ward of wayne, bird enthusiast, code-genius, ex-trapeze artist. which means exactly what you think it does. free dinner to the first name joke I haven't heard.
just more than five months and of course we have seasons though they are all on the warmer side in messina, where i am from. i mean that it was so hot here then, i did not believe it could get so cold
all kinds of places. it is a city and there will likely be those who would share with you, if you wanted. many do that
if college is this much fun, i think i would like to go
You never know! This place is weird enough, who am I to judge seasonal shifts and earthly-spacial movement???
So like roommates?
It'd depend on the college you wanted to go to and what you wanted to get out of it. But yeah, I bet they'd be a lot like this. Did you choose not to go or what?
[ Rafa does, but that doesn't mean Dick will. He might have lingered on that topic if the second one didn't take so much of his attention. How does he even answer that question? ]
i am not a scholar my schooling was done at home in any case.
[ And never went near any human institution. Also, it might be worth clarifying: ]
things were different in my time. i am from 1752 perhaps attending them is more common in your future?
If it's accurate, then yeah. I've had roommates before. Might as well make this as normal as possible, right?
Between you and me, I didn't go either. Though I haven't looked into the homeschooling side of it yet. Probably should get on that...
[ oh. well. there you go. ]
That is a bit of a century jump for you. How do you like the 21st? And yeah, they are. Kind of too much so. But the corruption issues with higher education is a topic for another time.
i love it anyone would love it. i have seen progress before, but not like this. look at what they have done in three hundred years lights, plumbing cars??? not to mention these devices. i want my world to be like this
Yeah, I can imagine there are some pretty cool updates :) You've picked up on the technology side of it pretty fast too, I'm impressed. There are still people who were born in this century who don't get it.
A lot of stuff kinda added together to make the idea less than a good one. But my job makes schedules pretty difficult to keep, so attendance policies? Rough.
are there? :) i would not pretend to understand it. but i love it even speaking with you like this is a wonderful thing. to see your picture and see your letters without ever meeting you and to do it instantly people have made great things. i am enjoying them
what is your job? perhaps since you are here you will have more time for things like that. school. if you wanted
Yup. There are entire groups of people waiting at the beck and call of the older generation because they don't want to learn what's happening. I mean it's an easy job, but boy can it be frustrating.
And you're right, instant communication is definitely something I take for granted. Makes meeting new people a lot easier :)
It's a little complicated, but it involves a lot of community service. But I won't have to worry about it here, so yeah, maybe I will have time to go back to school. That'd be really cool.
I was actually going to ask that. Are there a whole lot of other options besides school and clubbing? Because I feel like the latter would get old, fast.
Probably linguistics. Computer science would be too easy, but might be interesting to see if I could learn something new. Maybe a few classes here and there. I haven't really thought about it?
i do not. i have never been to any school not a real one, anyway. i suppose if i took any subject it would be one that taught me of this world its history, or its lands. either. both, if i could
but linguistics would be good as well! i have always liked languages how many do you speak?
as for what is here there is work, if you would like it. and training if you like are you a dancer? your older self is very good at that
How come you haven't gone to school? Your opportunity is here and ready for you. :) History would be really cool to take, actually. Since you haven't lived anything post 15th century.
And I speak six, though I'm leaning a few more. :) Words and communication are just really cool to me? And being able to talk to and understand people from all over the world is neat. So I guess seven, if you want to count coding.
They've got a whole economic system here, huh? Seems almost too good to be true.
[ oh, well, there's...that. ]
Is he? I mean, I guess I can dance. I've never really tried. Acrobatics was more of my thing.
well i was born in the 15th century but i am from the 18th century. and my education was done at home
but i like languages too. though i cannot code for obvious reasons.
i think if you are anything like him, you will be good at dancing but acrobatics, really? perhaps there is a troupe here that you could join or a circus though i have not seen one. how did you learn to do that?
Alright then the 18th Century. That's still another 300 years of humanity trying its best to destroy itself and coming out alive even still. It's pretty amazing.
Do you want to learn? It's just another language, so once you pick up the grammar of it, it's not too difficult.
[ well that's...kind of. difficult to parse through how he feels about that. ]
Maybe. Not really sure how alike we're supposed to be at this point.
[ he certainly has never fallen in love with a norse god. but hey, there's time. ]
In a circus, actually. I grew up in one for a long time. My parents were a part of this trapeze group called the Flying Graysons, so when I was born I was kind of raised up into it.
you have a point. perhaps i should know what lies in store for me
[ Or for the world, anyway. It couldn't do any harm to be prepared. ]
do you think you could teach me? if you could, i would like to learn i think these are things my friend axel knows. i could surprise him
and i did not know about the circus. did you live there? in my world circus troops would travel around, never staying in one place is that the same for you?
An admirable quality, honestly. But sure- let me know when you're free and I can set something up. :)
It's nice, in a lot of ways, and I'm not going to lie- a miss it a lot of the time. But there are perks to parking it, too. Just a matter of what you value more. I didn't really decide- my parents had an accident during one of our shows and didn't make it. Before I could get tossed into foster care, a billionaire in the city we were performing kind of took me in.
[ it's been all over the news for years, dick's gotten pretty used to telling the story by now. ]
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and of course we have seasons
though they are all on the warmer side in messina, where i am from.
i mean that it was so hot here then, i did not believe it could get so cold
all kinds of places. it is a city
and there will likely be those who would share with you, if you wanted. many do that
if college is this much fun, i think i would like to go
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This place is weird enough, who am I to judge seasonal shifts and earthly-spacial movement???
So like roommates?
It'd depend on the college you wanted to go to and what you wanted to get out of it.
But yeah, I bet they'd be a lot like this.
Did you choose not to go or what?
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if you prefer that
[ Rafa does, but that doesn't mean Dick will. He might have lingered on that topic if the second one didn't take so much of his attention. How does he even answer that question? ]
i am not a scholar
my schooling was done at home in any case.
[ And never went near any human institution. Also, it might be worth clarifying: ]
things were different in my time. i am from 1752
perhaps attending them is more common in your future?
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Between you and me, I didn't go either.
Though I haven't looked into the homeschooling side of it yet. Probably should get on that...
[ oh. well. there you go. ]
That is a bit of a century jump for you. How do you like the 21st?
And yeah, they are. Kind of too much so. But the corruption issues with higher education is a topic for another time.
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anyone would love it.
i have seen progress before, but not like this. look at what they have done in three hundred years
lights, plumbing
cars???
not to mention these devices. i want my world to be like this
why did you not go to school? if it is so common.
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Yeah, I can imagine there are some pretty cool updates :)
You've picked up on the technology side of it pretty fast too, I'm impressed.
There are still people who were born in this century who don't get it.
A lot of stuff kinda added together to make the idea less than a good one.
But my job makes schedules pretty difficult to keep, so attendance policies? Rough.
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:)
i would not pretend to understand it. but i love it
even speaking with you like this is a wonderful thing. to see your picture and see your letters without ever meeting you
and to do it instantly
people have made great things. i am enjoying them
what is your job?
perhaps since you are here
you will have more time for things like that. school. if you wanted
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I mean it's an easy job, but boy can it be frustrating.
And you're right, instant communication is definitely something I take for granted.
Makes meeting new people a lot easier :)
It's a little complicated, but it involves a lot of community service.
But I won't have to worry about it here, so yeah, maybe I will have time to go back to school.
That'd be really cool.
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this is a quiet place
unless you plan to be out every day, living in the clubs
i find that quite tempting myself
if you do go back, what would you study?
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Are there a whole lot of other options besides school and clubbing?
Because I feel like the latter would get old, fast.
Probably linguistics.
Computer science would be too easy, but might be interesting to see if I could learn something new.
Maybe a few classes here and there.
I haven't really thought about it?
Are you going there? What would you suggest? :)
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not a real one, anyway.
i suppose if i took any subject
it would be one that taught me of this world
its history, or its lands. either. both, if i could
but linguistics would be good as well! i have always liked languages
how many do you speak?
as for what is here
there is work, if you would like it. and training if you like
are you a dancer? your older self is very good at that
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Your opportunity is here and ready for you. :)
History would be really cool to take, actually.
Since you haven't lived anything post 15th century.
And I speak six, though I'm leaning a few more. :)
Words and communication are just really cool to me?
And being able to talk to and understand people from all over the world is neat.
So I guess seven, if you want to count coding.
They've got a whole economic system here, huh?
Seems almost too good to be true.
[ oh, well, there's...that. ]
Is he?
I mean, I guess I can dance. I've never really tried.
Acrobatics was more of my thing.
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but i am from the 18th century. and my education was done at home
but i like languages too. though i cannot code
for obvious reasons.
i think if you are anything like him, you will be good at dancing
but acrobatics, really? perhaps there is a troupe here that you could join
or a circus
though i have not seen one. how did you learn to do that?
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That's still another 300 years of humanity trying its best to destroy itself and coming out alive even still.
It's pretty amazing.
Do you want to learn?
It's just another language, so once you pick up the grammar of it, it's not too difficult.
[ well that's...kind of. difficult to parse through how he feels about that. ]
Maybe. Not really sure how alike we're supposed to be at this point.
[ he certainly has never fallen in love with a norse god. but hey, there's time. ]
In a circus, actually. I grew up in one for a long time.
My parents were a part of this trapeze group called the Flying Graysons, so when I was born I was kind of raised up into it.
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[ Or for the world, anyway. It couldn't do any harm to be prepared. ]
do you think you could teach me? if you could, i would like to learn
i think these are things my friend axel knows. i could surprise him
and i did not know about the circus. did you live there?
in my world circus troops would travel around, never staying in one place
is that the same for you?
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I could, yeah, if you were interested.
It's a bit tricky and really frustrating, though. I'll just warn you now.
I did, and it was.
Not exactly an easy life, but when you've got a family that big, it helps a lot. :)
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i like the idea of traveling
i have always wanted to. and i have to an extent, but not as much as i would like
why did you decide to stop?
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But sure- let me know when you're free and I can set something up. :)
It's nice, in a lot of ways, and I'm not going to lie- a miss it a lot of the time.
But there are perks to parking it, too. Just a matter of what you value more.
I didn't really decide- my parents had an accident during one of our shows and didn't make it.
Before I could get tossed into foster care, a billionaire in the city we were performing kind of took me in.
[ it's been all over the news for years, dick's gotten pretty used to telling the story by now. ]
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oh, dick
i am so sorry. i did not know, or i would not have asked
does that mean that you no longer use the trapeze?
you have no wish to begin it again?