On Throne of Shadows getting started soon

[shadow_npcs]

It had to be done. There are worlds at stake. Tristan must find his other half.

I can't think of any "or else."


(OOC: Game is Throne of Shadows, character is one of the NPCs)

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[polymorphist]

Other half?

Has he been ... bisected?

[shadow_npcs]

A figure of speech, old son. On a metaphorical level, we're all born with bisected souls.

[polymorphist]

Humans say that we don't have souls at all.

[shadow_npcs]

Humans are a young race. They have much to learn, still.

Some of them show promise.

[polymorphist]

You're avoiding the point. I'm not one whole soul, or even half of one. I'm one of many who are all the same.

[shadow_npcs]

Sameness is an illusion, old son.

You're too young to fully comprehend that now.

[omg so tempted but I wouldn't know who to app lol]

[kylamaxwell]

Other half? Like a soulmate type of thing? I mean, that's how it sounds to me, at least.

Please do!

[shadow_npcs]

Yes. I suppose that's one simplistic way of putting it. "Soulmate."

[polymorphist]

But it's a useful illusion, in a social context. It helps things function.

[shadow_npcs]

Function or thrive? Which matters more, boyo?

[polymorphist]

...function, obviously. You can't thrive if you don't function first.

[shadow_npcs]

[He chuckles.]

I see.

[polymorphist]

It doesn't work to build a happy society if it's just going to collapse in on itself.

[shadow_npcs]

Well, let's hope, then that things function well in the Nysgod realm. Or else more societies than ours might start collapsing.

[polymorphist]

I shouldn't be here.

[shadow_npcs]

You were chosen for a reason. I look forward to learning what that reason is, boyo.

[polymorphist]

I shouldn't even be --

[ He grimaces. It's not a polite word. ]

Fertile.

[shadow_npcs]

[Mithos laughs at that.]

There are worse fates in the Known Worlds. My wife tells me fertility can be...pleasant.

[polymorphist]

You're not saying... No. I meant that I produce non-viable sperm!

[shadow_npcs]

Ah, yes. Sperm. Irrelevant.

lol what happened there idek

[drinkwithme]

Why can't the young man do it for himself like the rest of us? Some of us have already found our better halves, you know.

[shadow_npcs]

I'm afraid my son is a...special case.

(Still)

[drinkwithme]

Ah, children. They grow up so fast. But isn't this kind of a rush? Sometimes t hey need to take things at their own pace, you know.

[shadow_npcs]

There isn't enough time, I'm afraid.

[drinkwithme]

Maybe you'll have to believe in him just a little more. Seriously, what's the hurry? Usually love and marriage isn't a life or death matter.