...I now have a bizarre compulsion to drink tea.

Grek 2010/02/07(Sun)19:39 No. 127701 ID: c16184
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"Ey, y'kneh 'er?"
"Ehm.. Cen weh spek 'n pr'vet?"
"Tes' alreght, Gest'v. Eh thenk eh kneh th'ces eh th'cenfusion."

Gest'v 'eds beck et. 'Es mem sets me dehn wef a beg meg eh tea, 'n sets acress eh meh.
She sters 't meh wef emezed bet werm eyes.

"Eh cen't b'lef tes' relly yeh.."
"Er.. Er yeh Gest'v?"

She leghs.

"Neh, neh."
"Then 'ehw d'yeh kneh tes' meh?"
"B'ces' fether ne'er stepped telkin' 'bet yeh, Grek. ..Egh, fergev' meh. Eh 'erd seh much 'bet yeh thet 't feels lek we've knen 'chether fer eges.. bet teh yeh, eh must beh a cempl'te strenger, ey? Eh'm Belle, Gest'v's deghter. 'N thet's meh sen, Gest'v jenior."

>>127701
Well, crap. See, this is why we wanted you to tell us how long it had been.

Ask what became of the original Gustav.

>>127701
Awwww shit.

>>127701

Grek... Remember how we asked exactly how long ago it had been? You did realise that humans tend to be dead before they hit a hundred, right?

>>127701
For some reason, I am not surprised.

Heh, I guess goblins really are ageless in this world.

Thank her for the Mega Tea, then ask about the whereabouts of Gustav.

>>127710

That or they live for a few centuries. If we figure that Grek and Finesse are both young women, then 'middle aged' would seem to be around four to six human/lefferan/volto lifetimes, say 50-70 years apiece.

Grek 2010/02/07(Sun)19:54 No. 127720 ID: c16184
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"Where.. Where's Gest'v nehw?"
"..'E.. 'E ded 'bet ten yers 'geh. ..Eh'm serry."
".Eh.. Eh seh.."
"Ef eh mehy esk.. Why'd yeh cem beck?"

>>127720
"To fuck him."

>>127720

To see if I still had any chance of salvaging a relationship...

>>127720
For some of that sweet human peenwack.

But seriously, just say you wanted to see him again. Cry if you feel like it.

Or, you know, just because you promised you'd meet again. And then forgot humans don't live that long.

What's with goblins and forgetting the whole 'we are as mayflies' schtick?

>>127720

Ask her what he said when he spoke of you. Ask her what he was like as she knew him.

>>127720
You finally worked up the courage?

The pain of being unavailable for romantic relationships finally overcame the uncertainty and nervousness involved in revisiting him?

Fucked up shit happened that made you just go "Hell with it I'm going for it"?

;_;

Grek 2010/02/07(Sun)20:11 No. 127753 ID: c16184
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"B'ces.. B'ces we prem'sed teh meet 'gen.."
"...Ded yeh lev meh fether?"
"Eh denneh.. Meybeh.. Preb'ly.. Y.. Yeh. ..Geh, feck 't! Ef eh 'ed cem beck earl'er yeh meght net even ex'st. Jes'.. Jes' tell meh ef 'e wes a ged fether."
"Eyhe, 'e wes a gret fether. Elweys kend te meh, meh sesters 'n meh mem."
"Ged.. Feck'n ged.."
"Eh.. Eh thenk 'e lev'd yeh teh. Elweys when 'e spek ef yeh, he'd send seh deff'rent. Elweys telkin' fell e' praise fer Grek, th'smertest 'n levliest gebl'n. Well, when meh mem wesn't lesten'n e'cerse. ...Yeh went a nepken?"
"Neh.. Neh, eh'm fen.."

TAKE NAPKIN.

DRY EYES.

cry it out.

Maybe ask her to show you the grave. Then cry there.

>>127753
I think you'd better pay your respects.

This chapter is making my brain hurt.

Is there something about the long lived races, to totally have no perspective of time?

Sorry Grek... I hope you get some closure here, if nothing else.

>>127760
>>127762

Yes. Whether it's a grave, urn or shrine you should visit him. He was an important person to you, and you owe it to the both of you.

>>127753
Cry it out girl, there's not shame in it.

Suggestion 2010/02/07(Sun)20:25 No. 127776 ID: 12084d
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This will make no sense to future generations.

>>127776

What is this I don't even

>>127766

It feels less like they have no perspective, more that they are outright ignorant of how brief our live are.

>>127766
Actually, we all measure time not as an increment.. but as a percentage. That's why time always seems to be going faster and faster... because each day is less compaired to our whole life perspective. Remember being a child and a single afternoon would stretch on forever?

Also.. to compound this problem.. while the brain has theoretically infinite storage space, it does not have an infinite recall system. Think of it as a library that goes on almost forever.. but the indexing system has to fit in a single filing cabinet. Sure the info is there... 'somewhere' but you just might not find it today.

>>127777
I'm sure that plays a part subconsciously, but its not like she didn't know that. There's just something about their perspective that must make the passing of a year or two or ten not especially noteworthy. Or at least not the memory of them.

>>127776
Or to present ones.
I assume this... thing is the fault of the IRC? Take it to the fanart thread, ye git.

Grek 2010/02/07(Sun)20:35 No. 127792 ID: c16184
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"'set pess'ble teh see 'es greve?"

She neds 'n leds me teh th'beck e' th'weg'n.
She begens teh whesper.

"(D'ye went teh leght eh cendle?)"
"(Eh den went teh 'mpose.)"
"S'elreght, we 'even't let ehn yet t'dey."
"Elreght.."


'Ere's teh yeh, Gest'v. Yeh'll leve on en meh heart.

>>127792

;;;_;;;

Jump out of the window. The feelings are too overwhelming.

>>127792
Well then Grek.. I am really not sure what to say here. I mean, I warned you... but even all our warnings... I mean. Ridder wasn't even alive to play host to us back when our message could have been relevant. I'm sorry.

I suppose there is one good thing to come from love between the mortal, and the immortal... even after one is merely dust in the wind... you are still breaking little girl's hearts...

To be remembered and even longed for... long after others have forgotten or moved on.

>>127792
;_;

Light that candle. You light that candle good and hard, Grek.

Grek 2010/02/07(Sun)20:57 No. 127828 ID: c16184
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"Grek.. Grek, b'fer yeh geh.."
"Yeh?"
"Eh mey beh eh strenger teh yeh, bet.. eh grew ep wef yeh. Y-yeh'll elwes beh welcem en meh fem'ly."
"..D'yeh bench stell use th'sem routes as when yer ded wes yeng?"
"Yeh, thet we deh.."
"Then.. eh'll treh teh veset when yer 'rend 'gen. Bet eh en't prem'seng an'theng."
"The's ged 'nef fer me. Sef jerney, Grek."
"Gedbeh."

Make sure you visit next time, wouldnt want more regrets.

>>127828
It's hard Grek, but all you can do now is try to move on. At least you know you were remembered.

"huh, maybe I should visit them."

"ALL HAIL THE HOLY MOTHER GREK"

"...neh?!"

Make a mental note to stop by when they make their rounds.

Trade might be a good idea too.

>>127828
Well, I guess you're free to pursue romantic relationships now, aren't you? ...are you interested in Black Fang? It certainly seemed like you were.

>>127845
I think she may want time to let this sink in... but remember what you've learned here Grek.. you have to seize the day... because the past was made to slip though our fingers.

Ride off into the sunset. Even if it's the wrong direction.

Grek 2010/02/07(Sun)21:33 No. 127867 ID: c16184
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Yeh, eh'll be veset'n when they cem 'rend. Eh jes' dedn't went te mek 'nehmere prem'ses eh celd break.

'N yeh..

"Oh, Grek! Uh- I'm so sorry for what happened earlier today. I was just--"
"Shet'p."

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"Tell me bet them feck'n elves."
"O-okay. Uh.. So I found out that this building isn't a mansion to live in, but more of a vacationhouse for peaceful retreats or parties, a wedding in this case. That brings me to the conclusion that blah blah blah blahblah blahblah blah..."

..eh en't gen tek thengs fer grented 'nehmere.

"That brings me to the conclusion that blah blah blah blahblah blahblah blah..."

ARGH WHAT WAS SHE SAYING.

she literally just said blahabahlabhhblaablah did you not see that

blahblahblahblah = "...the elves did not build this place. It was actually a race of hyper-intelligent, multi-dimensional beings that spawned all the races. They control our very lives, and it's up to us to wrest that control away from them, and gain back our own world."

Grek: "FEK FEK FEK ght'sdhihfg sgukf's'sdhw' dhsklhif."

D'awwww.

>>127911
this