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victory_road2017-01-13 06:24 pm
callbacks) wrote in victory_road2017-01-13 06:24 pm
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so ive been thinking about this a lot since last year and im nowhere close to having an answer for it so im outsourcing the legwork
consider this an informal survey fellow pokeresidents
(not to be confused with pokecitizens since there doesnt seem to be any naturalization process on the books)
when
would you say people become adults?
because i gotta say ive been an ex minor for a month and a half already and im not noticing any measurable difference
not on the inside anyway
i guess im taller
probably
but i think im still growing
and i heard human brain structures dont stop developing until were twenty five
watching my pokemon grow up doesnt help any because they all mature at different rates and in every case WAY faster than we do
and it makes me wonder like
some of these guys that hatched from eggs
do they see me as a parent???
because thatd be fucked up
but then i have to ask myself why exactly is that fucked up and is it because im a child or because i dont want to be a dad or because im not fuckin parent material or something else?
and since when does adulthood have to go frond in frond with parenthood??
anyway let me know your thoughts or your homeworlds societys hiveminds thoughts its open season on this question i just decided right now
consider this an informal survey fellow pokeresidents
(not to be confused with pokecitizens since there doesnt seem to be any naturalization process on the books)
when
would you say people become adults?
because i gotta say ive been an ex minor for a month and a half already and im not noticing any measurable difference
not on the inside anyway
i guess im taller
probably
but i think im still growing
and i heard human brain structures dont stop developing until were twenty five
watching my pokemon grow up doesnt help any because they all mature at different rates and in every case WAY faster than we do
and it makes me wonder like
some of these guys that hatched from eggs
do they see me as a parent???
because thatd be fucked up
but then i have to ask myself why exactly is that fucked up and is it because im a child or because i dont want to be a dad or because im not fuckin parent material or something else?
and since when does adulthood have to go frond in frond with parenthood??
anyway let me know your thoughts or your homeworlds societys hiveminds thoughts its open season on this question i just decided right now
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actually, I haven't really thought about growing up for a long time
even since I became a Haibane, which was a few years ago already.
huh
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do haibane grow
cause i mean if its been years already id have imagined thatd be the sort of thing that would come up
adulthood
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At least I think we do. my friend Reki wasn't always as tall as she was. and we have even younger Haibane that are probably going to grow.
I'm just waiting for another growth spurt I guess
[Yes, that will come. Someday.]
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i mean if thats not weird to ask
im just curious
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I mean, even as a Haibane, we looks really similar to humans.
except for the wings and halo and cocoons I mean.
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you seemed to adjust to being human so well i never really thought about possible differences that werent just cultural or whatever
are grownup haibane supposed to like
make families?
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um
That's another thing I really don't know about.
not because I never asked, but because I don't think there's any adult Haibane
Just the youngfeathers and haibane like me but a little older.
[...Wait. No. Something bites at her tongue. there was something else... she should say, shouldn't she?]
well, no. there was one, but I never got to meet her.
she um
[What's the right way to put this.]
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you know you dont have to tell me if its an uncomfortable subject for you
i mean im going to assume the worst but youre not responsible for my imagination running away with me ever
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No, no
I can tell you, I probably should.
It's just that it feels kind of weird
talking about it on text, I mean.
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we live in the same house atm
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should i come to you?
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be right there
[...
Knock knock.]
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Come in.
[She's seated on her bed, cross-legged, still in her PJs.]
Hey.
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[And it's a testament to how comfortable he is with Rakka, with the people in their home, that Dave just goes on and sits on the bed across from her, mirroring her cross-legged seat, in his Gallade kigu.
Because what else do you wear when you're having a crisis about growing up?]
...So.
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Nice kigu too. Her's is off... somewhere. Probably in the laundry.]
...So. [This has been coming a while but where does she begin?] One thing I learned about, back when I was a Haibane, was that Haibane... may not be around for very long.
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[You'd think he'd get used to this kind of thing, the number of times he has this conversation. Conversations like it. Whatever.
He never does, of course. Get used to it.]
I'm sorry.
[It's the first thing he can think of to say.]
Like... your lives are short, or. There's something threatening all of you?
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No, don't be. [She says with a small bit of apology in her own voice. It's all what it is, simply something Rakka had to accept over time. Even if it was something as complicated as this.]
No, it's neither of those... and yet... [She never did figure out how to explain this.] It's sort of the first; Haibane arrive in Glie very suddenly, we live under special rules, and we live in harmony with the humans there.
...But we don't die. I mean, I think we're not supposed to. We just disappear one day.
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...That actually sounds scarier.
[He admits it quietly, then looks down.]
But I got more experience thinking about one than the other, I guess.
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... I guess you do.
[Do you miss it? It sounds so... dangerous.
...Not really.
She shifts a bit, letting out a breath she wasn't aware she was holding in.]
The thing is, it's not that scary to me, not anymore. It's... sad. [She looks down, gaze drawn.] A couple of my friends left during my first year as a Haibane. My friend, Reki; she took her Day of Flight about a month before I woke up in Johto.
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You miss them?
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I still miss them, they were both my friends. [She answers with a small smile.] When I was brand new, they were both there, especially Reki. No matter what, she was always there for me.
[In Rakka's case, this person was very important.]
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[A friend. A guardian. Someone to face an incoming meteor unblinking, who would slice it in half jut to give you a little more time. Except better than that.]
The way you say it... that she took her Day of Flight... It sounds at least like Haibane kind of get a choice about going. Yeah?
[Not just disappearing. Taking flight--that's something different.]
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She is.
[was]
The kind of do, but you're really supposed to take your Day of Flight when it comes. I-I've been told, if you don't, then your wings fall off... and you just have to live out the rest of your days.... Kind of like what's happening here. [she almost lets out a little laugh about that.]
...But Reki had to do it. I had to save her.
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[Though to be fair, Dave has never molted and has no idea how terrible that might be.
On the other hand, living out the rest of his days... that wouldn't have been too bad, either, given the alternative.]
She was in trouble? Reki? And taking flight... helped?
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[She nods with certainty. Rakka's molted before, it was a fate worse then molting.]
Reki was... in danger. [She didn't think she'd be having this talk too, but okay.] And, it's not really about taking flight. That's not what the Day of Flight is about.
...I think. [She sighs, perhaps even a little annoyed.] Haibane are complicated.
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