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[jasidian]

Idle curiosity, but who here has taken it upon themselves to learn any new skills since they've showed up here?

I've been teaching myself to cook, but I really consider that more of a practical thing and less something that I picked up for the sake of learning, you know?

The thought crossed my mind to learn another language, but we all kind of did that already, didn't we? I suppose I could teach someone instead, but if you want to take me up on the offer, there's sadly not enough orcs here for you to practice with.

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[bythewaves]

You are very unlike the orcs of my world - in truth, if not for your greeting on my arrival, I would have thought you a resident of this world.

[jasidian]

Is that so? I've heard a couple of other people here say I'm not exactly what they had in mind with regards to orcs, [ THANK YOU, HOLE BOY ] but if you ask me most opinions seem rather uncharitable.

[ Fuck your fantasy tropes, fantasy authors ]

[bythewaves]

[ He smiles a little, wry and old ]

The orcs in my world are very, very different to you. In all aspects. It is probably good for you to that we are from different worlds, in truth, or our meeting would not have been so cordial.

[jasidian]

Sadly, that doesn't entirely surprise me; it's actually kind of sad that terrible relations with elves seems to be a universal constant.

That said, most of my relatives are more likely to just shove you in a locker somewhere than immediately start anything actually dangerous, but still.

[ relations are not great, but not "kill on sight" bad, basically. ]

[bythewaves]

[ He shrugs ]

Nothing worse than my brothers have done. Relations in my world are... well. Death is likely a mercy, for those few who still recall what they were. Perhaps, even for those who do not.

[jasidian]

To be fair, there's a millennia-old feud running on and off between elves and orcs in my world because the elf god stole the orcish birthright from the orc god Gruumsh, and then put out Gruumsh's eye.

It's a long story and honestly only mildly interesting. I was actually punched in the gut by Gruumsh in the brief period where I was dead and in the afterlife, but that's also how orcs greet each other, so don't read too much into it.

[ Also, Gruumsh wasn't too bad; he's more like the boomer uncle who shows up at family holiday gatherings and has some very unfortunate opinions than some greater evil. ]

[bythewaves]

It is still a better tale than mine.

In my world, orcs were elves, originally. Taken, enslaved, broken and corrupted. Tis why they hate us so.