maskormenacelogs | September catch-all

I. Cultivation Lessons
It's like back home. Rise at 5 am to greet the sun as it peaks with its light to start the day.

He sets up a schedule to teach cultivation lessons to the juniors. He made it clear that lessons will begin right before or after breakfast starting at 7am or 8am, depending on who is willing. That was quite generous and hopefully, he set a reasonable routine for everyone. He modified the lessons, to keep it brief and short. He can be found sitting at the table, pouring tea for everyone who attends. He keep the morale of the household up as he builds it around everyone's personal work schedule.

Around 9am, he would leave the house. At 9:30am, he arrives at his assigned workplace, a bookstore that he now inherited with the title as the manager and owner.

II. Bookstore owner
9:30am to 6:00pm, that's his schedule. When he found the store, it was dusty and abandoned. The books were never sold for a long time. He cleaned it up, tidied up the place, change the lights, and clean the books to put back in their rightful place.

It was a quiet job and his books hardly sell, sometimes even for days. The books usually cover subjects on fortune-telling, horoscopes, stones, crystals, which Lan Wangji is familiar and learns it is a modern style of divination. It's when he changes stock with different materials and expand with new items on stock to sell, that's when he starts seeing a change in sales and begin to sell some, though slowly like a trickle, like watching paint dry.

Otherwise, he can be found behind the front desk, helping a single customer or two, or around the store, categorizing the books away by title and genre during business hours, manning the small store on his own.

III. Wildcard
[Anything else? Make up a starter basing on the scenerio above or your own! hmu here for plotting]

Moving in?
Wei Wuxian stares up at the house in Jeopardy. He has been asked to move in and it has taken him several weeks to feel like it might be okay for him to do so. It just felt a little strange to move into a place that apparently he had once occupied but couldn't remember. As if he was actually invading another person's place.

But as more of them seemed to be showing up and with his sister's approaching wedding..it was time. And Wei Wuxian was ready. It's not like he had much stuff. He didn't buy anything besides food and alcohol and so there was nothing to pack or bring with him. Just himself and Chenqing and some extra clothing that was more suited for this world. Even though today he wore his typical robes.

"I guess it is time.." He's never been one to hesitate before. No reason to do so now.

There's a button to ring the doorbell near the front door. When pressed, it alerts throughout the house. There was silence at first, but then quiet footsteps of someone approaching. When the door slowly opens, standing there in the doorway is Lan Wangji to welcome him in.

"Wei Ying?" The door opens wider since he has been expecting him. "Come in. Just remove your shoes and leave them by the rack."

He steps inside and kicks off his boots, leaving them by the door. He only has a single bag in his hand and looks around the house from where he stands. It's definitely nicer then where he has been living. He has been here a few times now and it still seems strange that he would be living in a house so full of people from the various sects.

Once he steps over the threshold, he closes the door. Whether he will stay for good or temporary, he is right at home.

"Welcome. Let me show you to your room so you can unpack and rest, it's upstairs. Then I'll show you around the house."

He leads him inside, and he could see the living room, and doorways leading to other places in the house. Showing him the stairs, going up to the second floor. "This way, Wei Ying."

He follows along, "You don't really need to give me a tour Lan Zhan. I've been here a few times and I have plenty of time to learn the layout." It's not like he is going anywhere any time soon.

"No need to go to unnecessary trouble."

With nod, "Mn. Still, I need to show you." He climbs up the stairs to the second floor and show him his designated room. "It's this room, this one is yours." Then showing him the door, "Next to you, there's Jiang Yanli. Down the hall, there's Lan Jingyi and Lan Xichen. "

The room is empty. The bed is furbished with clean linens and there's a closet to store his belongings and a window with the view of the city.

He walks into it and sets his small bag of items on the bed. No need to really deal with unpacking his minor belongings quite yet. He'll have plenty of time to deal with it later. He listens to where everyone's rooms are, noticing he left off his own room from the list.

"Sounds like everyone has already gone out for the day." Or at work. He knows a couple of their jobs already. His schedule is significantly different from everyone else since his job is at night.

"Mn. They work during the day. So do I. My brother works as a musician. Jingyi works in a restaurant that serves chickens. Jiang Yanli stays home. I think Jin Ling works with dogs." Speaking of which, that's going to be a problem if he comes with Fairy, and Lan Wangji paused, wondering if it's a good idea for him to stay.

"My bedroom will be in the attic. I have to clean out and fix everything to make room."

A shiver runs up his spine at the mention of him working with dogs. It doesn't really surprise him and he has already had an encounter with Fairy since being here. He just hopes the kid keeps the dog outside.

He turns to the other with a quirked eyebrow, "Why the attic?"

"All the rooms on this floor is occupied. I think the juniors share the bedroom as there's a bunkbed." One day when they grow older, they'll move out of the nest one day.

"Your room is a guest room. When I heard you coming, I have to move to the attic. It's the only place where I have room to myself, so I'm in the middle of cleaning it out and make changes like painting the walls and move my furniture and belongings."

"You don't have to do that Lan Zhan. If I had known I wouldn't have worried about coming here. I could have stayed at the other place or I can sleep on the floor. There is no need for you to be displaced because of me."

He reaches out and picks up the bag again. He certainly isn't going to stay if the house is more crowded then necessary.

"Wei Ying, your shijie is going to get married soon. She wants you to stay. Consider a second chance if you do. And no sleeping on the floor, that won't be acceptable."

He can't make him stay since the choice is his. "I don't mind. I already clean most of the stuff out. You know, it wasn't so bad once I paint the walls over. When I open the window, I can see the stars out. It's a good view. Do you want to come up and see?"

Wei Wuxian hesitates but then sets the bag back down. "Sure..let's go up and see it." Maybe it will make him feel better about apparently kicking Lan Wangji out of his room. He hates the thought of putting anyone out when he is so late in agreeing to be there.

"Do you need me to help you with it?"

"Mn. She talks a little bit about it, but so far no dates. You should stay and spend time with her."

Lan Wangji doesn't seem to mind and he leads him to the back of the house, and there's a stairway leading up to what looks like a square opening to the attic. Only one person can go up at the time.

Once the reached the attic, it's very spacious and well... the attic is a mess with tools and paints cans being laid around and it doesn't resemble anything that Lan Wangji imagined. While it seems he tried to paint himself, he isn't quite happy with it and it's very drafty due to poor insulation.

"You could. I'm trying to fix it and make repairs myself. But maybe I need to hire people for the floor and walls." Since he doesn't know anything about room renovation.

"Watch your step." Still, he promises Wei Ying a view, so he opens the window. Not a skyscraper view, but the city is in view.

This definitely does not make him feel better about taking the last room in the house. If anything..it makes things worse. Not even the view can help the fact that this is not a livable space and won't be for awhile.

"You can't stay up here, Lan Zhan..not until you get some people to fix it. Pretty sure you don't know anything about construction." The people of Lan sect can do a lot of things but getting their hands dirty with building a house is probably not high on their top cultivators list of abilities.

"It's fine..I can sleep downstairs on the couch until things get fixed up and you can keep your room."

Well, it's not much of a view until things get fixed. Lan Wangji jade-like face turns pink to the tip of his ears. "Mn."

It's frustrating that Wei Wuxian is ready to move in, but the house isn't ready to accommodate one more. He's pretty sure Jin Ling is moving to live close to the mother and once married, the husband as well, and he wanted desperately to see the family together.

"Wei Ying, no. You can keep your room. I can share a room with my brother and we'll talk. He won't be happy if you sleep on the couch. Come down, the air isn't good in here."

He climbs back downstairs.

He frowns deeply, not liking that he is the reason that they have to go through so much trouble. There are so many Lan members already here..he is the outcast that should be shoved up into the unfinished attic. He's used to less then grand sleeping arrangements. He basically slept on a piece of rock at the Burial Mounds.

He follows him back down the stairs, "It isn't really my room, Lan Zhan. I haven't even been in it for five minutes. It's fine. I don't want anyone to be put out because of me."

Once he's downstairs and he dusts off imaginary dust off his sleeves. "Wei Ying, you are family." He said with emotion.

"I don't feel put-out. I would like you here." He stops himself as he's bordering near confessing, which he isn't ready for. But the truth is, his house isn't ready. There's only room for five. If he could expand at least one or two, it should be enough.

"If I have a room ready, will Wei Ying consider and come back...?"

Hearing he is family only makes complicated feelings flow through him. How can lan Wangji possibly consider him family? What has he ever done to make the man think so? He does have family in the building with his Shijie but to be considered family with the whole household is a stretch.

But Lan Wangji also said he would like him to be here, and he did want to be here..but not with how it complicated things. "Like I said Lan Zhan. I can sleep anywhere. I was the one who pushed the number past the available bed rooms, so let me figure out where I need to lay my head. It doesn't really matter...I work at night anyway. I won't be using a bed much."

Lan Wangji's expression remains stony, hiding the unhappiness that his house is inadequate for him.

"What about the apartment you're staying at? When I last visit you? You do have a bed there...?"

"Of course I do. If it would be easier for everyone I can always go back to it. I don't want to be a problem."

And it is possible his night time job could disrupt things. He doesn't really want to disturb anyone when he returns late. He could try to find a different job but this one seems to suit him so well and it's not like he knows much about getting work in this place.

"Wei Ying, you're never a problem."

At this point, there isn't anything he could until the house expands and it's ready. Although there are other empty rooms, those belong to Sizhui at one time, and another belongs to a disciple.

"At least stay for a while for some snacks and tea. You came all this way. Also, Shijie is going to cook some dinner, so have some before you go to work."

He nods, happy to stay and enjoy some of his shijie's cooking. And of course he doesn't mind keeping Lan Wangji company either.

"I don't have any plans, Lan Zhan. I don't mind staying for awhile."

He leaves his bag behind for now, figuring he can gather it later if he needs to and goes to head back downstairs.

After Wei Wuxian hangs out in the kitchen to enjoy homecooked food, Lan Wangji set to work to sort the details out. Once he did, he comes back to Wei Wuxian later.

"Wei Ying, my brother informed me there's a spare room. Apparently, I haven't known...it's one of the spare rooms." Since the room they inspected was Wangji's room.

"Do you want to take a look?"

He perks up a little at the thought that he can stay and not put anyone out. He pushes himself up and out of his seat so that he can go and look at what will be his new room. "Alright, Lan Zhan. Let's check it out."

He smiles as he heads out of the kitchen.

Leading the way, he goes up the stairs and then down the hall. It's the empty room besides the others that he usually pass, but knew it was empty and quite big. If one takes a closer look inside to examine, there's a closet and connected bathroom.

"I think it's this one. It has a bathroom and shower, so it shall be yours." Nevermind that it's used to Jiang Cheng from before. He'll leave it to Yanli to tell him the story. For now, he wants Wei Wuxian to stay and be happy and comfortable, and he hoped the room it's to his liking.

Wei Wuxian walks into the room and looks around. It wouldn't matter if the room was as small as a closet as long as he wasn't putting any one out. He turns and smiles bright at Lan Wangji. "Looks like we are going to be living under the same roof, Lan Zhan. Are you going to be able to handle it?"

Lan Wangji turns slightly pink when he smiles at him, pink to the tip of his ears. He tries his best not to smile back, if only it pleases him that Wei Wuxian is happy and has chosen his room.

"Mn. I think I could. As long you're comfortable. I think the room is bare, but as long you're fine with it."

He sees the shower room empty. "There's nothing in there. Let me get you soap at least, so you could shower."

Wei Wuxian doesn't need much to be satisfied. He had already been in this world for awhile and hadn't barely bought himself anything at all. He's used to not having any money and so the fact that he actually has a little bit to his name now is surprising still. But he hasn't gotten to the point where he feels the need to spend it. Now that he is staying with the rest of the ones from his world, perhaps he will allow himself a few purchases to make the room seem like his own.

"Don't go to any trouble, Lan Zhan. My bag of stuff is around here somewhere. I'm sure I have something in there I could use."

Wordlessly with a nod, "Mn." Lan Wangji takes the trouble anyway. He walks away for a few moments...

Only to return back with a fold-up extra thin blanket in case he gets too cold, a clean white fold up the towel, and a brand new bar of soap still inside the cardboard box.

"For you." He said as he laid them gingerly on the bed.

"Thanks Lan Zhan." He sits down on the bed next to the stuff the man brought for him and then flops backwards so that he can look up at the ceiling. The bed is definitely more comfortable then the one at this last home.

"I probably should take a nap so that I can be awake enough for work tonight."

With a nod, seeing he is now comfortable and happy with the room, he is glad Wei Ying feels at peace and at home.

"Mn. Rest well Wei Ying. If you need anything, let anyone of us know."

At that, he steps back, allowing Wei Ying to have his nap, and goes to his room to meditate and study.

September catch-all

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