It happened as Wei Wuxian was leaving his home and heading to work. He was in a good mood, whistling the last tune he had just heard on the radio, smile bright on his face that matched the sun in the sky. The sounds of the city all around him and he scooted easily between people until he reached the back alleys that made traveling to the club that much faster. It was easier this way, less chance of being recognized and he could pick up the speed, jogging to get his daily exercise. But then everything stopped. It was like the world was pealed away and that city turned into a building on fire. He stopped jogging and looked around in confusion, his smile fading away and turning to an expression of horror.
There was screaming and sounds of swords colliding with one another. Blood was everywhere and the bodies of two people, a man and a women, were collapsed before him. The clothing was old, reminiscent of times long gone. Brightly colored robes with embroidery, jade hair sticks in dark hair that cascaded to both their waists. And large dark pools of blood, spreading across the rich silks.
His heart felt like it wanted to explode and tears were running down his face without even understanding why. It was like he knew these people but he was sure he had never seen them before. He wanted so badly to cover his ears and try to block away the screams while wanting to add his own to them, but he felt frozen in place as if he couldn't look away even if he wanted to. Why was this happening to him?
And then it was over. Wei Wuxian had the image burned into his brain as if he had actually lived it, but instead of the sounds of war there is only the sounds of the city again. What kind of terrible hangover was this? He was still very out of it when the men came and tried to explain it was a memory.
If that was his past life...he wanted nothing to do with it. There was no way that could have been something that really happened. It was too horrifying. But those emotions he felt were real, as if he had just seen his parents killed and he had been powerless to stop it. As someone who never actually knew his parents, that was a feeling he couldn't quite shake.
No one was going to know about this. He wasn't going to ruin the good thing he had going because of some messed up daydream he had. He stuck his headphones in and turned away from the people who were trying to explain it to him. He definitely didn't want to hear any of this.
First Memory
There was screaming and sounds of swords colliding with one another. Blood was everywhere and the bodies of two people, a man and a women, were collapsed before him. The clothing was old, reminiscent of times long gone. Brightly colored robes with embroidery, jade hair sticks in dark hair that cascaded to both their waists. And large dark pools of blood, spreading across the rich silks.
His heart felt like it wanted to explode and tears were running down his face without even understanding why. It was like he knew these people but he was sure he had never seen them before. He wanted so badly to cover his ears and try to block away the screams while wanting to add his own to them, but he felt frozen in place as if he couldn't look away even if he wanted to. Why was this happening to him?
And then it was over. Wei Wuxian had the image burned into his brain as if he had actually lived it, but instead of the sounds of war there is only the sounds of the city again. What kind of terrible hangover was this? He was still very out of it when the men came and tried to explain it was a memory.
If that was his past life...he wanted nothing to do with it. There was no way that could have been something that really happened. It was too horrifying. But those emotions he felt were real, as if he had just seen his parents killed and he had been powerless to stop it. As someone who never actually knew his parents, that was a feeling he couldn't quite shake.
No one was going to know about this. He wasn't going to ruin the good thing he had going because of some messed up daydream he had. He stuck his headphones in and turned away from the people who were trying to explain it to him. He definitely didn't want to hear any of this.