35th Crystal: [Voice]

[cladinthedark]

[This sentence seems to be to himself.] Three years as of last week... hmmm, it feels shorter.

A question, for those inclined to answer. How many of us here are above the age of thirty, and lack immortality? Given the age to which most sapient beings live, and the rarity of that particular boon, the answer should be more than half of the population, but... Somehow I doubt that's going to prove to be the case, here.

[Someone's feeling old.]

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[Voice]

[mistlegacy]

I doubt it, as well.

[Pausing to put up a private filter.]

How are you doing, Golbez? You've been rather quiet for a while....

[Ever since that experiment, or just about so. Which does make her wonder.]

[Voice/Private]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

I'm... well, the experiment was an irritant, as I found myself compelled to stay away from everyone during it, and since then I've been... thinking.

[Brooding, more like.]

[Voice/Private]

[mistlegacy]

Thinking about that horoscope...or something else? What did you get, anyway?

[voice]

[paladinlost]

[He doesn't even bother answering that question.]

Three years? It's so hard to imagine...

[voice]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

There are others who have been here longer, but even so, I understand what you mean.

[voice]

[shred-the-sky.livejournal.com]

. . .

I'm a tad past sixty.

[ He doesn't sound a day over twenty two. ]

[voice]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Truly? Your appearance suggests otherwise.

... Not that I doubt you, of course. It would be an absurd thing to lie about. I am just wondering why that is. If, of course, you don't mind answering.

[voice]

[folklorist]

There's a good few of us I believe. [ A pause. ] I'm thirty-three.

[ Thirty-four in a few days and boy does he feel old now. ]

[voice]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Counting myself, that makes four I'm aware of.

[There's dry amusement in his tone.]

If we multiply that number a few times, perhaps we will approach the population of teenagers.

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[4000excuses.livejournal.com]

I...would not count myself immortal, but in human years I would be considered in my thirties.

[voice]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Human years? You are not human then?

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[It's been a while since he's seen him around...]

You? Concerned with age?

[Written]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

[That was intentional in your case, Kain.]

And why not? I am hardly immortal.

... To the best of my knowledge.

[ voice ]

[etudes]

The Malnosso don't necessarily take everyone equally though.. right? Maybe they have some sort of bias to younger people.

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[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Quite possible. One wonders, however, if the case might be the same outside the enclosure as in it.

[Voice]

[4starsavior.livejournal.com]

I'm forty-six, I think! [He's never been good with math.]

[Voice]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

You think? [There is a small amount of amusement in his voice.] Have you forgotten when you were born?

[aero-dienamic.livejournal.com]

Mind if I ask what you're thinking about, father?

[Voice/Private]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

[After a bit of thought, he puts a filter up.] I shall be blunt.

I'm feeling old.

[consultmybooks]

What about those beings that age differently without having immortality?

[Someone is unsympathetic.]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

[Eh, he's not really fishing for sympathy, so much as looking for other people in a similar situation.]

I'm not all that familiar with beings like that. [Despite possibly being one himself.] Are there many among Luceti's population?

[Voice]

[shadedsunlight]

I'm thirty-one, if that counts.

[Voice]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Certainly. I'll add you to the list.

[He smirks just a little. Enough to make it obvious it's a joke.]

[Voice]

[shinydeadaliens.livejournal.com]

[What an odd question. James can't help but reply though, he's naturally nosy.]

I'm 42 and not immortal. Pretty sure on the not immortal bit too, though not 100%, considering all the weird things that have happened to me.

Any particular reason for the inquiry?

[Voice]

[beardpuddle.livejournal.com]

[That gets a chuckle from Fusoya. Feeling old at that age, Golbez? Then imagine how your Uncle feels.]

You will have to forgive me for not knowing the exact number, but it has been some time since it has mattered, and we measured years differently, before we came to the Blue Planet. At the very least, I am more than sixty by the years measured by your world.