Nineteen Shabti

[x_dilettante_x]

[Text]

Seems another group of newcomers have arrived. A hardy welcome to you all, and be warned- these little devices shock if ignored, and this place is infested with several different monsters.

Enjoy your stay at Discedo.

Comments

[text] Because he's bored.

[holyjesusbeams]

I always find it ironic how newcomers react to warmhearted welcomes, here, despite being one myself. Good evening, Jonathan.

[text] they can be bored together :D

[x_dilettante_x]

I find a bit of a 'how's your aunt?' makes the suddenness of the situation a bit more bearable.

Evening, Joshua. Been enjoy your forced holiday so far?

[text] bffs of boredom yus

[holyjesusbeams]

What if they don't have one?

Oh, I can't complain, though it's been awfully quiet. Perhaps I'm not cut out for vacationing.

[text] lol!

[x_dilettante_x]

That is a point. I suppose a 'how's your mum' would do as well? Not quite sure someone wouldn't have one of those.

You just need to practice, a few relaxing days by the monster infested lake- perhaps a decent little constitutional through the dead woods. It'd be lovely.

[text] I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. /joshua drowns again

[holyjesusbeams]

Adopted by a single father? Or there's always the "dead, thank you" response.

I've experienced the lake. It was not pleasant.

[text] *innocent :D*

[x_dilettante_x]

That tends to get a tad over-used; poor old dears. Why is it always the mother that winds up shuffling off? Even in old stories and such.

Not the ideal place for a refreshing dip?

[text]

[holyjesusbeams]

The motherly archetype is a symbol of comfort, familial responsibility, and nourishment, while the fatherly archetype spurs change, community responsibility, and growth. The loss of a mother figure spurs growth and change - the key to every story, particularly those focusing on the 'hero's journey' story form.

Clearly not.

[text]

[x_dilettante_x]

Oh, like what that Jung fellow was prattling on about a year or so ago. So, based on that- would loosing a father figure bring about a stronger sense of needed to be responsible and nourishing?

Well, I shall make note to avoid it then.

[text]

[holyjesusbeams]

That or an aimless feeling of emptiness, not knowing what to do with one's self.

Frankly, I'd avoid the whole place in general, but that isn't really possible. Perhaps a talented whaler will show up one of these days.

[text]annnd Josh unknowingly hits a spot xD

[x_dilettante_x]

Hmm, there might be more to these archetypes then just some old man talking.

We can only hope, we can only hope!

[text] wh-what really. /doesn't know what jonathan's even FROM

[holyjesusbeams]

They'd hold no sway if there wasn't any truth behind them, after all.

[text] his father was this super famous Archeologist- Jonathan is...a drunk./The mummy!

[x_dilettante_x]

True, true- but I've never been one to well, listen to a head doctor.

Too easy to call someone crazy just to keep them from being a nuisance.

[text]

[holyjesusbeams]

Oh, I'm just speaking from a purely literary standpoint.

[text]

[x_dilettante_x]

Faerie Tales and those Victorian novels that ever one loves?

[text]

[holyjesusbeams]

Oh, that, along with fables and mythology and sci-fi novels. Really, it's everywhere - not just psychological studies.

Though I'm not sure where that tangent off into classifying "crazy people" came from.

[text]

[x_dilettante_x]

There's that Sci-fi word again. What is that exactly?

In this place, its almost shop talk by now.