Mingle for the oldies

[bb_wolf]

Who: Anyone who is immortal, inordinately long lived or just likes hanging out with old people?
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Málum on the Iskaulit
When: End of November

Broadcast: Text
[The broadcast is simple.]

Málum. Tonight. Immortal or near enough meet up. Buy your own.

Action: Málum

[Bigby is there, drinking whiskey and smoking cheap, horrible and stinky cigarettes. The rest of you can do what you want.]

Comments

[cloakand_danger]

[Yuan's tone is a little odd when he next replies, like he's not sure whether to be proud of himself for figuring this out, or embarrassed that he didn't figure it out sooner:]

...So when you say 'Plant', the meaning is closer to a power plant or manufactory than... [a vague wave of his hand] vegetation?

[Look, in all fairness to Yuan, magical plant life is way more significant to his planet right now than mechanical anything.]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash makes a "gun" with his thumb and pointer and "shoots" Yuan.] You got it! Don't worry, almost everyone assumes something more like a tree or some sort at first too.

But yeah, Plants are a mix of organic and mechanical creations of humans back home. So they're a bit complicated.

[cloakand_danger]

Interesting. [At least it's a relief that he's not the only one who made that guess to start with.] ...So is it unusual for a Plant to be Independent, then?

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, just a bit. [There was only two as far as Vash was aware of.] Very rare in fact.

[He hesitates with a chuckle for a moment. It's so hard to be honest after so long of dodging questions.]

I was actually one of the first. [There. He said first. He'll just leave the one of two thing vague.]

[cloakand_danger]

[And since Vash did him the courtesy of elaborating when prompted, Yuan will hold up his end of the bargain and not probe for too many details when something seems like a sensitive topic.]

That must have been interesting. [On his world, a unique being like that might not ever have made it out of a lab, at least until more of them were produced. He wonders if Vash faced something similar. It'd be far too rude to ask something of that nature at this stage, though.] I'm sure you get a lot of questions about it.

[goldenglasses]

[Yuan is lucky he's not talking to Vash's manga counterpart on this one.]

Yeah, I guess it was. I dunno, I was a kid and I had good people looking over me. [Now that he's older he's come to realize some of the "games" the other crews played with them might have been testing things, but Rem was always good to him.]

And then I just stopped telling people what I was so questions don't generally come up back home. [He shrugs and laughs like the fact that he has hid who he actually is isn't a big deal.]

[cloakand_danger]

[Yuan just nods, following along easily enough with that part:] It's similar back home. Not all half-elves have pointed ears. [He nudges a wisp of hair behind his own rounded ears a little self-consciously.]

My hair gives me away, and I don't care so much if I stand out, but I don't begrudge those few who can pass as human, when it gives them an easier life.

[goldenglasses]

So, your hair is naturally blue then? [He's never quite sure if someone has dyed their hair or not.] It's a good color on you.

I don't really have anything that really makes me stand out. Well, besides living a long time, but I tend to move around a lot anyway so most don't notice in the end.