Well, first and last depends on what order you say it in...but Ren is my given name, not my family name. [Which should answer her question well enough. The ridiculously long one being the family name means he doesn't feel obliged to make anyone say it, considering he's had a few people here try and almost mangle it.] I don't like being too formal.
[He definitely knows people who do, but when he can help it, he tends to wrest that formality from them in what little ways he can, whether it's jumping straight to first names or giving nicknames.]
Do you mean your world, or somewhere else that you came from...? [He's met one person before who came here from a place that wasn't their world, so he figures it's a valid question since she's not specifying her own world.]
[That sounds kind of interesting to him (though perhaps not very helpful, as someone who tends to conceal his sincere emotions), and he taps his chin a little thoughtfully. The technology does certainly sound like a whiplash.]
At least the world you're from might be closer to this one, then...going from steam technology to...I'd almost call this cyberpunk as far as my world calls things? Seems like it would be a big shift. Though there's a lot of ancient people who've showed up here too who don't even have steam technology.
[So it's definitely less of a whiplash on that front than it is for some other people.] But you're right, the only reason emotions really play into things here is when people are just bad at being intimate in general.
I mean, sort of...you don't really want to do that with someone you don't like at all... [Ren's had this conversation before, with people who leaned a bit too hard on the "necessity" side of intimacy being a necessity here. It's kind of offputting if someone is either extremely not into you or extremely not into the process.]
But I mean more that this place has kind of a casual attitude towards it. So a lot of people are just fine with generating Chroma as they need without worrying about any serious feelings.
[In other words, most people aren't in relationships, and even most of the ones he's seen who are seem to be in open ones.]
[ Being "casual" about this sort of thing is way more up his alley than not. But with Emerald... ]
If I'm with someone I don't want them to be with anyone else.
[ In other words, she's already possessive without her Sanguis traits, so the start of the month is going to be kind of a problem for her. It'll take her a bit for her boys to work her down from that. ]
[That explains it a bit more, and Ren gives a bit of a nod like that isn't the first time he's heard that from someone (even if it also looks like he's not entirely agreeing with it either).]
Right, if you're already in a relationship then that's the kind of thing you need to discuss between yourselves...you're definitely not the only one here in that kind of situation, though.
[It's not uncommon, though Ren knows a lot of people who seem to be in open relationships while they're here so they don't completely cut themselves off from the ability to produce large amounts of Chroma quickly if it's necessary.]
[Ren tilts his head a bit at that like he's not quite sure what she's referencing, then waves a hand.]
Oh, I wasn't in anything like that before I came here, so it's not really a problem for me. I came straight from my own world, too...it almost seems less confusing that way.
[Not having to worry about the rules of more than one world, or wonder which one you'd be returning to after leaving this one.]
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[He definitely knows people who do, but when he can help it, he tends to wrest that formality from them in what little ways he can, whether it's jumping straight to first names or giving nicknames.]
Do you mean your world, or somewhere else that you came from...? [He's met one person before who came here from a place that wasn't their world, so he figures it's a valid question since she's not specifying her own world.]
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[ She figures she might as well explain the whiplash at least. ]
The world I'm from is probably halfway between the two.
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At least the world you're from might be closer to this one, then...going from steam technology to...I'd almost call this cyberpunk as far as my world calls things? Seems like it would be a big shift. Though there's a lot of ancient people who've showed up here too who don't even have steam technology.
[So it's definitely less of a whiplash on that front than it is for some other people.] But you're right, the only reason emotions really play into things here is when people are just bad at being intimate in general.
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I'm going to gag myself for saying something so corny, but shouldn't emotions definitely be involved in being intimate?
[ ..Look, she's not at the open relationship stage yet. She'll get there, but it's going to take some time. ]
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But I mean more that this place has kind of a casual attitude towards it. So a lot of people are just fine with generating Chroma as they need without worrying about any serious feelings.
[In other words, most people aren't in relationships, and even most of the ones he's seen who are seem to be in open ones.]
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[ Being "casual" about this sort of thing is way more up his alley than not. But with Emerald... ]
If I'm with someone I don't want them to be with anyone else.
[ In other words, she's already possessive without her Sanguis traits, so the start of the month is going to be kind of a problem for her. It'll take her a bit for her boys to work her down from that. ]
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Right, if you're already in a relationship then that's the kind of thing you need to discuss between yourselves...you're definitely not the only one here in that kind of situation, though.
[It's not uncommon, though Ren knows a lot of people who seem to be in open relationships while they're here so they don't completely cut themselves off from the ability to produce large amounts of Chroma quickly if it's necessary.]
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[ She says it thoughtfully. Everything here is weird and different. It's like the rules change every time she changes worlds. ]
What about you?
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Oh, I wasn't in anything like that before I came here, so it's not really a problem for me. I came straight from my own world, too...it almost seems less confusing that way.
[Not having to worry about the rules of more than one world, or wonder which one you'd be returning to after leaving this one.]