[Voice / Action] backdated to the 24th due to vacationing, sob.

[dissonates]

[Not that he's told anyone, but the 24th is a pretty important date. It's left Asch in kind of a weird mood. Between this and the upcoming draft shut up I know I'm late he's venturing ever so slightly out of his usual "ignore everyone" shell. You may now die of shock.]

...How old do you have to be on your world before you're considered an adult? Is there some kind of party or ceremony you have to go through?

[He'll probably be hanging out in the bar for the rest of the evening, being his usual quiet self, though he's oddly calm today. If there's ever a time to meet him without losing a head, this is it. :|]




[ooc: originally I wanted to be here to do this on time, but life conspired, so it is late. :c for the record, this takes place BEFORE the draft. For those unfamiliar with the Abyss world, one's 20th birthday is v. important, and Auldrant's year is actually 700+ days long, and... yeah, I was a colossal geek and figured out what day would be Asch's 20th. tl;dr he's old now.]

Comments

[Voice]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Depends on the country.

It's 18 in my country, though.

[Voice]

[dissonates]

18... younger than expected.

[Written]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

:) Where I come from, we don't have any big parties or anything but I'm pretty certain that when you turn 18, you're an adult.

[Written]

[dissonates]

Eighteen again. I thought teenagers were supposed to want parties.

...8D

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

For us I don't think there's any set age. It comes down to when you start taking responsibility for yourself. [Wryly.] Some people are still kids no matter how old they get.

[Sup, Asch. She's answering that question via the journal, but she's actually lurking in the corner of Good Spirits there, drink and all. |D She's just lazy.]

HELLO TROLL. <3

[dissonates]

That probably happens on any world.

[Which is about where he stops, because what with it not being too busy - he wouldn't be there otherwise - he glances around, because he swore he saw her in the bar already...]

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I think it's twenty in my world, but I don't know about any parties or ceremonies or anything like that.

[Voice]

[dissonates]

Twenty... [Same age, but no big deal made of it? Interesting. And kind of unexpected.] I wonder why.

[Voice]

[its-rose-damnit.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, just...gonna come out and say it because he's a jerk.]

Oh, is it your birthday already, Asch? Forgive me for not baking you a cake.

[Voice]

[dissonates]

[...Dammit, Dist, you're just begging to stay on his bad side, aren't you?]

No one's saying that.

[voice]

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

It's 20 back home. There's a national holiday for it... people usually go to a ceremony then.

[voice]

[dissonates]

A national holiday for turning 20? [That sounds like even more of a big deal than Auldrant's ceremony.]

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

Twenty, I believe.

[this is very gentle trolling. She knew when Luke's birthday was, after all.]

[voice] 1/2

[dissonates]

[....Oi oi, Nephry. This was not an invitation for that trolling business you people are so fond of doing.]

[voice]

[dissonates]

[....

Well, whatever. She's Jade's sister, it's bound to happen.]

I know that.

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[Guy is going to amble over and set Asch's favorite alcoholic beverage in front of him.

There's a lit candle floating in it.]

[Action]

[dissonates]

[Asch blinks. Glances up at Guy, glaring mildly.

Then sighs and blows it out, fishing it from the glass.]

I didn't think I was that obvious.

[Voice]

[threeswordsoul.livejournal.com]

As old as you are when you don't need to be hand-held anymore. Ceremonies don't do anything.

[Voice]

[dissonates]

So there's no set age or celebration? [Man these are some casual worlds out there. He's a little jealous.]

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Fourteen, after you pass your rite of passage, anyway. Of course, you can't get married until your sixteen.

[Voice]

[dissonates]

Isn't that a little young?

[justicereigns]

17, approximately. You can join the marine academy younger, but you're not supposed to be in fights until then and it's still considered child's play if you declare yourself a pirate until then.

Sixteen is pretty borderline though.

[dissonates]

The marine academy? Is that your militia?

[Voice]

[blessingone]

Your...world [that will never be a strange phrase to her] has an age for that? What about the people who haven't really grown up by then? [Since she doesn't know that Auldrant's is 20 years old, she means physically as well as mentally.]

[Voice]

[dissonates]

[And Asch can't really help but think of the replica. Some people just have no hope of growing up at all |D]

If you need more than 20 years to grow up, you have problems.