Here's a little event that happened a while ago, but it's relevant to the way I'm feeling right now.
It was probably only the first or second day that I'd been playing as Meirizhu. At any rate, I was at a low level. I was hanging out in Plume, the lovely city of the elves, when I received a notice:
“Blue_Wind wants to carry you. Do you accept? Yes/No”
I'd never gotten a notice like this. Duurrrrrrr, I wonder what that means, I thought, and pressed “yes.”
Next thing I knew I was in the arms of a handsome young archer, my booted feet dangling.
“Hi,” Blue Wind whispered.
So this is what it means to be carried, I thought. Why didn't I guess? I found out later that carrying someone or being carried fills up your chi gauge, which allows you to execute special techniques. Therefore it's not uncommon for male characters to ask random female passersby for “a chi spark,” though usually they have other motives that are less pragmatic.
I don't know about chi sparks at the time, so I didn't know if that's what Blue Wind was after, but he quite gallantly asked if I needed help with any quests.
I thought about my current quarry, cactopods, which usually died after two hits, and rolled my eyes. Chauvinist pig.
“No, I'm all right,” is what I actually said. And then, I went on: “Thank you, though. Quite chivalrous.” And I politely asked him to set me down.
At the time, I was slightly miffed. The nerve of him, scooping me up and then patronizing me! But later on I began to melt. It was still less than a week since my boyfriend of a year and a half had dumped me, and I was stressing out about school, too, considering switching majors. I felt overwhelmed and very, very alone. I think some part of me actually wanted someone to drop out of the sky, pick me up, and offer to help me with anything I needed.
And that's kind of what I want right now.
It was probably only the first or second day that I'd been playing as Meirizhu. At any rate, I was at a low level. I was hanging out in Plume, the lovely city of the elves, when I received a notice:
“Blue_Wind wants to carry you. Do you accept? Yes/No”
I'd never gotten a notice like this. Duurrrrrrr, I wonder what that means, I thought, and pressed “yes.”
Next thing I knew I was in the arms of a handsome young archer, my booted feet dangling.
“Hi,” Blue Wind whispered.
So this is what it means to be carried, I thought. Why didn't I guess? I found out later that carrying someone or being carried fills up your chi gauge, which allows you to execute special techniques. Therefore it's not uncommon for male characters to ask random female passersby for “a chi spark,” though usually they have other motives that are less pragmatic.
I don't know about chi sparks at the time, so I didn't know if that's what Blue Wind was after, but he quite gallantly asked if I needed help with any quests.
I thought about my current quarry, cactopods, which usually died after two hits, and rolled my eyes. Chauvinist pig.
“No, I'm all right,” is what I actually said. And then, I went on: “Thank you, though. Quite chivalrous.” And I politely asked him to set me down.
At the time, I was slightly miffed. The nerve of him, scooping me up and then patronizing me! But later on I began to melt. It was still less than a week since my boyfriend of a year and a half had dumped me, and I was stressing out about school, too, considering switching majors. I felt overwhelmed and very, very alone. I think some part of me actually wanted someone to drop out of the sky, pick me up, and offer to help me with anything I needed.
And that's kind of what I want right now.
Lesson learned: If you don't know what it means, don't say yes.
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