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[inquiryguqin]

After the war, Lan Wangji has taken Wei Wuxian back home, back to their makeshift house in the town. They rested from exhaustion, slept for what seemed like days. Their shared bed begins to carry their mixed scents of roses, apples, and rainstorms.

Life gradually returns to normal as it could be. Lan Wangji woke up earlier and went downstairs doing errands and chores. One late morning, when Wei Wuxian finally wakes up to find the bed empty. He will find a single red rose resting next to him on his pillow. A gift from his mate.

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[chenqing_player]

Wei Wuxian woke up to the rose and is immediately touched by the romantic gesture. He lifts it to his nose and smells it, knowing that this is the scent that Lan Wangji smells when he is around. It's a good scent so he doesn't mind that at least for now it is his. He twirls the flower between his fingers with a pleased smile on his lips as he leans his back against the headboard.

[inquiryguqin]

In the kitchen, Lan Wangji already made lunch for two. He wondered if his mate woke up by then. He didn't bother waking him up, he lets him sleep and have his rest. Eventually, he goes to their bedroom, standing by the doorway to see Wei Wuxian admiring his rose.

"You wake. Do you have any pleasant dreams?"

[chenqing_player]

"I Probably dreamed of you so I'd say it was pleasant." He holds the rose up, "thank you for the present." He is careful of the thorns as he sticks the flower into his hair, letting it rest on his ear. "Does it suit me?"

[inquiryguqin]

The thorns were trimmed, so some were blunt. For now, Lan Wangji is happy that he likes his gift. He started to notice the colors are returning slowly. Less black and white. The colors are still dull.

"I'm glad you have pleasant dreams. Mine too. I was thinking you like red, so I think it suits you very well."

He enters the room and sat on his bed. "I made lunch for the both of us."

[Gifts]

[inquiryguqin]

[The blessing baskets are usually empty and perhaps, just decor for the bedroom. However, one morning, Wei Wuxian will find a few unusual, but very pleasant surprises appear next to his basket.

Next to his basket, on the floor, there's a giant ceramic jar with a red silk covering on the top, just as big and heavy like a barrel. The weight of it is close to 160lbs if he tries to lift the jar. When he lifts the red silk coverings and lifts up the cover lid, there's no mistaken it. It's Emperor smiles, his favorite liquor that is only made in Gusu City, which apparently it does not exist in Deerington until now. The jar is his to drink to his heart's content.

Upon closer look, there's a gold ring sitting inside the basket. It looks ordinary. Since there's no person other than Lan Wangji in the house, he may have placed it there. If he puts it on, he'll discover a sense of warmth, love, comfort, and protection especially when he's near him in close distance. For however long it will take him to discover, he'll find that wearing the ring, he can sense Lan Wangji's energy around since he is also wearing an identical gold ring.

Last, but not least, in their bedroom, besides the ordinary closet filled with clothes of this world from the department store and thrift shop, there's a new closet next to it, in a familiar design and art from their homeworld. For however long it will take him, he will discover his own clothes of various styles including his hanfu robes and undergarments, black shoes, hair ribbons, it just appears whenever he needs it, all brand new. Up until now, they suffer a shortage of their own clothes, but the closet just fixes that and now he has a different robe to wear every day]

[ooc: For your reference, what each item can do!]

[chenqing_player]

[He is impressed by all the gifts that have been brought while he slept. Either Lan Wangji has been busy or the world decided to be really giving this month. He picks up the little ring and slips it on to his finger.

After investigating everything, he heads downstairs to try and find his generous partner. He knows he is nearby somehow and he wonders if perhaps it is the ring that makes him feel it.

Once he reaches the bottom of the stairs he loos around.]

Lan Zhan? Are you home?

[inquiryguqin]

Lan Wangji is indeed home in the living room. He sat at the table working with new materials to work with, namely cloth bolts, silks, spools of thread, putting the new sewing machine to the test, which he is learning to work with.

He stops what he is doing momentarily and turns around, because he sensed him close-by. "Wei Ying? Did you just woke up?"

[chenqing_player]

"I've been up for a little while. I've been looking at all the new stuff." He walks over to the table and looks down at the machine, quirking his eyebrow questioningly.

"Where did everything come from? We've gotten so much new stuff lately it makes me wonder what the reason is."

Starting with the new house, then the hot tub, and now all the things in their bedroom. It's starting to be a little overwhelming.

[Gifts]

[inquiryguqin]

[In the morning, Wei Wuxian will find that his blessing basket will have an assortment of gifts. Lan Wangji's basket has other gifts also, but Wei Wuxian's gifts are unique and they are specifically for him. Wei Wuxian will find the following around his basket:

- Nine-tail fox plushie: The plushie looks realistic and life-like, it's a red fox with nine-tails. Wei Wuxian will discover the doll is enchanted and magical later.
- A fox kigurumi (pajamas) that will fit just his size, fox-shaped pillows, a blanket with foxes on it, and bedsheets with fox prints on it. It's magical and enchanted to help him sleep comfortably for restless nights. The items will appear exactly as Wei Wuxian will like it.
- A jar of lotus seeds: Go ahead and snack on it, the jar will magically refill itself at the end of the day
- There's also a magic photo album that contains photos of their family and friends, but Lan Wangji will assemble the pictures into frames much later]

[ooc: For your reference, how each item will work!]

[chenqing_player]

[Wei Wuxian stares at the gifts in surprise and starts to rummage through them. He laughs softly at all the fox items. He then picks up the jar of lotus and opens it, starting to snack on them as he flips through the album. he feels a little pain in his heart at seeing the photos but it also makes him smile.]

Lan Zhan! Why do you keep giving me gifts?

[He doesn't know if his husband is actually home to hear him yell at him.]

[inquiryguqin]

"Shh, I am here. Be quiet. Don't yell." Of course he is home. Throughout the house, every room is dark as electricity no longer work throughout the town, so in their bedroom a single candle and incense is lit.

Lan Wangji is more or less grouchy and trying to get some rest. Sleep comes little. He spent the last two weeks boarding up the house over the windows, adding heavy duty locks to the doors, and hammering it for extra protection to defend against an potential attack. Then running to stock up food and supplies before the shelves become empty and the townspeople lock up and board their stores for the good of the month. Then running to get extra incense sticks and gather as much as he could before there's a shortage. Incense can be found burning in some of the rooms.

By the time the morning of October comes, he was exhausted. But more or less, he can afford to relax a little when he discovered Sodder fulfilled his requests, so the animals are safe. "I want you to have it. We're supposed to be married today, but...outside doesn't look so good. It's night, when I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be morning. There's some mooncakes if you want some. Today is the mid-autumn festival."

Not only that, his tattoo started to throb in pain like needles stuck in his skin, and from his arm started to bleed that he wrapped a dressing gauze around it to keep from bleeding.

"Wei Ying, how is your tattoo?"

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[chenqing_player]

He turns to the other man when he hears his voice. Wei Wuxian doesn't sleep well normally so he didn't notice any different in any other night. Although sleeping better since being able to sleep against Lan Wangji, nightmares are still a regular thing. But he knows that for Lan Wangji that is very different and he grows concerned when he hears the edge the man's voice.

"My tattoo?" He unties his upper layer so that he can look at the tattoo that is placed over his heart. He reaches up to touch it, noticing the ache and pulls his hand away to see a little blood coming from it.

a delivery

[variantcover]

[ Inside Wei Wuxian's mailbox, there is a nondescript white envelope with his name on it. Inside, there is a colorful pog, with a message written on the back in silver fine-tipped sharpie. There's no stamp on the envelope, implying that it was hand delivered rather than mailed. ]



it's been real.
it's been weird.
it's been real weird.

see you on the flip side!
– GP

[ The pog is enchanted with dream magic, so that it can be given as a gift, but cannot be lost, stolen, or destroyed. ]

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[inquiryguqin]

It's a day late as his birthday is yesterday, but the supermarket finally opens and food becomes available once again. Resources are still scarce, so they make what they have until the town gradually becomes normal. While both of them feel lousy from the flu, Lan Wangji does everything he can to make life flow and feel like normal again.

Later in the evening, there is a warm smell in the kitchen. When Wei Wuxian is strong enough to investigate, there on the table is a small baked strawberry shortcake and a healthy-looking bento dinner served with a bowl of miso-soup waiting for him.

"Wei Ying, are you up? Do you feel any better?"

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[chenqing_player]

"Mm..I'm up Lan zhan." He wanders slowly into the room. He has started to slowly feel better. The symptoms not as severe as they were when they first got back. But he takes it day by day. Sometimes the incense works and makes him feel a little more normal.

He looks at the cake and the soup as he walks in, "Are you feeling good enough to cook?"

[inquiryguqin]

Seeing his husband up, he looks up, "Not much. Slowly regaining my strength back." He has more energy now to get his tasks and errands done.

"I have some help with the cake. Ms. Sakura came by earlier today. She helps me make this strawberry shortcake and helps me assemble the bento. Later on, Ms. Kino Makato help me make another cake to be saved for another day."

He's going to cut up the cake in neat slices and then assemble the food on the table by the plates.

"They're very nice to go out of their way to help. I don't have much energy to bake a cake. The trip to the store takes a lot out of me."

[chenqing_player]

"I'll have to thank them at some point." Hopefully when he feels more like himself. He doesn't want to make anyone feel sorry for him.

He sits down at the table. "You shouldn't push yourself too much either Lan Zhan. The incense helps but we can't over do it or we will never get better."

[House upgrade!]

[inquiryguqin]

One morning, Lan Wangji got up very early, leaving his husband sleeping, and went to the sinkhole of Mount Rheum, where people go to summon what they need and he's been there for at least a few hours. By afternoon, when Wei Wuxian wakes up, he'll find Lan Wangji sleeping and napping on his side of the bed, which is odd. However, once he does and goes out, he noticed the house has completely changed.

It's now much bigger and spacious with an extra third floor. When he goes up, he'll find empty rooms with bathrooms. If he explores the bathroom with their hot-tub, its now looks like a real health spa with assortment of oils, shampoos, lotions, and etc inside the cabinet with a mirror and lights.

When he goes down to the lobby, the area is bigger too, the store part with the front desk and register with the shelves has more in stock. The dining area is bigger and there's a mini bar with drinks lined up in a row.

When he goes outside, the courtyard with the garden and trees is bigger, and the pasture grass is now bigger, big enough for the horses and donkey to grazed on with a fence around the barn. If he steps back to view at a distance, there's a house next to them gone missing. That because the house, the courtyard, and land has doubled in size.

There's a gate with large doors with a tall stoned wall fence encircling around the property of their home with a sign above written in their language that said, "Jingshi Inn".

Either way, with the house looking like a small mansion, Lan Wangji will wake up soon to make lunch for their afternoon.

[ooc: For your reference! The house is now bigger and it's like a little manor! Almost.]

video; un: firefly

[melodyofsilence]

[ This message actually goes to the intended recipient. At least this time. Hotaru is glowing in the most literal sense this month. ]

Hello, sensei! I have a customer for you that I'll be bringing by the shop soon. He seems to be a Paleblood and dislikes that he's glowing. It doesn't seem to be harmful, but he appeared upset about it.

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[chenqing_player]

Hmmm...Interesting dilemma to have. I can certainly give it a try to make it go away. I have been playing with a few new treatments for things.

[melodyofsilence]

Even making the glowing less noticeable may be enough, since he could cover up the rest with clothing. It's a strange one to want to go away, but I'm sure he has his reasons.

What sort of ingredients were you thinking about for this month?

[chenqing_player]

Glowing can be dangerous depending on his occupation. It could draw unwanted attention.

[Or it could be simple vanity. He's not one to judge.]

I'm starting to experiment with adding some of the other flora from this place. I'm thinking if I infuse some of the more native plants into the tea that we might not typically consider it might prove useful for certain ailments. But because winter is coming quickly I'm having to go daily to collect as much as I can before it all dies for the season.

gift; near December 25th

[melodyofsilence]

[ One day, while she's at the shop for lessons, Hotaru hands him a wrapped gift and inside he'll find a blank music notebook, so he has a place to store all the songs to share with his husband someday! It comes along with a calligraphy set and a place to keep them in easy reach. ]

Happy holidays, Wei-sensei!
From, Hotaru

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[chenqing_player]

[He is surprised by the gift, not used to giving or receiving them. He thanks her with a smile and an apology for not having something ready in return. But gives a promise that he will put the gifts to good use.]