crystal.

[byblow]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Alistair
RECIPIENT: Everybody
WHAT: More important questions.
WHEN: Todayish
WHERE: A crystal near YOU!
NOTES: Nah.

Politics aside - is that possible? Can we do that? I have faith in you, all of you -

[ Getting off topic there Alistair. ]

Politics aside, [ Alistair's voice continues, with scolding emphasis aimed at himself, ] who wears skirts better, do you think? Mages or Templars?

[ xoxo ]

Comments

[conqueredhearts]

They are wearing skirts? I had no realized this is what you all called these things!

[Since he's someone who wears armor with "skirts" on it, he just sort of has been rolling with things.]

Though I'd say both. I certainly appreciate the ease of access anyway.

[byblow]

Yes, they are very easy to put on.

[ That's what he means by access, right? Right. ]

What do you call them? And don't say robes.

[conqueredhearts]

I meant they are easy to flip up and get to all that which is under it.

[No. Allow him to correct you, young man.]

Well I'd thought they were robes but it appears I stand corrected!

[byblow]

That's -

[ Maker give him strength. ]

That's not why Templars wear them, for sure.

[conqueredhearts]

Ah but I only said why I appreciate them. Why one wears them is their own.

[He laughs a bit.]

I would wear them were I one of these groups though. They look comfortable!

[onlyhymns]

[Although he says nothing and makes no indication of being present, Cade's blush transcends space and time. It's like a thousand voices crying out all at once because they are so uncomfortable.]

[conqueredhearts]

[Cade. Wait until you actually meet him. He'll say this to your face if things call for it.]

[el_tybs]

[A snort. Yeah, that was definitely an Iskandar response.]

They're robes, Iskandar. He's just pulling your leg.

[Clearly because of ease of access. Maker now he's going to have that stuck in his head.]

[byblow]

Spoilsport.

[el_tybs]

I didn't expect you to concede on that so quickly. Either way he's still going to say they're easy to flip.

[conqueredhearts]

He is nowhere near my...

[Pause.]

Ah! It is a joke! I see!

[He starts laughing now that he gets it.]

[el_tybs]

[Glad you are amused by that.]

But seriously. Ease of access? Is that your reasoning for wearing them?

[conqueredhearts]

Hm? You mean my armor? Ah! That was the style of the age, Sam. Plenty of freedom for riding horses and moving in battle.

[el_tybs]

Sounds like the reasoning the Templars have here. At least I thought that was the idea, but I suppose it could be they just liked feeling pretty.

[conqueredhearts]

For my armor, yes. For clothes in general it was because we appreciated the art that was the body and finding elegant ways of displaying it was preferable.

[el_tybs]

So everyone wore robes where you're from? Or rather when you're from?

[conqueredhearts]

Mmmm. I think it would be more accurate to say it is a tunic and a cloak actually.

[el_tybs]

Really? So similar to what I wear now?

[Course his wasn't that long and we wore pants under it.]

[conqueredhearts]

Something like that. Only on a man the tunic would be almost to the knees and the sleeves shorter and more billowy.

[Pause.]

And without pants.

[el_tybs]

And why's that? Pants are pretty useful.

[conqueredhearts]

Not all wear pants here.

[Fashion choice. Uniform. It doesn't matter why really. The fact is not all wear pants here so an entire culture without pants can't be that surprising can it?]

[el_tybs]

[An entire culture uniformly not wearing pants? Yeah that would be surprising to him, because he couldn't imagine wearing nothing on your legs at all would work in every situation.]

So, you never wore pants back where you lived?

[conqueredhearts]

I wore pants in Japan.

[Pause. OH WAIT.]

Ah! You mean where I was born, yes? Then no. I never wore pants in Macedonia.

[el_tybs]

Japon? Macedunia? Can't say I know either of those.

So then what made you start wearing pants?

[conqueredhearts]

You have the idea but your pronunciation of those lands is terrible!

[Don't mind him. He's only laughing because you're adorable.]

Well it is common in Persia to wear pants. But also the boy would not let me walk the streets of Japan wearing only a shirt!