➊ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ

[der_geliebte]

[There's a new face on the SFC. Said face looks calm, controlled, relaxed. Certainly not quite fitting of a newcomer.]

I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Seimei.

[He gives a brief nod to the camera.]I arrived quite some time ago, but things were rather... hectic. I've been informed on the details of this place, however

Comments

[giving_to_get]

Cat ears, not something you encounter through the universe often.

[der_geliebte]

...They're not "cat" ears.

[giving_to_get]

They look pretty feline to me.

[der_geliebte]

Please don't compare them to an animal's ears.

[giving_to_get]

Pardon me.

So what are they, in that case?

[der_geliebte]

In my world, they mark virginity.

[giving_to_get]

What an odd ritual.

[der_geliebte]

[He chuckles, and rolls his eyes.]

They're not a ritual. They're a part of my biology.

[giving_to_get]

It's a ritual for your world, isn't it? It still counts.

[der_geliebte]

[He switches to text, if only for a brief moment;]

ritual (ˈrɪtjʊəl)
- n
1. the prescribed or established form of a religious or other ceremony
2. such prescribed forms in general or collectively
3. stereotyped activity or behaviour
4. (psychology) any repetitive behaviour, such as hand-washing, performed by a person with a compulsive personality disorder
5. any formal act, institution, or procedure that is followed consistently: ex. the ritual of the law

[giving_to_get]

Which is to prove that it could in fact be called a ritual. Not of person, but of world. It is a ritual for your world to have the humans inhabiting it be born with feline-like ears in order to display virginity.

Once the individual has lost their virginity I am guessing you lose them-- which sounds ominous and awkward, by the way. It is the act that brings the ritual to a close for the individual.

Am I wrong?

[der_geliebte]

Yes, because what your describing as an intentional act or behavior is a biological function as natural as your hair growing or your baby teeth falling out.

The only part of it that would be accurately described as a "ritual" is the act of losing one's virginity, and while that causes the loss of one's ears and tail, that does not make the loss of the ears specifically a "ritual". It is a biological function.