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[sarcaskick]

okay so i've been here a while and it's been pretty great ngl

very physical

super fun

but i need some new hobbies. sparring's great and all but nothing's scratching the itch like it used to, and i think i'm getting bored. me and bored are not a good mix.

so

what do you people do

if you're going to suggest reading you can just keep scrolling because i'm seriously not interested, would rather die

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[ishgards]

It seems your situation is dire indeed.

[sarcaskick]

i'll say! i'm practically at death's doorstep. withering away, here.

[ishgards]

What did you do back home, when gripped with such a terrible plight?

[sarcaskick]

let's just say i didn't really have command of most of my free time. i trained when i could, because that's what i had to do to stay alive.

hobbies are kinda new.

[ishgards]

I can see why it would be such a marked change, then.

[ And, really, after a 1000 year war, he does. In fact one of his best friends has no hobbies either :') ]

That being the case, there is no harm to trying new things. You might end up surprised by something.

[sarcaskick]

maybe. i just don't see that particular something being anywhere near a flowerbed.

[ ... plus if he got into tending flowers somehow, Emerald would probably have a field day and never let him live it down. ]

[ishgards]

Perhaps not. But there are many things you could try, while you're here. Have you never thought of what you might do, if you had the time? Your mind never wandered to what life might look like were the danger abated?

[sarcaskick]

there's always danger. in my case, my boss was the biggest danger. so... no, i never really had the luxury of thinking about things otherwise.

being here has been weirdly good. it's taken some getting used to.

[ishgards]

I am sorry to hear that you are in such a position.

[ he's not naive enough to ask this guy if he could just leave; obviously if he could, he would have already. ]

It is strange, being here. We had only just brokered peace for my homeland. After fighting for so long, the change of pace, while welcome, still does not feel real. Filling the time can be difficult. But I would prefer the chance to try new things and reject them, rather than going back to the constant needs of battle.

[sarcaskick]

[ that's a conversation he had with emerald - that they're both actually happier here than they were back home. that they would prefer to stay here forever than ever go back to the awful position they were in. mercury, frankly, doesn't think that will be the case. no good thing lasts forever, and the universe will always fuck you in the end.

but if he can have a good time before then, it isn't the worst possible outcome. ]

so spitball me another idea. pretend i'm just allergic to flowers.

[ishgards]

Have you tried your hand at cooking? It can be a useful skill in addition to being interesting. When you've time to learn new things, there's quite a bit of creativity to keep your mind focused on it.

[sarcaskick]

you're the second person to mention cooking

and food IS good

so that's on the list of contenders

[ishgards]

It's true, food is good. And there are many new things to try here.

[ it's really nice, trying to cook with new things!! ]

Some of the adventurers from my home have taken up other crafting trades as well, even things like goldsmithing.

[sarcaskick]

goldsmithing sounds pretty snooty

it doesn't even make for good armor

what's the point

[ishgards]

I think that's exactly the point. It's something to get away from the usual. Making armor would be just another practical thing to do, part of the whole experience of training. But goldsmithing requires you to try something new, different.

Although the accessories certainly don't hurt.

[ you can't go into battle without earrings, bracelets, and rings!! everyone knows this! ]

[sarcaskick]

oh

so it's not the same kind of smithing

gotcha

not sure i see myself making rings and necklaces either, though

[ishgards]

I assume you aren't as allergic to them as flowers.

[ and he could make them for a special someone!! ]

[sarcaskick]

that doesn't say a lot, but

no

i guess not

silver's really more my color though

[ishgards]

The goldsmiths of my realm work with all manner of metals. I suppose the "gold" is something of a misnomer.

[sarcaskick]

seriously? then yeah, they should rename that job to like

tinker guy

metal molder

goldsmith-but-open-to-new-experiences

[ishgards]

[ oh no that's actually cute...he's laughing!! Good thing it's text and he can't see him laughing at these lame jokes. ]

Perfect. "Goldsmith-but-open-to-new-experiences" it is.

[sarcaskick]

[ no one is allowed to laugh at mercury, mercury is supposed to laugh at other people! mostly at their expense!! ]

something with metal might not be too bad though

i've dabbled with robotics a bit anyway

[ishgards]

[ Too late!! He's not laughing at him, he's laughing at his bad jokes that were probably supposed to land as biting sarcasm. Too bad! ]

Robotics...?

[sarcaskick]

...

how long have you been here

this place has like

tons of robotic stuff all over the place

[ishgards]

A month or so now. Perhaps we just have a different word for it, where I'm from. I've seen a lot of things that look like magitek.

From what I have noticed, my home seems to use different terminology than other places in a number of respects.