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Overall Warnings: grotesque written imagery, body horror, blood, possession(?) sort of (more like integrating), voices, loss of self (since this isn't really MCD), Darker WWX (he's not classic wwx), violence
- Part 1
· ✦ Beneath the Skin ✦ ·
Resentment tore through his flesh, leaving trails of embers beneath the ghostly skin and veins. He was already in such grave pain, the volume of his screams couldn’t get any louder but only more desperate. He choked on the searing grip, feeling something wriggling like maggots into every opening of his qiqiao. He gagged and heaved, fruitlessly attempting to expel the smell of death and dirt from his lungs.
We will take over for you.
You’re tired, right? Let us in.
We can destroy the Wens for you.
Every. single. one.
He didn’t want to lose himself. To defeat the Wens though, it was needed.
His body was no longer useful. If he let this entity take over though, it could mean anything and his life would be over. He closed his eyes tightly, not able to see past the black and red sludge dribbling from his face and eyes anyway. On one condition…!
And what would that be?
You never harm the innocent or my people! I would sooner bite my tongue and die!! He seethed, teeth bared in fury.
…Fine. There are many who are guilty in the world, so there is no shortage.
It would be a waste for you to lose your life now.
You’re much more fun alive.
Wei Wuxian’s mind became a haze as he let go.
Slowly, his body righted itself, blood red eyes staring out past the sharpened hills and bodies of cultivators.
It felt…odd.
Within his skin, he was no longer himself.