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Why? Are you a cow? (Part 2.3 of 2)

Viv goes snooping at Richie’s and Richie and Sarah play a bit of hide and seek (really, same day as Ryan’s post 😂). Jack returns home with the boys having done tea for them. Jack’s been crying. Victoria tells jokes to the others. When Sarah shows up, Robert doesn’t want to see her. Jack and Sarah have words and Jack basically tells her the kids don’t have a mother anymore.

Jack: Robert’s right. You are sick.

Sarah: Just give me five minutes to explain to them, Jack.

Jack: As far as they’re concerned, they don’t have a mother anymore.

Sarah: Please don’t turn them against me!

Jack: Are you stupid! They don’t want to see ya! Come in and find out for yourself if you want!

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Part 2 - The Sects and Clans: The Lanling Jin Sect

The Lanling Jin Sect (兰陵金氏, Lánlíng Jīn Shì) - a cultivational sect based in Carp Tower, Lanling.

Motif - White peony (Sparks Amidst Snow)

Motto - (unknown)

Uniform Color - Yellow/Gold

Side Note: The members of the Lanling Jin Sect also wear a vermilion mark between their eyes to symbolize their openness towards wisdom and aspiration.

Side note: In The Untamed, you can always deduce a certain amount of information about a Sect from their general location. For example, Carp Tower (金鳞台, Jīnlín Tái; also: Koi Tower, Jinlin Tower) is an opulent palace located in the most flourishing part of Lanling City. The main road used to visit the tower is more than half a mile in length, bordered by murals depicting past Lanling Jin Sect Leaders. The lavishness of the Carp Tower and its location suggests luxury, wealth, and self-importance. Therefore, the Lanling Jin Sect is known for its wealth, affluence, and pride. 

Sect Members

Jin Guangshan (金光善, Jīn Guāngshàn) - sect leader of the Lanling Jin Sect, and husband to Madam Jin. He has one legitimate son, Jin Zixuan, and many illegitimate children included Jin Guangyao (Meng Yao), and Mo Xuanyu.

Side Note: Jin Guangyao (Meng Yao) will be introduced here as a present timeline addition, but you will also find him in the Qinghe Nie Sect section, introduced as Meng Yao in the original (flashback) timeline.

Madam Jin - wife of Jin Guangshan, and mother of Jin Zixuan. Close friend of Madam Yu (Yunmeng Jiang Sect)

Jin Zixuan (金子轩, Jīn Zixuān) - Jin Guangshan's and Madame Jin’s only legitimate child, and the heir to the Lanling Jin Sect. Future husband to Jiang Yanli of the Yunmeng Jiang Sect. 

Sect Members - Peripheral Characters

Luo Qingyang, also known by her nickname Mianmian - a female cultivator of the Lanling Jin Sect.

Jin Zixun (金子勋, Jīn Zixūn) - a member of the Lanling Jin Sect and the cousin of Jin Zixuan.

Sect Members - Present Timeline Additions

Jin Ling (金凌, Jīn Líng), courtesy name Jin Rulan (金如兰, Jīn Rúlán) - the heir to the Lanling Jin Sect. He is the only son of Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan and the nephew of both Jin Guangyao and Jiang Cheng.

Jin Guangyao (金光瑶, Jīn Guāngyáo), born Meng Yao (孟瑶, Mèng Yáo) - an illegitimate son of Jin Guangshan. The leader of the Lanling Jin Sect after the death of Jin Guangshan. Jin Zixuan's half-brother and Jin Ling's uncle.

Qin Su (秦愫, Qín Sù) - an illegitimate daughter of Jin Guangshan, a wife to Jin Guangyao, and the mother of Jin Rusong.

Jin Rusong (金如松 Jīn Rúsōng) - the only son of Jin Guangyao and Qin Su. He was murdered when he was only a few years old.

Mo Xuanyu (莫玄羽, Mò Xuányǔ) - one of Jin Guangshan's illegitimate sons and a former disciple of the Lanling Jin Sect. 

Side Note: In all other adaptations, Wei Wuxian returns in Mo Xuanyu’s body, but in the live action, he gets to keep his own, so no photo.

The Lanling Jin Sect Motif

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Uncovering Fables

Chapter 1 Part 2.3 

“Your friend is an idiot.” Drew suddenly interrupted the story to say his peace.

Alzena was leaning towards Penelope this entire time, listening intently to the story. When Drew spoke, she frowned at Drew and playfully punched his arm. “Hey. Don’t say that.”

Drew sighs. “Kid… doesn’t that sound extremely dangerous to you?”

Alzena blinks as she thinks through this question before she starts twiddling her thumbs. “Um… well, yes but… It still sounds so cool.” Her eyes sparkled a little as she speaks with a sense of adventure. “Giving the man the middle finger and running off. Doing whatever you want. It sounds exciting.”

Drew looked extremally worried at this. “Kid, no… You can still get very hurt but doing that…”

Penelope glanced between Alzena and Drew and softly spoke up. “Um… I, well….” She quickly started to think about what she’s going to say. “I… I knew from the start that the journey could be dangerous… I knew but… As I sat there, and admired the sea, I couldn’t help but think what Maria would think of me if I said no… Would she be mad at me? Would she think I’m a loser? Would she not want to be friends with me?”

Drew softly added. “If she was going to think that of you, then she isn’t your friend.”

Penelope rubbed the back of her head before she started playing with her empty glass. “I… I know that now but back then… I was even more of a mess then I am currently and I didn’t want to disappoint my friend.”

Penelope sighed and looked away. She hugged herself as her body shook a little. It looked like her mind was going a million miles a minute as she was thinking of something. She looked like she was trying to figure out what to say next but was unable to find the right words. 

What happened next? What happened? She needed to think quickly. Crap. It shouldn't have been this hard. Penelope hugged herself tighter.

Alzena, sunk down a little as she watched her new friend in worry. She slowly walked over to Penelope and gently took her shoulder. “Hey… It’s okay. We all make mistakes we’re not proud of but… At least you made it out okay.”

Penelope flinched at Alzena suddenly touching her and she took a step back. After a few moments of putting her thoughts together, she slowly nodded. “Yeah. Yeah. You’re right.”

“Are you okay with continuing the story?”

“O-Oh. Of course. Just give me a moment to get my words together and think this through.” 

“Okay…” Alzena backed away and sat down on the counter again to be next to Drew.

Drew sighed at this as he watched Alzena. “You really need to stop sitting on my counter. What if you fall off and hurt yourself?”

Alzena smiled slightly and booped Drew’s nose. “Admit it. You loved it when I did this. Even as a kid.” 

Drew chuckled softly and looked away at this. He wasn’t going to admit anything but it was plain on his face. He really adored his kid’s little silly actions, even when she was an adult. After a bit, Penelope finally built up the courage to continue her story.

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fear (n.)

Middle English fere, from Old English fær “calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack,” from Proto-Germanic *feraz “danger” (source also of Old Saxon far “ambush,” Old Norse far “harm, distress, deception,” Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr “danger”), from PIE *pēr-, a lengthened form of the verbal root *per- (3) “to try, risk.” Sense of “state of being afraid, uneasiness caused by possible danger” developed by late 12c. Some Old English words for “fear” as we now use it were fyrhto, fyrhto; as a verb, ondrædan. Meaning “feeling of dread and reverence for God” is from c. 1400. To put the fear of God (into someone) “intimidate, cause to cower” is by 1888, from the common religious phrase; the extended use was often at first in colonial contexts: Thus then we seek to put “the fear of God” into the natives at the point of the bayonet, and excuse ourselves for the bloody work on the plea of the benefits which we intend to confer afterwards. [Felix Adler, “The Religion of Duty,” 1905]

trembling / make oneself invisible / grip upon stables / frozen