[handset | video] one love, one life (backdated to 3/5 or so)

[edgeoftheknife]

[The video flips on to show Erskine, gorgeous as always, and actually not looking dog-tired for once! In fact, he's smiling. This is possibly the happiest Erskine has looked on the network while sober.

...which probably has to do with the attractive redhead hovering in the background. Those who've seen Erskine's echo stone will recognize Hopeless. Those who haven't might recognize the man Erskine's been attached at the hip to for the last couple of weeks.]

Right, hello everyone. So, Hopeless had a question--

[The redhead in the background scoffs gently.]

Alright, we had a question. How old are all you Foreigners out there? We're interested in age demographics. You can be vague if you like, and you don't have to answer of course.

And in the spirit of sharing, I... missed my last birthday. It was in February. Which I suppose makes me 409 now.

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[dancermoves]

409? Wow.

[ Okay, so that wasn't any weirder than the rest of her life had gotten in the past few years. But most of the people claiming stuff like that hadn't turned out to be good guys, so she's a little wary. ]

So is that... normal, where you're from?

[edgeoftheknife]

[Erskine smiles. He's very, very attractive when he smiles.]

It's normal if you're a sorcerer. Give or take. If you survived the war, and manage not to be a bloody idiot and get yourself killed for four hundred years.

Normal humans don't live nearly so long, of course.

[dancermoves]

[ And Anzu is definitely not immune to that, and she flushes a little, before pretending the buttons on the console are very interesting. ]

Right, well-- magic, it's... definitely not normal. I mean, where I'm from. Or it's not usually.

[edgeoftheknife]

Not usually. Is there at least some magic, though?

[dancermoves]

Yes, but it's usually really creepy.