catchall for lili

[leaberator]

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[coastal]

... well, I did.

But that ended the same way things like that always did - I'd be locked in my room.

[joon-gi super sucks wow]

[leaberator]

Well that's stupid. What's the point of stopping you from learning stuff?

[coastal]

It was how my father saw fit to educate me...

[she frowns]

It was stupid.

[leaberator]

It kinda sounds like the opposite of educating you, if he didn't actually let you learn anything.

[coastal]

Nobility shouldn't have to learn things like cooking....

He wanted me to study the arts instead. But those were stupid - though I guess I'm at least glad I can play the koto a little.

[leaberator]

He never heard of "culinary arts"?

[ though he tilts his head ]

Arts can be interesting, but if it's all you're allowed to learn, there's no point. What about stuff like history?

[coastal]

Male heirs can be taught history and weaponry, so that they can make for skilled soldiers and fighters as well as leaders.

Ladies were expected to learn... [gestures vaguely] floofy stuff? Flower arrangement, dance, instruments...

I mean, it's not bad - I think it can be impressive in its own right, but I needed more useful things.

[leaberator]

Nothin' wrong with floofy stuff if it's what you wanna learn, but... it sounds a bit backwards. What if there's no male heir?

[coastal]

You get me - a bartering chip to be married off to the king.

[eugh]

Well, not that it's going to work out like that anyway.

You really don't have any type of nobility or monarchy where you're from?

[leaberator]

Wouldn't the king wanna marry someone who knows... anything?

[ a bit rude, but. Listen. anyway wow, uh. oh boy. how to explain disney royalty ]

Nah, there's a lot of monarchy in the worlds I've visited. The world I'm from had a king, too, but he was all about learning stuff. [ and being the worst, but axel doesn't mention that ] Though the King I'm more familiar with leaves his Queen to handle things at home, most of the time. [ a beat ] Also, he's a mouse.

[coastal]

Not really. The current king would rather just marry someone for the sake of political gain than worry about whether she knows anything - that's just how it goes.

[ . . . ]

I don't think he'd accept marrying a mouse though.

[that's

hm?]

Please tell me that the mouse at least talks.

[leaberator]

[ he's. laughing. ]

Yeah. He's-- sorta like Grim Eyes? He's about this tall [ he gestures and. mickey mouse is like three feet tall i guess how the FUCK would i know ] and he wears clothes and everything. Everyone from his world is some sorta talking animal. And I seriously doubt he's interested in politics.

[coastal]

[wh

wh?]

..... how can you be a king and not be interested in politics?!

[leaberator]

Prolly the Queen handles all that stuff? [ what the fuck does he know about minnie mouse ] But the guy's spent the past while away from his kingdom tryin' to save the worlds from the darkness, so he's got better priorities.

[coastal]

... from darkness.

[she just

looks a little tired]

So we should be looking for your rodent king to assist with all of this is what I'm hearing.

[leaberator]

Oh, yeah. There's darkness a lot similar to the one in this universe where I'm from. Did that never come up before?

[ oops, ]

[coastal]

... mm, well - I guess it's bound to have some similarities.

The tribes from my kingdom are broken up similarly to the elements here as well... but I just assumed it was a coincidence.

[leaberator]

Hmm. They do say all worlds used to be one. Maybe that's it.

[ he shrugs ]

We have actual methods of defeating the darkness back home, though. Doesn't look like this universe has 'em yet.

[coastal]

... they all used to be one...?

[she looks

really confused at this]

Is that really possible?

[leaberator]

Maybe. It's an old legend, but a lot of that stuff wound up true. But if it is, it was a long, long time ago.

[coastal]

[ . . . . ]

Hey -

When all of this is over, do you think we'd be able to meet again? Not just you and me, but... everyone here.

[leaberator]

'Course. [ he sounds completely certain of this? ] Why wouldn't we?

[coastal]

Honestly?

Your response is anti-climactic enough that I have to reassess what I was going to say.

[leaberator]

[ fucking cackles ]

Sorry! I am a world traveler, y'know. Stuff like that isn't that big of a deal to me anymore. Sometimes I kinda forget what it was like when I lived in one world and didn't even know about others.

[coastal]

... I guess one way or another, I got the answer that I wanted.

How do you do that - world traveling? Is it something I can learn?