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[nobraincell]

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I haven't visited my parents in a while, but my brother's here with me.

[tinflower]

Oh, you meant here? That's noteworthy.

[ As much as anything else. Gorgug nods. ]

That's the same as what I put for my profile. Under twenty, I go to an adventuring school, and I'm studying two skill classes and I used to be in a band.

[ Though... ]

Did you stop wandering before you came here?

[nobraincell]

There's schools that teach adventuring?

[Trying to imagine what kind of things you'd learn there...how to build a campfire? How not to eat that farmer's cow? Gorgug gets another nod though, regardless.]

I met my goal shortly before I arrived, so there was no reason for me to keep wandering.

[tinflower]

Ohhh.... okay.

[ That answers that. And that's about what Gorgug was interested in, so! He'll answer Chu Wenshan's question in return: ]

Yeah, we have an adventuring academy where we have lessons on what class we want to be, and then lessons on actually going out and surviving in the world. I learn how to hit things hard with an axe, and how to make magic and gadgets work together.

[nobraincell]

[That answer only prompts a new question:]

You can be a class?

[tinflower]

Yeah. That's what we call what you study in. So... you're a martial artist? You're a fighter?

[ Time to explain classes!! Or try!! ]

[nobraincell]

I am...

[So it's like...a job? But wait, if he's not a wandering martial artist anymore, then-]

Is that still my class? If I'm not fighting. [But he can't for the life of him figure out what he'd be right now then. Does he even have a job? What's the closest he can think of?] .........Househusband?

[tinflower]

...you're married?

[ That's not relevant, but also? He is?? He has a partner and kids??? ]

[nobraincell]

I'm not. But I'm helping with chores.

[This is somehow equivalent?]

[tinflower]

...I think your class would still be the fighting style you learned. You still learned it. Even if you're not using it.

[ Right? Right?? ]

You just sound out of a job right now.

[nobraincell]

[So class isn't your job, it's your fighting style...?]

I wasn't employed before, either.

[He's just gonna start moving again now that he's more or less done thinking.]

[tinflower]

[ Hmm-- ] I don't know if you're gonna get a job here, either.

[ Does Gorgug want anything from this shop before they leave? ... ]

Wait, I'm gonna get some of that- [ Hold on, Chu Wenshan!! He's going to pick up some ribs!!! Well, after he grabs a bag. A bag would help. Just stick the fresh ribs in a fresh bag, right... ]

[nobraincell]

You're sure househusband doesn't count?

[Ooh, ribs...Chu Wenshan hefts three huge sacks of rice onto his shoulder (it doesn't go bad, right? More is better, right?) and then attempts to also reach for some ribs himself, because those look tasty. Does he need a bag for that?]

[tinflower]

I don't know-- who are you a househusband to? To the house? Is being married a job?

[ The real question is, Chu Wenshan: Do you want to put it in a bag? Do you think Gorgug is going to stop you from going bagless? ]

[nobraincell]

I don't know...it seems like a job? You're right though, I can't be a husband if I'm not married.

...So I'm jobless after all.

[Isn't that generally considered a bad thing, though? But if nobody has a job, maybe that cancels it out? Also the main reason Chu Wenshan isn't getting a bag is because he grabbed the ribs with one hand and his other hand is full with rice and he doesn't have a third hand, so—]

[tinflower]

You don't need to feel bad. We're all jobless here.

[ Not that Gorgug can read Chu Wenshan's mind, but the idea that he's jobless doesn't seem like it should be a big deal considering their circumstance. What would they even be doing? Pretending to work in a shop.

Gorgug does look at the exposed ribs, and you know what about that question before? ]

--do you want a bag for that?

[ He did it. He asked the question!! But only because carrying those rice bags and holding onto raw ribs might be a hassle... ]

[nobraincell]

That's true.

[Was he sad? He doesn't think he was sad...anyway he looks at his ribs, then at Gorgug, then back at the ribs again.]

A bag would be good.

[And then, completely off-topic:] Did you go to two schools? [One for adventuring, one for reading and stuff...?]

[tinflower]

[ Okay then, Gorgug's grabbing him a bag! ]

No? I just go to one school.

[ He comes back to Chu Wenshan, holding the bag open. ] Did you go to two schools?

[ Why ask otherwise, right?? ]

[nobraincell]

[Carefully dropping the ribs in the bag!]

I didn't go to school.

[This is...technically accurate.....]

[tinflower]

[ Whoa...! ]

You didn't? What did you do?

[ Something else?? ]

[nobraincell]

I learned everything at home.

[tinflower]

Oh, you're homeschooled? [ Ohhhhh. ] What's that like where you are? What's important to learn?

[ You know, it might be different! And Gorgug's interested, sometimes, about the difference between people and where they come from...

Even if they all can enjoy some delicious ribs! ]

[nobraincell]

[Asking him what he learned ten years ago, huh? Let's see, uhhhh—]

Reading, writing, math, hand-to-hand combat, one weapon of choice...manners? Maybe some poetry? [Extremely short pause.] I can't recite any poems though.

[In other words, please don't ask.]

[tinflower]

[ Ohhh. ]

Do you want to? I know a guy. He reads poetry. [ Ah- ] Here.

[ In Etraya. Do you want to meet his poetry guy? ]

[nobraincell]

[Hmmmm]

I'm not much of a poetry person...I don't mind listening though, if he wants to read to someone.

[He can't do uplifting poetry, but he could lift up Gorgug?]