camping shenanigans mingle log; open

[equivocations]

WHO: the Lan-Wuxian-Jiang-Meng family + you!

WHAT: camping shenanigans mingle log! Join the family camp for food, conversation, etc

WHEN: spanning throughout the event in the forest

WHERE: the family camp + surrounding area

NOTES: none right now, will update as needed

Night hunts are practically routine where Lan Xichen's from, at least for cultivators, and exploring an unfamiliar forest with relatively unknown dangers doesn't seem any different just because it's in another world. There certainly seems to be something of a sense of ease as they travel, and then as they set up camp.

During the day, there's a flurry of activity as the camp's occupants drift in and out, setting up or taking down tents, making weapons or food, going off to collect firewood or go hunting or fishing, patrol the area or anything else that needs doing.

In the evening there's a roaring fire to ward off the chill, the scent of cooking food and the sound of conversation.

Someone - quite likely Lan Xichen himself - will invite anyone who happens nearby to come sit down, warm themselves by the fire and have something to eat.

At night, there's likely always someone up on watch who might need company, or who might come to investigate someone nearby.

Comments

[billowing]

Yes.

The spices we picked will need to be toasted and crushed into powder.

[ Otherwise, they won't taste quite as good. ]

Do you think you could do that?

[scaredofdogs]

I can do that. What do we have to crush them with?

[He collects all the plants he had shoved in his robes and adds them to the piles that Lan Wangji collected.]

[billowing]

[ Lan Wangji goes to retrieve a mortar and pestle that

he'd carved himself.

This morning. ]

Here. It's not the best, but we do not have an alternative.

[scaredofdogs]

[Lan Zhan...you're a beast. He takes the items and starts to work at that task.]

Are all the different plants going in the same thing or do we have separate containers for each?

[How the hell did they manage to get all this stuff here...he certainly didn't carry it.]

[billowing]

Just put them separately onto leaves for now. We will have to worry about containers later.

[ They didn't, welcome to the land of your husband makes everything from scratch and I mean everything. ]

[scaredofdogs]

[He nods and lays out different leaves for each of the plants he is going to grind and then starts working on the first one, humming softly as he works.]

[billowing]

The more fine it is, the better the flavor.

[ He feels like he's also helping teach Wei Ying how to cook, which is nice. ]

[scaredofdogs]

[He nods and finishes the first batch, holding it out to him to check it.]

Like this?

[billowing]

Mm.

Like that.

[ He sticks his finger into the batch and tastes it. ]

It's good.

[ And they're going to need a LOT of it for the deer. ]

[scaredofdogs]

[He pours it out onto one of the leaves and fills the bowl with the next one.]

After being out here like this..doing all this stuff..it's going to be hard to go back in the hotel.

[billowing]

Mm. I prefer this as well.

And there is enough time to build shelter if they intend to keep us through winter.

[ Lan Wangji will start if they don't go back soon. ]

[scaredofdogs]

I doubt the hotel is going to leave us out here. If they wanted to cast us out, why wouldn't they just send us home?

[Seems to make more sense then just letting them out and leaving them to fend for themselves.

[billowing]

Perhaps they wish to see us try to survive.

[ In which case, they've got another think coming because Lan Wangji is thriving like this more than he had been at the hotel. ]

[scaredofdogs]

Heh..well then clearly they don't know as much about us as they think they do if we can't handle living out here.

[He doesn't even want to try and explain how he survived three months in the burial mounds. If he could handle that..he could handle a winter in wonderland.]

[billowing]

[ Lan Wangji has never asked, but there might be several reasons that he tries to make sure that Wei Ying is always comfortable.

He's survived so much. Lan Wangji only wishes for him to have a good life going forward. ]

They had never met us before.

[scaredofdogs]

Well if they decide to leave us out here then I will be perfectly content.

[There is plenty to entertain himself with outside. But only so much to do in the hotel. He doesn't like being caged up.]

[billowing]

Mm. We'll make it to the other side of the forest.

[ And figure out a way home out there. ]

[scaredofdogs]

If we were left out to explore..I'd like to see more of wonderland.

[He would never get to return most likely so it would be his one chance to see what else is out there before going home. He can't do that now..not with the bond and the guards and everything. But if all alone to do what he wanted, it would be great adventure.]

[billowing]

We could do that. Head out every day, see what else is there.

[ They won't get far, but it's worth trying. ]

[scaredofdogs]

[He hops around so he is walking backwards in front of Lan Wangji.]

You'll really keep exploring with me? Every day?

[billowing]

Mm.

[ He said he would, back at the hotel, but perhaps Wei Ying has forgotten. ]

Every day we travel, and come home.

[ Does he remember? ]

[scaredofdogs]

[He remembers. He just wants the insurance that even if married, the man would still be willing to travel with him. He can't be sure how their dynamic will change when everything else around them does.]

Then I will change into something big enough to carry you and we can fly all over the place and see everything!

[billowing]

I would not want to cause you trouble when you fly.

[ He barely knows how to fly as-is... ]

[scaredofdogs]

Practice makes perfect. Once I am an expert flyer then I'll be able to handle it.

[He seems perfectly confident that he will be able to do so with enough time.]

[billowing]

Only then, should we fly.

[ He's also not trying to get dropped onto the ground. ]