Slipping Away

7. Today I Noticed: His Isolation

Jin Ling-
"He's not cooperating." "Just give him some time." "He's just sitting there." We have three corpses and he's just sitting next to them. He's being an idiot. Again. If he sits any closer, one of those corpses will try to bite him. Not that they aren't already. He's pissing everyone off. Even Sizhui's getting annoyed. He's been acting like this for months, uncle only agreed to let them hunt here so I could hang out with Sizhui and Jingyi but he's just sitting there. So I sat down to. Everyone else sat down and we had a short conversation until one of the younger Lan disciples asked Jingyi a question. His answer pissed me off on another level. "What do you think of Yunmengs hospitality Jingyi?" "It's not really as good as everyone else...the sect leaders to cold and doesn't really do anything to entertain us. It doesn't really give off a hospitable feeling." "Not everyone's as trusting as the Gusu Lan sect, though you all should really highten security-" I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned my head sharply. "A-Ling it's ok... I think Yunmeng is very hospitable...maybe we should just reset the traps and come back tomorrow night... Let Jingyi be alone." I nodded. If I say anything else right now I think I'll cut Jingyis tongue out. He hasn't bee himself in months. It's obvious he's only getting more different. Tomorrow after dinner with just the Lan disciples, I'll just ask them a simple question and get their opinions. I'll take some form of action based on their answers. The only thing that worries me is if one of my uncles hear or Sizhui spills his guys again. He can't keep a secret worth anything. Well not one like this at least, it's probably considered a medium secret due to the fact that it's just a question and a answer based motive. But Sizhui will most likely be on my side this time. He usually is so I shouldn't have to worry much. If he takes my side I know the rest of them will. After all Sizhui is the best disciple and the son of their mentor and favourite senior. I wonder why Sizhui doesn't use that to his advantage at times. "Before we go I just want to know what exactly you're feeling Jingyi. Tell me." He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. I don't care if you're mad or not, you always seem to be anyways so it shouldn't effect any of us anymore. If you want to be mad, be mad. Just don't bring me into it. It's not my problem." Sizhuis grip on my shoulder tightened and he silently pulled me back towards the traps...