[OPEN] June Event: a little sweet fruit

[noneforyou]

● WHO: Xue Yang and open!
● WHAT: During a downpour and in the ensuing chaos
● WHEN: June Event
● WHERE: Where the trouble will be
● WARNINGS: Dubcon, violence, noncon in the thread with Jiang Cheng. Sexual content, sometimes with questionable amounts of consent. Character opt-out here.


1. a sound in my ear

[ Xue Yang actually spends several minutes outside when it first starts raining. He's not the sort of person to be particularly bothered by the weather, and he's half expecting it to pass fairly quickly anyway.

It does not, in fact, pass fairly quickly.

Several minutes, and then he's stepping into the nearest building. Xue Yang spends a moment looking back at the storm behind him before he turns to survey his new surroundings. ]


2. a taste on my tongue

[ (Particularly if you are canonblind, please check the information in my opt-out post before tagging this prompt, as this will likely involve some of the worst of Xue Yang's impulses.)

Xue Yang's unfortunate tendency to like sweet things has him eventually sampling, and then consuming entirely, one of the passionfruits. From that moment on, he's a man on a mission: to find someone. Who is that someone? He won't know until he finds them.

But then he does, spotting a figure not too far away. Immediately he heads over, moving much faster than one would normally expect, until he's in range to grab their arm. ]

You.


3. a touch on my skin

[ Xue Yang winds up spending a lot of time around the plants, but the tendrils are the ones that catch his eye the most. Earlier on, he messes up more than once when poking around them, only to find himself snagged and unable to easily pull himself free. But as the week goes on he starts to get a much better idea of how they react, to the point where he can even wrap himself up in them and not actually get trapped. Once he's got a better idea of how that goes, he'll start calling out to those who pass by, ]

Hey, come help a guy out, would you?

[ (Please specify whether you want him to be genuinely trapped or just faking!) ]


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[air_head]

[The house is too shabby by Shi Qingxuan's standards. It's no heavenly palace, that's for sure, and yet the dwelling is the best he can manage through foraging, building, and nagging the machinery procuring whatever he's never dreamed of living without. What he ends up with is a four room structure surrounding a single courtyard, bereft of proper corridors. He barely laments the lack of gates when there's the pond to worry about--meaning, there's hardly one. The wind master has sort of given up around that point. Beside, having trees in the courtyard is good enough for now, isn't it?

The rain pockmarks the fresh dirt stretching haphazardly along the ground, and the noise is soothing, somewhat. It's pretty to watch from the shelter of the terrace and in the company of a generous stash of wine squirreled away meticulously from the banquet a while ago. In fact, Shi Qingxuan is well on his way to attaining a pleasant buzz when the splashing noise interrupts the arduous task of finding the most comfortable position to lie in.]

I thought sent away the last of you... [He really should start installing an actual door, next.]

[noneforyou]

[ At the voice, Xue Yang turns, eyes narrowed. The figure in the space with him is unfamiliar, but definitely has something resembling a cultivator's air about him, even despite his slight inebriation.

He doesn't pull out a weapon, not yet, but he's already studying this man for any information he might be able to use in case it comes to a fight. ]

Whoever you sent away is gone. I'm the one here now.

[ And even if it's just out of stubbornness, now he doesn't feel like leaving. ]

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[gottabeshidinme]

((OOC: can be genuine or fake trapped, depending on what you're feeling and what odds of smut you want. I'd be up for smut but also... gestures at JC... and I'd be fine without smut too.))

[Being addressed so casually, Jiang Cheng slowly turns his head, his habitual scowl targeting the man trapped in vines.]

Why?

[For all that it's a single syllable, he drags it out like a full sentence. Do tell! Whyever should he bother with some idiot who got himself stuck in a plant? Especially when said idiot clearly hasn't learned any humility from the experience.]

[air_head]

[For now, Shi Qingxuan can't sense anything overtly malicious from the newcomer. For one thing, he is distinctively mortal, which puts him at ease considerably. The chance of that stalking him to a different realm altogether is small but not improbable, but it would be nice not to worry about threats, for once.]

Well, what are you waiting for? Get in from the rain and help me take care of all the wine here. It's no fun drinking alone.

3+Wildcard?

[bitterfrost]

He'd been doing relatively well, freeing people from the vines or at least trying to, but the call had him eyeing Xue Yang as his footsteps slowed for a moment, studied him and then he kept walking.

Which didn't exactly do much good when Song Lan found himself trapped later, not even able to reach the thing on his wrist to see if he could get Xingchen to respond for help.

And struggling just made the vines tighten.

[noneforyou]

(( I mean, gestures at XY, let's see what we can do! lmao ))

[ Xue Yang gives a soft laugh, almost fully hiding any trace of contempt in it. He gives a tug of one arm, enough to make it look like he's trying to pull free and can't, but not quite enough to trigger the vines' automatic tightening responses to actually trap him. ]

You're not one of those who helps out someone just because they're in trouble?

[ He keeps his voice light, even though inside he's already angry. Just like a cultivator, isn't it? Sticking their nose up at everyone, not bothering to help unless it benefits them. But Xue Yang has an act to keep up, and though his acting skills are far from perfect, there's a few things that he can pull off well enough. ]

Is there something you'd want in repayment?

[noneforyou]

[ It has him pausing for a moment, then Xue Yang laughs and walks over. ]

Offering it to a stranger just like that? Does this have anything weird in it besides alcohol?

[ Not that he particularly cares, but he's going to ask anyway. After all, most of the food he's had in this place has had whatever it is that makes him horny. He's assuming at this point that it's more or less the standard. ]

[noneforyou]

When Xue Yang first saw Song Lan walking by, he considered slipping free and going on the offensive. In the end he decided against it. As much as he wanted to run a sword through the man, it seemed like a better idea in the long run to keep the fact that he was faking a secret until he could use it appropriately.

The opportunity for it came without him even having to do anything himself, as he spotted Song Lan caught up in the vines himself later on. A wide grin spread across Xue Yang's face and he slowly approached, making sure not to get too close before he determined exactly how stuck Song Lan was.

"My, my. It seems our positions have swapped. What do you think, Daozhang Song? Should I keep walking and ignore you like you did to me?"

[bitterfrost]

Of course it was Xue Yang who found him like this and his face twists as he stares at the other man, his expression grim, at least until his movements have something pressing against him in a way he hadn't been planning for.

"I let you live." It would have been so easy to just run him through back then but it wouldn't have been fair.


"...What do you want, Xue Yang?"

[gottabeshidinme]

That depends on the trouble. I'm under no obligation to save every halfwit from their self-made predicaments.

[He's a cultivator, not a nanny - and he may be a sect leader, but this tree huggerd is not part of his sect. All the more reason not to get involved.

Then again, his peace has already been disturbed now, and as long as he has to build a reputation for his sect all over again, cutting this guy free is not much effort. Drawing his sword, he steps in close at the same time, deliberately threatening, though he doesn't cut the man or the vines just yet. This is a good lesson to learn, isn't it? Anyone could kill you if you're dumb enough to get stuck like this. Clearly Jiang Cheng is doing the guy a favor by teaching him this lesson.]

Don't get in my way again.

[That's the repayment he wants. He'll deign to cut the man free in exchange for that.]

[air_head]

As if! I only share the best, you know!

[He's half amused, half affronted at the implication he would drug a guest, of all things. To make a point, he dips his head back to take in his fully filled cup in one go, an elbow on his knee once he's done.]

See? Perfectly normal. Now get over here before I finish the rest of it myself.

[noneforyou]

"You did. Are you saying I should show you mercy?"

Xue Yang scoffs and moves closer, taking careful stock of the vines. It all seems like Song Lan has indeed been securely caught, though he's still aware of the chance of it being a trick like his own.

When he gets close enough, he reaches up and grabs the back of Song Lan's head, and pulls him down for a rough kiss. If he's not trapped yet and he doesn't pull his arms free, this movement is quite likely to have them tightening up around him. And if he is already trapped, this will probably tighten them that much more.

[bitterfrost]

"I don't expect you to do an-" The kiss silences him his lips parted when their mouths meet, and the vines tightening around him as he tries to pull his head back, not that he's actually able to do much more than that.

And bites at Xue Yang's lower lip hard enough to make him bleed. Petty maybe but he's completely tied up otherwise so limited options mean he has to do something.

[noneforyou]

[ Despite the threatening posture of this man, Xue Yang seems remarkably unbothered. His grin doesn't waver even as his gaze falls to the sword, and to the arm holding it up. ]

This is "in your way"?

[ Xue Yang takes the gamble.

Suddenly he reaches out to grab Jiang Cheng's arm and press the vine wrapped around his own between them. It's definitely going to trigger it to tighten, and although he's reasonably certain it will try to grab both of them, it's not a guarantee.

Even if it doesn't, it's at least only going to restrain one of his limbs at this point. He has confidence enough that that won't be enough to leave him defenseless. ]

[noneforyou]

[ He laughs again and sits down opposite Shi Qingxuan. ]

Even if you did, I'd probably drink it. Not like there isn't weird stuff in most of the food here, right?

[ Xue Yang reaches out to take a cup for himself. ]

[noneforyou]

Xue Yang makes a low noise in his throat and presses his lips harder against Song Lan's, as if trying to squeeze out more of his blood and get it into Song Lan's mouth. He can only imagine this disgusts a righteous cultivator like Song Lan even more than it disgusts Xue Yang, and that's what drives him on. If Song Lan wants Xue Yang to bleed for him, then bleed for him he will.

"Did you do this to him?" Xue Yang murmurs it with venom in his voice, pulling back for just a moment before sticking his tongue into Song Lan's mouth. He doesn't care if that gets bit too. After a little longer he grips Song Lan's hair tight, enough to pull, and separates them again. "Did you stick that tongue in his mouth? How disgusting did it taste to him, that tongue of yours that rotted years of his life?"

[bitterfrost]

"What I do with Xingchen is none of your business!" When he's able to form words, even if he's breathless from the kissing, from trying to struggle against the vines, freeing himself, his eyes blazing at Xue Yang ans he spits the blood out, spits the taste of Xue Yang out of his mouth before he continues.

"He's none of your business. He doesn't even want to see you so why are you so fixated on him?"

[noneforyou]

"And for a while you made that quite certain, didn't you? Those eyes of yours are his eyes, not yours. He went for years seeing neither me nor you nor anything, and it's all thanks to you."

He bites at Song Lan's lip himself, hard enough to possibly break the skin, then sucks it. Gently. Teasingly. Mockingly.

"What if I do all those things to you that you two haven't done? Daozhang Song, do you even know how to have sex with another man? If I do it to you, will you do it to him? Will you be able to do it without thinking of me?"

Xue Yang presses one hand to Song Lan's chest and then slides it lower, tracing a slow but obvious path in the direction of his crotch.

[bitterfrost]

"I didn't make him do that. You were the reason I was blind in the first place!" He snaps, expression darkening but the kiss and the contact have him breathing hard again, his body responding to it even if he doesn't want it to.

And the words, he can't ignore them because he knows they're true, even as something registers, distracting him for a moment. "...How do you know he was blind for years?" Song Lan trails off, his eyes narrowing as that hand slides lower, Song Lan trying to pull himself away, but failing.

"Don't touch me." It's harsh, his eyes narrowed even if he can't stop Xue Yang.

[noneforyou]

"How? How do you think? I haven't forgotten the look in your eyes right before the powder ruined them. Do you think I'd mistake these for the same eyes I'd destroyed? They're not yours. I heard the stories, and I heard them for years. I don't know how Daozhang Xiao Xingchen has eyes now, but they're exactly the same as the ones on your face. Where else could these have come from?!"

His hand jumps the last gap and suddenly presses against Song Lan, not overly rough but certainly not gentle as he starts to massage him through his robes.

CW: dubcon, violence, will add others if needed.

[bitterfrost]

"So what if you heard the stories. If you hadn't blinded me in the first place do you think he'd have chosen to do what he-" The words break off when the hand presses against him through his robes, Song Lan gasping in a startled breath, his eyes closing for a moment as a wave of want washes over him.

It shouldn't feel like this, not from him but and teeth sink into his lower lip to muffle the moan that wants to escape, the contact enough to have his hips bucking forward.

"Stop...touching me..." He bites each word out, choking down another moan.

[noneforyou]

"And if you hadn't said those things to him, would he still have done it?"

Xue Yang continues to knead as he speaks, leaning in so his face is inches from Song Lan's.

"You told him to go away forever and he tried to; now he's back and you want him to stay? So what did you send him away for? Did you only blame him so he'd feel guilty enough to give you his eyes? You didn't want him to go away at all, and yet you said all those things to him? Daozhang Song, you really are the worst sort of hypocrite."

He gives a deliberate grope to make sure Song Lan's attention is on what he's doing with his hand.

"You tell me to stop, but just feel what's happening down here. You don't want me to stop at all."

[bitterfrost]

"I don't have to explain anything to you" It's harsh, breathless, Song Lan barely managing to stifle the moan that wants to escape at that touch, his body reacting even if he's trying to make it stop.

"I don't...this place is the reason for that." Because he'd never react like this if they weren't already being affected somehow just by being here. It doesn't keep him from shuddering through.

[noneforyou]

Xue Yang manages to get his mouth high enough to give a teasing bite to one of Song Lan's earlobes.

"Tell yourself what you want. It won't change what I'm going to do to you."

He takes his hand away and starts to work on loosening Song Lan's belt.

"Daozhang Song, have you thought about how two men would fuck? ... Do you even know how a man and a woman fuck?"

[bitterfrost]

"Why would I?" It's out almost immediately, Song Lan trying to free his hands, movements accidentally activating his device, although he's not aware of it. But he's wondered, since arriving here, since he and Xingchen had fallen prey to the effects of this place.

"I don't..." Xue Yang removing his belt has him inhaling a breath. "Stop doing that!" It's sharper, even if the tugging at the vines only has them tightening around his arms.