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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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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?

( when you can act like a one person heater, only in a very unconventional way. he breathes out, blinking and looking back up at Idia's face as he cuts off the flow of energy, leaving what felt like a safe amount in Idia's system, still circulating, maintaining that warmth that will slowly fade. the boost to energy itself remains behind, not so much making his heart beat faster or anything go haywire: more like being smoothly made aware of having so much more energy to do than one did moments before. however one chooses to contain or guide that energy, that Jingyi has no idea. )

Huh, Mana? You'd have to describe it to me, and I'd have to figure out the feel of it. If we can do that, then we can try, see what happens. Is there nothing to work on that in the whole communal supplies stuff?

( he only pays enough attention to know some of the healing supplies there, since he largely plans to use little of it himself. granted, maybe he should be carrying more around for the rest of his friends... he can store things in his qiankun pouch as much as he needs to, right? )

Ugh, refill faster is more likely offhand, increasing potential either goes for making it more effective, or writing seals people activate, talismans and stuff. What do you use mana for?

[Idia looks to his hand he's brought back as Jingyi moves back, flexing his hand at the remaining feeling that lingered through him.

There's a lot of potential in that. He's not sure quite what yet, but it's a good start. Hmm, would the candies also have to work in stages? To build up peoples abilities to use them? Start with a warming one until they were used to it before moving onto the next? And even if it's only warmth, could that be a resource to use for cold weather missions? Ideally Idia wished he had a doctor here during this, to be able to do a range of tests to see what happened because of this. Actually, you know what, on another target, not him, he doesn't want to be the experiment...]

Hm? Oh, [Yes, refocus, a wave of a finger to bring his skull around and to float just above his hand as a ring of fire sprung forward from it to circle around the floating computer.] Mana is the primary resource wizards from my world use to produce magic, however it's a limited source that needs time to replenish between use. More powerful wizards tend to have a larger pool to draw from, but they also have to balance that with using more powerful magic. [It would be only something he should have access to in regards to those from his world, the temptation of too much magic use and blot accumulation for the two new comers would be too risky. Not that Idia so far has had a need to boost his mana, but it's an interesting future idea. Right now he would rather just hang out at the back during missions, not face forces head on.]

( jingyi leans back, his tail returning to a ticktock flopping to the outside of the booth's table. watching that skull, too, commenting offhand: )

Looks like what demonic cultivation should...

( for many reasons, not the least being what respect paid to remains should be ends up crossing over with images of the dead, or what should be at least connected to the rest of a body. not that he thinks so literally, but it's a thought that comes to mind. )

So you want to refill the pool faster, but mana, is it something around here? Does it replenish in you naturally, over time, so there'd be some way to give you the right kind of energy so that it replenishes? How does that deal with the stuff that happens from magic going all not-great?

Hm? [Idia asks as he allows the fire to fade away, but only to cycle through other elements, blending into water, then to leaves and vines, and finally a purplish black energy, before those too vanished into nothing.] Elemental magic is considered demonic in your world? [No accusation or anger behind it, just sounding curious to learn details.

He then mulled over the options as he answered.] I would be curious to know if it's possible. If we have a mission where I burn through all my mana I wouldn't be able to do much, [Idia clearly is not one capable of physical attack or defense. He does curl his lip up at that thought though.] Not that I should get to the position as Orange... [Though he has been involved in some rather violent stops already... as much as he had hated it.] It refills naturally over time, those who push themselves too much can take days to recover if they're not careful. I don't believe it comes from an exterior source, at least none any different from stamina or similar that just require rest and food.

['the stuff that happens'? Oh!] Oh, blot? A-ah, I, ah, I don't... really gotta worry about that. [Idia's tone dropping low as he answers, hunching back into his shoulders as he curled around his legs again, hugging them to him.]

Elemental? ( a blink. ) No, just stuff dealing with resentful energies. Making use of the dead's energies to do stuff. Really, the truly demonic cultivation destroys others' spirits forever. They can't reincarnate.

( There's not enough left for them to be able to, left outside the cycle of all things, all energies. )

What I'm familiar with is called that, but it isn't really that. Then you also do stuff like absorb the energies of the dead, or people's deaths, to make yourself stronger, it's not good stuff.

( Which is an incredibly vague way of talking about it, but delving into true demonic cultivation versus the accusations levered at Wei Wuxian takes time and nuance. He doesn't presume something of his world holds that much interest to anyone not from a parallel of it. )

Orange gets dragged into things too. ( He shrugs. ) Better to train so we're all prepared, right?

( Either way, mana sounds like it could be a form of energy; maybe qi can help with it regenerating faster, or be used as mana? Ugh, a headache of his to try and figure that out at the drop of a hat... easier to make candy and be done with it as energy boosts! Plus that sounds more amusing and less potentially disastrous. )

Oh, is that related to your clan's skills? The reason why your clan runs around cleaning up blot messes and rewriting people's memories?

( Which does unnerve him, but in a distant sense. Idia's clan isn't on Lan Jingyi's world, and his memories are not the one's in question, so everything is fine and nothing's terribly not okay. )

Resentful energies? [Really?] Was it because I did fire first? [Resentful 'energies' felt like it was something that would fit into blot more than magic in Idia's world, or at least negative emotions. Magic wasn't good or bad, it was up to who used it and how.] Hmm, I mean, one of our Greats in my universe is the God of the Underworld, but the basic magics don't have typical interaction with the dead. [Was there others who did do stuff with it... well... magic in Idia's universe worked on anything a wizard could imagine, so who knows what some would think up to do with it.]

Well I'm certainly not a fighter... [Idia grumbled out, well aware of his lack of physical abilities. It was never a field he was interested in and had no intent on learning it. He hated physical activity. Worst case Idia has and still plans to just hide behind whatever team was supposed to be guarding Orange at the time. That was their job, let him stick to Orange stuff.

Idia... hates talking about this, he really does... especially considering he was here to try and stop Jingyi from talking about what he's already told him, only to keep adding more to it...] Our curse, [He grumbles out softly.] We... ah, we... we burn blot, it's why we were placed to watch over those who fall to it. [It's a horrible fate to have... all these wizards who can do whatever they want, train to be whatever they want, but the Shrouds were the ones always cleaning up their mess. Testing to find better ways to prevent blot, better ways to recover from it. Containing those who couldn't be saved... Idia hates it all... but he's accepted it.] W-w-we're the most resistant to it.

Nah, it's because skulls aren't respectful images to portray in elemental magic, it's a desecration of the whole of a body.

( because it misses all the rest of the body... it's a thing, okay. he says this levelly, not making it an accusation so much as stating what is fact to him. )

So I wondered if it was formed from resentful energies. It's one of the forms a decently strong one can take.

( like this explains too much. he tilts his head listening to the blot burning, squinting after this explanation. )

Most resistant doesn't mean immune. So what, it gives you time to work out how to null this whole blot issue, but I don't think you also only use blot? Unless burning it uses it? Or just renders it not harmful to others, and the whole, clean up people's messes and memories thing your clan does. Which you will not do to me, ever.

( he says this, looking idia dead straight in the eye. it's not a suggestion. for jingyi, this is never something allowable. ask a certain ancient pain in his ass about it sometime, elidibus learned what even peeking through his memories without permission earned as a response. )

Still, does that mean you have to burn the blot from the two new guys who just showed up, if they do magic that creates it? What does that actually do to you?

[Oh... Oh!] Oh?! You mean this? [Idia grabbing his computer and holding it in his hands, the skull instantly going still as it registered he was holding it.] I mean... I guess I can see that. I did kind of base it on Hades and his designs... but it's just a computer, ah, I mean I made it. [A bit of pushing and prodding here and there before Idia removed the face plate of it to show the insides to Jingyi, the circuitry lighting up as it went about it processes, and encircling around a blue gem.] It's just a tool.

[Idia's quiet as he drums his fingers nervously against the sides of the computer.] I-I-I know it's not, ah... full immunity... [All too well...] And no, it just... burns it off without any benefit. [Though any sad thoughts Idia had towards that was side tracked for a moment with Jingyi's determined look, Idia staring back at him, before a hint of a smile and a low chuckle.] I couldn't even if I wanted to, I don't have access to the Lethe system here. I can't go wiping anyone's memories without it... And that's hardly the first thing I would try and get from STYX if given the chance.

[A sigh as Idia moved on, placing the skull computer down on the table top and leaving it there, it sitting still rather than moving to hover like normal.] No, the way STYX aids in blot recovery is done via magical tech unrelated to the Shroud curse. The curse is only meant to protect us, not others. [It may be weird to use the words 'curse' and 'protect' together, but it was only one element of it...] As long as they keep their use to their normal rate, and use their wands, they'll be fine. I doubt either of them are a real threat with overblotting, it normally only happens to the most powerful of wizards, and Ruggie and Sebek are not those.

( he plants his hands on the table to really lean forward and stare inside the whole thing, making an oooooh sound that didn't indicate he got what all the circuitry did, but that he understood the function of having it all.

he looks back to Idia to ask: )

What would be the first?

( If he had the chance to get something from Sticks. the computer being set on the table means Jingyi reseats himself, tail flicking in the area to the table's open side. )

Assume missions will mess that up. These places we go don't play by our home logic, right? Some are so against us their simple energy resists us existing there. So what happens, do you have that magical tech you mention in case one or the other goes blotty?

[Hmmm, what would be his first? Well... Ortho, clearly, but after him... hmm, it's a good question.

One totally shoved to the side as Jingyi spoke, Idia's attention turning to those questions and... Oh gods... Ugghhhh, he was right, wasn't he? Ruggie and Sebek shouldn't be a risk of overblot at all normally, but this train and its stops aren't normal! They should be fine, unless they arrive on a world where they send their magic and blot levels haywire somehow. There's a low sound of frustration from deep in Idia's throat as he slapped his hands over his face, his mouth still visible between them as it pulled back into a very toothy snarl and he hissed out a long, drawn out, 'fuuuccccckkkkk'. He rarely swears out loud, mostly it stayed in his head, or in shit talking online when he had the chance back home, telling scrubs to get good and all that. But this...

This is going to be so much more work for him! And to do it in a way without telling either Ruggie or Sebek.

Fuck!

Idia let out a groan as he dragged his hands down his face, fully slumped in his seat and looking ready to just give up on everything.] ...I'm going to have to buy blot recovery items from home... or the materials to make them. [This suddenly got so much more complicated than he had thought!]

( he snorts at the drawn out cursing, the translation for that one easy, direct. )

Duties of being an heir. Sucks to be responsible, doesn't it?

( rhetorical question, because it is what one does, regardless. there's a need, idia clearly must rise to meet it. )

Do they need to be so special? Remember that whatever's true on your world, we're in Voidtrecker Express space. Different people have all kinds of stuff and solutions. Plus, you need to warn those guys, however annoying you or they find each other. Even ignoring what your curse thing does, you still are someone who wields magic, you may as well bring it up as a concern you're dealing with. Even if they won't know what kind of dealing with it means to you compared to them.

[There's just a groan to confirm Idia's answer to that question.

Then considering this all.] I'm not sure, I haven't exactly been investigating blot while I've been here... [Hmm... maybe he will have to start doing so. UGH! That's not fun! Idia just wants to make his toys, and his new tech ideas, and his games, not... actually doing his job.

Idia reaches out for his computer again, fiddling around to reassemble it and allowing it to float back up to bob in the air next to him as he waved a hand to bring up a couple of holoscreens to type on and read off, taking notes as he thought out loud.] I guess I can start investigating it, or if anything is similar to it. I'm not sure if I can entirely find blot recreated from other worlds, but maybe elements of it. It seems the concept of negative energy crosses over multiple universes, so maybe there's a solution in that somewhere. Oh, does your world deal with that? It sounds like it does.

[Then to the topic of telling Ruggie and Sebek, Idia's lip curling up with that.] Oh yeah, I really want to spell out exactly who I am, that's why I'm here telling you to keep your mouth shut about everything I've said. [The sarcasm dripping off each of those words. Why would he tell them?! How would he? 'Hey, so I'm the big boss of a secret organization that deals with blot and I'm going to be monitoring you from now on to make sure you don't drown in blot or become a threat to anyone else.' Yeah, not happening. Sure... he may be able to go about it another way, the caring third year looking after the first and second year student... but that is so not Idia. It would be so OOC of him! He can't do it!

Then mumbling to himself.] I should make some trackers to put on them... [He's not sure how he would put them on them... but it's not a bad idea.]

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