[ Video; un: silksteel ]

[fierceprotector]

[ Even though she's in a bit of pain, it doesn't stop her from giving a slight bow from the hospital bed. Even being stuck in a bed she still has a bit of decorum left in her. ]

I do not know much of this place, but I am grateful for what they are trying to do.

[ She had, after all, been at death's door. Or was about to be, at any rate. ]

I am Jiang Yanli of Yunmeng Jiang, and I hear that my family is here.

[ It is something that makes her heart ache. She had lost her husband, lost her home, and put herself in harm's way by protecting her brother. The idea that any of them were there was a weird concept for her and while she isn't known to just believe anything, one can hope. ]

Comments

video un:Jiang.Cheng

[jc_superstar]

A-Jie?!

[He....can't believe it. Was it truly her?]

[video]

[fierceprotector]

[ There's a soft, albeit a little tired, smile out of her. ]

A-Cheng.

[ Yes, it's really her. ]

Re: [video]

[jc_superstar]

[Fuck off, peacock!]

You haven't left the welcome center, yes? I'll be there as soon as I can!

[video]

[fierceprotector]

[ Don't start fighting. ]

I'm in their little version of a hospital.

Re: [video] --> Action

[jc_superstar]

Right. I'll be there.

[Only he doesn't get there before Zixuan and he skids to a halt, listening to the voices. Cheng hangs back, waiting for the other to leave before he comes in to look upon his sister. And for a while, he's speechless.]

[fierceprotector]

[ She knows he's there. Knows her baby brother's footsteps anywhere. ]

A-Cheng.

[ Yanli gives him a soft smile. ]

Come sit down.

[disasterstraight]

A-Li!

[ Yes, it's entirely possible that when Yanli mentioned having family here, she was thinking more of her brothers than her husband, but...

MOVE OVER, JIANG WANYIN!

Zixuan can tell just from the sound of her voice, let alone the visuals of her lying in a sterile hospital bed, that she is unwell. Concern floods his system immediately— he must find her. He must be by her side. ]

Where are you, I will come find you!

[fierceprotector]

A-Xuan.

[ Her voice breaks a bit. The fact that he'd even be there, at all. And, of course, she hadn't thought of her husband. He'd been lost to her for a bit now. ]

Their version of a hospital.

[ The doctors didn't want her moving around too much, not with the wound along her back. ]

>> action!

[disasterstraight]

I know what that is!

[ He's gathering his things as quickly as he can and heading for the door. ]

I'm on my way. Stay right there!

[ He realizes half a second too late that that was a dumb thing to stay. Of course she's going to stay right there. She's injured.

(Oh, heavens, why is she injured? Is she from this horrible future Jiang Cheng told him about? Does that mean he's already dead, in her mind?)

A million questions flit through his mind as he cuts the feed and races for the hospital. As soon as he arrives, he loudly demands at the front desk that someone take him to his wife this instant! She'll probably be able to hear him hurrying down the hall on the way to her room, calling her name. ]

A-Li? A-Li, I'm coming... Hold on!

[action]

[fierceprotector]

[ Medical. Hospital. It was all the same, really. Just more... advanced. ]

I'm not going anywhere, A-Xuan.

[ Yes, telling her to 'stay' right there was kind of a silly thing to say. It's not like she was able to go anywhere, not really.

Her own mind is going in a million different directions. Hearing him, rather loudly, was one thing. She wouldn't be content until she actively saw him. After all, he wouldn't be wrong in thinking that he was already dead for her.

Which means the moment he shows up to the room, the moment she sees him, there's tears that cloud her vision. ]

A-Xuan.

[disasterstraight]

[ As he rounds the corner to stand in the doorway of her room, he freezes just for a long moment. Ever since Jiang Wanyin told him the horrible truths of what would come to pass after the last moment Jin Zixuan's world froze in time... He's tried to avoid thinking about it as anything based in reality. It's been fiction, largely, as far as he's concerned. Sure, he was faced with the hard truth of the grown son who is here and who very much grew up without father or mother, but... Somehow that fact is detached from the necessity of Yanli dying. He can accept his own death, but hers...? It was too much to bear thinking about.

And now here she is, looking so small and so frail. And-- Crying?

Oh no. She's crying. Did he do something wrong? Was he lost in thought for too long a moment?

He rushes to her bedside and kneels, grasping her hands in his own. ]

A-Li, don't cry. I'm here. It's alright.

[fierceprotector]

[ If she hadn't of been pulled into this place, she would have died. Even she knows that. She'd pushed her little brother out of the way and had known it would be the last thing that she'd do. This place saved her that heartache, but it made her wonder what happened to her little brother.

She'd, so far, been talking to her baby brother. That didn't tell her whether her A-Xian was around or not, though.

The moment he's at her bedside, those hands holding hers, the tears come a bit harder. ]

A-Xuan.

[ He was really there. He was alive. Solid. He wasn't just something that her tired and worn mind was trying to come up with. He was there. ]

video | un: wwx

[diabolique]

(( Okay, he knows time does wonky things here and that not everyone from his world is from the same time. However, he didn't prepare himself for the possibility of Jiang Yanli showing up. The face on the screen is emotional, a mix of surprise and guild and joy at seeing her again. ))

Shijie...

[video]

[fierceprotector]

[ Nothing had prepared her for any of this. First A-Cheng, then her husband, and now... She gives Wuxian a soft smile. ]

A-Xian.

[ The surprise on his face doesn't surprise her, not when she knows. For him? For their baby brother? She'd been dead. ]

[diabolique]

(( He doesn't know what to say. He isn't sure when she's from or what she knows. The shock fades away, leaving only nostalgia and something sad behind. ))

Are you well?

[fierceprotector]

I'm... healing.

[ The doctors of the place didn't want her to go anywhere, not yet. ]

Are you alright?

[ After all, the last time she'd seen him was when she'd pushed him out of the way of a blade. ]

[diabolique]

(( Healing... So she's injured which throws his mind back to the moment of her death. ))

I'm so sorry, shijie. It was my fault...

[fierceprotector]

Shh. I would do it the same way every time, XianXian.

[ She would always protect her siblings. ]

Audio; jin.ling

[jinlingers]

[ The audio message is actually pretty quiet, just the sound of someone clearly there but not saying anything before they disconnect. ]

[eternalgrief]

It is very nice to see your face again, Jiang Yanli. Are they taking good care of you?

[fierceprotector]

It's good to see you again too. And, they are. My brother and Zewu-Jun are making sure of it, as is my husband.

[eternalgrief]

Very well. You are in good hands then.

[fierceprotector]

Have you faired well here?

[eternalgrief]

I've done well enough for myself.

[fierceprotector]

That's good to hear, especially in a new and strange place like this one.