Jianli's Links
Kimum! My dearest husband, my most beloved. He’s been so many things to me over time.. A small child I saved form certain death during a parade, A soldier fighting valiantly for my sake within the war, The lone believer sacrificing everything to keep me safe, The Red King seeking the White Flower. He’s seen me at my best, and at my worst and.. I have seen the same. It’s a special connection, knowing each other in such a wide messy spectrum. Even though I had forgotten a great deal of things, he never forgot me, and never stopped looking for me. ..when I finally got to know him and he was so genuine in a way I hadn’t really gotten to experience before. And he’s so beautiful! It was such a shock to actually be affected by someone this much- I think. I loved him long before I truly realized it, I just. didn’t know how to recognize it properly until much later.. But ultimately, he helped me learn how to be happy again. to take joy in things, to experience someone caring about me. He cares so intensely, to a point that I’m really his reason for being here, and his faith alone enough to sustain my godhood by itself… There are still days I feel like he’s more than someone like me deserves, but mostly, I want to give him back the devotion and love he’s kept for me. He deserves so much! I want to stay with him forever, and as long as we are together, we will be.
My beloved Jiji; the most important person in the world to me. He's saved my life so many times and in so many ways. He's cared about me when nobody else would. In the past, he gave me a purpose to keep going, and now, he's my favorite reason to exist and stick around. He's beautiful, clever, sweet, and can lift me with one hand, even when I'm a giant dragon. He's also funny, appreciates sarcasm, likes to cook to make me happy, and is very, very quick on his feet. A lot of people underestimate him because of what he's been through, or because they think he's a nice pushover. That sort of thinking makes me laugh. Jiji's been through so much and faced so many trials. The fact that he's kind isn't a weakness; it's a choice.
Every day when I wake up, I think about how lucky it is I get to wake up next to him. I think about all the hope he's given me, and the love and affection he's shown. I've spent so long looking for him and trying to catch up, that it's hard to believe I've really made it to his side. I'm going to spend forever with him. ...I'm going to spend forever with him. I love how those words sound. We'll be together forever. My husband and I love each other and we will have each other forever!! I love this! I love him! I love him so much!!
Royue was an.. unfortunate accident of my own making, but they’ve stuck with me, and they are so useful for situations where I’m at a disadvantage. Which admittedly is often. they've managed to save me a number of times too.. I’m really grateful to them.
I want to do better by it, but we're so used to useing eachother as a safety crutch, it's... difficult. I've been trying to get it more on it's own lately, out with Ignem, or with Kimum, just. People other than me.
I want to protect. Keep safe. Comfort. Does not deserve any more hurt. Also comfy, soft.
Fei has been through a lot, but they seem to bounce back fast. I've been helping them out with a number of things, and while he can be a bit scattered, it's nice to know someone will have my back no matter what. It's. really nice to be relied on again too.
We're also both. Gods in relationships with Ghost Kings, and Fei's good for talking about some of the things that go with that that I hadn't concidered before. I appreciate that a lot!
Hahaha, it's my second best friend!! Jianli is so reliable and always shows up to help me out when I'm in trouble! He's always so insightful, too, and ready to lend a hand. I'm so fortunate I know him, I really am!
We keep ending up in messes together, but he always keeps a cool head and doesn't panic.
There's only one thing I'm really concerned about, and that's his cooking. Please, Jianli, we need to set some time aside and I will show you how to season things in a way that can't kill people!
I wish I could just take the blame for all of it. Make things easier on you..
…I’m proud of Luka though. He will be better than I am. That’s all I really want for him in the end.
I'm genuinely surprised he wants to learn from me again, but I of course will accept it gratefully. It's nice to be able to teach him in a more open way. I don't have to hide anymore.
I don't know how to feel about him right now. I've met more versions of him than I am comfortable with and it's hard to reconcile some of them together. I have so much respect and admiration for my master and so much hatred and fear. He's even more than those, too. He's-
He's this person I never knew existed for all these years. There's so much more to him, and I'm sure I'll never learn even half of who he really is. I still- I have a lot of feelings about everything that happened. I'm sure he does, too, but I don't think either of us want to focus on the past much anymore. I've decided I want things to be good with Master, so! ....So. I'm going to do my best and work hard.
Ignem is so cute! I really enjoy spending time with it. It’s always so chatty and has a childlike wonder about things that I appreciate. it's also very powerful! and has a wonderful balance. ...I only weilded it once, but I'd very much like to try again one day, if it would like that. I think it'd be fun.
Wa!! Wa!! We love Wa so much!! He's the nicest, bravest, prettiest person ever!! We wanted him here for so long, and now he's HERE!! Wa's here forever and we are the happiest ever!!
Wa gives me hugs and carries me around places. Wa started taking me on walks while it's sunny which is so fun!! I get to see so many new things. I like asking Wa about all the different things we see. He knows so much and is so smart!
I loved Wa so much as soon as we met, but I love him even MORE now. We both had each other when Cup and Bag and Hole died and I don't know what I would have done without him. I might have fallen apart or broken to pieces!!
Yori is such a good and hardworking person! He really seems to enjoy being at the manor and helping out, which I'm glad for. I want him to be in the place he's most happy with. ..Though he has a hard tendancy to overwork himself, which is something we collectively have to watch out for. does he need more good assistants? hm..
His highness is always a pleasure to have around. He is always thoughtful and is a good influence on both my Lord and the young lord.
I was neutral on his appearance at first, but he really is nice to have around. He brings a breath of life to the manor and the discussions I've heard him engage in are enjoyable.
I always felt bad about sending Fenin away like that. It hit him really hard. But he’s also made himself into quite the impressive god!! I wonder how he ascended, I always sort of knew he had the potential to, but he didn’t ever go after it like me and Tou did… Neither of them have changed much ultimately, they still set each other off so easily, I’m not too surprised they ended up as counterparts to each other. I also inadvertently dug up things about Fenin’s past that really hurt him. It's taken awhile to get that storted out, but we managed! And now he and Tou are REALLY sorted and comfortable with eachother, which is great. Things feel really good now.
Holy shit I saw him back in the heavenly realm after he inadvertently broke my friggin palace and just. I never expected him to come back like that. I genuinely thought he was lost. But he wasn’t Lost! He really did fight his way back in! And even though things were really awkward for a bit, and I snuck around about it because I was too nervous to outright step in right away, going out and standing by his side again- it’s great. I didn’t realize how much I missed it. Missed him. His arrival even got Tou to sort out his shit finally. It feels like.. well not like before but.. equal. I’ll keep on supporting jianli however I can.
Tou.. we’ve all been through so much, but Tou held onto and internalized a lot of things while me and Fenin more so just let things go. It’s been so long, I’m not mad anymore! Clearing everything out honestly has been the best thing, and we’ve really managed to take a positive step forwards and I just. Tou is one of my oldest friends. He’s been there for me in so many ways. I appreciate him a lot.
Everything's been very complicated for a long time... I think. We're finally getting somewhere really good now, even after all the trouble we've caused for each other. ...Mostly me. Mostly that I've caused for us. I think- Uh... I think we're in a better place than we've ever been before, despite everything that's happened. I’ve started going to him to talk about things again which feels nice. I missed having someone like him around. We can just sort of. Talk. About things. But he has a terrible sense of humor. It’s awful. The worst part is how funny Fenin thinks he is. The two of them set each other off and then I’m stuck there, trapped, listening to them.
This poor kid is so damaged from his life... and it was a huge shock having him show up like that! But he's a sweetheart, and so earnest I'm glad to have him with us. He almost exlusively wants to assist Yori, which I think is very good of him.
His Highness is.. very uh.. very..very pretty. I didn't realize they were Wit's gods at first. uh. He's so nice, he saved Lord Crimson Rain from obliterating me when I showed up..-
I think I understand a bit more about things now...
Master has taught me a lot, and has always been looking out for me, though I didn't realise just how MUCH he's tried to just. damage control everything. Him and his friends... It's better now. it'll be better.
Ohhh Crown Prince.. You are. so distressingly similar to him, and I knew you'd have a lot of problems if he got ahold of you. ....unfortunately I wasn't able to prevent him doing so, but..
Jianli's done so well despite everything that has been thrown at him. He even managed to defeat him, which. I was not sure would be possible. The boy's techncially taken his place now, but I don't think he'll be really stepping into the position... And that's fine, honestly. maybe the planer system doesn't need a emperor.
It's... my cousin.... He's very tenatious to have held on for so many years, but he hasn't changed at all. It's a bit sad.
though he might have gotten a bit better at the end? It's. so hard to say with him, honestly. There's barely anything left of him now.
COUSIN CROWN PRINCE. WELL, WELL, WELL. It looks like the SHOE'S ON THE OTHER FOOT NOW. HERE YOU ARE, SOME SHITTY SCRAP GOD WHO JUST MANAGED TO SCRAPE UP A THIRD ASCENSION AND THEN THERE'S ME, THE GREEN GHOST, A GHOST KING. IF ONLY AUNTIE AND UNCLE COULD SEE US NOW. AND YET, YOU STILL KEEP DISRESPECTING ME. YOU'VE ALWAYS LOOKED DOWN ON ME, EVER SINCE WE WERE LITTLE. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE LOWLY ONE NOW? HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE ONE PEOPLE LOOK DOWN ON AND PITY?
I’ll be honest I had forgotten about her for awhile… I think the trauma caused that one.. Seeing her again was such a shock! She’s such a kind and good person, becoming such a strong ghost solely to help. I’m proud that she’s stuck to her morals, even if she remembers some very embarrassing things I said before!!
Lady Yoshi took good care of her and Wat Jr, and they seem very content together, It’s cute to see!
Commander Cha! He's always been so nice. Not just to me, but to the people he comes across in general. I've always wanted to make him proud of me. I don't feel like I did a good job of living up to his ideals, but I know I tried my best. I want to do even better in the future. I think he feels the same way about himself. He kept getting embarrassed when I mentioned things he said in the past, after all.
Wit was an intresting experince. I've had a lot of prayers over the years but never something like what he did. I am glad we were able to find all of him and put him back together, he deserved so much better than he got.. I like to think we were able to give that to him, just a little bit.
Jili is my god in White! He and me are really simmilar in moral views which makes him really great to talk to!! like in general about most things. he spends a lot of time out just. helping people and I respect that so much. I try to go with him often!! I've learned a lot about what he does too, it's intresting.
It’s. A bit strange, honestly. It’s a special structure of weapon, truly exquisite in make, and I’ve never seen another like it. It's actually another spiritual weapon, it only woke up properly when returned to and used by Hymn.. so it was just. unconcious the whole time I was using it... it shows how different it was when it was actually awake. ....I.. I want to try using it again sometime..
The secound
Nasim apparently carried us all up to the kiln. He’s surprisingly devious for such a calm person, it really surprised me!
Check it out it's the Little Prince! I escorted him to the Kiln's base, it was a prettyy fun trip. I can see why Lein and Hymn like him so much! what a cute guy.
Misu is one that you can just tell anything to and he’d listen. I tried this once, he had pretty good advice??
The Little Prince has done SO very many impressive things. it's good to see him from time to time! I think Hymn really enjoys his visits. he's very fond of this man.
Kalju is very excitable. I think he’s the mountain we saw zipping around at frankly terrifying speeds. He’s still fast! I got to fight him, he’s really an interesting fighter!
Little Prince!!! It's the little prince. He's SO much like Hymn it's wild. I got to fight him once and it was SUPER FUN! he's really good haha he kicked my ass!
Halimaka used this child against me so. so much. But Little Zugi ended up becoming something that actually matters to Halimaka other than himself, which is something I previously wasn't really sure was possible. I'm glad Luka is looking out for him now.
...Uncle, I think! I didn't have one before, but Dad says that they are cousins, and that means that he's my uncle, right? He's really nice to me, but he's not very nice to dad...
Orchid is a caring and hardworking gardener! I always liked plants and gardens but I was never sure the process of taking care of them, so it was a delight to actually find someone I could spend time with that knows! I've learned a lot, and it's a lot of fun to do honestly.
Master Jianli is.. a very intresting person. He really likes getting involved in the upkeep of the manor, and it's. well he's better at gardening than cooking. He really likes working on the little center garden in the manor, so there's not a lot for me to do there, but he'll come out and help me with the bigger gardens out back too... he's very impressive..
Morgana cares so much about Kimum, he was very worried about me at first, I think. which.. makes sense. It's honestly really comforting that Kimum has so many people that really genuinely care about him.. he's gotten a lot more comfortable with me too which is good! Things are comfortable now.
The God Prince of lindwurm's dreams, I initially only ever herd about him from Lindwurm, so I had to wonder what kind of person he was. And if he wasn’t going to screw Lindwurm over somehow. Especially since Lindwurm has devoted a huge chunk of his existence to this man without actually knowing who he really was worshiping. He’s… interesting. He’s got a selfless streak and strives to do the right thing in the face of a corroded system which brings me in mind of Cirra and instantly endeared me to the guy. Which SUCKS, because I wanted to be more wary, damn it! He’s a genuinely good person, and it’s a choice he actively makes to be so. He’s handled Lindwurm’s weird tendencies in stride and started curbing some of the self destructive ones. He KNOWS how much control he has over Lindwurm and is gentle and honest with him. I feel like I can worry a lot less about things with him involved somehow. I dunno. It’s weird.
Miss Dianhong (Is.. her name also a tea? no wonder she works here!) She gets very distressed when I try and.. do.. anything. in the kitchen outside my pickling and tea, which I feel a bit bad about, But I can't just give up on things?? I'll never get better if I don't practice, right?
My Lord, Jianli! Wow!! What a guy, right? Of course My Lord's love would be impressive, bit I guess we were all a little worried he'd be cold or distant or something. Or that he'd want to banish our lord after realizing who he was! But he didn't do any of that! He was just really humble and nice to us, and more importantly, nice to our lord! It's so easy to tell they love each other, which is a dream come true! And he's good with tea, too! Just... Well... I don't know WHAT he does in the kitchen, but it's something awful.
Wisp is very sweet! they are very good with the collection of wisps around the lake and I like to visit and help out when I have a moment. apparently, They have music too? I'm very intrested in that, hopefully I can hear what they are so fond of soon!
oh... my other lord... i never know what to say to him. he's always so kind. he said he was interested in hearing the music i like sometime. oh no, i said i would show him... i forgot i agreed to that. oh no, oh no, i have to figure out how to be a good host now--
This is Tou’s first Saber! And I guess his only saber. Which is a tiny bit silly but makes a lot of sense for Tou. I guess we kind of both ended up going back to form huh?
The crown prince!! That's the crown prince! He uses a pretty jian and is really good at what he does. We want to impress him a lot since he gives nice praise and thoughtful insights!
My old sword. I.. really only properly used it the one time, since it was originally ceremonial, but it seems like Tou went and FOUND both it and the Saber, made the saber his bonded spiritual weapon, and has just. kept this Jian all these years. Kimum found out somehow and went into negotiations to get it back from Tou.... must have been when I mentioned my adversement to owning a sword of my own. ...It's basically been a long, very ridiculous process... But! it's back in my possession now, for better or worse.. I've named it properly now, Taochi feels like the right name for it after everything.