[July 27] [Yitian Dulong Ji] Fiddle While Cities Burn

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Title: Fiddle While Cities Burn
Day/Theme: July 27/when a star fell down a soul went up
Series: Yitian Dulong Ji
Character: Cheng Kun
Rating: G

Yitian Dulong Ji © Jin Yong, et al.


The day was dying around him, layers of orange and gold dissolving and giving way to the vast, deep indigo overhead. He stopped at the entrance, thinking: Now. Now it begins. Tonight is the ruin of one of Yang Dingtian's finest men.

His fingers rested on a fold of his clothes, behind which he kept the packet of toxin - nothing that would kill or even injure, simply stun the senses for a moment. His pupil had never been an intemperate drinker, but he held his liquor exceedingly well, and tonight he had to be put to sleep. After that, he would have ample time to witness his whole life shatter in his very own house.

It was, after all, the lull before a storm that always made the latter more dramatic.

Cheng Kun stepped up to the entrance and knocked, relishing the thought that the worth of a true man was measured from his ability to rebuild that which had turned into ashes.