XXXVII

[wilder]

[Private]

Hm. Things sure didn't go as expected.

But I guess there's not a lot I can do about it.

[Raine]

Yo Raine!

Is it normal for townspeople to be half-elves?

[Birthday filter]

Uh-

[Okay awkward]

I know it's late but...thanks.

[Yeah that's all he wants to say ever]

[/Filters]

Man..looks like tomorrow'll be one year mark. Sure shows how time flies.

I dunno what you're supposed to do with that. Think about the year? Remember everything? Have a quiet time to contemplate how sad it is I haven't seen home in a year?

[a pause; then cheerfully dismissive]

Ehhh, who am I kidding? I'm just gonna get drunk and have some fun with some hunnies. ♥

Comments

[dupable]

I don't think it's that much different from any other day. It just means we are stuck in the castle for another year without having found a way out yet.

[wilder]

Wow. That sure is a depressing way to look at it.

Zelos

[ruin_mania]

Not in the least. I've seen no one there with a half-elven aura any of the times I've visited, which is at least once a week.

I take it this is not a random inquiry?

[dupable]

I guess so, but whenever I realize I have been here for over two years it's never really something I can think about as a good thing, you know? Especially because I have a lot to do back home!

... Well, actually, I have to sit around for a long time killing time back home, but after that is done I have important things I should probably be doing.

[wilder]

You...have to sit around for a long time killing time back home before you can do something?

That's..not weird.

[dupable]

Yes, two years actually. Because I am on a ship.

Raine

[wilder]

Hm. I thought so. [He can't sense that stuff like Raine can, but he hasn't seen anyone in the town that strongly even looked distinctly Tethe'allan, much less half-elven]

I ran into one the other day. He was definitely a half-elf, but he acted like a townsperson.

[wilder]

Uh...

What kinda ship ride takes that long?

[dupable]

The kind traveling between universes.

[wilder]

Huh.

Guess you're taking the scenic route.

Zelos

[ruin_mania]

Really? Where in town? Did you manage to catch his name?

[dupable]

I don't think so. I think it's the fastest we can go, I actually asked about that.

[wilder]

Huh. Maybe it's different from hopping dimensions. We would just hop through a portal.

[dupable]

What, seriously?! I wish it was like that for us.

[wilder]

Seriously! I don't know why it takes you guys two years.

Raine

[wilder]

Let's see...[a pause as he pulls out the business card he swiped]

Says his name is Elrond and he owns The Dusky Bookshelf- you know one of the bookshops in the city?

[dupable]

Three years, actually. It's just that I already went through one year already.

[wilder]

Three?

Wow. That sucks.

Zelos

[ruin_mania]

The only bookshop I've frequented is Closed for Refurbishment. I can't say I recall one of that name.

[Which, you know, probably means something.]

[dupable]

No kidding. And it's even worse because I can't talk to most of my friends for those three years either.

Raine

[wilder]

Seriously? I would've thought you'd know all of them!

Why does John look like Bert's cousin in that

[wilder]

Yeah, that sounds pretty bad alright.

Guess I shouldn't complain. I'm not going home to something like that.

Zelos

[ruin_mania]

Yes, precisely.

[It's possible she's missed this one, but it's also just as possible it had only changed its name recently. She certainly would have noticed another half-elf in the overwhelmingly human town. (Though Middle-Earth half-elves do feel rather different than Aselian ones, to be completely fair.)]

a;sdfl AHAHAHA oh my god, fanartist's style I guess but ;asdf

[dupable]

Yeah, if you can just jump from universes through some sort of magical fast track portal.

Raine

[wilder]

Hm?

But I don't get it...I mean, I'd get it if it was just a former resident turned townsperson but- how does a bookstore appear suddenly?