Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

Medusa Pt 1

Prompt:

Rumors of a deadly monster that no one has seen up close with out turning to stone has spread far and wide. To the point that many either wanted it dead or capture it and use it as a weapon. With the steadily rising unrest being caused by the slow desent into madness that the Emperor, Wen Rouhan, was falling into. The other Kingdoms, both great and small, were planning to put an end to it before such a creature could be found.

In Yiling, a pitifully small kingdom on the edges of Qishan Wen and Yunmeng Jiang, the people lived their lives quietly and peacefully, offering wine and cooked meals to their Guardian, a strange creature who has turned many a dangerous person to stone. Queen of their small Kingdom was formerly of the Qishan Wen Royal family vut had veen disowned with members of her family when they refused to join the brewing war.

Wen Qing has seen their Guardian and does her best to aid him and protect him. Her orphaned Nephew adores him when "Pretty Gege" comes to play and loves that his hair sometimes turns into deadly snakes that when he turns brilliant greenish yellow. He does not understand that they eye coolor is dangerous, but it is perhaps because a'Yuan is only a baby and thus is innocent of the sins of the world that he can look upon their Guardian's face without fear.

Wei Ying has lived in the Burial Mounds his whole life, he has been surrounded by a menagerie of petrified statues and undead but he is far from malicious. He is painfully lonely what with his mother being killed for being what she was ans his father dying trying to protect him after he had newly hatched. Thankfully his kind are born with the knowledge and memories of their predocessors or things would be worse for him. He only wants to help others but has to be very careful to not expose himself when he hears that rumors of his mother had finally reached the ears of Wen Rouhan...

Snippet:

Wei Ying giggles as he waits in the magnolia tree for Princess Jiang Yanli, he made her a new set of charmed bracelets and a lovely braided hair pin. They were charmed with health and good fortune blessings as well as protective spells to keep her from harm when wearing them. It is only a few minutes before she arrives with her ladies in waiting giggling away. He slips off his branch and lands quietly beside them startling all but Jiang Yanli, who giggles and cups his cheek.

"Hello a'Xian." She coos and he nuzzles her palm, her scent soft like flowers in spring with a warm spiciness that premeats from the cuisine eaten in Lotus Pier.

"Hi, Shijie! Sorry I have not been by, I had a hard time these last few weeks of late winter." He tells her and she gives him a concerned look before seeing that he is well if a bit tired.

"Are you hungry?"

"Always, Shijie." He smiles sweetly as she waves to the girls abd they bring a covered pot up and they sit down to enjoy the homemade soup.

Wei Ying giggles as they sit and gossip, Yanli gushing over his new gifts for her and how they were carefully colored to match the varying shades of purple that the Jiang Royal family wears. They chat and enjoy the soup, Yanli going somber when her cancelled engagement is brought up. It turns out that Prince Jin Zixuan did not want to get to know her nor give her a chance to know him and took the excuse that her brother punched him for insulting her as reason enough to cancel the engagement.

"You are beautiful, Shijie... You Will find love, I swear it and when he realizes that he lost something truly wonderful it will be too late. You will have a love much more deeper and fulfilling than he could have given you..." He swears his eyes changing to a soft yellow as he saw something in the future for her. The others carefully look away from his eyes as Jiang Yanli gasps as she catches glimpses of what he sees. Then it is over.

Wei Ying blinks his eyes and closes them as his hair turns to snakes and become alert.

"I need to leave now..." He hisses and slips silently away just as guards come running up to the group...

Wei Ying giggles as he bathes in a hot spring, washing his hair as the snakes that form from it keep him aware of what is around him as he washes and relaxes. His legs have become a long tail and he scrubs sand long his scales to keep them nice and shiny, the beautiful red and black patterns with a silvery white underbelly. He giggles again but gasps when his snakes his and he turns and comes face to face with a Sword.