[Amnesty] Five Elements: Crucible
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chenqing_100Title: Crucible
Author: aroberuka
Word Count/Drabble Type:100 125 words because I am bad at maths; posted with permission.
Character(s)/Ship(s): Wei Wuxian
Rating/Warnings: T; nothing very graphic but allusions to The Usual Fare for this part of canon
Summary: Wei Wuxian, from the fall of Lotus Pier to the making of Chenqing.
Author's Notes: /
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Author: aroberuka
Word Count/Drabble Type:
Character(s)/Ship(s): Wei Wuxian
Rating/Warnings: T; nothing very graphic but allusions to The Usual Fare for this part of canon
Summary: Wei Wuxian, from the fall of Lotus Pier to the making of Chenqing.
Author's Notes: /
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The river has always been his favourite playground: everywhere he looks, there is a memory.
He watches it turn red with the blood of childhood.
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The pain traces lines of fire across his back; every move a firework.
He shifts his shoulders, idly, every time his body thinks to sleep.
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wind thunder-howls past his ears no air in his lungs everything so loud ground coming up too fast can't breathe can't breathe can't even clo
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The taste of iron never leaves his mouth anymore.
Better than nothing, he thinks, better than hunger: then the hunger gives way to something worse.
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The wood smells rotten, but so does everything else. Even he stinks of decay.
It will serve him well, if it can withstand the carving.