[OPEN] The truth is often what we make of it

[obiwanofthosedays]

WHO: Obi-Wan and open
WHAT: Catch all for April, open/closed prompts in comments
WHERE: Free Cities + The Horizon
WHEN: April.
WARNINGS: N/A, will update as needed.
OTHER: Brackets or Prose are cool PM me for specific starters!

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[everybodysterrible]

So... Obi-wan?

[There's something to be said about not giving out all the information. Abby didn't give her full name, or even her full first name. For that reason. Who cares?]

Well, you did make this place calming as fuck. Easy to not go elsewhere. Maybe build something less peaceful next time?

[obiwanofthosedays]

Obi-Wan.

[ There's no real need for titles among the summoned, he supposes, with how often the order simply isn't recognized. ]

I continue to be surprised and somewhat gratified to know that visitors experience this domain as I do. It truly wasn't my intention to create something...serenely disruptive?

[everybodysterrible]

I'll get bored of the calm eventually and go look for something insane. You're the one talking about not getting out much.

[She holds one hand flat, waving the other over it to conjure... a cookie. She's bored, even if snacks don't sustain they do have taste. And she's gotten oreos right finally.]

If you build something perfect here, what's the point in going anywhere else?

[obiwanofthosedays]

I'm certain there's no shortage of odd sights beyond this garden.

[ He'll need to make a map for himself, from what little he has seen and heard. ]

One cannot spend all their time in one place. Comforting as I've made this domain- without any real variation in my environment- what incentive have I to learn and grow? Very little.

[everybodysterrible]

Oh, it's weird as shit out there.

[Abby conjures a second oreo to eat, pauses... then conjures a third, and offers it to Obi Wan. Politeness.]

The thing is, one place here isn't one place. You can make anything in here. I could come back in an hour and this could be a deathtrap filled maze. Be weird as fuck with the calming vibe you have going on, but you could do it.

[Abby's pretty sure growing and learning happens anywhere anyone wants to learn and grow. She, normally, doesn't want to put in that kind of effort. Learning and growing happen to her enough in spite of this.]

[obiwanofthosedays]

[ Curious, but not so much as to decline the offer made, he reaches over to collect the small sandwich- pastry? No, a cookie of some kind with his hands rather than making use of the Force.

Simply because one can does not mean one should. ]

...I'm quite content with the arrangement as it is currently, though I may make additions as time progresses- [ a beat, a bite of the cookie, and his brow furrows somewhat in Abby's direction. ] I take it that's some manner of invective?

[everybodysterrible]

[How to explain without exposing her own... weaknesses. That's always the problem Abby has. Abby can't make a space that's so cozy for herself, because no space in her memory is. There are people, but she can't have them. So all she makes will be redefining herself in some way.]

Contentment is why this space isn't going to challenge you. If you're content, you don't need to reach for more right? I can't make a space I'd be content in, and maybe that's a good thing.

[Invective isn't a word Abby knows, but she's trying her best.]

[obiwanofthosedays]

While contentment is restful- it can prompt stagnation. As pleasant a it is to attune to the tree and this plane there is a whole world and galaxy of people for me to meet and learn.

[ Who knows what he might find? If there are others not quite but similar to him, those with greatly differing philosophies with their own perspectives and opinions on the Free Cities, the Singularity, the pit. ]

Such as- new turns of phrase. You used a word with which I wasn't familiar before.

[everybodysterrible]

Which word? Cause I swear a lot.

[Abby is here for teaching old wizards to swear, but not so much if it gets him in trouble where she can't laugh at it.]

[obiwanofthosedays]

So it is a curse word. It had that weight to it. Started with an F?

[ At least he thinks it's an F. It sounded like an F. ]

[everybodysterrible]

Oh, fuck? Yeah, don't say that.

[Time to decide how to explain it. What parts to explain, what not to.]

I mostly use it to punctuate the thought, for emphasis. But it's actual meaning is crass.

[obiwanofthosedays]

Yes, that one. Does it conjugate?

[ Language has ever been a fascination of his- and if he has a secret cache of explicit language for difficult situations? That's for him and him alone. ]

[everybodysterrible]

Um. Fuck. Past tense fucked, continuous fucking. Fucks is either plural, or third person present.

So- 'I have no fucks to give' or 'what the fuck was that' or 'this entire conversation has gone of the fucking rails.'

[That last one is her actual description of what is going the fuck on right now.]

[obiwanofthosedays]

A most versatile word indeed. So it can be both noun, adjective, and verb? Curious.

[ He'll just tuck that away in his mental library of words to use when deeply stressed. It certainly has a more emphatic punch to it than 'kriff'. ]

I suppose it'd be inappropriate to inquire as to the meaning of the word?

[everybodysterrible]

[Even the calming nature of Obi Wan's domain doesn't quite keep that question from being a problem.]

Proper usage is as a verb. It's- well, sexual intercourse. Not lovemaking, like- purely for the fun of it sex.

But casual use is more about a measure of concern one has, or about how impactful something is.

[Which raises a bunch of questions Abby's never considered as to how that became all its colloqial uses. Other than, of course, it being a fun word to say. Lot's of good sounds to it.]

[obiwanofthosedays]

[ Obi-Wan's brows shoot up as he makes note, mouths the word silently to himself, and nods. ]

That is most emphatic for describing a fling, I must say, but it certainly makes an impact. Certainly more than the usual lexicon from my reality.

[everybodysterrible]

It's got a lot of good sounds I guess? And it's short.

'Sexual intercourse' just doesn't fit into any sort of tempo.

[This, this is a good place to change the subject, and ask about literally anything else. But...]

What... is the equivalent in your world's lexicon?