Call Out Meme: Version 4.0

[oathshackledbird]

Edit:  As with the others, this one is starting to get big so I am closing it to new threads now.  Please post all new threads here!  As always feel free to continue any threads that are still on going.
Have a new "Call Me Out" to break in since the old one is starting to get big again!




【the ❝CALL ME OUT❞ meme】 IV
a roleplay meme to inspire muses.

♛ refer to the list above for active muses. ♛ post "calling" one of them out — you can do so by putting their name journal in the subject line! (I have too many Lancers to just go by name! X.x ) ♛ can be informal/formal/comment spam/crosscanon/explicit/whatever tickles your fancy! ♛ feel free to make up a scenario at the start, or wait to see where things go. meme code.

Comments

[scentofmakai]

Many things change over time. That's what time is supposed to do.

[sparkledad]

Perhaps, but some things should not change. If we lose them, we lose ourselves in the process.

[Aengus shakes his head.]

My son has told me how it seems like our world has lost much of its magic. That the people on longer see the beauty in the world around them. They only seek power and wealth in things that do not grant either. If that is not being lost...I know not what is.

[scentofmakai]

Even if it is lost, what can be done about it? Particularly by an outsider with his own magic, people are resistant to being made to change even for the better.

[sparkledad]

Being resistant is not the same as being unwilling. You cannot know what miracles might be accomplished if you never try.

[Oh dear. This 'trying' thing might sound familiar and now Zett knows where Diarmuid gets it from.]

All things come to those who try hard enough and never give up. All lost can be found again. It does not matter if one is an outsider. Sometimes, it is an outside perspective that can give you knowledge when all else has failed.

[scentofmakai]

It's that kind of thinking that gets the outsider mobbed. I'd place my own well-being over trying to change the world unless it was the most important thing in the world.

[Such as the apocalypse. That he can help with.]

[sparkledad]

[Disapproval crosses Aengus' face for a moment, before he shakes his head and tsks softly.]

What is the most important thing to one is often nothing to another and vice versa. Who am I to deny help to one person's important thing just because another does not deem it so? No, it is better just to help wherever I am allowed.

[Within reason, of course. Aengus is a man of honor. His son would not value it so much otherwise.]

[scentofmakai]

I'm only responsible for the most important thing for me, and the most important things for those who are my important people. Otherwise it's nothing I need to get into.

[He can definitely see the resemblance.]

[sparkledad]

That is your choice and there is naught wrong with that. However, there are some who are not satisfied with just that. They feel they should...that they must do more.

[A fond look crosses Aengus' face.]

My son is like that as you well know, but not everyone is.

[scentofmakai]

Your son also gets in trouble a lot.

[sparkledad]

Some things are worth it if it allows one to help others. Trouble is something he does not fear when it comes to doing his duty as a knight.

[There is pride in Aengus' voice.]

[scentofmakai]

This is one of the reasons I'm glad I don't have parents.

[sparkledad]

[Confusion again crosses Aengus' face.]

I do not understand...

[scentofmakai]

They encourage all the traits in their children they have in themselves.

[sparkledad]

And you think that is a bad thing?

[Aengus is still struggling to follow Zett's train of thought.]

How am I to teach him something I do not know?

[scentofmakai]

Mm, how do I put it?

If I'm a dancer, and I think dancers are great, and I want my son to be a dancer, what happens if my son wants to be something else? Parents too often have a mold they try to get their children to fit in.

[sparkledad]

Oh! Is that what troubles you so? You worry for nothing.

[Aengus laughs softly.]

I would never do something like that to my son. He has always wished to be what he is. I have merely helped him be the best at it he can.

[scentofmakai]

Well, you're probably right, and I'm worried for nothing.

[sparkledad]

Indeed. Though, worrying too much is better than worrying too little. For example, it is always wise to worry in a place like this.

[He motions out around them.]

In fact, if you do not mind, I think I will find my son now and make sure he is not doing something that will make me worry. As you say, he does find trouble quiet easily, and I would not be a very good father were I not there to get him out of it.

[scentofmakai]

I don't mind. He's too old for spankings by now, but give him a stern lecture if he's gotten himself into something stupid again.

[sparkledad]

Spankings?

[For about the millionth time during this conversation, confusion crosses Aengus' face. However, after a moment he just shrugs it away.]

Neither they nor lectures will be necessary. I will merely kiss him in front of his beloved. I am sure that will embarrass him into good behavior for a while.

[And you wonder why people think you are weird Aengus...]

[scentofmakai]

...Yeah, I bet that'd work! You should go do that.

[Definitely weird, Aengus.]

[sparkledad]

It has always worked in the past.

[Aengus shrugs and then bows to Zett.]

It was good meeting you. I hope that we can speak again soon. Until then, be well.

[...

Really, is disappearing in a burst of butterflies and swan feathers necessary, Aengus? Just walking out is an option. Try it sometime...]