He's so good at lying, it's scary.

[aphoenixsong]

I look forward to your plans for me. All I ask is that you take my age into consideration. I am not as young as I used to be.

[Dumbledore, I can spot that BS from a mile away. It's like a rocket ship of BS.]

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[wasnt_attacked]

[Even Ariana can spot that BS.]

[aphoenixsong]

[Aw come on. He worked on it too.]

[wasnt_attacked]

[Big brother, plz. She knows that not even age would hold you back.]

[aphoenixsong]

I am rather ageless at times, aren't I?

[wasnt_attacked]

You really are but that's what makes you such a great teacher.

[derpir]

A place by the name of "Paradisa" certainly reeks of dystopia. (I bet it has boss monsters....)

*Lance doesn't even KNOW Albus and he kinda senses that bs. But, he does take a moment to hit the pause button on his handheld and slip his headphones off of his ears, and onto his shoulders.*

And as my father says, "You're only as old as you feel"!

[aphoenixsong]

I thought much the same upon arrival. [Boss monsters?] Your father is quite correct.

[derpir]

I would think so! He's about 3 centuries my senior! *...Oops? He just laughs.*

Joke. It's a joke. He's not that old~ *Nope. Lies. Vampire heritage and all that jazz. Perhaps Lance's gold eyes give it away? It's not like his fangs are showing....

*Either way, his head is still firmly stuck in the gaming console he has set aside. Hng. Boss monsters. A dystopia has to have boss monsters to beat up!! They like, go hand-in-hand.*

[aphoenixsong]

Then you must be a special boy indeed. [He just smiles like all of this is normal.] What is that?

[derpir]

Hm? This?

*He points at the handheld.* It's a gaming system. Lots of people own them. They're like small computers that load a program, full of graphics and sounds, and some of them tell stories that you interact with. This one is about a knight and a few close allies trying to save a kidnapped princess, and stop the greatest evil of their world!

...Or so it's phrased.

*His expression curls in contemplation.* It's uncomfortable how villains can be portrayed as two-dimensional and no one even bats an eyelash. Even in this game, I've yet to figure out what drove the final boss to madness.

What made him kidnap the princess? It's not for physical power - he razed a military country to the ground. It's not for wealth. And I'm not satisfied with "because he's evil." It's too simple, and people are so complex. Why should a digital character be the exception to the complexity of human nature?

... *He blushes suddenly, in embarrassment.* Er, sorry. I get really excited over this kind of thing.

[fuckelves]

So, you not only trust your mundane, but you welcome the plots they have in store for you?

Foolishness, says I.

[aphoenixsong]

I have always had an adventurous heart and she has not placed me in a situation that I find truly detestable.

[fuckelves]

[Try as he might, Thorin can't bring himself to remain angry with the old man.]

[He reminds Thorin of another who is equally cryptic and usually (though Thorin will rarely admit this when it contradicts him) right.]

Very well, I too am one who possesses an adventurous heart.

Though I do so detest activities that waste my time.

[aphoenixsong]

Quite understandable. One's time is valuable and should be spent in the manner of one's choosing. However since I was deceased, my life had ended. [Though his Afterlife was intensely fascinating.] It is nice to be amongst the living - even if the venue is strange.

[fuckelves]

[Thorin stares; he couldn't possibly have heard that correctly...]

You are...er, were dead?

[He tilts a brow - unable to wrap his mind around this. Thorin contemplates poking the taller man with the hilt of his sword...but that would be rude.]

Yet you stand before me here and now as plain as any living being I've ever encountered...how? What new devilry is this?

[oncebitten]

As if that would ever truly stop you.

_{[ look at that fond grin. ]}

[aphoenixsong]

Most likely not. [As if he could deny it.]

[oncebitten]

Do you think you'll really be going there?

[aphoenixsong]

I have been there for some time!

[savingpplthing]

And yet I can't imagine you'd let that fact stop you Professor.

[aphoenixsong]

Certainly not. I am not accustomed to giving up.

[number1112]

You're Gellert Grindelwald's friend, aren't you?

[aphoenixsong]

How do you know Gellert? [He can't exactly say they are friends.] I'm afraid he has much to hold against me.

[number1112]

We share a mun. And a face.

[aphoenixsong]

[That gives him more than a little bit of a shock, but he recovers quickly.]

So you do.