birds tho

[wholeheaded]

[ sometime when his robot partner/boyfriend isn't planning a party for him, Ambrose - possibly after a couple glasses of wine - takes to the network. ]

Okay, does anybody else feel like the Trumps have running jokes for them? Like, themes that keep popping up on jaunts that have nothing to do with you but you keep running into it somehow?

Mine is birds. The peacock tail in Doki, then there was the Owl Prince guy, then TOTO got turned into a mynah bird in Bando, then there was Rome and Ambrosius'.... everything. And in Newport I literally became a bird man hybrid thing, I won't be surprised if next jaunt I'm a member of an ancient and noble clan of ostrich riders.

[ ...challenge accepted. ]

I mean I like birds but back home I wasn't a ornithologist or anything, there's no cultural significance, I just keep getting avian associations for no good rea-- it's my nose isn't it.

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[chalicejoker]

I know what you mean. I know exactly what you mean.

Mine is bugs.

...granted, I know why, but still.

[wholeheaded]

...why is yours bugs? That seems pretty consistent.

[ yes he does pay attention occasionally HUSH. ]

[chalicejoker]

Probably because I turn into a giant one.

Like that's a thing I've been able to do since before I got here.

[amourtician]

[ Jay giggles. It's, appropriately enough for the topic at hand, harpy-like. ]

I'd take it as a compliment, darling. Birds are such lovely creatures—

[ He's thinking rather wistfully of Phineas, the phoenix he's had for over a decade now. ]

But, ah, they're also ... well, in many cultures, they're psychopomps. Are you associated with death, by any chance?

[wholeheaded]

Not... really? I've, uh, died a couple times since I started Traveling but that can apply to lots of folks.

[ haha. their lives suck. ]

I was marked by the Fool but I dunno if birds are associated with him at all. Except maybe a tendency to be flighty. Flights of fancy?

[amourtician]

Hrm. A stretch, but Tarot is all about stretches—

Or maybe they think it's funny. Wouldn't put that past the buggers.

[cawfullyironic]

I keep turning into pasty as fuck assholes with the same name so probably.

[wholeheaded]

I'm sorry, that sounds exhausting.

[cawfullyironic]

Bro, you got no idea. Is like an olympic swimming pool sized wave of horshit my delicate ass needs to traverse every time i get back from one of these things.

[set_your_watches_for_fun]

There seems to be a bit of a theme of turning me rather useless, but I'm not sure that's the same thing.

[wholeheaded]

...we'll have to discuss how you define useless, I think. Either way I don't think it's quite the same.

[forcechanic]

Does my world's history getting reenacted everywhere except space count?

[wholeheaded]

Wow that sounds disconcerting. Maybe? I don't wanna be the decider on what counts or not.

[forcechanic]

There wasn't a lot of obvious stuff on Gehenna. Ninjas and Rome though, there was a lot going on there.

They also like sending me to monasteries.

[solvethepuzzle]

No, I would say in general that nothing recurring has seemed like an inexplicable joke at my expense. If they've attempted to engage in any humour with me, it's been single occurrences. [He would notice if there has been some weird pattern.]

[wholeheaded]

Lucky. I think I might prefer that actually.

[solvethepuzzle]

In retrospect, the idea of me having impeccable aim is somewhat amusing even to me. [But otherwise, that particular Jaunt had been one of his roughest.]

I suppose associating me with small white animals could be considered a joke, but it's only happened twice and the connection is easy to see.

[fridgeninja]

What if it's not them, but the universe itself?

[wholeheaded]

So that's one vote for a more well-rounded... is it mockery? Probably depends on one's perspective.

[fridgeninja]

Serendipity? Synchronicity?

[thornsofmalkav]

For, like, three Jaunt in a row I was a wife and mother. Which actually weirds me the hell out because I am a) not ready for kids and b) no longer able to have kids if I wanted them.

Hell, even my Nova Venezia infiltration had to raise her little brother.

I don't get it.

way to not give me notifs DW

[wholeheaded]

Me either. They... have made me into a father twice, and I've never had children myself so that was. Something.

...how d'you feel, about the experience?

Re: way to not give me notifs DW

[thornsofmalkav]

... I really liked those kids I had, both times I had kids that were, like, actually born already.

I just... I don't know. The fact that kept happening repeatedly felt mean, almost. Like it was rubbing my nose in how much normal human life shit isn't for me anymore.

[professorwolf]

I believe every single infiltration's name I've had so far either meant wolf or was related to canines in some way. Even the angel one. Plus if there's ever a shapeshifting option, it's still wolves.

I mean, I am the resident original werewolf, but it's getting a bit silly.

way to not give me notifs DW PART 2

[wholeheaded]

It's a little noncreative on their part I think. Maybe they'll have us trade next time, I know I wouldn't mind having a wolfy sense of smell. [ well. ] Most of the time.