#as in they get to have a chibi z!mxy for a few days for fun and profit

[vermillioncrown]

the idea of completing the body swap circle by giving z!mxy wwx’s body is so funny. imagine everyone that knew wwx pre-death having mental whiplash and having to recalibrate because that shady expression/dead fish stare does not belong there??? where is the trademarked cheeky smile??? (jwy is really gonna go through it…maybe lqr too because he CANNOT with the associated memories)

Bonus: they don’t tell anyone that it’s zyx in wwx body so everyone assumes that everyone is in their proper bodies. wwx tries to convince zyx to pretend to be him just to mess with people

yes

yesss

exactly what i'm going for there

first off, gotta stop everyone from coming after z!mxy's life (again) (he didn't ask for this, he was sleeping and ready to fade away and now wwx and lwj stuck him here and ... ooo . he's taller. this is nice. weather's great)

any body that z!mxy comes back in will be cursed to the extreme, let alone in wwx's original body. lqr was about to bring the entirety of gusu lan's exorcism prowess upon z!mxy, if not for that uncanny serious expression and genuinely, sincerely thankful bow "elder, thank you for giving this undeserving mo xuanyu shelter. this one will not trouble you any longer" he's not going to stay if unwelcome.

and then seeing the 🥺 face from wwx in mxy's body (lqr: there's two of them i can't think straight) and the 🥺 emotion from his nephew's soul, lqr resolves to just... never look in the direction of wwx's body.

"... get him in here. we're closing the wards for the night." damn it all.

bc z!mxy has more emotional competency than a toddler (sometimes he disproves himself okay but generally higher eq than the other two), he does not put himself in the way of jiang-zongzhu if he doesn't have to. bc if he ever shows himself, it's either letting jc think that z!mxy is a bodysnatcher (which will piss jc off) or letting him know that wwx defied the natural order... again. for someone else (which will also piss him off)

he's not getting within a li of jc until wwx talks to him. and then lwj also talks to him. and then z!mxy might feel comfortable walking in yunmeng territory.

bonus:

it will work. wwx can't play z!mxy convincingly, but z!mxy can play wwx.

comes w the hobbies/experiences from previous life (theater. dance. playing pranks. cosplaying. being professional. to name a few) and then a second life pretending to be someone else.

... i don't think there are many people left that know both wwx and z!mxy to trick. perhaps the first night, both of them can't stay conscious and lwj fears the ritual didn't stick. it's highly plausible they switched back to their original bodies, yeah?

lwj isn't completely fooled, but there's a slight sense of unease when z!mxy in wwx's body latches onto him. he's saying the right words, earnestly leaning into him, eyes so full of feeling and depth of connection, it must be wei ying -

and then wwx in mxy's body tries acting polite and the whole game is up.

the best part of the prank is when z!mxy in wwx's body drops the ruse. the immediate transition from (￣y▽￣)╭ -> (ㆆ_ㆆ) is like watching a serial killer.

oh, they can try to trick lxc (w z!mxy's cooperation, the main story won't devastate lxc to such an extreme). that's probably the only person they can trick to some degree. if and only if lwj isn't present for lxc to read.

oh, jin ling would be fun to trick. it's not about knowing how wwx was like in his first life - but if wwx can play z!mxy well enough. ("i have so many fucked up uncles...")

z!mxy trying to go through his day, letting wwx mimic him (z!mxy thinks it's a waste of effort)

"there's nothing distinct to rely on - i'm too boring for that," z!mxy explains

"subtle." wwx trying to pour tea for the nth time, almost with the same posture "the pattern is subtle."

"you can't even do the expression right."

"isn't it just being relaxed?"

"senior i am far from relaxed at any given moment."