Nine To Go - [Voice]

[avaricious]

[Well, someone is getting married. Here, of all places! Ling thinks it's a bit reckless, but there's no harm in a little fun. So he devises a filter and doesn't even bother disguising his voice.]

[Filtered To Males Only]

Hello! My name is Ling Yao. I'm sure most of you heard about the recent wedding about to happen. I've been thinking about marriage myself. After all, I do have to eventually pick out fifty wives when I return home. But it wouldn't hurt to find someone here as well. I could be here for a very long time and Luceti does happen to have an exceptionally stunning population of women. So, what do you say that some of you suggest your top five most beautiful women for consideration. Feel free to elaborate on what makes them an excellent candidate for marriage.

And please, let's not get into the matters of Xingese politics. It's really just the way things are, so I'd rather not talk about it much.

[It would ruin the fun!]

(ooc: Please, please, please go all out with the thread jacking! I'm not even kidding. I want to see shit hijacked all over the place up in here. Hell, Ling himself might not even reply to some of these threads unless they interest him personally. Go wild, please! It'll be fun, honest.)

Comments

[tsuntrader]

It's the principle of the thing.

[hiken_ace]

Isn't she like sixteen? I think she can make her own decisions.

[tsuntrader]

[Well actually she's seventeen, but-]

I don't care if she's sixteen or sixty.

[hiken_ace]

It's the principle of the thing. [Yes he did.] She can look after herself.

[tsuntrader]

[Wow, quit stealing my lines.]

Of course she can look after herself. That doesn't mean I'm gonna stop looking after her.

[hiken_ace]

[No, never. And dammit, he can't argue with that.] You have a good point. But still, you can't look after them forever.

[tsuntrader]

Sure I can. Watch me.

[hiken_ace]

... no. You seriously can't. [HE WOULD KNOW, MAN.]

[tsuntrader]

Why? Because you said so?

[hiken_ace]

Not exactly. I'm speaking from experience. You're gonna get separated at some point and not be able to help them. And... then there's the fact that they might want space. But I won't speak in her place.

[tsuntrader]

She's my big sister. I haven't always been able to help her. We don't even live in the same region.

That doesn't mean I won't always protect her whenever and however I can.

[hiken_ace]

... same here. [He'd do anything to protect Luffy. And, well... he did.]

[tsuntrader]

[...He can sense the mood change, but... He's not exactly inclined to comment on it.]

Then why are you lecturing me about it?

[hiken_ace]

You seemed a liiiitle pit overprotective. [That's an understatement.]

I mean, it's just dating.

[tsuntrader]

...Overprotective? [...He's not overprotective, is he? Of course not...]

[hiken_ace]

Yeah. Your sister being as nice of a person as she is, it's kinda natural for her to be brought up in a conversation like this.

But uh... you flipped your shit. A lot.

[tsuntrader]

That's not overprotective. [That's the right amount of protective. ...Right?]

[hiken_ace]

It kinda is. Getting that pissed about your sister being brought up in just a casual conversation about who's hot? It's really not that big of a deal.

[tsuntrader]

It wasn't about who's hot. It's about who would make a good wife.

[hiken_ace]

He was just asking who we thought the top five prettiest women in Luceti were. No offense to Ling, but he sounded like he was joking about getting wives here.

[tsuntrader]

[...Yeah, well- well--] It's still not overprotective.

[hiken_ace]

Yeah it is. It's not that overprotective, but you still are.

[tsuntrader]

Says you. [And tonight on mature responses...]

[hiken_ace]

Ask your friend and see what they say, then.