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[chiastic]

Name: un: PXW
Date: Feb 13
Format: Text

[Anyway.]

WANTED-- Lodging in a respectable rooming or boarding house, with a strong desire for the latter. The following accommodations must be met: No animals kept indoors; No children; No fellow tenants who might be susceptible to the vices of liquor, betting, or marriage. The room must be clean, quiet, private, and immediately available. A locking door is most preferable.

Prospective tenant is an educated man of science accustomed to long hours, with little taste for parlor games.

Make your reply here. References to be waived for the sake of expediency and convenience ONLY, and may be requested upon inspection of the premises.

Comments

[taciturnly]

Self-sufficiency is a quality too often undervalued.

[chiastic]

As is being rational.

[taciturnly]

Nothing is insurmountable with sufficient discipline.

[chiastic]

Be that as it may, I have neither the inclination or the time to waste on some a useless occupation when there are dozens, if not dozens of dozens, suitable alternatives.

[taciturnly]

Then I wish you good fortune.

[chiastic]

[A man playing at being considerate might say thank you here regardless of his feelings. Warthrop does not.]

text | un:wwxwashere

[weiward]

[someone had been just casually following along, reclined back a few feet from his husband bonded.

but this response makes wei wuxian sit straight up. even through text, there's a tone he doesn't like.]

hey, hey! what are you trying to say here?

[chiastic]

That suggesting to a stranger who is clearly very aware of what they require that they instead pursue some ridiculous daydream is a waste of time for all involved.

Did the writer review no part of the advertisement? Perhaps they think I am a man of means, bored of my life and looking for a little entertainment among the rabble of a row house. For what other individual might simply acquire a plot of land in a crowded place, the materials for new construction, and so on when there is a city fully of perfectly equitable opportunities, but a frivolous rich man tired of his own money?

[weiward]

[no one has yet taught wei wuxian what "tl;dr" means. but if and when they do, he'll think back to this moment.

if he remembers.]

look, you were the one trying to find a place to live that meets all your ridiculous standards. lan zhan was only trying to help. don't blame him if you're too lazy to make it happen or too picky in the first place.

...You have more rules than his entire clan.

[chiastic]

If the above advertisement is your definition of ridiculous standards, then I tremble to think what you might consider reasonable. 'WANTED-- a room.'

It's hardly as if I specified a required color of wallpaper or demanded to only be served beef on Thursdays.

[weiward]

you owe him an apology.

[the only words he'll pay attention to, apparently.]

[chiastic]

[Somewhere, Warthrop laughs an absolutely acidic 'Ha!' Suffice to say, no apology is forthcoming.]

[taciturnly]

Wei Ying.

( HE GOT THIS. granted lan wangji should have been clearer and plainly suggested seclusion because living in a cave obviously is ideal but hey, different cultures and all that. he's trying, regardless of the consequences. be happy. )

[weiward]

lan zhan! he was just being rude to you.

[granted, it wasn't a huge thing. it probably wouldn't have even ruffled wei wuxian's feathers - err, fur.

but this is lan zhan. he doesn't even allow his own family to speak poorly of him. so no, he's not happy.]

[taciturnly]

( and he's super touched! really. his moron in shining black robes. lan wangji's known worse offenses—namely yours probably—and. you just gotta choose your battles.

also. technically. this man isn't sputtering utter nonsense, lbr. )

Leave it be.

☕ ( ...if this wasn't clear, tea is ready. )