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[chenqing_player]

Okay so at this point I can kind of accept the memories..I even kind of understand getting back powers. But..this..

[He holds up a sleek black flute with a red tassel dangling from the end of it.]

I don't even know how to play the flute and don't really have a whole lot of interest in learning. Does anyone know if I'll just magically wake up some day with an ability to play or should I just put this up on my shelf as some sort of decoration?

[He sets it back down and then picks up a piece of paper that is a few inches wide and about eight inches long with red designs scrolled across it.]

Also, anyone know what this is because I've been drawing them all morning and have a stack of various ones now that I'm afraid to touch in case I light the place on fire by accident. I just moved in here so I'd rather not mess it up. I'm really not mentally prepared to start having magic abilities..

[Is he stressed out? He might be slightly stressed..he's had far too many memories hitting him lately and now with the addition of these magic paper pieces and a flute he is starting to panic that the whole controlling ghosts things is in his very near future.]

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[serpentinthegarden]

Deep breath. Those slips of paper might not mean anything more than you've taken up calligraphy.

[ He made the stab at a reasonable explanation but his tone was not so convincing, being more uncertain than definitive. ]

Were you thinking anything when you drew those?

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[chenqing_player]

I really would like that to be the case..

[He sighs and tries to think about it. He picks up the top one off one of the piles and stares at it.]

Each pile was a little different..one of them I think has something to do with fire. One might be..a shield? Or barrier? And the third one I think is the worst..I was thinking about summoning something.

[serpentinthegarden]

A demon?

[ That was the first summon-able creature that sprang to mind for some reason. ]

Well... maybe we should take those papers out to a park and try them out? Or, better, that abandoned building site on 5th. There is no one around there.

[chenqing_player]

If I'm lucky nothing would happen and they just become some weird wall paper.

[He definitely doesn't want to try them here..he just got this place so he doesn't want to destroy it.]

You offering to be my chaperone?

[serpentinthegarden]

If you need one. Use the fire scroll first... Won't do a thing to me if that actually does work.

[ Anyway he was curious to see if these scrolls would do anything but flutter in the wind himself. ]

Meet you at the lot?

[chenqing_player]

I'll bring them all..maybe if they do work using one of these barrier spells will keep the fire from getting too out of hand.

[Worth a shot at least..]

I'll be there soon.

[serpentinthegarden]

Or keep the port authorities at bay when the smoke signals start flying.

See you there.

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[inquiryguqin]

[The flute. Lan Wangji stares at the video calmly to make sure, but seeing him and the man in his past life dreams, it connects, and somehow in instant. He knew it was him.

However he doesn't seem ready, but he wanted to help...somehow]

Those are magical talismans. Can you hold the paper closer? So, I can read what it says.

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[chenqing_player]

Talismans...?

[he picks up one of them again and tries to hold it close enough to the phone that it can be seen without getting so close that it gets blurry. He has about three or four different designs on these things and each of them makes him feel uneasy.]

[inquiryguqin]

[He read the characters on the paper since he can read it, write, and speak it]

I'll translate for you. The first one said, Spirit Attraction. The second one said, repel. The other said, barrier.

[chenqing_player]

[He reaches up and rubs his face. This is too much.]

I'm guessing I'm supposed to say or do something and they will do..what is written on them. I don't mind barrier against something but I sure as hell don't want to summon anything.

[inquiryguqin]

[He reads a little more once he has a better look on the video]

Let see...that one said, "Fire" and that one said, "Seal".

[Chin hands as he stares at the man on the video and see a resemblance. He wonders why his past life self does everything he can to save him]

You know, I have a dream. That people use paper talismans like those. They would chant the character on the paper and throw it.

[chenqing_player]

Fire...great. So I really could burn down my apartment.

[He is just going to put all these stacks away in a desk drawer and lock it away once the call is over.]

Really don't think I need these things in modern day New York. I'm not some sort of crime fighter or vigilante.

[bearshermark]

A little. You might find it'll come easier to you as you practice. That's how it's been with me and learning to use a sword, anyway. I'm actually doing pretty well at it and I've only been seriously practicing for like a month.

[chenqing_player]

Ah...So If I try to play it each day then I might find eventually I can? I guess it wouldn't be too bad to have a new talent but only if I can use it without any of the magic involved.

[bearshermark]

Yeah, practice- if you want to, anyway. It's pretty interesting I think, how those memories seem to help us with things we didn't think about trying before.

[chenqing_player]

I have discovered that I recognize a lot more Chinese words then I used to. Or at least..I seem to understand it when I hear it in the memories. I don't know that I can necessarily speak it.

[bearshermark]

That's pretty cool! Some sort of memory bleed, I guess? It really is pretty neat to be able to pick up stuff like that from our previous lives.

[chenqing_player]

It does make things a lot easier since it means I don't have to go through the effort of learning all the basics on my own. Now we just have to wait and see if I can magically play the flute in a few weeks.

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[howkickassiam]

You found that where, just in your house? 'Cause I found something in my house, too. I wasn't sure if it meant anything, but...

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[chenqing_player]

Woke up with it next to my bed. Kind of surprising when I reached over to turn off an alarm only to end up with a flute in my hand. What was it that you got?

sorry to necropost but thought this could turn out important

[howkickassiam]

A lighter.

[ He holds it up; it's metallic, red and silver, and has a logo on it. ]

I've tried looking this place up. It doesn't exist.

No Problem!

[chenqing_player]

Strange little gift to be given...have you seen that logo in your dreams at all?

[howkickassiam]

No, not at all. But man, this thing means something. I have this memory about letting a chick go—letting go of like, her memory, right? And I'm holding the lighter the whole time.

[chenqing_player]

A gift from her maybe? These memories seem to want to keep reminding you of her. She must have been pretty significant.