un: slothbaby | @everyone

[morphogenia]

So I've been wondering about something! IDK I thought maybe you guys might be able to help?? Since I'm 90% sure you're all much older than me. Does anything really change when you turn 17?? Like I know I'm closer to legally being an adult... in the United States in my version of reality. TBH, I feel like that already happened back in that other place. I learned to hunt, how to make sure people tinier than me didn't starve to death or something else super awful, how to make sure the total strangers I lived with didn't kill each other and the rest of the community (harder than you think!), and stuff like that. For some reason the horrible stuff seems more adult. Learning how to knit didn't make me feel like a grown up. Weird.

I'm so off topic. Anyways! What else is there???? There's gotta be something, right??? 


(IDK=I do not know and TBH=To be honest

**in case Thor is reading this.)

Comments

[morphogenia]

Nice!!! UGH giant dogs are totally the best! I knew one who could teleport back home. We were totally bffs. Yours sounds so amazing too!!!

Oh! Do you have a dog here? We have like a million strays who could always use a good home.

[ombranera]

I have no pets, nor have I ever had one. It was not exactly allowed and after we were on the road so often. Barkspawn more or less took care of himself.

[morphogenia]

UGH relatable. I couldn't officially keep Lockjaw because 'dogs are unclean' which is so lame! But, he was the same way.

Wow I really wish I could meet Barkspawn now. He sounds great.

[ombranera]

A shame.

He is truly a remarkable beast- he shoved me aside mid battle to prevent me from being cloven in twain by an ogre. It didn't strike him either, of course, so we were both saved a skewering!

[morphogenia]

What a good boy!!!!!!! And wow. I just realized your life sounds like my favorite roleplaying game.

Are you the mage in your party?? Does that even make sense to you???

[ombranera]

Role playing...game? You are a bit young for such things, are you not? I mean I know of quite a few that indulge in such saucy bedroom play early in life and do not mean to shame them but it seems as though you are not that sort.

Me, mage? No. I am a rogueish character, flanking our enemies and slitting throats from the shadows.

[morphogenia]

IT'S NOT A SEX THING. Ahem... it's more like a kid's game where you get to pretend to be like mages or rogues and beat up evil stuff! We have devices that let us do it in a kind of real way? It's hard to explain unless you have computers on your world. Do you???

[ombranera]

...so there are worlds where my very bloody reality is a fantastic game with little consequence, played by children.

In Antiva, children play with balls in alleyways or cards or chess.

[morphogenia]

I'm sorry. Am I being insensitive??? Nakia usually knows when I'm being insensitive and she's not here to tell me!

[ombranera]

I find it strange someone would make play out of something so violent.

Though if it is a children's game it is probably cleaned up somewhat, yes?

[morphogenia]

I hit stuff with a magic staff, it disappears, and I get cool loot. Is that like real life where you're from?

[ombranera]

...you know, now that I think of it? If you replace 'disappear' with 'dies', yes. That is exactly it.

[morphogenia]

Okay then. Still sorry for kind of belittling your struggles by playing them as a game before we ever talked???

[ombranera]

When you imagine something to be fantasy and far from true, I cannot imagine you'd consider it belittling. I am merely confused that this is a thing that exists.

I suppose it makes sense. If you strip the blood and grit from Thedas it would be marvelous fun.