Post by YueFei on Aug 19, 2022 13:54:44 GMT
"We probably don't know who the important ones are yet, so many people are just starting out," he said.
She was really passionate about all this, but he saw deep down that what she was really passionate about was starting her hero's journey. She seemed to feel the need to connect with others to do it and there was certainly reason enough to see her side of it. He could probably have lived with flying solo for awhile, but if all he got out of this event was some fun speeches and potentially allying with this girl, that was more than good enough for him.
"Uh, well, none of it's hype, in you know, the modern sense. I just find that leading conversations with it doesn't tend to be productive. People aren't as religious as they once were and the religions they do have a very different from what they used to be. Unfortunately I don't have much of the power I used to, and I'm kinda stuck in this hybrid form, but eventually I'll get it all back." As far as he could tell the others were all gone. That could have made him lonely, but the present world was filled with such interesting people and loneliness was a choice, in this instance, and one he'd decided not to follow.
He couldn't smile, but he hoped the excitement in his eyes did the job well enough. "Anyway, what matters is making things better for people, and making some good friends along the way. I think we're off too a good start."
The Man in Black took the proffered card, pocketing it in his sleeve in one fluid motion. "I suppose it would be accurate to say one's sense of time and its significance are modified by one's life expectancy," He said. It was true, it had been more than a little time he'd been retired. He tried not to think about that. Thinking about that lead to thinking about the past, which was best left asleep where it belonged. The man he was speaking to, this private investigator, seemed to be some sort of apparition. He tried not to take ideas at face value though, there could be any number of explanations behind his abilities, and apparent temporal displacement. Still, sometimes the most obvious was also the most accurate.
"Katarel Insondia, or The Man in Black to the public." His personal name was his own and he preferred to limit its use to the private realm, but it would have been rude to leave it out as part of introductions. He made no mention of his previous moniker, The Man in Grey, if the ghost investigator chose to do his research on his personal name he'd find the rest. If he didn't, well, perhaps it would remain in the past as well.
"What put you in your current state, if I might be so bold?"
She was really passionate about all this, but he saw deep down that what she was really passionate about was starting her hero's journey. She seemed to feel the need to connect with others to do it and there was certainly reason enough to see her side of it. He could probably have lived with flying solo for awhile, but if all he got out of this event was some fun speeches and potentially allying with this girl, that was more than good enough for him.
"Uh, well, none of it's hype, in you know, the modern sense. I just find that leading conversations with it doesn't tend to be productive. People aren't as religious as they once were and the religions they do have a very different from what they used to be. Unfortunately I don't have much of the power I used to, and I'm kinda stuck in this hybrid form, but eventually I'll get it all back." As far as he could tell the others were all gone. That could have made him lonely, but the present world was filled with such interesting people and loneliness was a choice, in this instance, and one he'd decided not to follow.
He couldn't smile, but he hoped the excitement in his eyes did the job well enough. "Anyway, what matters is making things better for people, and making some good friends along the way. I think we're off too a good start."
The Man in Black took the proffered card, pocketing it in his sleeve in one fluid motion. "I suppose it would be accurate to say one's sense of time and its significance are modified by one's life expectancy," He said. It was true, it had been more than a little time he'd been retired. He tried not to think about that. Thinking about that lead to thinking about the past, which was best left asleep where it belonged. The man he was speaking to, this private investigator, seemed to be some sort of apparition. He tried not to take ideas at face value though, there could be any number of explanations behind his abilities, and apparent temporal displacement. Still, sometimes the most obvious was also the most accurate.
"Katarel Insondia, or The Man in Black to the public." His personal name was his own and he preferred to limit its use to the private realm, but it would have been rude to leave it out as part of introductions. He made no mention of his previous moniker, The Man in Grey, if the ghost investigator chose to do his research on his personal name he'd find the rest. If he didn't, well, perhaps it would remain in the past as well.
"What put you in your current state, if I might be so bold?"