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Now, regarding the Imperial Court, there were only three noteworthy things they would tell you if you asked them for such information:
As the Chief of War, they spend more time trying to convince the Emperor not to go to war than to, well, go to war (a work in progress. They have yet to succeed in the art of persuasion).
One of the Emperor's advisors has, allegedly, done a 180 in personality. Everyone is (rightfully) afraid of her. Unfortunately for them, she seems quite hellbent on getting them to start a revolution, and somehow they are more afraid of saying no than the idea of being executed for being compliant to her ideas.
There is a new servant. Not only does he keep climbing on the horse stables instead of cleaning them, he has got quite the knack for distracting them from their duties. Unfortunately for them, he's quite charming, ergo, forgivable.
In other words, this is a soap opera about the Emperor’s Palace in the Sui Dynasty. Featuring yours truly, a perplexed Chief of War, the omitted advisor Ivory Lady, and the Six Eared Macaque who is only there for a jolly good time.
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- Part 1 of Wilt, Decay, Rebirth
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14 Nov 2025
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"Eugh, why can’t people focus on the actual important things? I’m smart! I can do all these cool transformations—and Yang Jian complimented me once! He said I was ‘acceptable’ for a yaoguai. I take that as a win. Seriously. Why can’t they just focus on that instead of trying to, ugh, court me?”
“People fall in love,” the Ivory Lady clicked her tongue. She added, “It’s a normal thing for everyone.”
“Not for me.” Sun Wukong had frowned, staring down at the floor while she fixed his uniform. “I don’t think I’ll ever fall in love.”
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31 Aug 2025
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Wukong pauses mid-action with mildly widened eyes, his own action registering in his head a beat too late. He stares at the lantern, Macaque stares too, but it's fine; they've both broken worse. They've made entire mountain ranges their collateral damage. They are beings that are larger than this room.
And it doesn't hurt to see the old proof of their coexistence torn apart on the ground.
It doesn't.
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(Wukong, Macaque, and the act of cleaning up.)
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31 Aug 2025
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It's another morning.
There's something Macaque has yet to figure out.
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31 Aug 2025
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"Do not tell me when or where my end is. My goal has yet to be met, and I will not rest until—"
"You are dead. Know when you are beaten."
"My brothers are—"
"Fall with dignity."
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The Azure Lion is brought down at the hands of the Monkey Kid, and finds himself in the white void of post-defeat.
He is not alone.
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31 Aug 2025