[[open post and announcement: no mourners, no funerals]]

[ravkanwitch]

[cw: discussion of death!]

Nina knows that word of Shen Yuan's death has been slowly spreading. She tried to put out a general warning of danger right after it happened... but she's not sure how many people were warned by it. She wasn't in the right mind at the time, after all. This time, she's more careful and collected. With SecUnit's help, she's alerted and gathered everyone who's interested for an important announcement in the lobby of the mansion. Despite all appearances of bossiness and stubbornness - all quite true - Nina has never been in charge of anything so serious. Kaz, Zoya, and the King himself; she followed their lead. As people slowly begin to gather and she attempts to compose herself, she wonders why she decided to put herself up to this.

Deep breath, Zenik. Pretend that - well, that this is pretend. She's back in the orphanage as the official greeter, making an important announcement to all the other children. She's the governor of a small town, making sure that all the citizens are aware and prepared. It does have to be her, after all. She's playing a crucial role in everything. She also doesn't want anyone else to carry the emotional load.

"Hi," she tells everyone gathered, trying to paste on a somber but not-too-morose expression. "Thanks for coming. I'm sure some of you have heard part of this announcement already and I'm sorry that it took so long to pass this information onto everyone else... but there was an incident not too long ago. We're not sure what caused it, whether it was the house or whether it was an individual, but... Shen Yuan is dead." There's most likely a reaction at this point and Nina forges onwards as confidently as she can, pitching her voice above the hubbub.

"But there is a way that he can return. We're sure of it. We're just trying to figure out the details, which might take a while. If you want to know more about that, you can ask Magnus, but I'm not sure how much he can tell you. Also, if you encounter any signs of Shen Yuan's spirit, you can talk to--" Here she meets Aleksander's eyes almost instinctively; this line of conversation is something she's purposefully kept from him. "You can talk to myself. Or... to Lan Wangji. ...That's all. Thank you."

A confident start but slightly deflated by her last few sentences, Nina steps back and allows for conversation to happen. If anyone would like to speak to her, she's looking much less strained and grim than she has in a while.

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[biteybaby]

Sunny does not feel particularly heroic. She does not think she has done anything too terribly important. Not yet, anyway. Should anyone need a potato peeled, or perhaps some parmesan cheese grated, or maybe even a rope cut into smaller pieces, she would be very willing to help. But unfortunately, in light of all of the terribly tragic things she has lived through, Sunny has yet to obtain the ability to guide a spirit into a new body and bring someone back to life.

"No," she tells him, which means, "No".

"Magnu," she continues, which means, "You are."

[summerdude]

Magnus lifts her up again and gives her a little hug, then lets her settle on his lap, where she can climb back down if she wants to. "How about we both are?" he suggests. "You're why I remembered the solution in the first place."

[biteybaby]

Sunny will climb back down in a little while. For the moment, however, she wants to keep hugging up to him in his lap. This is the longest she has ever been without her two siblings, and she misses them dearly. Nobody will ever replace them, just as nobody can replace anyone missing from any of our lives, but Magnus is nice, he's fun, he can understand her, so for the time being she thinks this is as close as she will get to having a sibling here.

[summerdude]

Magnus is comfortable sitting here like this. He's never had a little sister, and he hates that Sunny is here without Violet and Klaus, but she really is the greatest and only baby he's ever known. Maybe it's weird to think of an infant baby child as a friend, but here he is! He likes her a lot.