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[Jiang Cheng couldn't help a smirk at the comment about his sword. He very much approved of people who thought weapons were interesting. Even more so when they were his]
It is common practice in my world. As we use your spiritual energy to fight, the weapons become very much a part of us so it is respectful to give them a name and refer to them as such.
[He could certainly see that swords were kind of a new thing to him and he decided to indulge him a bit, shifting to hold Sandu in both palms if he wanted to touch the sheath]
Do not draw it.
[It was his sword after all]
I am the sect leader of Yunmeng Jiang, one of the largest cultivation sects in my world.
[Jiang Cheng couldn't help a smirk at the comment about his sword. He very much approved of people who thought weapons were interesting. Even more so when they were his]
It is common practice in my world. As we use your spiritual energy to fight, the weapons become very much a part of us so it is respectful to give them a name and refer to them as such.
[He could certainly see that swords were kind of a new thing to him and he decided to indulge him a bit, shifting to hold Sandu in both palms if he wanted to touch the sheath]
Do not draw it.
[It was his sword after all]
I am the sect leader of Yunmeng Jiang, one of the largest cultivation sects in my world.
Edited 2020-07-16 02:47 (UTC)
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[He scoffed]
You really think that I would tell Jie about this? I already know what she would say if we told her that we stole carnival prizes from a vendor because he was ripping people off.
[She was not going to be pleased with that]
Unless you have a desire to cover your room in them, we should find others to give them to. I think I can recognize most of those who tried the game if they are still here.
[Yes, give them away. ...Except for one... or two...]
[He scoffed]
You really think that I would tell Jie about this? I already know what she would say if we told her that we stole carnival prizes from a vendor because he was ripping people off.
[She was not going to be pleased with that]
Unless you have a desire to cover your room in them, we should find others to give them to. I think I can recognize most of those who tried the game if they are still here.
[Yes, give them away. ...Except for one... or two...]
[Continued from here]
I'm sure. Those here do not seem to use the same terms. Someone of a similar age can be called a brother or sister even if they are completely unrelated. My sister is Jie, but he calls her shijie since she is his sister because of the sect, not by blood.
What is your world like? Is it like this one?
[As they neared the stalls where the food was cooking, he could smell the food and it was making him hungry. But he kept his features carefully schooled as he glanced at the offerings out of the corner of his eye]
I'm sure. Those here do not seem to use the same terms. Someone of a similar age can be called a brother or sister even if they are completely unrelated. My sister is Jie, but he calls her shijie since she is his sister because of the sect, not by blood.
What is your world like? Is it like this one?
[As they neared the stalls where the food was cooking, he could smell the food and it was making him hungry. But he kept his features carefully schooled as he glanced at the offerings out of the corner of his eye]
Yeah, if you do that in my world usually it's more a term of endearment and really casual. [He's done it as a joke once or twice, but it's not really a common thing nor something formalised.
The question makes him tilt his head back for a moment, as if considering how to explain.] Not really. If we're just talking about technology and building and stuff, this world would be a little over a hundred years behind mine, but my world also doesn't have magic at all, or monsters or anything like that. So we're reliant on technology and invention for everything, but with the magic here they've managed to put together some stuff that wouldn't have been around this long ago in my world. Like the Watches they give us when we arrive are pretty close to a kind of modern communicator I know from home, not anything from a hundred years ago. But other than those couple of outliers, being here is kinda like living in the past, just with magic thrown into the mix.
The question makes him tilt his head back for a moment, as if considering how to explain.] Not really. If we're just talking about technology and building and stuff, this world would be a little over a hundred years behind mine, but my world also doesn't have magic at all, or monsters or anything like that. So we're reliant on technology and invention for everything, but with the magic here they've managed to put together some stuff that wouldn't have been around this long ago in my world. Like the Watches they give us when we arrive are pretty close to a kind of modern communicator I know from home, not anything from a hundred years ago. But other than those couple of outliers, being here is kinda like living in the past, just with magic thrown into the mix.
[Continued from here]
[Very rare. Jiang Cheng could probably count the number of times he remembered seeing Nie Mingjue smile if he really wanted to spend the time and effort. He didn't really have the desire to so he wasn't going to try] It is. It was the one thing that I always wished I could have given Jin Ling.
[Of course it took a strange world to do that]
Hmm... I suppose that was good then, the changes being manageable even if unfamiliar. Did you know in advance what transformation you were going to have?
[Very rare. Jiang Cheng could probably count the number of times he remembered seeing Nie Mingjue smile if he really wanted to spend the time and effort. He didn't really have the desire to so he wasn't going to try] It is. It was the one thing that I always wished I could have given Jin Ling.
[Of course it took a strange world to do that]
Hmm... I suppose that was good then, the changes being manageable even if unfamiliar. Did you know in advance what transformation you were going to have?
Once one reaches majority age, referring to someone as brother or sister is considered casual and familiar. Below majority age, it is more common to with one's peers.
[He listened to the information, nodding his head when he finished] I see. So perhaps the opposite. I am unfamiliar with a lot of what is here, but when we are able to use our spiritual, we can do things similar to what those here with magic can do.
[He listened to the information, nodding his head when he finished] I see. So perhaps the opposite. I am unfamiliar with a lot of what is here, but when we are able to use our spiritual, we can do things similar to what those here with magic can do.
I've heard a little bit about that from Zewu-jun, though it seems like being used to that made it a bit rough when he was starting to learn magic here. Being used to one thing and then getting kicked into a completely different system, I guess.
[Finally, he spots the stall he'd had in mind, and starts crossing over the path towards it. It's a simple enough setup that seems to be serving a few different soup and noodle dishes, with a bit of seating around the side so people don't have to try and carry it through the festival.]
Here's the place I was thinking of. Looks like they're not as busy as they were earlier. [Which is always a bonus for not having to fight for a seat.]
[Finally, he spots the stall he'd had in mind, and starts crossing over the path towards it. It's a simple enough setup that seems to be serving a few different soup and noodle dishes, with a bit of seating around the side so people don't have to try and carry it through the festival.]
Here's the place I was thinking of. Looks like they're not as busy as they were earlier. [Which is always a bonus for not having to fight for a seat.]
It does seem to be different from what I have seen to how I know cultivation works so even it would make sense that even our best cultivators would have to figure out how to use it.
[His sister was not a strong cultivator, but she might be able to use the magic here better. Zewu-Jun was a strong cultivator though.
He glanced over at the indicated stall. It certainly smelled good even from the distance]
That is good.
[And he moved to get into line so that he could order the dish. Not fighting for a seat was good]
[His sister was not a strong cultivator, but she might be able to use the magic here better. Zewu-Jun was a strong cultivator though.
He glanced over at the indicated stall. It certainly smelled good even from the distance]
That is good.
[And he moved to get into line so that he could order the dish. Not fighting for a seat was good]
[That was the same. He was figuring one for Yanli and perhaps one for Jin Ling. This one here kind of looked like a dog... he might like it. And WuXian had promised him the horse with the horn so he was going to hold him to that]
With Jie and Jin Zixuan.
[A grown man, living with his sister and her husband... at least for the moment]
With Jie and Jin Zixuan.
[A grown man, living with his sister and her husband... at least for the moment]
...Well at least the food must be good.
[living with jin zixuan, tho. wei wuxian no longer wants to punch the man on sight, but he can see how awkward it might be to live with a married couple.]
You're welcome to stay with me and Lan Zhan. I do the cooking there.
[much better.]
[living with jin zixuan, tho. wei wuxian no longer wants to punch the man on sight, but he can see how awkward it might be to live with a married couple.]
You're welcome to stay with me and Lan Zhan. I do the cooking there.
[much better.]
[ Reynir nods along; the practice may be foreign to him, but once Jiang Cheng explains the reasoning behind it, it makes easy sense. Tools are important, and ones that are used to channel magic or spiritual energy especially so. It's respectful, to give important things names. Therefore, there is a world where doing so is common.
He reaches out, gloved hands touching the sheath, very carefully. Maybe he ought to have named the stave he'd made for himself... Not that he can use it at the moment. ]
Ah!
[ A very unusual teen with a very adorable dog had explained to him (well, sort of explained) a little about all this, and Reynir reacts with the recognition and enthusiasm of someone who doesn't understand with any kind of depth: ]
So you are like a mage, and this sword is a part of how you do your magic- your, um. Cultivation.
[ And while he might not really understand what that means, exactly, he does know that being the leader of a sect is probably an impressive thing in any world. ]
It's very beautiful.
[ He doesn't know anything about swords, but this seems like a good one, to him. ]
He reaches out, gloved hands touching the sheath, very carefully. Maybe he ought to have named the stave he'd made for himself... Not that he can use it at the moment. ]
Ah!
[ A very unusual teen with a very adorable dog had explained to him (well, sort of explained) a little about all this, and Reynir reacts with the recognition and enthusiasm of someone who doesn't understand with any kind of depth: ]
So you are like a mage, and this sword is a part of how you do your magic- your, um. Cultivation.
[ And while he might not really understand what that means, exactly, he does know that being the leader of a sect is probably an impressive thing in any world. ]
It's very beautiful.
[ He doesn't know anything about swords, but this seems like a good one, to him. ]
It is that. Jie always cooks the best food.
[Yeah... there was that. He didn't like living with his brother-in-law, but it was a small price to pay. Also living with him and Lan WangJi would basically be moving in with another married couple (even though he doesn't know that yet. And surely WuXian doesn't want to test if a house can explode just from angry tension]
Do you now? And no one has died?
[Yeah... there was that. He didn't like living with his brother-in-law, but it was a small price to pay. Also living with him and Lan WangJi would basically be moving in with another married couple (even though he doesn't know that yet. And surely WuXian doesn't want to test if a house can explode just from angry tension]
Do you now? And no one has died?
[Jiang Cheng certainly would have agreed with naming the staff. If it was important, then there was no harm in naming it even if it didn't have a spirit like the swords from their world did.
He tilted his head to the side at the sudden exclamation, unsure where it had come from until he continued]
In a way. I am a swordsman, but I use my spiritual energy to power some attacks and to use Zidian. There are other sects that use no physical weapons more often.
[He nodded his head once after he had commented, moving his sword back to hold it at his side again]
Do you have a weapon as well?
He tilted his head to the side at the sudden exclamation, unsure where it had come from until he continued]
In a way. I am a swordsman, but I use my spiritual energy to power some attacks and to use Zidian. There are other sects that use no physical weapons more often.
[He nodded his head once after he had commented, moving his sword back to hold it at his side again]
Do you have a weapon as well?
Everyone who's tasted my cooking has called it unforgettable.
[basically. it made an impression, he knows that much.]
At least it's not bitter the way the food was back at Cloud Recesses. [now that, that makes him shudder.] Although it is vegetarian now.
[basically. it made an impression, he knows that much.]
At least it's not bitter the way the food was back at Cloud Recesses. [now that, that makes him shudder.] Although it is vegetarian now.
Yeah, it seems to depend on the magic system people are coming from. Some look like they've had an easier time than others. [Cultivation might be its own distinct thing, but it is a particular system for channelling supernatural abilities, so Momo's kind of comparing it to the various other ones he's heard about here.
Momo joins the line behind the other man, checking his pockets briefly. He's brought a set amount of money considering the circumstances - not so little he needs to worry about spending, but little enough that it's not going to be a huge deal if someone tries to pickpocket him and he somehow misses it.]
Oh, since you're new, are you okay on cunes? I can cover you if you need. [Momo usually offers first and then if someone insists on making it a lend instead, he'll roll with it.]
Momo joins the line behind the other man, checking his pockets briefly. He's brought a set amount of money considering the circumstances - not so little he needs to worry about spending, but little enough that it's not going to be a huge deal if someone tries to pickpocket him and he somehow misses it.]
Oh, since you're new, are you okay on cunes? I can cover you if you need. [Momo usually offers first and then if someone insists on making it a lend instead, he'll roll with it.]
[It is a strange feeling for him, someone offering to pay for anything around him. Most people liked the fact that he could pay for them back home. One of the perks of being one of the largest sects in their world. But also the curse because people thought they could weasel stuff out of him (which usually didn't work).
So at the offer, he was silent for a long moment before answering] I suppose... I could use that, but I will pay you back.
[He was loath to have outstanding debts]
So at the offer, he was silent for a long moment before answering] I suppose... I could use that, but I will pay you back.
[He was loath to have outstanding debts]
That's one way to describe it.
[He knows your cooking. It is unforgettable... everyone remembers how spicy it was!]
Hmm... that is good at least. Their food was not the most appetizing. And I suppose that is understandable you would be making more vegetarian food. A shame though for not have a decent pork rib.
[He knows your cooking. It is unforgettable... everyone remembers how spicy it was!]
Hmm... that is good at least. Their food was not the most appetizing. And I suppose that is understandable you would be making more vegetarian food. A shame though for not have a decent pork rib.
Sure, if that's how you prefer. [Momo shrugs like he's happy to roll with it either way, but he knows some people are particular about keeping debts or even what they perceive as one. It's something he runs into pretty commonly when networking back home, and sometimes takes advantage of if he needs to pull a few strings with someone.
For now, since they're just about at the front of the line, Momo leans out to check the price board they have up and counts out the cunes to cover what they're charging for tantanmen.] That's actually a pretty good price...maybe they're expecting to rake in the customers since this doesn't seem to happen that often.
[He offers Jiang Cheng the few hundred cunes needed, which basically comes down to a few coins of different denominations.]
For now, since they're just about at the front of the line, Momo leans out to check the price board they have up and counts out the cunes to cover what they're charging for tantanmen.] That's actually a pretty good price...maybe they're expecting to rake in the customers since this doesn't seem to happen that often.
[He offers Jiang Cheng the few hundred cunes needed, which basically comes down to a few coins of different denominations.]
I do. I do not have outstanding debts. [Even if it was technically a gift, he was at an age where he didn't receive money as gifts often and being a sect leader, he was the one that people turned to for money. So it was a matter of principle even if Momo probably wouldn't have asked for it back]
Hmm... perhaps. Also, the likelihood that selling for a decent price will encourage more thrifty customers their way.
[He took the coins offered and when he reached the front, he ordered the tantanmen]
Hmm... perhaps. Also, the likelihood that selling for a decent price will encourage more thrifty customers their way.
[He took the coins offered and when he reached the front, he ordered the tantanmen]
[Momo nods understandingly like he gets where he's coming from. He's the type to be pretty generous with what he has anyway, but if it's going to make someone feel worse not paying it back then he's not going to push it with someone from an entire other world.
Making the same order after the other man, he picks up the conversation again once he steps aside from the counter.] Yeah, if they're not here that long then more customers is probably the goal, especially with something as easy to make a lot of as this. Don't have to worry about covering rent on their shop while they're here or anything, either.
Making the same order after the other man, he picks up the conversation again once he steps aside from the counter.] Yeah, if they're not here that long then more customers is probably the goal, especially with something as easy to make a lot of as this. Don't have to worry about covering rent on their shop while they're here or anything, either.
[ Reynir nods, doing his best to fit this latest piece of information into the very incomplete and somewhat haphazard idea he has of the way that magic (he has too hard of a time thinking of it as anything else) works in the world that this man and a few others he's met seem to come from. It is definitely interesting that Jiang Cheng refers to himself as a swordsman, first. But apparently that might be a sect thing?
When Jiang Cheng asks if he has a weapon, Reynir opens his mouth quickly to answer, but then hesitates. ]
I – um, not really, though I guess that depends on what you call a weapon?
[ And Reynir reaches into the bag on his back and pulls out what is, essentially, a long and incredibly sturdy paintbrush, holding it out for Jiang Cheng to see in a similar manner that he just had with his sword, but with more embarrassment mixed into his pride. ]
I actually designed it myself. The way that people use – what you’d call spiritual energy, I guess, in my world, is by drawing runes. This is just – so I can paint them on any surfaces, across a really big area pretty quickly, if I need to make a barrier or whatever.
[ Reynir trails off, shrugging and adds: ]
It doesn’t work here, though. None of my magic does.
When Jiang Cheng asks if he has a weapon, Reynir opens his mouth quickly to answer, but then hesitates. ]
I – um, not really, though I guess that depends on what you call a weapon?
[ And Reynir reaches into the bag on his back and pulls out what is, essentially, a long and incredibly sturdy paintbrush, holding it out for Jiang Cheng to see in a similar manner that he just had with his sword, but with more embarrassment mixed into his pride. ]
I actually designed it myself. The way that people use – what you’d call spiritual energy, I guess, in my world, is by drawing runes. This is just – so I can paint them on any surfaces, across a really big area pretty quickly, if I need to make a barrier or whatever.
[ Reynir trails off, shrugging and adds: ]
It doesn’t work here, though. None of my magic does.
[Jiang Cheng nodded]
That is certainly true. While perhaps they might have another establishment elsewhere, a stall at a temporary market certainly shouldn't have set them back much. Whatever the reason, it is to our benefit.
[Not paying too much for food? Good]
That is certainly true. While perhaps they might have another establishment elsewhere, a stall at a temporary market certainly shouldn't have set them back much. Whatever the reason, it is to our benefit.
[Not paying too much for food? Good]
[Jiang Cheng looked over when it was held out towards him. He was not at all surprised by it, studying it from a distance the way others would have studied other weapons, not reaching to touch since he had not asked and permission had not been given, the same as he would have treated another person's weapon back home.
He nodded as he finished explaining it]
We do similar things with runes. Talismans to create barriers or shields are quite common.
[Nope, he did not consider the paintbrush silly. A bit impractical in a sword fight, but not silly]
Nothing from our world works either. Sandu I can still use as a sword, but it does not have the same power behind it.
He nodded as he finished explaining it]
We do similar things with runes. Talismans to create barriers or shields are quite common.
[Nope, he did not consider the paintbrush silly. A bit impractical in a sword fight, but not silly]
Nothing from our world works either. Sandu I can still use as a sword, but it does not have the same power behind it.
I guess they must've contacted the city in advance somehow, whatever spell they put on this park seems hard to just set up on short notice. [The whole "bigger on the inside" except in an entire area. Momo hasn't even learnt the right kind of magic to do bigger on the inside with an actual bag, unless he did it with an illusion and that's just not quite the same.]
That, and they didn't show up on top of a festival happening. This place seems to have a ton of festivals, we've barely gone a month without one since I arrived.
[The only month they had no celebration of any kind was Maiuril, coincidentally enough considering the weird arrival group.]
That, and they didn't show up on top of a festival happening. This place seems to have a ton of festivals, we've barely gone a month without one since I arrived.
[The only month they had no celebration of any kind was Maiuril, coincidentally enough considering the weird arrival group.]
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