Trial 12: I dun wanna grow up!

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Hey Paradisa! I've been napping a lot since Tokyo, so I forgot to ask something that's been in my head. [Yes, there is something in there besides steak and kung-fu]

Uhm, do we age while were in here? Someone told me time stops in our worlds, so I thought our ages stop too. [A sigh]

Sheesh, I never thought I'd think about stuff like this.

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[solowingpixy]

Let me guess. You're askin' because you've got a birthday coming up, right?

[Not that he cares but y'know. He hasn't gotten to snark at anyone since he's been a toy jet.]

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Uhm. Yeah. Tomorrow...

[solowingpixy]

Figured as much. People only go askin' things about that when theirs is imminent.

[He can't help but notice it's always the teenagers too.]

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Have you had a birthday in here before?

[solowingpixy]

A few months ago. Didn't pay any attention to it.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Ooh, happy very late birthday, Larry-sa-- Oh. Well how old are you now?

[solowingpixy]

[He'll be totally ignoring the first half of that, Chie. His tone probably more than shows how much he doesn't care.]

If you count the one spent here, 29.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

I thought you looked around 25.

[Liar. She thinks he was 35. She's not good with foreigners ages, hmmk.]

[radiantwingedone]

I haven't noticed much difference.

... However, I have been told there didn't seem to be much difference between me now, and me ten years ago.

[ Physically, at least. Mentally, well- ]

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Wow, you must be one of those people who looks really young. I know a few people like that back home.

[radiantwingedone]

Possibly. I wouldn't really know.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Well, it's usually a good thing if you're wondering.

[radiantwingedone]

I would assume so. It is somewhat ... off, to be addressed as someone two or more decades younger than you are.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Yeah, I see what you mean. It's would take some getting used to.

[radiantwingedone]

Depending on the situation, it still can be a positive thing.

[ Being underestimated, Duke thinks. ]

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Uhm, what do you mean exactly?

[radiantwingedone]

... If one is assumed to be young, there is usually a mental context of 'inexperienced', or perhaps 'not very strong' attached to it. It could be helpful.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Oohh, yeah I see your point. It can be useful if you do it that way. I don't think that would ever happen to me so I could never do it.

[radiantwingedone]

[ And now Duke has to decide if he ought to be terribly blunt or not. He is vaguely aware that women don't terribly enjoy questions of their age, and that voice definitely sounds so....

But she was bringing it up. So she couldn't get terribly angry at him, right? That, and she would have just his voice to go by - ]

... Are you of the opinion that the opposite is true? Or that you simply look as you are old?

[ ... He's still going to get yelled at, isn't he. ]

[pint_sized_carnivore]

...

[Chie's eye twitched on the other side. But luckily she's not talking to Yosuke, so the yelling won't happen yet]

No.

[That was the angriest no someone ever said]

[radiantwingedone]

[ HE THOUGHT SO. ]

Wasn't certain if question was available, due to opening of topic. Apologies.

[ He may be an adult, but there is no social skill here at all. ]

[pint_sized_carnivore]

It's fine. Apology accepted.

[not_nikkiheat]

That's a good question, Chie. I'd be interested to know that as well.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Yeah. They never really tell you these things. We need to organize a welcome committee here for the newbies or something.

[kindnessing]

Ah... I'm sorry, you won't be getting any older physically while you're here.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

For real? That's actually pretty cool, and a little disappointing. I don't know.

[kindnessing]

Well... it can be both. At least I know my clothes will always fit.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Yeah.

By the way, I haven't heard you in the journal before. But you seem like you've been here for a while now. What's your name?

[kindnessing]

Me? [ kind of an overlong pause here. ] Ken. Ken Ichijouji. It's... nice to meet you.

[pint_sized_carnivore]

It's nice to meet you! I gotta say, your voice doesn't sound familiar. I don't think I heard you from the journal before, are you a new arrival?

[kindnessing]

[ an even longer pause golly this is getting weird and awkward i'm sorry chie ]

Well... In a sense. This isn't my first time in the castle, but I've been away for several years.