Second [Voice]

[eighteen_winters]

Is anyone else here significantly older chronologically then they appear physically? If so, how does it effect your life?

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[voice]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Uh...geez, I think it's a tough call t' make for me right now. But I guess someday I'm gonna be a heckuva lot older than I look.

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[crouching_sin]

I am. It's affected my life in... well. Nearly every way imaginable, especially my interactions with other people.

[voice]

[eighteen_winters]

I'm guessing that means you don't age?

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[eighteen_winters]

How old are you, exactly?

[voice]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

I'm whatcha usually call 'an android'. I guess right now I'd be....thirteen? I think that's about right, kinda.

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[crouching_sin]

Physically, I'm 24. Mentally, I'm over 5500 years old.

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[eighteen_winters]

That would explain a lot.

I stopped aging because of the magic used in my creation.

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[eighteen_winters]

That's impressive. How does it feel to have lived for that long?

[voice]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

...so you ain't human either?

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[crouching_sin]

Tiring, honestly. Due to the nature of my curse, I keep reincarnating - and humans haven't changed their base nature as much as many people think. It's just the same thing over and over again.

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[eighteen_winters]

Yes, I'm something called a homunculus. We're created by magic and usually made to serve a particular role or purpose.

[voice]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

But ya got your own heart, doncha? There's stuff you like and feel and think like any other human, yeah?

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[eighteen_winters]

I guess ,compared to you, I'm lucky. The worst thing about my condition is the fact that people treat me like a little kid.

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[eighteen_winters]

I'm lucky enough to be able to say that other then my origin and the way I look, I'm pretty much a normal person.

The homunculus before my mother's generation weren't so lucky. They were just mindless puppets.

[voice]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

W-well...that's good, ain't it? Y' got your own heart; I think that's what really defines somebody regardless a' whether or not they're human.

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[eighteen_winters]

Mhm, I agree! The only real problem I have is that people think I'm a little girl.

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[crouching_sin]

I hate that part. Children were considered adults much earlier in previous times. Now it's fifteen to twenty years of waiting before anyone even listens to you, much less takes you seriously.

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[snowdriftassassin]

How much older? I be from a race that tends to look younger due to our regeneration, but I also know races that live for thousands of years without aging.

[voice]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Oh yeah? How old are ya?

Re: [voice]

[eighteen_winters]

I'm currently 19. I'll be twenty in about three months or so.

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[eighteen_winters]

I know the feeling. It seems like every time I meet someone new they ask me if I've been separated from my mother or something.

[voice]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Woah...ya don't sound it, so I guess I get where you're comin' from.

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[eighteen_winters]

I'm 19 and look like a little girl. I imagine that was what I had in mind.

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[eighteen_winters]

It really sucks. Everyone treats me like a little kid and don't even get me started on how much it messes up my chances of ever dating anyone.

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[snowyvalemaiden]

Ah I can see how that would be a nuisance. No offense I mean, it just seems like it could be complicated.

Has it made it any harder on you? I'm sure you be a strong gal.