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[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

...Is this Central? How the hell did we go from Xing to Central in-

Fu? Oi, where'd you run off to? Fu!



Shit.


((Long story short, this is an AU!greed from... roughly 15ish years after the end of the series. Yeeeaaaah. As always, this is Jami's fault.))

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[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

[At that indication, he notices the missing pulse as well. As for the rest of it, he finally voices what he'd been thinking this whole time.]

This isn't right. You're telling me you're a vampire.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

Very much so. [Shrug]

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

...

[Stares. So he's a vampire. That would explain the super jumping just then, but it also meant stuff like drinking blood and... immortality.

For a moment, he's elated at the thought, the possibility of another way to gain something like that- but then the rest catches up and he frowns sharply. It was no different, if not worse, than what he was, wasn't it?]

You fool.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

You're thinking I did this on purpose, aren't you.

[Raised eyebrow.]

I was attacked. However, I didn't allow my attacker to let me die.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

... [Not sure what to think about that. Not dying, good. The rest, not quite so good.]

You can't blame me. You seem to be enjoying yourself.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

I've come to terms with what's happened to me. I've been this way for five years, I know how to use what I've gained and deal with what I've lost.

There's no sense being depressed over it. Not when I intend to fix it.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

You do, huh?

[Scoffs a little.] Though I wonder. Why haven't you just gone back to Xing as you are? You got your immortality, didn't you?

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

I can't run a country like this.

I'm looking for away to eliminate the unwanted side effects.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

It's been five years and you haven't found anything?

[There's a concerned tone to his voice.]

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[Seems to lose that confidence a moment before his smile comes back.]

Not yet.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

...Ugh. That's not especially encouraging.

[Which is vague, but he goes a bit distant after that, thinking about his own current problems.]

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

I will find something. If anything, this place has given me a little extra time to do so.

[Pauses and considers him.]

You were searching for a boy named Fu, yes?

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

Hm? Oh, yeah. [frowns.] Gotta find him before anything else. I promised I'd take care of him. [Starting off again if just to keep moving.]

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[Following.]

While I was on the roof I did not see anyone quite matching your description. Perhaps start with the next block?

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding me? Where the hell could he have run off to?

[though there's also the possibility he wasn't there. But he doesn't want to think about that.

In any case, moving to the next block then.]

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[Following following.]

Who is he, if I may ask.

[He's leaping up to a roof.]

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

[Watches him go. He thinks to himself for a long moment before responding.]

A prince.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[Looks and then stops.]

A prince? Of Xing?

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

That's right. [kind of looking up and down the street, though he knows Ling can see much farther from up there.]