EMPATHEIAS IC CONTACT/APPOINTMENTS POST

[ledbythewind]

This post can be used to thread with or get in contact with Richard at any point when he doesn't have a post up! Just comment here (please use the format [Action], [Voice], etc. to make it clear what type of thread it is) for a thread with him; if it's a continuation of another thread or post, please link that so I remember the context of the thread.

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[ledbythewind]

[This almost makes up for missing out on getting to meet the Riot Peak guardian...!]

Go on...!

[stripartist]

I'm afraid I can't go into too much detail, for obvious reasons, but if you ever happen to see me in costume again, my codename is Fox.

[ledbythewind]

I understand. I'll make sure not to call you by your real name when you're in disguise.

[He has a friend who is a real live masked hero of justice. This is the best day of his life.]

[stripartist]

Thank you, Richard-san.

[ledbythewind]

[Now that he's no longer so preoccupied with the prior serious topic of conversation, he finally notices that honorific... and has no idea what it means.]

"San"?

[stripartist]

Oh, an honorific. My country uses honorifics where a Western country might use "Mister" or "Miss".

[ledbythewind]

[That earns a smile and a shake of the head from Richard.]

Please, there's no need for formalities. Just 'Richard' is fine.

[He's no king here, after all, so he wants to be treated just like anyone else. But if he starts asking you to call him "Tiger Festival," run.]

[stripartist]

If you insist. Are Westerners so against that sort of thing?

[ledbythewind]

I think you might have better luck with that answer if you asked an actual Westerner.

[stripartist]

[Just.

A quiet headtilt for a moment before--]

Oh! For some reason I didn't consider that you weren't from earth. My apologies.

[ledbythewind]

No apologies needed. From what I've heard, Richard is something of a common name there as well. It's funny how those things work, isn't it? To think that someone from a world I'd never even heard of until I came here could have the same name as me...

[stripartist]

Funny, but I find it strangely beautiful, too. There are countless worlds out there, but something as simple as a name transcends that.

[ledbythewind]

Beautiful...

[That's a nice way of putting it.]

Yes, it really is. Perhaps all of our worlds aren't as different as we'd like to think.