Employment AMA; Daemon: Celestiald

[poenitudo]

EMPLOYMENT AMA
Preferred Alias: Jaden

Worst Job(s) Held: real life mannequin; pool cleaner (you have no idea how gross people are, on several levels); bounty hunter; werewolf (not sure it counts, but it sure as hell feels like a job)

Best Job(s) Held: tailoring intern; spelling bee champion (my mother considered it a real job. my allowance was based on where i placed); big brother; football player (high school, so not technically a job)

Fantasy Job(s): middle linebacker for the New England Patriots

Current Job(s): still a bounty hunter, I guess, although I've not had any work since arriving here. If you're looking for someone to perform a job for you, I am available. I guess, if you really need a suit done, I can look into that, too. I'd rather not.

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i take full ic advantage of autocorrect |D it works well with her daemon

[astralera]

My thanks for the information. It confirms some thoughts I have been having lately.

[poenitudo]

you have family?

[astralera]

Of a sort, yes.

[poenitudo]

well i guess adopted family still counts
or are you talking about a pack

[astralera]

It is more of family by choice. Though I don't know if my young friends would think of me in the same way.

A pack? Would that not be the same thing?

[poenitudo]

i guess a pack is a found family, too. but with stronger bonds, less of an ability to walk away if you need to, though.

[astralera]

Similar to a pack of direwolves? I am grateful that my companions do not have a pack mentality in that case. Sometimes it is necessary for one to walk away from those they care for.

[poenitudo]

i imagine all wolves are alike, sure

and yeah, i agree
i like being left alone.

[astralera]

I rescued an orphaned wolf pup in my home world and he was quite different from the direwolves, though only in tameness and appearance. He was much, much cuter.

I enjoy being left alone, but the company of my friends is equally as precious to me as time to myself.

[poenitudo]

i must be closer to a direwolf than a cub in my wolf form.
nothing cute about me!

[astralera]

Possibly. Though looking closer to a direwolf from my world would not be the most complimentary of comparisons as they look rather mentally inept. Occasionally they also act as though they lack a brain.

They are quite funny. I feel as though they only survive in the wild due to sheer stubbornness and luck.

[poenitudo]

I keep my wits to myself whenever I shift. Even with wolfish instincts, so that's something.

Although I also am very stubborn.

What traits would you say one needs to survive in the wild?

[astralera]

Being able to find shelter, hunt, and defend oneself.

[poenitudo]

stubbornness and luck definitely help with that


I guess having the ability to turn into a wolf, however big I am when in that form, helps with not needing so much shelter, and hunting.

[astralera]

I have never met someone capable of turning into a wolf, though I have heard of shapeshifters and have occasionally been spelled into the form of a toad. [ the Heretics and their ability to turn into bastardized dragons immediately comes to mind as well. ] You can do it at will?

[poenitudo]

yeah. I've got to at the full moon, though. And it's not the most pleasant process so I avoid shifting willy nilly. What do shapeshifters turn into,
in your world?

[astralera]

Some Voidsent will wear the skin of a human. Though the most prevalent type of purposeful shapeshifting I've seen was from a portion of Ishgardian Elezen. They were able to transform into a form of Aevis thanks to a crime committed by their ancestors a thousand years past.

[poenitudo]

jfc I feel almost sorry i asked, because I didn't understand half of that. What is Aevis? What does it look like? Is it an animal?

[astralera]

An Aevis is a species of dragon.

An Elezen looks like a Hyur - a human in your terms - save for being a good deal taller and having longer, pointed ears. The Holy See of Ishgard is a city-state occupied mostly by Elezen, though there are some Hyur.

Some Ishgardian knights of a thousand years past ate an eye stolen from a dragon they slew, igniting the thousand year war with the dragons. Most descendants were not aware they could transform because of their forefather's act of war.

[poenitudo]

shit

your world sounds cool. I might fit better with your Elezen - I'm way too tall to fit in anywhere with normal sized humans

[astralera]

May I ask how tall you are?

[poenitudo]

6'5''? That's, huuuuuh...195 cms? Something like that.

[astralera]

So you would be slightly above the average height of a Highlander male.

The tallest of the races are male Au Ra at just over 7' and the shortest are the Lalafell at under 3'. My friend here is of average height for an Elezen at 6'8".

There is quite the disparity between the races in Eorzea compared to the population here.

[poenitudo]

that's interesting. is there any kind of like. Racism between you all?

[astralera]

Yes. There are many racial slurs thrown about, and there is often an undercurrent tension, but Eorzeans are generally peaceful and if they hold racist views will usually just stick to insults rather than violence. Microaggressions, if you will. A majority of us live in harmony with each other and do not judge based on someone's sex or race.

There are two subsets to each race, and one is often viewed much differently than the other. For example, it is not uncommon for Duskwright Elezen and Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te to be considered savages while their counterparts Wildwood and Seekers of the Sun are not. Most commonly it is not race but nationality that is treated with the most disdain.

One of the most distressing thing I have come to learn is that Eorzea considers mixed-race relationships taboo. I once met two men who were forced to flee their homes because they were in love. One was a Hyur while the other was a Miqo'te. While one might have casual sex with another of a different race and not be looked down on for it, apparently being in love is unacceptable.

[ her recent contemplation regarding her own feelings toward one handsome Ishgardian Elezen has made this fact slightly more personal. not that she was entirely aware of her dokis at the time of this thread lol )': ]