watched. So he moves on...flicking his fingers to flip the tortoise over when he's further away than before.
Come on, little tortoise, grow stronger and learn to be less helpless!
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Date: 2022-08-09 09:22 am (UTC)"You should be ashamed of yourself! He is only a little tortoise. He doesn't bother anyone!"
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Date: 2022-08-09 09:36 am (UTC)"What is he to you?"
Such a tiny creature to have such a fierce defender. Is he jealous? No. That can't be it.
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Date: 2022-08-09 09:51 am (UTC)By the tortoise he presumes. His image flickers - sometimes he is blindfolded, the bandage bloody - and other times he has his eyes.
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Date: 2022-08-09 09:58 am (UTC)"Do you remember your life?" Because...simply put...the tortoise is an idle amusement. This fierce spirit could provide much more a break in Heaven's dull plod.
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Date: 2022-08-09 10:40 am (UTC)"...yes." he answers hollowly, "I was a Cultivator who allowed himself to be fooled into murdering an entire village."