#can't believe i'm seeing myself on jess littlesmartart's annual drawtober agenda.....

[aoxue]

!!! I LOVE THIS, oh my gosh! Thank you so much for drawing from this story! What a good choice of scene, too…. This AU is so dear to me, and I'm over the moon that this installment made it onto your radar and your Drawtober list -- the art is absolutely lovely.

DRAWTOBER #30 - on the wild nights, who can call you home? by @aoxue

Summer is not yet come, but the sun burns hot, and the air is thick with moisture. New Orleans, delta built and water bound, thirsts for the respite of rain. While working on a case of disappearances in the bayous of Louisiana, cultivators and monster hunters Song Lan and Xiao Xingchen meet a young girl who will change their lives.

case fic!! Song Lan and Xiao Xingchen are cultivators in a (semi?) modern world full of the supernatural, and on one of their cases they wind up (reluctantly) allowing a mouthy little street kid called A-Qing to act as their guide into the baiyu. I looooove the worldbuilding for this fic, the way the spiritual swords can transform into whichever style of weapon is most appropriate for the time, the way the other supernatural denizens of New Orleans are just accepted as fellow citizens (albeit ones you really don't want to piss off). a gorgeous, fun, spooky, self-contained read (although if the author wants to write more in the same universe..... 👀👀👀)