the magpie flies in open skies
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feathers falling down, down, down by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
27 Feb 2020
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"--what do you mean, marry him?!" Wei Wuxian hissed. "Peacock!"
Jin Zixuan flinched, thoroughly deserving the incredulous look shot in his direction. His hands curled around the peony-embroidered fabric of his robe, but he refused to glance away from Wei Wuxian's piercing stare. Both of them were seated inside the jingshi, a tray of tea slowly cooling away and untouched.
Jin Zixuan was not a man to beg for anything, but for this? He grit his teeth and continued: "Father intends to either marry Xuanyu off to the next-best beggar with enough money to give or throw him onto the streets like a disgrace and stain upon his robes. Wei Wuxian, do you think I don't know what I'm asking of you? There is no-one else I trust!"
"But as second husband?! What makes you think Lan Zhan would ever agree to such a thing?"
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Or:the one in which WWX and LWJ married a few short months into WWX's stay into the Burial Mounds with the Wens for protection, the Lan Sect Elders seem to think they can force a woman into that marriage by saying it is for A-Yuan's benefit, and LWJ and WWX finally agree to it, only to one-up them by marrying MXY, saving him from a terrible fate in the process.
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- Part 1 of the magpie flies in open skies
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cloudy heights amidst the sky by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Mar 2020
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Mo Xuanyu blurted out, "Is that a baby rabbit?" in a voice that might've uncomfortably cracked in the middle. Hanguang-Jun, beside him, hummed in what seemed to be amusement. The Yiling Patriarch startled, clutching the little fluffy thing to his chest as his head snapped up, and then all three of them were staring at each other in an awkward silence while red-tinted eyes glanced between Hanguang-Jun and Mo Xuanyu.
"Yes." The red receded from the eyes, a flush creeping up a handsome face as the Yiling Patriarch floundered. "I- uh. It got sick yesterday after you left, Lan Zhan, so I took it inside. Sorry," this was directed at Xuanyu with a sheepish smile. "I kind of got lost in thought? I wanted to greet you at the gate and --"
Hanguang-Jun's breath escaped in a miniscule snort. The Yiling Patriarch blinked, honing in on the sound, and suddenly Mo Xuanyu found himself on the sideline to a seemingly one-sided discussion about the merits of not annoying the sect elders? Or something like that?
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- Part 2 of the magpie flies in open skies
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the crow and the magpie by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
20 Mar 2020
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There it was again -- Hanguang-Jun had said something similar to him yesterday, both no doubt referencing whatever it was that had happened to the late Madam Lan. The same fear that Mo Xuanyu had, in regards to the Yiling Patriarch being kept under lock and key -- "You're free to do as you like as well?"
And then Xuanyu backtracked. That! Was too rude! "Ah, I mean-!"
Wei Wuxian snorted. "The rumors keep getting out of hand, I see. You're a good person, Xuanyu.
I'm free to walk around the premises of the Cloud Recesses and Caiyi Town however I like. There's a lot of elders who don't like me, actually, and I'm kind of sorry for possibly dragging you down with me, but Xichen-ge managed to put his foot down and they mostly ignore me now. Hmm. I can leave for night hunts as long as at least one senior disciple accompanies me, though I keep to Lan and Nie territory and don't promote that I'm, well, me." A sigh. "It's more restrictive than I would've liked, to be honest, but then again it's as much for my safety as it is for politics. I'm technically a glorified prisoner, after all."Series
- Part 3 of the magpie flies in open skies
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when all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils; by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
30 Mar 2020
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Xuanyu was left alone for a few minutes, sipping the tea and cataloging the room, trying to get his general sense of normalcy back, and then Hanguang-Jun had reappeared, a stack of papers in his hands. The man had done up his hair with an intricate but somehow still simple headpiece and seemed almost undecided over something, before he glanced down at the papers and towards what Xuanyu assumed to be the sleeping Yiling Patriarch behind the privacy screen one room over.
"...If Mo Xuanyu wishes, he can accompany. Me."
Xuanyu blinked.
"Wei Ying is still sleeping. Until breakfast. I have to visit brother and uncle -- Mo Xuanyu could walk with me and then get breakfast together."
"To show me around?"
"En. Wei Ying will join us as well, later."
But did Mo Xuanyu feel confident enough to go outside and meet more Lan clan members, now that he probably was a stain on the esteemed Hanguang-Jun's impeccable white robes?
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- Part 4 of the magpie flies in open skies
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loyalty measured in candied dreams by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Apr 2020
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Lan Xichen hadn't thought that he'd be cornered by Wangji quite as soon as the first morning after Mo Xuanyu has come to the Cloud Recesses. He'd expected it, of course, but.
Not quite so soon -- or so early. They'd just finished discussing a rather urgent matter with their uncle when Wangji had stopped mid-farewell and interrupted himself. "Xiongzhang," he'd begun. "Mo Xuanyu has told Wei Ying that he has some information regarding certain rumors centering around Jin Guangshan that he wishes to discuss with you."
Xichen kind of blinked, rather slowly, torn between surprise and immediate worry; he'd expected Mo Xuanyu to talk about some things Xichen theoretically shouldn't know about that his sworn brother had revealed, but he hadn't thought that the young man would be willing to talk this soon.
As in, maybe half a year or a year, and not a single day.
Xichen nodded. "I will, of course, lend an ear to any news he might give."Series
- Part 5 of the magpie flies in open skies
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follow blindly, but in faith and hope by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
24 Apr 2020
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Wei Wuxian and Mo Xuanyu entered the sitting area of the pavilion in silence, following after the maid until she halted and bowed towards her lady, who dismissed her for the time being after they exchanged a few silent words. "Sit," Lan Linqin said, eyeing them coolly.
Wei Wuxian first and then Mo Xuanyu sat down properly, side-by-side. The second woman looked much more sympathetic -- and somewhat younger -- but she stayed silent, only pouring them tea after a moment's notice.
Then Lan Linqin huffed out a soft breath and went to carefully drink a sip of her tea and the mounting tension was dispelled, everyone else following along.
"What you have done correctly: the Yiling Patriarch has been taking charge in your actions until now --"
Wei Wuxian blinked, "Huh?"
"-- and Young Master Mo has not overstepped his boundaries by undermining that authority."
Mo Xuanyu froze, teacup still in hand. Ah...?
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Or: how to be good husbands, as seen by societal demands.
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- Part 6 of the magpie flies in open skies
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the spirit becomes memories living in the minds of people by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
08 May 2020
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"Hey, Xuanyu," Wei Wuxian hummed. Mo Xuanyu blinked, the sect rules open in front of him -- he's got an examination in two days about the most common ones, and he felt only moderately ready.
"Yes?"
Wei Wuxian was wearing standard white Lan robes, small ornamental headpiece neatly tucked into his usual ponytail -- well, it was a half-ponytail, for once -- a stack of notes and brushes and talisman paper in his hands. "I'm off teaching class in half an hour, and I thought -- well, do you want to come too?"
"...the one about 'prevention and contamination of resentful energies' or something?"
Wei Wuxian beamed. "Yup! That one. Do you want to tag along? Considering I did promise to also teach you actual demonic cultivation -- it'll do the students good if they have a live example. And we can stay a bit longer in the classroom and I'll go over what you already know."
Mo Xuanyu blinked again. "Um. If it would be truly all right, I wouldn't be opposed to it...?" He flipped his book closed and stood, uncertain. "Do I...? Should I take something with me?"
"Any notes you have, if you would be willing."
Xuanyu nodded.
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- Part 7 of the magpie flies in open skies
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our swords held high above by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
19 May 2020
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The serene silence of the Cloud Recesses was disturbed by running footsteps and frantic breathing as someone rushed past the evening guards and into the heart of the mountain-misted place, the heavy and rain-smelling air upset by a wheezing scream:
"I need Wei-xiong, now!"
More footsteps followed, some of them belonging to the injured Nie cultivators hurrying after their second master, some of which belonged to the Lan. Nie Huaisang didn't care that he was currently breaking any of the rules, frankly, and even the rapidly-approaching face of Lan Qiren could not dull the panic that he was currently experiencing, his barely-conscious older brother glancing around as if not seeing, Nie Zonghui's blood coating the ground in a bloody, bloody red.
He whirled around to one of the Lan guards, hissing. "Get me Wei Wuxian-! Go!"The guard scampered at his glare and at Lan Qiren's nonverbal command, and Nie Huaisang let himself feel a glimmer of hope for his brother -- if there was anyone that could help Nie Mingjue out of this resentful rage, it would be his old classmate.
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- Part 8 of the magpie flies in open skies
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petrichor and euphony by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
02 Jun 2020
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Lan Wangji nodded at the Sword Master and left again, less in a murderous rage as before, worry starting to seep into his bones, now. Lan Wangji generally refuses to do these meetings without his husband by his side, and the bride's family is usually present for at least the first few hours before leaving the potential match alone for the rest of the afternoon, a chaperone sometimes overseeing them -- and since Wangji, as previously stated, refuses to leave Wei Wuxian out of the meetings, Mo Xuanyu would have to accompany them now, too.
This would be the first truly official appearance of Hanguang-Jun and his two husbands, which meant all three of them would have to play their part lest they somehow insult the careful sensibilities of the bride's family somehow.
And once she left -- no doubt about that one, as far as Wangji was concerned -- word would spread to the outside world for real, and the rumor mill would be once again stoked back to fire.
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Or: A promised dinner with the Wen Remnants, and an unwelcome marriage offer that has them put their acting skills to test.
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- Part 9 of the magpie flies in open skies
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from the bank and from the river by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
23 Jun 2020
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(...) What Mo Xuanyu didn't expect, however, was an enthusiastic cry of "Yu-ge!!" and little Jin Ling letting go of a pitifully-looking Xiaohei and running towards Xuanyu, A-Song mimicking him and doing the same.
And also, Yao-ge and Qin Su and Sect Leader Lan, who was smiling beatifically at Xuanyu.
Then the two children had reached him and were tugging at his robes, and Xuanyu couldn't just not reach down and hug them, his only highlights back in Koi Tower. A-Ling grinned and mushed his face into Xuanyu's shoulder, and A-Song squealed in delight before planting a kiss onto his cheek, and Xuanyu thought that all was well in the world.
Sect Leader Lan's smile had widened into a grin, and Xuanyu had the feeling that he was having too much fun right now, away from sect leader duties. "Your Xiaohei would not let me leave, so I had to accompany A-Yao and the others." Sect Leader Lan didn't sound particularly annoyed by it. Yao-ge seemed to have noticed it as well. "Er-ge, isn't this shirking your duties?"
Zewu-Jun answered, his smile having gained a bite. "My duties can wait for a few minutes; it is rare that you visit with Young Madam Jin, and I would like to catch up in person."
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- Part 10 of the magpie flies in open skies
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like the moon, sun and the stars themselves by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
05 Jul 2020
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Xuanyu froze as his husband gently, oh-so-gently touched his jaw and tilted his head to the side, and then tucked a stray hair behind Xuanyu's ear. His half-bun had become a messy thing during the course of their afternoon, and Xuanyu saw Wei Wuxian move and then felt him touch between Xuanyu's shoulder blades once before fingers moved to tug at his ribbon. His hair released from its hold, and Wei Wuxian hummed a familiar melody while he started finger-combing and retying it, while Lan Wangji barely-touched his jaw in a gentle cradle to keep Xuanyu's head from turning.
Lan Wangji's -- his beautiful, beautiful husband's -- fingers crept from Xuanyu's jaw to his tied-up hair, meeting Wei Wuxian's fingers there. Neither set of hands were moving in any way other than cradling Mo Xuanyu between them, not tugging nor pulling him into any direction. Xuanyu's own hands were fisted in his robes.
Xuanyu took an uneven breath before he leaned forwards, ever-so-slightly. When no objections came from the hands in his hair, he did it again, only stopping when warm breath hit his face.
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(a question, and an answer.)
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- Part 11 of the magpie flies in open skies
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let's dream a little dream of us by Poofy_Kakapo
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Jul 2020
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Mo Xuanyu whimpered, his body pliant and soft, his hands finding purchase around Wei Wuxian's naked shoulders and in his hair as he let the other cultivator hold them close, their chests pressing together and his cock trapped and weeping between them. Wei Wuxian babbled praise and endearments in his ear even as he adjusted his position, his own cock halfway sheathed inside Xuanyu in a gentle rock. A finger not belonging to either of them was carefully pushing inside as well, coated in a generous amount of oil -- it pulled out when Xuanyu's whimper developed into a hiss, massaging his entrance instead as if in apology, and then Mo Xuanyu felt a kiss fluttering between his shoulder blades.
He laughed, breathlessly.
Lan Wangji huffed a breath. "Mn. Sorry."
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(the conclusion.)
Series
- Part 12 of the magpie flies in open skies
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respite of hearts and soul by LunaChi_KuroShihone
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
21 Jul 2020
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"Woods are silent, the mountain sleeps, no prey has been found hiding."
Qiren hummed before taking a sip of his tea. That was good -- the first time he had found himself listening to Wei Wuxian's abomination of a bird, she had told him that bandits had hidden away in one of the caves outside of the boundary of the Cloud Recesses' mountain ward, waiting to break in.
They'd been exchanging information ever since. He watched as Mulan grabbed a piece of the fish into her talon and carefully ripped off a chunk before eating it, careful to not get any blood onto her perch or the table.
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Or: Lan Qiren Has Tea With An Undead Bird and other assorted glimpses of what is happening to other people while WangXianYu get the plot going.
Or, or: short interludes featuring Lan Qiren, the Nie bros, Qin Su and A-Yao, Granny Wen, MianMian, and Jiang Cheng
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- Part 13 of the magpie flies in open skies