daan [pcs]

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daan the maan

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So there is still some semblance of family dynamics, even in that state of things.

I'm sorry for all the questions. It sounds like your situation is pretty dire.

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Huh-? Family dynamics...? O-of course there are, Relivers aren't unable to have children... and people who don't become Relivers have families, too.

[it's just that, you know, if you don't get cloned you're probably going to die when your child is a toddler.]

Our situation would be much worse, if Monsieur Scien had never developed the technology for it.

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It just seems like the age for parenthood would be very young.

[ And yeah the fact that you'd probably die while your kid's still a child and that's something that makes him subtly sad. ]

Is "curse" just how you call it, or is it literal? It's not a biological cause?

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We... we don't know. They say Arpéchéle is... "a land loved by Death".

[but this is why they invented cloning before figuring this shit out, genuinely who fucking knows.]

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That's very ominous.

[ Yikes. ]

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Do you know if it's tied to the land or the people?

[ Has anyone tried LEAVING. ]

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No one knows what happened to the Drifter... so I-I think it's possible the curse took him, too...? But maybe he just settled somewhere out of the public eye...

[he'd like to think that's the case, that someone with a naturally longer lifespan got to live it out.]

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I'm not the oldest here though, so there's also that.

[ Or is the existence of Ichiban just like, absolutely blowing up your mind right now? ]

Even with the wars, I'd still say the average lifespan expectancy is usually at least fifty.

[ Twenty-three is less than half that. BLEAK. ]

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Right, there were... others who were even over forty...

[the existence of ichiban and laudna does blow his mind, yes. so do astarion and iwatooshi.]

People really live that long?

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[ Okay well lets not get too hasty here, Astarion and Iwatooshi are weirdos. ]

It is the average. The healthy and hale may occasionally live up to seventy if they're lucky.

[ It also means there's a lot who die young, but you know, that's neither here nor there. ]

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Up to seventy...

[wow... he's wrapping his brain around it.]

E-even if Relivers can be that old, it's difficult to think about... living that long in a normal body.

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Guess it depends on who you ask. The body ages and begins to wither after a certain point... Some might dream of the idea of being able to reliving their early twenties.

[ He thinks it'd be a foolish thing, but dreams of immortality aren't rare among people. ]

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M-maybe, but you have to keep backing up your memory, too... and some people would rather not become Relivers at all.

[anything has its drawbacks.]

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The technological talk is out of my paygrade...

[ That's so sad. Kid's only 17, and he's only got six years left apparently. ]

I hope you haven't been too uncomfortable, not that we're living in the picture of luxury here exactly.

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It's a little strange for me... I'm not, um, used to living like this.

[he fidgets with his clothes, picking at a thread.]

Usually I would have someone cooking for me, o-or bringing meals home to the mansion...

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[ Oh... a rich boy.

That's so funny, an island where everyone dies at 23 and you all still got class differences. ]

A very far cry from what you're used to then.

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Yes... everything here is very, um.

[it's. hm. well.]

I-If we hadn't all just woken up here like this, it might be easier to appreciate seeing how people in tiny villages live...

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[ He snorts. What a thing to say. ]

It's not that interesting. Unless you're that fascinated by self-sufficiency.

[ He's not trying to be mean. He's seen how the relation of money and shelteredness sometimes is a positive function. ]

By all you've said so far, you must be the lord of the mansion...?

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[he remains quiet for a few moments, before he blinks and shakes his head.]

Yes, b-but I don't... do very much... I haven't finished my studies yet, so I don't work for the Royal Family, or anything like that.

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[ That sounds like a pretty short-lived job if so, but he doesn't say that. ]

What do you study?

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[everything is short-lived for them! haha!]

The Claude family have served as translators, s-so I've mostly learned languages... sometimes books from outside the island wash up.

[and therefore someone has to be able to translate them to figure out if they have useful info.]

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[ What the actual fuck is going on in this island, that's so funny. Just like, regular paper books with no protection?? ]

Even though you're isolated?

[ What is going on with this geography.

...An island... ]

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Sorry, a different question. Do you know Mr. Lucas Prost?

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Y-yes, he's... someone I met at home. Lucas is a teacher there.

[he sounds a little brighter when he talks about him, at least, more comfortable.]

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I see.

[ Didn't his profile say he was 21 or something. Now he's concerned about that guy. ]

Looks like you're comfortable with him. That's good. Better than being alone.

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I'd rather he were still safe back at home, though...

[local teen accidentally doxxes friend as being near death, oops!]

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[ This is fine. ]

Do you think we're unsafe, right now?