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Yeah, hello and greetings to all of us on the Voidtrecker Express. My name's Lan Jingyi for those who don't know me, and I'm still Lan Jingyi even if you know me.

( he did cup his fist to bow to the camera, but now he's waving a hand in front of himself, as if dismissing the . )

Do any of you know practical forms of practising this CPR stuff? I get the idea, and since technically we aren't supposed to go around using our energies on each other without being careful I get why it's important, but how do you practise any of this practically?

( someone fully reviewed the First Aid course after pulling together in the wake of the most recent one day exhaustion of mission assistance. only the CPR stuff is just taunting him when there's enough people mortal here he doesn't want to actively injure them worse if it ever comes up, thanks. )

Second, if anyone is................................................ of a spiritual persuasion, and is up for working with me on something involving truth telling, let me know.

( he reaches to turn off the ICP from live recording, then pauses, and pulls his hand back to point at the screen. he doesn't really think any of this is an issue, and mostly he's handling the 'don't yell at me randomly' part, but: )

Right! Third thing, I'm going flying in the garden carriage 'tonight', which means if you run through and use weather you get to deal with dripping dragon, that's not on me. Also no peeping, or shouting, both are annoying, thank you, goodbye.

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[No doubt this isn't why Jingyi did this video, but Idia needs to talk to him. Idia's been attempting to hide in his room since yesterday's station stop but realized he's going to need to do some quick damage control considering everything that's just happened.

That may explain the frantic Idia that pops up on the video to Jingyi, which Idia would normally take the time to switch to audio, but there's no time for that now!] Jingyi! I need to talk to you! In person! [Wait, where... hmmm, oh!] The quiet cars! Now!

( oh, look! idia! doing something he wouldn't usually, which jingyi notes enough to start narrowing his eyes, and forgive him, but there's been calls to action like this before that lead to a very dubious: )

You're not going to confess, are you?

( he's had enough of the quiet cars and confessions thank you there's only so much one person can take. it seems highly unlikely given their conversation prior to idia's leaving (that failed, as all... leavings did at that time), but far be it from him to guess the twists and turns of another's mind, let alone heart. or forgettability indexes. )

[What?!] No! Of course not! [You're far too 3D for his tastes, Jingyi.

Wait... this was being broadcasted to the train, right? And everyone just heard that, right?

...

The video instant cuts and changes to audio instead, Idia's voice now wavering with panic.] J-j-just meet me there! [He's going to need a few moments to calm down and hide in his hoodie before he can face Jingyi after that.]

Oh thank the Heavens, I wasn't in the mood for that.

( yes, well, now he's relieved, and so he waves a hand at the screen since he knows he's visible, even if idia imploded into the darkness of audio only connections. he, who is at this point used to broadcasting exactly this and still being taken for who knows what, clicks his tongue and eventually concedes: )

Fine, fine, as long as it's not anything romantic, I'll be right over.

( they just helped evacuate an entire universe. it's the exact thing he'd been warning the ministry about, so he's... actually happy the ministry was as proactive as it was. not remotely happy about what happened, but happy it wasn't ignored. still, less drama is nice, and for whatever idia's clearly got eating him up, by jingyi's not entirely logical estimate, at least it doesn't have to do with jingyi in any personal sense.

... unless idia's looking at like, sizhui.

... naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

he turns off the ICP, heading toward the quiet carriage via the pathways of least resistance, or more at the full length of traversing the train, jogging as he goes for the sheer shake of exercise. heck, he waves to people inevitably encountered in every carriage! what can you do, they live on a string! but he does get there, just slower than he could have, granting idia time for whatever collecting he may need to do. a deliberate choice, but also... jingyi enjoyed the jogging. everyone wins. )

Fiinneee. [Idia's response is barely heard over the ICP feed, his tone clearly soft and one of a person in suffering, said in a way that was spoken through gritted teeth. Damnit Jingyi...

Idia is more delayed than he planned, mostly for that needed time to recover the best he could from this, maybe including muffled screaming coming from his cabin, before he forces himself to go and meet Jingyi. This is far bigger than him having to suffer through the embarrassment of people thinking he may be interested in someone. He has to get this sorted. Even if it means he has to force himself to trot through the carriages to meet in that Quiet Carriage.

And Idia is doing this best to hide within his hood, tugging each side with his hands as if it would make it deeper so he could just vanish within it completely. What a horrible start to this all.]

Jingyi... [He gets out, voice even softer than normal thanks to what just happened.]

...

( he barely, barely manages to bite down on asking, why are you hiding in your hood, because no, he does know, or is at least aware of, idia being shy in a way he hasn't seen much of since sizhui was young, they both were small, and jingyi was the one leaping around to loudly tell everyone about his new best friend, and how to treat him.

scuffles were involved. ah, the beauty of being punished for youthful indiscretions, at the tender age of what... four? five? anyway. he catches himself into a redirect toward the point that probably will increase idia's volume... even if he needn't really speak much louder. this is like taiki when taiki's feeling shy. )

Yeah, I am he. What's bothering you? ( a pause. there might be multiple things by now. bothersome... ) Or what was bothering you when you first showed up on screen?

[... yes. Yes! Focus! He needs to get this sorted, Idia making himself drop his hand from the hood, though one automatically moves to pull on the edge of his sleeve instead.]

I, ah... um, [Ok, lets do this right, Idia opening one of the soundproof booth doors.] I-if you don't mind... [He had asked here for a reason, he doesn't want anyone overhearing what was going to go on. Well, doesn't want two specific people to overhear what he has to say.

Assuming Jingyi is going to agree to this, after all, why would he come otherwise, Idia shuffles himself in first despite having opened the door for them, folding himself up onto one of the booth seats so to hug at his legs as they would speak.] I-I-, [No, come on, do this right, a breath in, then out.] I need to talk to you about what I had said before I attempted to leave the train that time.

( for his part, he follows along inside the booth easily enough, taking the seat on the opposite bench and letting his tail fall out sideways from the whole affair. the tip twitches, metronomic like a cat's rather than the wag of a dog's, and he blinks, listening to the ball of a person curled around himself on the other side.

one guess: it relates now to someone who doesn't know being on board, who could find it knowledge to react to. in other words, someone idia knows from his world, only not from his world, since none of them share worlds. still, realities can be consistent enough... even he is the largest outlier in all those he's met who he recognises. which is weird. really weird. really beyond his control, too. )

What, about being part of a secret organisation, its destined heir, set on cleaning up magical messes and energies and whatever monsters it creates and erasing yourselves and those incidents from memory? Or was it about the other things.

( ... it could be, what's he to say, maybe it's about the being forever alone and forever forgotten.

but also, who is to say he recalled correctly, he was all sad then he was angry for weeks because he was shunted off train and forced to go through all that shit without ever having a choice. again. fate is one thing: fickle technology is just messed up. )

[Well... that certainly sums it up neatly, doesn't it? Idia letting out a huff of a sigh, but seeming to relax a bit with how straightforward Jingyi just laid it out; letting one of his legs drop to the floor as he continued to lean on the other, shifting a hand up to shove his hood backwards off his head and run his palm over his face.] Yeeahhh, that. [This is all such a mess...]

Two people from, well... alternatives of my world, [Since that has now been confirmed for Idia with Ruggie and Sebek showing up. They weren't missing or in a coma in Idia's timeline, showing they were from slightly different variations of their world. Idia's not sure if that's a good or bad thing. It's bad as that means there is less chance to be saved from his world without his family having others to study, but its good in some ways that... well... 'he' was still with his 'brother' in these other worlds. At least they weren't separated there.] Showed up on this station. I doubt they would get anything even if was mentioned... [STYX was secret for a reason after all, few knew about it, but Idia can't take the risk.] But I'd still rather they didn't hear anything that I told you.

( his eyebrows are back to slowly creeping upward, though he gives himself credit, and a half smug little smile: he was right, someone from not-quite-home arrived. )

Thought so.

( he leans back, his tail sliding around so that the tip can thump companionably against idia's calf, or shin, or whatever it ends up patting against under the table, now that his one leg's come down off the seat. )

I don't blurt out everything about anyone I know offhand. Is there any reason they'd ask about any of this stuff?

( a small pause, then a more solemn, serious expression, versus the earlier partial smirk or the usual frown that seems to haunt him when he's not particularly trying. )

It's against Lan precepts to lie. You're not going to demand some kind of blood sealed oath, are you?

[Idia slumped down more at the annoyance of this all, but instantly straightened back up with an 'eeeh!' as Jingyi's tail came in contact with his leg, it shooting back up onto the seat in shock at the sudden contact. It's nothing personal Jingyi, it's just... well firstly physical contact, but mostly that Idia hadn't been expecting it at all.

Needing a moment to get his heart rate back down, Idia just let that leg flop down to the seat instead, tucking his foot under the other leg. Ok, that leaves plenty of room for Jingyi and him.] They're aware of overblot, so that may be mentioned. [Idia's jaw jutting out to the side in thought.] There's been an unprecedented rise in the occurrences of it at the school which doesn't make sense at all... I've been meaning to look into it... [Then a sneer and a slow shake of his head.] Not that it matters now, even if it makes no sense. Too many problematic children... [It all just made Idia's life harder. He hated it so...

Then again, not his issue anymore, not while on the train.

Idia falls silent as Jingyi got his words together, before it being his turned to look surprised, his brows going up as Jingyi continued.] ...I was actually expecting you to require me to pay you to keep quiet.

( some kinder, gentler, not-him version of himself might have not looked a little amused at the response to a friendly tail bop, but this is jingyi: he was amused. )

I don't bite, ( he says, like that has anything to do with anything, but he curves his tail around so its fluffy tip ends up thudding periodically against his own knee. tick... tick... tick... ) And I won't brush up against you if it bothers you.

( just putting it out there. it's not his first thought, when maybe it could be, but he's been here for months, he craves easy friendly physical interaction he mostly gets out of a handful of people instead of anyone in his entire generation, and everyone's boundaries on what's too much (or too little) are vastly different here. but he does try to remember.

even if he doesn't comment on the rambling idia wanders through, only blinking at the end and looking like he's torn between being amused, and being offended. )

Do you seriously try to bribe all your friends with payments? ... With what here, anyway?

I thought we already established I don't have friends. [Idia replies dryly, ignoring that comment about the tail, or the physical contact. Idia tries to avoid the overly touchy people around the train, he can't always, but he does his best to stay away from making contact with others.] It's just how things work in my world, nothing is free. [And given the chance anything and everything will be used against you for someone else to get ahead.]

If you're not going to complain about it, then I won't either. Don't say I didn't offer you the chance. [He won't be pleased if this comes back to bite him... but wouldn't be surprised either. It also doesn't help he has no clue what Jingyi would be interested in as payment.

Oh!] Oh, I guess, um, well, since with what happened and being stuck here... [Thanks for that brief moment of hope only for it to be crushed, train.] We could look into what we had briefly spoke about, using qi in a technological sense. I do always need more projects. [Idia does have one started in the works right now, as well as some few fun ones just for the sake of it, but this qi could be far more interesting in a long reaching manner.]

You do here.

( is the blithe reply, largely because he's not seen anyone, even terrible people, have zero friendly relationships with at least another passenger. then again, that's more social coping than Intended Bonding, but it's still a factor, and they still work like a group.

so not bosom buddies, but friends nonetheless.

idly running his fingers through his tail tuft fur, he lifts his shoulders, offering a half assed smile. )

If you want to for fun, sure, I'm for it. Reminds me I was going to see if we could make qi infused candies... for the energy boost.

( yeah. just, yeah. here he is looking speculating over the idea of energy candy. )

Until they leave. [It's not said in a tone of sadness or anger, more one of quiet acceptance. Even here it's not smart to make too many connections, not when anyone could be taken at any time. He may have more choice here, more so than Idia knows what to do with right now... but he not blind enough to assume any connections he would make here is guaranteed. Eventually everyone will leave or he will. That hasn't changed for him.

With the world 'candy' Idia is immediately on board, perking up in his seat. A consumable item? For stamina? Or HP? Maybe mana? He has to know more.] How do you mean energy? What exactly would it be affecting? Would it only work for qi users or for all? [More importantly, how would it taste!]

Not all that different from anything else in life. Here we just know it happens faster, and without warning. Like the most annoying gamble any of us can take.

( To which he sounds very grumpy, and his tail lashes back out of his not-quite-lap to thud against the floor, outside of where the table falls. He's not happy about that, but he's not unaware of it. Has been too aware in some respects, and just as driven forward to live and damn the consequences for others.

Which means Idia latching on to the qi candy idea and having a slew of questions takes a moment to register, leaving Jingyi blinking rapidly a few times, before he half-grins and breathes out in an amused huff. Shaken out of being really annoyed at their whole circumstances yet again, and into academic territory. )

I mean qi, spiritual energy, and I'm not sure what we can make a candy do... unless we're carving some kind of seal into them? Or some sort of alchemy process? It'd work in theory for anyone, if we're sane about the amounts, because you have to assume the weakest person here could shove them in their mouth and not die, but that might be a thing where we want it to not be absorbed and just pass through a system if it's too much... do you think we can do that? 'Cause qi can work in the ways you ask it to, for energy, to help a body heal, to make you faster, or stronger, to leap further, to survive a fall you might not otherwise, to make your voice carry, all different things. I wouldn't bother working it with any elements, you can make talismans that do that much, but it can help. Even make those who're uh...

( A pause, and he lifts a hand, making a wobbly motion. )

Less physical be better anchored, if they're low on energy reserves.

( Idia he knows nothing about making candy why would he think first about taste, that comes after figuring out this can be done! )

[...Idia's not going to dignify that with an answer. Partly because all it does is prove his point on not caring about making connections on the train either, but mostly because the topic of these candies were far more interesting.]

You would first have to test to see if it's compatible across those of different universes or if there is something in their make up that would prevent a beneficial affect or possibly cause a harmful one. And even if they are able to absorb it then you would have to take into mind how the body processes it, it may need to be a higher dose than assumed to allow a percentage of it to work but to counter out the body's ability to nullify substances like it does with medical drugs. And if it is passing through, would it be safely passed without it causing damage, and however it is if it would be safe to just leave or have to be disposed in a specific way, which would mean treating it potentially as bio hazard.

Assuming that all works across a range of people, how would it then target the different areas? Would it cause issues for those incapable of using magic? Would it damage those who have limited physical abilities if it pushes their bodies beyond their levels? If it's altering the body to withstand damage or to push it beyond it's normal means, would that then require a care system afterwards for the body? Would there be damage done during it but not showing up until the candy wore off? [This is all said out in a rapid pace as Idia's mouth tried to keep up to speed with his brain coming up with these thoughts, and just in case it couldn't he's also pulled out his tablet and started rapidly typing out he ideas as he's talking, fingers flying across the screen to record it all. He is 100% in research mode now, and Jingyi better keep up.]

If you're using it from am alchemist POV, which is possible, then would the ingredients be able to survive the candy making process or would they be broken down due to the heat? That would depend on what type of candy, of course, but if doing with a simple hard candy base due to easy of production and transportation versus lighter or softer items that could be easily crushed and destroyed, then it would have to keep its chemical benefits during the high sugar heat process. [He really could keep going on... and on... and maybe will if not stopped.]

( ... he can't help it. he's listening, and then things are getting to areas he's not aware of, and this version of alchemy reads as so strangely different from his, until he's sitting with his tailtip twitching as he listens. though he eventually does cut in with: )

Okay, okay! Here, look. Will you lend me your hand for a moment?

( because he thinks at this point doing a demonstration is easier than trying to find words to explain any of this when he's the guy who picks up new tech fairly fast, not the guy who generally invents new things. he holds out his hand, expectant, figuring even if Idia's one of those who avoids contact, part of that is unexpected contact versus pointed, functionally useful contact. clearly. )

[It takes a few moments for Idia to slow down then actually stop, mostly due to Jingyi offering out a hand, that motion catching Idia's attention as he continues to type, however that also slows to a stop as he looks down at that hand. Then back up to Jingyi, almost seeming to shrink back a bit.] ...why? [His tone pitching up in question and concern. Just what does he want him for?]

( he keeps holding his hand out, palm up, fingers flat and held together. )

Because you're asking too many questions that are hard for me to answer until you know what I mean. Trust me, I've worked with normal people on this before.

( like. two. but that's two whole people and he is indeed good at being careful when he needs to, versus when he doesn't, and when he's contentedly mouthing off at the various idiocies around him, in his general opinion. )

And given how much you're typing, it's only going to give you even more energy to type.

( this guy himself being an excellent hen-pecking typist, not all his fingers, though watching idia's fly gives him way more of an idea of how people handle typing than you know. never having really seen it before. )

[If Idia's guessing what he thinks is going on... he's hesitant to do so. It's a transfer, right? Would that even work for him? Would it affect him in a negative way? Then again... he's also curious, and he doubts whatever it is would push him over into real dangerous territory. And Jingyi is right, it would be the fastest way to find out, right?

So while hesitant both on the contact and what could happen, Idia eventually reaches out a shaky hand towards Jingyi's.]

( he waits, and eventually, is rewarded with a hand that basically flutters into his, from his perspective. he doesn't do anything beyond allow a slight twitch of his fingers when there's contact, because he's weighing if he needs to talk through this, when he had with Tidus... maybe that's wiser. )

Qi for me is energy I track that's both from me and that I take in from the world around me. There's energy in everything, and if I refine it, I can use it for myself, stuff like that. When I share energy with someone who isn't a cultivator, I'm very, very carefully taking some of my internal energy and introducing it to your system.

( he waits until now to take the barest, thin trickle of his energy, reaching out mentally to brush against Idia's energy, but at the specific point of the centre of his hand. )

You'll have to accept it in, and the most you should feel is a little warmth like what you can feel right now... are you feeling it? The reasons this is dangerous are a lot of what you were saying, but even more of it is intent. If you don't trust me, if you don't trust what I can do, if you fight me when I'm giving you energy, any of that can hurt either one of us. It's not as dangerous as what happens with Ryo and how he heals, that would probably kill you both if you fought him or pulled away before he was done.

( he thinks that's about right, though Ryo would have to be the one saying it. it's more or less the impression he retains anyway. as it is, he's waiting for Idia to give some indication that he can go on, and that Idia's system itself isn't set to attack friendly-to-neutral energy brushing up against him. )

[Oh. Oh... huh, ok... interesting. While Idia's hand was still shaking at the start of it, he does seem to calm down with the realization that this wasn't much. Though he's still not fully trusting Jingyi wouldn't just, he doesn't know, grab his hand and pull him or something like that. It's something that would happen back at Night Raven College... but right now...] So would making such items then cause issues for you, provided how many and how potent they would be?

[But right, ok, this accepting it... which he has no clue how to do! But he can try not to fight it? Right? Though... it's difficult to let his guard down at all, a moment of weakness back at school was a sign for anyone to use it against Idia. Showing weakness there was asking for trouble, so in the back of his head he's still expecting this to take a turn for the worse. But he's trying! Though the trying to relax may only make him more stiff without realizing it, trying to force himself to just go along with this.] T-this really has no system equal to what my world has. You know... other than just... eating and stuff to take in energy.

( he watches Idia not entirely relax so much as change how he's tense. he doesn't bother wondering why, given he thinks it's fairly straightforward: trusting someone who is very different from yourself, in culture and experiences, is difficult. he hasn't struggled with the trust so much, not on most things, but he has in specific areas. not entirely without his own blundering playing into it too.

he starts to let that small, thin trickle of energy flow into Idia's own energy, guiding it carefully, his eyes focussing on Idia's hand. his answers are more distracted now as he's paying more attention to his 'work' than to the conversation, but he more or less responds appropriately, tracking the flow of his energy as it circulates through Idia's system. warm, in this manifestation, but also because this isn't a person with developed meridians, and Jingyi has to keep a close watch on what happens to keep things safe. )

Mm, no, but I was thinking to work with hard candies that were done, see how much they can hold, that kind of thing... anyway, isn't eating how most things get energy? Cultivators can get it more directly. The best of the best don't even eat as much, but who wants to give up food, it's pretty great. Especially chicken.

( no, he can't be distracted at the thought of chicken, but he can also... be hopeful for more chicken in the future. )

[That's... actually rather nice. It's like a full body handwarmer!] I wish I knew about this when we were on that- [Oh, well... that planet that's not there anymore... you know... lets move past that.

Idia also quiets back down as Jingyi clearly seems to be focusing, choosing to sit there silently and just focus on what was happening. It was also getting a bit easier to relax step by step. His guard isn't totally down, but if Jingyi had wanted to do something he would had by now, right? However just more questions fill Idia's head, he doing his best to just shove them aside for later, and not just reach out for his tablet to start typing them out at the same time. No, focus on what is happening, observe it, then comment on it later.

Though right now it just seemed like a nice warming technique. This had to just be one step, right? A starting point. Can't jump up to higher levels when you have no clue how to use it safely... but all it does is make Idia want to know more, and he's curious...] Can you work it to enhance the potential of mana or refill it faster?

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