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]

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?

[shinesbrightest]

But I don't even know who she is, how can I be nice to her?

[bamboozler]

Hmm...maybe you could start by noticing how cute her panda is? And it will lead to a stronger friendship. Eventually, because of the cuteness, you two will be inseparable...!

[shinesbrightest]

I-I don't even know what you're talking about anymore.

[WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING, PANDA-KUN.]

[bamboozler]

You should befriend a panda!!

[shinesbrightest]

What kind of advice is that...?

[bamboozler]

It's Panda's advice! Isn't it great?

[shinesbrightest]

Y-yeah. Just great.

[Somehow, he gets the feeling that there's... no real point in arguing.]

[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.]

[bamboozler]

Do you really think so? [She owns a panda, so...] I think she's old enough for marriage.

[avaricious]

... how old do you think she is?

[bamboozler]

It's really hard to tell when reading a book, isn't it?

[avaricious]

She and I are from the same country. I can assure you that she's not quite ready for that yet.

[bamboozler]

Eh...but if you're old enough for fifty wives, she has to be old enough for one husband, don't you think so?

[avaricious]

... things don't quite work that way.

[bamboozler]

They don't? [His panda logic isn't working, you mean?] Really?

[avaricious]

I'm sure it's different for... pandas. But for us humans, it comes down to age appropriate for marriage, not how many you can marry as you get older.

[bamboozler]

It's different for pandas. We're a lot cuter. [But, back to his point.] Wouldn't it be better to have her get used to it early? Being a wife means you have to work really hard, right?