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[ after an embarrassingly long time spent figuring out the functions of the communication bracelet - look, it's a lot to take in all in one go - wei wuxian types out a message that's equal parts honest inquiry and throwing things on a wall to see what sticks. ]

my respectful salute to everyone reading this. my name is wei wuxian, from the yunmeng jiang sect. i have some questions and a request, if it pleases.

[ okay, the manners part is done. wei wuxian can now go wild. ]

from what i've been told, moonlacing is the practice of creating chroma. it requires at least two willing participants, and physical contact is involved.

how much contact is needed? would exposed skin touching covered skin work? how long does one need to be in contact with their moonlacing partner in order to succeed in creating chroma, what's the bare minimum? how exactly is it stored, and can you learn how moonlacing is done? has anyone succeeded in moonlacing by themselves? are there limitations to moonlacing? does it still work if your partner is unconscious, or otherwise unable to participate due to injury or some other misfortune? how quickly can you lose chroma, what's the quickest that anyone's ever drained their reserves?

i have so many questions!

anyway, my request is this: would anyone be willing to help me test the answers to these questions by moonlacing with me? i'll be more than grateful for the help!

thank you for your time!

(ooc: related log over here!)

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[ everything wei wuxian's encountered so far has been a series of escalating question marks for him. this instance is no different. ]

let me clarify: you two were trying to hatch an egg, which i assume is magical, and it drained your partner of his chroma, so you two had sex.

what kind of egg was it???

[advisors]

Er. Well. Oral sex. ( Pls. )

And yes, it was a magical egg. It hatched a dragon.

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oral sex. of course. specificity helps in answering these questions.

[and yet his ears are burning, and he wants to hide away somewhere quiet and think his actions over for some reason.]

do people just... hatch eggs? all the time? is that something that happens frequently here?

[advisors]

I'm very sorry if I overstepped by telling you that. I thought being specific would help...

And, no, that's the only time I've heard of it and seen it happen like that. The whole city was in an uproar with the eggs and then dragons. We had to bring them back to their actual parents.

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oh, no! you didn't misstep at all! i'm just having a time with the plain manner of speech here. it's very direct. back home i would've gotten a slap on the mouth for saying things so plainly.

why did you decide to hatch the dragon egg though? wouldn't returning the egg as it is be safer for you and your friend?

[advisors]

Truly? I suppose I'm just used to people being blunt. Half of my friends back home would say far worse than what I've said, believe me.

We... we felt like we had to. We felt protective of it, of her. Our dragons were almost like our children. Regardless of the magic at hand, I did care quite a bit for her, and still wonder if she's alright.

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i don't have that luxury where i come from, much as i'd like it. i'm in a rather... shall we say, complicated position. i wouldn't want to give my uncle jiang any more white hairs, haha.

you speak in the past tense. did something happen to the dragons?

[advisors]

Ah, I understand. My friends and I have held positions of power for at least half our lives, and I have tried to curb them from speaking so bluntly, but... Unfortunately, they seem to refuse to listen.

The dragons went to their true families, and to those who could better care for them than us. Still, I miss at least the dragon my now boyfriend and I helped raise.

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do those from the gentry speak as they please, where you're from? there aren't any rules, written or otherwise, that keep you from doing so?

[it sounds like the opposite from back home, and wei wuxian's interest is so piqued.

this is also an interesting time to bring up the fact that wei wuxian's been working under the assumption that he's speaking with a girl.]

i'm told that raising animal companions together is a good way to gauge a couple's ability to raise children. do you two plan to marry?

[advisors]

I suppose they do, at least in my circle, but we've been friends a long time. It's only natural.

( Ja'far nearly spittakes. )

Marry? We've been dating less than a year, I don't-

That hasn't come up.