[ A small laugh. ] Oh, yeah. You've probably got a couple of years left before it catches up to you, too. Enjoy them while you can.
[ Just a bit of friendly advice. And thanks for noticing he doesn't do manual labour — he left farm life behind as soon as he could. Though it might end up being different here, where the technology level ends up leaving a lot to be desired. Unless magic is a solve for that. Which, unfortunately, he's fully intent on learning.
He uncrosses his arms, lets them fall by his sides as he looks at her with new eyes. The pink hair, the glitter remnants, sure; that's a pretty good way of disguising the fact that you apparently come from an actual hellscape. Also, that on another Earth there was a disease that nearly completely ravaged its way through humanity. That's unsettling.
He takes a moment to get used to that. Let it wash over him. ]
That's not great. [ He says it simply; it's not like there are words for something like that. He's been through something similar, just nowhere near as extreme. So that definitely means it's also no longer the time to be a total ass. There's no mockery for someone who lived through something like that. ] Did people just flock to Vegas, then? Was it strategic or something?
[ Kinda hard to see setting up camp in the desert as a good idea, but not like he was there. ]
possible cw for brief rl pandemic mention; at least mq's pandemic content was quality
[ Just a bit of friendly advice. And thanks for noticing he doesn't do manual labour — he left farm life behind as soon as he could. Though it might end up being different here, where the technology level ends up leaving a lot to be desired. Unless magic is a solve for that. Which, unfortunately, he's fully intent on learning.
He uncrosses his arms, lets them fall by his sides as he looks at her with new eyes. The pink hair, the glitter remnants, sure; that's a pretty good way of disguising the fact that you apparently come from an actual hellscape. Also, that on another Earth there was a disease that nearly completely ravaged its way through humanity. That's unsettling.
He takes a moment to get used to that. Let it wash over him. ]
That's not great. [ He says it simply; it's not like there are words for something like that. He's been through something similar, just nowhere near as extreme. So that definitely means it's also no longer the time to be a total ass. There's no mockery for someone who lived through something like that. ] Did people just flock to Vegas, then? Was it strategic or something?
[ Kinda hard to see setting up camp in the desert as a good idea, but not like he was there. ]