1. Sleeping Beauty, Get Up Already! Wait Sir, I must Hyperventilate FirstWenchang wakes up with a gasp. That dream was too real. He sits up and looks around. A tent? The last thing he remembers is calling out to that ancient prince and... hold on. It
was real. It was all real! He looks down at himself, covered in bandages. No, that battle... he should be rightfully dead. Why is he alive? This is all wrong! And that man. He looked so familiar. He looked like well, himself. But, different. No, this was another man, he was dressed in royal robes and - and -
Wenchang presses his knuckles to his face. The flap opens and he looks up and sighs in relief as Dewang enters. One thing at a time.
2. War is Over Soldier! Come back when We have Need of You Again!"I've heard of the Huis in passing. They operate in Nan Pi. No good, the lot."
"They captured two of my teachers," says Dewang.
Wenchang looks at his upset friend. "I owe your men my life. Let's go rescue them." Anything to get rid of this listlessness. He dare not be idle, for fear his mind will start on
that again.
To that end, he goes searching after his troops, find out who did and didn't make it. Lt. Gang comes to meet him not a day later after Dewang. His original platoon apparently survived the war ("Haven't our men seen it all at this point, boss? Let them try anything. We have a captain who can't be killed!" brags Boxiao) and are ready to follow him anywhere.
3. A Kind OfferWenchang has always held Governor Ding in high esteem, so it is no surprise when it turns out he hadn't forgotten who did what in the war. Unlike other superiors.
"Thank you General, the Governor is truly generous. I have a personal affair to attend to right now, but I'd be fortunate to work w-for him in the future." Work 'with'? What's wrong with him?
4. We were Born on Different Days but Let us Die on the SameAlmost a fortnight after he wakes up, Wenchang is back to his old self bodily even if not mentally. He's not sure he will ever be, but there's no use looking back, and slowly he's adjusting to it. He hunts for his armour in the days before they leave. As he gets it out, he gets a clear look at it in the morning light, and almost drops it.
The armour is now bright red and more elaborate. And there's a banner sprawled on the floor next to it. Red and gold. The colours of Yan. Wenchang stares at the flag for a while, before folding it and stashing it among his belongings. He can ignore this no longer.
One night he joins Dewang and Baozi for an evening meal, They discuss the war, and the upcoming 'excursion.'
"Everything's ready. We can leave tomorrow, perhaps the day after tomorrow."
"Good. Perha-"
"And there's one thing more." Will they think him mad? He pushes on. "At our last battle, after the Prince... took over, from what you say. I had a dream - vision - call it what you will. He appeared in it and showed me my ancestry. I'm a... man from Yan. I'm descended from him. I... put my great-great-great-however long back-grandfather to rest, " Wenchang says, the sheer bizarreness of it making him half-laugh as he does.
"I found the Prince's armour and the family's banner among my things yesterday. I'm still coming to terms with this - revelation, but I do know what I want to do with it now. I want to restore our status. My parents - they have no idea. My father could be sitting on a throne, yet he catches fish and seeds our fields. He-" Wenchang takes a deep breath. "What I meant to say was, are you with me on this? I know you're both cleverer than me but I have this
feeling that it wasn't just some hallucination. You two found out Colonel Liu's ancestry. Surely..."
"Of course we believe you," Dewang is quick to reply. "Just digesting this new information, that's all."
"I just wanted to tell somebody, for fear of going insane turning it over and over in my head," Wenchang smiles. "The urgent matter for now is of course, your teachers."
"Thank you both again for doing this," Dewang's voice is full of gratitude.
"It is the only honourable thing to do. Doctor Hua saved my life."
"And he patched me up," puts in Baozi.
"And we are friends after all. We have been through an entire war together. My men followed your lead in that charge Baozi, and you proved worthy of their trust." Wenchang raises a cup and proposes, "Let us always be there for each other. Let us be brothers in bond if not flesh."
So they swear. :)
FP spent to clear Doomed
In-game two weeks spent to clear In Peril and Wounded
Milestone - new stuff
Leader Mantle: Patronage, Ready and Willing
Aspects for Sword, Veteran team
Switched Awareness and Archery (Awareness: 3->4, Archery: 4->3)
(have a feeling that skill might be needed pretty soon :P)
Following the sensible lady here and saving my point for when I can up Fencing/shift more skills around