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

[shinesbrightest]

M-maybe, but that's not very nice to say. I don't think she's all that annoying.

[Not that he's interested in marrying her. Or anyone. But still.]

[bamboozler]

[Oh, Shinji...]

Is she the type of girl you're interested in?

[shinesbrightest]

N-no, not at all! I'm not really interested.

[It was morbid curiosity that caused him to look, that's all!]

[bamboozler]

Ehh...are you sure?

[Wait. What. Who's looking where?]

[shinesbrightest]

Y-yeah, pretty sure. Anyway, how would you know what makes someone wife-like...?

[bamboozler]

[So matter of factly here it probably hurts:] A wife isn't like her at all.

[shinesbrightest]

[Is this... panda logic?!]

...are you just saying that because you think she's annoying?

[bamboozler]

That's exactly right! A wife can't be someone like that.

[shinesbrightest]

[...yeah, okay, that makes plenty of sense.]

What about a fan?

[bamboozler]

Hmmm...I don't think she'd work for that, either. Don't you think a cute panda should be idolized by cute girls?

[shinesbrightest]

[OKAY THAT IS DEFINITELY MEAN.]

What do you even need fans for?

[bamboozler]

Isn't it obvious? You've been my neighbor all this time, and you don't even know why?

[shinesbrightest]

N... No?

[bamboozler]

I work at the zoo! I'm like an idol! [...] I'm like an idol!

[shinesbrightest]

[Oh.

...oh.

This is definitely an awkward on silence on Shinji's end.]

...um. I didn't know pandas could be idols.

[bamboozler]

You're totally amazed, right? Cute girls just love pandas, so by working at the zoo, it's like I'm a real celebrity! Do you understand now?

[shinesbrightest]

Y-yeah... I think so. Maybe.

[...actually, he's not sure at all!]

[bamboozler]

Cute girls like that one...May Chang! Hey, do you think she'd make a good wife someday?

[shinesbrightest]

I-I don't know. I've never met her before.

[bamboozler]

Hmm...do you not get out a lot?

[shinesbrightest]

Wh-what does that have to do with anything? There are a lot of people here, I can't possibly meet all of them.

[bamboozler]

Don't you think you should be a littler nicer to a cute girl who takes care of pandas?

[avaricious]

Pri-- [He stops himself from saying Princess Chang in surprise. Because. Really?]

You wish to be married to her?

[bamboozler]

Ehhh...not at all. [They're not exactly species compatible.] Maybe she'll make a good wife for someone else, don't you think?

[avaricious]

... possibly. But she is a little young for that. [And so it began that Ling developed the smallest measure of older brother protectiveness.]