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[prescind]

( he doesn't typically make use of the network, content to read and stay within his own boundaries but he's feeling a little thoughtful today so.

so, here he is. )

if you had the choice, would you stay alive eternally and watch everyone you love eventually die or would you die young and miss out on a life lived?

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[prescind]

i don't even know what aether is.
so, probably wouldn't be a problem from some from my world.

[aetherweaver]

It's the substance that makes up everything in my world, but in this case I'm talking about the life-force of people.

I've read of some vampires drinking blood? I believe that would be roughly the equivalent.

[prescind]

vampires drink blood where i come from.
doesn't mean they kill the person though.

[aetherweaver]

The ones I know of usually do. And tend to do it without consent, which is also a large problem.

[prescind]

yeah, i think that's universal
we have vampires like that where i came from too.

[aetherweaver]

I'm sorry. That's somewhat of an awful problem to have to deal with.

[prescind]

it's one of many problems i have
i'm used to it.

[aetherweaver]

Now that's a feeling I understand all too well. And it's not a good one...

There are good people here who will listen to your problems if you allow them to. I hope you can find relief from your problems soon.

[prescind]

yeah, that's what i'm finding.
i haven't really used this whole network thing
but it's been good for this
to at least let me talk some things out.

[aetherweaver]

There's not really anything like this where I'm from, so I haven't used it as much as some others.

But it's very helpful for communicating things to people you might not otherwise speak to.

[prescind]

yeah we have phones and such. things we can send messages to but nothing like this where everyone in the town can read it if they want to.

[aetherweaver]

The closest we have are message boards where you can pin notes. It's... quite different, as you might imagine.

[prescind]

yeah, i think we have one of those too but no one uses it.

[aetherweaver]

It's mostly used for hiring adventurers where I'm from.

[prescind]

yeah we definitely don't use it for that
if people want an adventure they just go find it.

[aetherweaver]

Well adventurers do all sorts of jobs. Mercenary work, protection, deliveries... it varies a lot.

[prescind]

there's that where i come from too
people just get the jobs and such differently
no job board.

people just tend to take them on
hear about them from other people and go

[aetherweaver]

The Adventurer's Guild tends to take care of that. It's a way to make sure people get paid and also don't just... disappear, for whatever reason.

[prescind]

sounds pretty organized

i'm sure there's something like that where i come from
i just don't know about it
it's a little more modern.

[aetherweaver]

It's a relatively recent thing - it picked up steam after the Calamity happened a little while back. There were less military-types to take on things of that nature afterwards.

[prescind]

you typically have a lot of attention on those adventure jobs?

[aetherweaver]

It depends on the job. Mostly no. I tend to, but I'm... not a typical adventurer.

[prescind]

yeah? what kind of adventurer are you?

[aetherweaver]

For better or for worse - the famous kind. I can't really tell people my name anywhere in my home world without someone making a big deal out of it.

You'd think it'd be cool, but it's actually kind of frustrating...

[prescind]

at least there's some anonymity here?