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[chenqing_player]

[The feed clicks on and it's obvious that Wei Wuxian hasn't slept well based on the darkness under his eyes. His hair is a mess and he is clearly not wearing at least a shirt as he just woke up and couldn't even wait to get dressed before wanting to get some closure from what he just saw.]

So..I think I just got my second memory.

[His voice is a little rough, either from the rough night or the emotions of the memory, he isn't sure. He clears his throat and glances back as he hears the movement of sheets on the bed. But the other occupant doesn't seem ready to stir so he continues as he looks back over at the screen.]

It's just as unpleasant as the first..but apparently in my past life I had family. And I get the impression losing them was also my fault.

[He reaches up and rubs his face with his free hand, clearly disturbed by what he saw in his dream. He isn't even in his own apartment right now so he can't find a way to distract himself without finding his clothes and making a quick escape.]

I don't know if I'm strong enough to deal with these kinds of things...has anyone developed or gained a power for wiping memories?

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[chenqing_player]

Then I hope my next memory has nothing to do with powers. Give me..a warm summers day in a field of flowers. Or just..anything but ghosts. Even a memory with my sister so I can actually..see her in a positive way.

[He has already finished his drink and signaled or another.]

Have you found anything about spirits in your demon books?

[serpentinthegarden]

You never had much family?

[ Mental note to grab the man a taxi later. This was going to be a hard drinking morning. ]

Some demons are said to actually be spirits. Other times demons control them. One demon apparently held a dozen souls in limbo in a house so that he could draw energy from them to make himself stronger. If you believe all this...

[chenqing_player]

Never had any family. So the fact that at least one version of myself might have had a sister..I'm down for finding out what that is like.

[Give him cute kid stories about growing up and playing games. He doesn't care as long as no one dies in it.]

Listen..If I'm about to be talking to some dead long lost grandparent while sipping tea..I'll believe anything you tell me about demons and spirits.

[serpentinthegarden]

If its anything like my family she will be bossy but generally mean well... You think you were older or that she was?

[ In his opinion it made a difference in the sort of relationship they would have had but being the youngest in his family and generally looked after might have given him a certain point of view on that. ]

That's very open-minded of you. If you do end up with a ghostly tea time maybe the folks can tell you more about all this. They would know as they must have lived through it. Well... up until the point where they became ghosts.

[chenqing_player]

The way she was calling me XianXian..she was the older one. I called her shijie...so part of me wonders if maybe she wasn't blood related but we were still family.

[His Chinese is elementary level at best but looks like he might have to dive into it if he keeps speaking it in his dream.]

Has anyone learned any languages overnight with these memories, by chance?

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Slow blink. Anthony's Chinese was limited to those few items that appeared on take away menus. ]

Actually... yeah. Not me, I only speak English, but I spoke to some one who got a book from their past. It was written in some strange old language only they could understand.

[chenqing_player]

Well maybe I will get lucky. Because if all the conversations in my dreams are going to be done in Chinese, I'm screwed.

[He thinks back to the two that his dream had focused on. The other man..husband? Brother? He doesn't know yet but he's sure he will find out in another dream.]

The other man..the one who was holding her..he was wearing the purple robes from the first dream. Doesn't seem to be a particularly lucky color.

[serpentinthegarden]

That could be a problem but maybe as it's happening in your mind you might understand it anyway? You seemed to understand what was said in this one.

[ His nose scrunched, wishing he had some sort of insight into what purple robes might actually mean beyond being the chose of royals. ]

You never said much about him. The clouds left him alone?

[chenqing_player]

Yeah..it's like they were avoiding anyone in purple. Which if he was family, I guess that would make sense.

[It means maybe he wasn't a complete asshole..he knew to protect his family...he just didn't do a very good job of it.]

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Anthony was thinking along those same lines. ]

That's something. It hints that you were actually in control of these clouds so maybe you won't have to worry about ghosts rampaging around.

[chenqing_player]

I hope so. Then that means you should probably stay on my good side so I don't send those doom clouds at you.

[A small smile as he gets a little bit of his spirit back. The second drink might be helping with that.]

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Wei's smile was matched by a faint one of his own. ]

I am buying the drinks. That's got to mean a few points towards ghost cloud protection.

[chenqing_player]

That does get you bonus points. And keep up with the bonus points and you'll even be granted zombie protection.

[serpentinthegarden]

Useful thing to have in case World War Z ever breaks out.

[chenqing_player]

Hey, it's always good to have a necromancer on your side when things take a turn. That's the one thing those zombie movies always lack..a person with some actual working knowledge of the dead.

[That that he has the knowledge yet, but it seems that is how things are trending.]

Looks like I might have to do a horror movie marathon. That way I can be prepared for when I can start calling on these things.

[serpentinthegarden]

If they had had one maybe those movies wouldn't all have been such tragedies.

We should do that, zombies and ghosts for you, demons for me. Maybe we would both learn something.

[chenqing_player]

Maybe we need to make this into a movie night. Popcorn, beer and all the terrible monster movies we can find. We can call it research.

[serpentinthegarden]

Sounds good. I haven't been to a horror movie-thon since last Halloween.

[chenqing_player]

Well my birthday is on Halloween so make sure you get ready to party this year.

But looks like the horror movies will have to be earlier this year so we can be ready when we start getting all..powery.

[serpentinthegarden]

Seriously, on Halloween? No wonder you had all those spooky abilities.

We should though, when ever you have a day off. Maybe I'll invite Fell if you don't mind a third? Might give him some idea what to expect.

[chenqing_player]

Sure! The more the merrier! Watching scary movies is always better in a group.

[serpentinthegarden]

It is. Especially if you have some one in the group who gets scared easily. A good well placed scream can really set the mood!

[chenqing_player]

[He laughs, finally feeling better after the rough morning. making plans is the best distraction anyone could ask for.]

I'm sure there might be others that are down for it as well. Depending on the size of the group we would have to figure out an appropriate place to do it.

[serpentinthegarden]

Yeeaaah. My flat could hold two or three but if we are talking about making this a party maybe we should rent out a small theater. Hire some caterers. Might be cool to see these old movies up on the big screen.

[chenqing_player]

Ahhh a movie theater would be great! And they would already have the concession stands! I don't suppose we know any of us that work in a theater...