[ embrace your eldritch side. forget the devotion of a concubine.... ]
We were presented places to investigate. The first was a kingdom fallen to darkness. It seemed connected to Fei Du and Shen Qingque... It ended in dying, and so we got a second chance. This second life was worse.
[ a beat. ]
We were going to attend a wedding in this life, but the country ended up under attack. Someone wanted to wage war.
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Who was the husband?
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[ she sounds cold and bitter about it and then she shakes her head in the next second. ]
It shouldn't be anyone you or I know.
[ here or back in chaldea. ]
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[ well, she'll hurry on from that. ]
What about your story?
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I was cursed and could only be freed if someone vowed to love me. A prince said he would, but he ended up engaged to you instead.
And he said he didn't love you either.
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she just blinks. ]
What happened after that...?
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I killed him. He was going to ruin his country.
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Whoa! Can you do that?!
[ is that allowed???? ]
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[ his country was going to go to WAR. ]
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[ although that still seems odd to say about someone who was her fiancee, even in a fake world. ]
Was that all you had to do?
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We were presented places to investigate. The first was a kingdom fallen to darkness. It seemed connected to Fei Du and Shen Qingque... It ended in dying, and so we got a second chance. This second life was worse.
[ a beat. ]
We were going to attend a wedding in this life, but the country ended up under attack. Someone wanted to wage war.
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I see... did you know the people who wanted the war? Or did Libby?
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The sorcerer was the one who caused the most problems.
[ this is her very biased opinion. ]
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[ sort of.
it really reads as some weird fairy tale. ]
How did you win?
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[ that's not winning. ]
No, we.... the bird interfered.
[ she puts a hand to her temple, as if she's getting a headache. ]
We met Baba Yaga.
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Did she do anything?
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And you did the trade?
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Do you want to do anything?
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Let me hear you play your pipa.
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[ very happily, and easily enough, she'll reach for her pipa. ]
Let's sit.
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she silently waits for yang guifei to start playing whenever she's ready. ]