Teenagers Scare the Living Shit Out Of Me etc. etc.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Characters passing by the bulletin board may notice a new message tacked to it!]

Drinking party at the bar at 8pm. Under 21 only. Adults will be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Fun and games included, party hats optional. Don’t be late!

[Sure enough, there’s a gathering of teens (and maybe some not-so-teens?) to be found in the bar! While the posting mentions this is a teen only event, adults are in fact allowed as long as they are cool. OOCLY please be aware there are going to be teens drinking alcohol and possibly smoking! Also additionally, please let the teens/players have fun; again, adults are allowed but only if they’re cool enough to play along without snitching them out!

All party game top levels are going to be made under Ahito’s account but please assume ICly that Akira instigated/explained them! Once the game toplevels are up you can also post your own toplevels to mingle freely if you like IDK IT’S A PARTY HAVE FUN]

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[troublereduction]

[ Truly, Day has questions about what is it with dragons and them being a shape of power across worlds. He wasn't ever religious even before that incident, but it certainly didn't make him more inclined to be after. ]

She took her Second Breath right in the middle of town. [ So the latter. ] Practically everyone knew, and they were so damned excited 'bout it.

[ Everyone aside from him and Path, really. Robin can probably guess that someone inevitably reported his sister. ]

We had a few days before the arbiters reached our town, but it's also like...even if she didn't want to go, she ain't oughta live like a fugitive, either.

[dyingtohealyou]

Does becoming a "ranker" change how it influences you...?

[lighthaus]

Another amulet situation? [ ofc he's poking fun bc he can. ]

[lighthaus]

You become more powerful, so isn't that natural?

[ pretty much tho. ]

[fellheart]

Quite the opposite. That was because I was too exacting.

This is because I don't care enough.

[ what to do ... maybe she'll just ... wave a hand around, in slow, repetitive circles, stirring up the air and dust to craft the phantasmal image of a certain other northern wizard who very recently annoyed her

and latch onto it with a cheerful hug. it's just solid enough to not break immediately, though ...

seven, eight, nine, ten, and she tightens her grip, squeezing it tightly enough to shatter it. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

This is the first I'm learning of any of this stuff, how am I supposed to know?

[fellheart]

... One way or another, destiny has a way of catching up. Running likely would have only delayed it, at best.

[ claimed, one way or another, and then removed from their families, though ... there's a number of directions his thoughts can go from there, none of them particularly kind.

do such earthly ties cease to matter, when this second breath of theirs is taken? do those collecting up these lost eggs wish for more easily molded tools, when they reclaim their little lost lambs and usher them into their new families-to-be?

perhaps he is too much a cynic. or perhaps he simply knows exactly what motives some might have in encouraging that kind of isolation. ]

Well. I believe it's your turn to ask again, though I've already given you my answer as to which.

[impacter]

Strange. Maybe they don't consider someone outside of their own kind capable of being a threat, or they don't see it as an offense.

[So, business as usual for the supernatural as far as he's concerned, though perhaps with a tiny bit more respect.

As far as the talk about lifespan......... this is new territory for him, used to the black and white divide between the massive lifespans of the supernatural who considered humans to be so fragile and hard to hold onto - a brief flicker of a life and not much more. Among those that considered themselves humans, though...

Well. No, was that right?]

You said you considered yourself human, despite what it would mean to those familiar to "what you were", correct? Is that what you mean, when you talk about lifespan?

[impacter]

[He shrugs to the first two points. Fair enough. It was never his job to change people's minds.]

Mm, I think that's common enough. But what make a story if the roles don't have their purposes? How would the story change, if things weren't so set in stone?

[It's all questions for the sake of thinking, not to say one way or another. Solomon knows very well the truth of the story, of the delicate context and the truths and lies told in abundance. Those aren't meant for the space of his tale.]

Did I ever say otherwise, General?

We can dwell in the profound and the broad as much as we like. Just know that there is no "wrong" in what you choose to take from it all. I have no specific answers to give, so maybe see what comes from your own heart, instead.

[fullspbar]

You and I got different ideas of 'fun'.

[ But we already knew this, didn't we.

Shinjiro is going to lift that drink to his face, gaze shifting. Jing Yuan is a bastard and a menace on a normal day, and it seems today is no exception. ]

...I'm just keepin' an eye on them so they don't trash the place.

[ Because he doesn't trust half these guys to behave on the best of days. That's only part of the reason, but at least he's not lying. Completely.

It's true he normally wouldn't bother with things like this, though. It feels far out of his comfort zone, even a few drinks in. ]

[foresightis2020]

Mm. Definitely both.

Aeons are not killable by standard or even powerful means; only by one another or whatever can hope to match their power.

[ Or mysterious, yet powerful forces, as it were. There are some tales about Aeons dissipating for little to no reason, and the like.

As for the other matter, well. Things are certainly quite a bit more complex where this is concerned. ]

Oh, certainly. I am well aware that it is fairly common for 'humans' to live short lifespans outside of the Xianzhou Alliance. Though there do exist indeed humans who do live the predictable short life that most would be familiar with, on the Xianzhou. Whereas I would be categorized as a Xianzhou Native who is a long-lived 'immortal human'; though I can't always be sure that others who know this information would think the same.

Whether they have more knowledge on this aspect or not.

[ Jing Yuan is well-aware that immortality isn't something considered natural for humans, and that technically, long-lived humans on the Xianzhou Alliance have certain...differences biological-wise other than simply 'being immortal' than normal humans. Which means that even if he considers himself human, by a strict definition, others might not if they knew the exact/strict details.

Including, of course, the issue of Mara. ]

[foresightis2020]

It could certainly change things; the ending of a story, the motivations, the characters themselves.

Roles can certainly have their purposes. Though, it doesn't mean that they have to be set in stone.

[ Jing Yuan answers easily and freely. The irony is, perhaps, quite funny to speak these words; though they are easily thoughtfully spoken when provided towards the context of a story. For the sake of thinking.

And not, of course, outside of one. ]

Why don't we do so for a little while, then? ...I wonder, however, is it only answers that may result from my own heart — but also your own. I would certainly be most curious to find out, even if it is a story you told, and you hold vaguely as well as clearly whatever answers you defined by telling the tale yourself.

[lighthaus]

[ shrug! ]

Technically speaking it's more about being able to basically halt the aging process by applying shinsu a certain way, but it all amounts to the same thing.

[lighthaus]

[ watches this vaguely amused. ]

He seems to have that effect on people. Except for Jing Yuan.

[fellheart]

There's really no accounting for taste, it seems.

[ see: the parade of reactions to jy crushing on solomon. ]

[foresightis2020]

Ahaha...somehow, I cannot be surprised that you would say so.

[ Jing Yuan can't help but release a good-hearted chuckle at this. ]

But, oh?

How fortunate they are indeed, to have someone so considerate watching over them. Though I would also say that it is quite fortuitous that you are so thoughtful to look out in general for this place as well. It'd be a shame if it became quite messy or otherwise.

[ There is some teasing mixed with seriousness in his tone as always. But, Shinjiro is likely quite used to that as well.

As for messiness or trashing, well. He finds some amusement about wondering what those three would think to hear such things...even if he can't imagine Comet's reaction due to not knowing the person. ]

[lighthaus]

[ he agrees mostly but there's the slightest inference that tatara is bad taste bc of jing yuan also crushing on him, so he has to add- ]

Hmm, old men crave company too. [ that sits better with him. ]

And truth for me.

[dyingtohealyou]

Is it something you have to consciously do?

[fellheart]

I think that might be less certain pitches and more an overall sensitivity to quieter sounds...

[ ear flick. swivel. ]

Hmmm. I'm not sure I could pick it out right now, even listening for it. It's rather noisy in here, so while it might be something I could hear...

[ managing to isolate it in the din might be a little. hm. maybe if he was more used to having hearing this sensitive? ]

[fellheart]

[ help not the bad taste by proxy ... ]

Is that what you think it is? That they're settling, because the pickings are so slim at that age? How very pitiful ...

[ my, khun. maybe old men just have bad taste. it's ok. sometimes someone with bad taste can still like someone who would be considered good taste (citation needed). ]

Three things you dislike in those you least favor here, in that case.

[fullspbar]

Not like I hang around them much, but sounds about right.

[ Really does depend on the bar...not that he tends to hang out around a ton, but you some things in the alley.

A faint frown as Shinjiro leans back in his seat for a second. He's not overly nosy, so he does have to think. ]

...Three things you actually like about being here.

[fullspbar]

I'd buy you'd say it just to screw with me.

[ You ARE a bastard, Khun...he knows this very well. Positive (maybe).

But Shinjiro catches that gesture, and yeah, of course. It would be Jing Yuan, wouldn't it. There's an exasperated noise to accompany the hand that drags down the back of his neck. ]

That damn old man... [ Fine, he's standing up. Against his will. ] We ain't talking about this later, just so you know.

[dyingtohealyou]

Three, huh...

[Hm. Well, the first two come easily:]

Some of the people, and magic that doesn't require sacrifice. Other than that... [Hm.]

Being able to travel to other countries.

[Sure, some of the countries suck, but it's not really something he can do that easily in his own world - might never get the chance to really.]

[lighthaus]

Again, do you think I'd want to?

[ he's not dying of embarrassment but this isn't something to brag about no matter how shameless he is.

khun will come closer, ready to be picked up. he's not light but he's not heavy so for someone like shinji it should be easy to do. ]

Maybe him and Solomon really are meant for each other.

[lighthaus]

In the beginning, but it becomes natural after a certain point.