15th sketch - [video/action, backdated slightly to early this afternoon]

[sketchingideals]

[Video]

Good afternoon, everyone! I can't believe I almost forgot this, but today's my birthday. It'll be the first birthday in Luceti that I've celebrated at my actual age! The last time it passed, the Malnosso had made me ten...

Anyway, I know a lot of things have been hard here. There have been some rough times for me, but there have been some really good ones, too. I feel like I've grown quite a bit since arriving here! I'm even a little taller. [Two inches is something to brag about when you were 5'1" upon your arrival, okay?] But where I feel I've grown the most is as a person, and I do think I have Luceti to thank for that. A-At least to an extent!

Especially to the people I've befriended, even the ones who've gone home. Thank you, everyone. [He's eighteen now--an adult. For all his personal growth, it feels strange. He still feels far from being an adult. But it's okay. He'll get there, he knows it. He's already come so far...]

[Action]

[A little later, Jeb will be doing his usual thing around town. Going to the bakery to get sweets, stocking up on food for him and Silver, stopping by the flower shop, checking the general item store for anything neat...

Feel free to catch him anywhere around town--he's definitely going to keep busy for a couple hours. Just because it's his birthday doesn't mean he should hole himself up.]

Comments

[Voice]

[sketchingideals]

[...]

You're a strong person, Emil. I wish I were more like you.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

What? You do?

[Voice]

[sketchingideals]

I do! You seem so much like me, but... you're more mature, I think.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I'm not sure I'd call myself all that mature yet... I mean, I know there are still all kinds of things that I don't know anything about.

[Voice]

[sketchingideals]

Just because you're still learning doesn't mean you aren't mature! After all, I don't think anyone knows everything...

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

That's true, I guess, but I still feel like there's a lot more that I need to know before I can really think of myself as an adult.

[Voice]

[sketchingideals]

Really? Like what, if it's okay to ask?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Well, like more about the world in general, and about what my role is. I mean, I know what my role is and what I'm supposed to do, but I still feel like I don't know very much at all about what actually happens.

[Voice] /thread necromancy

[sketchingideals]

...what is your role? I-I hope that's not too invasive.

[Voice] /FINGER WIGGLIES

[knightofratatosk]

To help control the balance of mana in my world so that it doesn't die. At least, that's what I've been told.