un: shiro | video | mid-festival

[constellational]

⟪ and bam. on your screen, a guy, white-haired and surprisingly jovial, which is a bit at odds with what he’s about to ask. is it genuine, or is it a façade?? who knows. you might recognize him as the fool who innocently swiped left on you—or the guy who told a really bad astronaut joke on the netherwork. either way, shiro’s gonna shiro, so he’ll introduce himself again—just in case—his mouth a polite curve. ⟫

Hello. I’m Shiro… How’re you all holding up?

⟪ don’t worry, there’s no pep talk this time. not unless you ask for it, anyway. ⟫

I’ve a… I’ve a favor to ask. For my arm… or lack thereof. ⟪ point in case; his gaze drifts a bit to his right side, where his sleeve hangs empty. ⟫ I had a prosthetic once, back home, but uhm… ⟪ and there it is. a chuckle. half-strangled, half-nervous as he cuts the camera another hesitant glance and clears his throat, stifling a wince. ⟫

If anyone with skills in finding alternatives to missing limbs is somehow looking for a great candidate, well… you’re looking right at him! No complaining, high pain tolerance… and I used to be a pilot, so I can sit for as long as you need me to. This is not an emergency. You can reach out when or if you ever have time to spare.

Thanks.

⟪ ooc | voice-to-text is 100% a thing and it’s probably what shiro will use to reply to you! ⟫

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[rumination]

[ well, that wasn't the expected reaction. they were talking demons, not cultivators! ]

Yes. Have you never met a cultivator?

[ it's possible he hasn't since he also asked about demons. but then he knows that cultivators are spiritual warriors, so maybe he's just read about them in books? there are plenty of stories about cultivators among the common people. ]

[constellational]

⟪ IT'S ALMOST THE SAME THING!! ⟫

Yeah!
I mean, no! Never a real one, anyway
but I've read about you

Can I ask you something?

⟪ demons who tho. he's forgotten. ⟫

[rumination]

What?

[ at least they're talking via text messages, so he doesn't sound snappish. ]

[constellational]

⟪ LISTEN!!!!! he needs to know. ⟫

Can you guys actually fly?
I'm sorry if this is a question I wasn't supposed to ask
I don't mean to be rude
I just
Can you??

⟪ he's a pilot okay. it's 100% relevant. ⟫

1/???

[rumination]

[ well. that was not the question to ask. ]

2/???

[rumination]

[ he hates heights and thus never flies ]

3/???

[rumination]

[ so now he has to consider what to say to that. it's tempting to just leave it on read but it is a valid question, even if it seems almost too much for chu wanning to handle, the exuberance in his question alarming.

but shiro isn't asking about him, just cultivators in general, and it is a teaching moment. so, even if he hates admitting to his fear, and definitely won't bring it up and is tempted to just ignore it—

chu wanning can't. ]

4/4

[rumination]

Yes, on swords. It requires the use of spiritual energy.
Qinggong only allows us to jump far or scale trees and glide over water for some distance. It's not flying. [ it seems like flying, but it's not. ]

[constellational]

⟪ COLOR HIM ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED. ⟫

Still! That's pretty impressive!
Nothing I could do without jet packs
or a spacecraft, if I wanted to fly much higher

[rumination]

What are jet packs? Spacecraft? My world does not have these things.

[constellational]

Right!
Spacecrafts are vehicles that allow us to fly across the universe
A vehicle is a bit like a small habitation, if you will
Which you can control from inside
A jet pack is a device attached to your back, and it uses spurts of gas to propel you through the air
It's all man-made though, and without technology or science, it just wouldn't work

[rumination]

[ urgh, flying. that does not sound fun, although it can't be terrible if it's enclosed. maybe?

no, it's probably still horrible. ]

You just fly through the air? Sounds similar to flying on a sword, though flight is achieved through different methods. Do only certain people fly?