[network] @jwatson; text; Day 237 [open]

[jumpthegun]

[This is stupid. John's well aware it's stupid, but he can't help asking a question that's been gnawing away at him for more than a week now.]

How tall is everyone? I've been wondering, meeting with different people here, what the spread of heights might be. Among other things. If you aren't sure on specifics or if you don't know the measurement system, I can give you an idea of how to compare units you might be familiar with.

Here's my current list:

Alphonse - 7'4"
Stein - 6'10"
Joker - 6'5"
Magenta, Clint, Zack - 6'3"
Gabriel, House, Rhys - 6'2"
Mycroft, Castiel - 6'1"
Kunsel, Sherlock, Stephen - 6'0"
Enoch - 5'11"
America, Ecks - 5'10"
Alfie, Dorian - 5'8" - 5'9"
Ginger - 5'8"
Beckett - 5'7"
John - 5'6.5"
Sheena, Steph, Zell - 5'5"
Mary, Jim - 5'4"
Royce - 5'3"
Kid - 5'1"
Angel - 5'0"
Quark - 4'10"

Comments

[jumpthegun]

So, you don't think that a golem made out of clay could be like you? Someone who gained sentience.

[ecks]

I do not think so unless you use a different kind of magic that can also make a person
I had to be made out of flesh because grafting magic was necessary to make me alive in a different way than other golems are alive

I have his book
I know these things now

[jumpthegun]

You have a book about how you were made? Is that what Andromeda gave you?

[ecks]

yes
I read it
I have a soul
!

[jumpthegun]

You weren't sure before? Of course you've always had a soul, Ecks. You're a person.

[ecks]

I am also a golem
golems do not have souls
golems have imprisoned elemental spirits
except for me

[jumpthegun]

You're a person first and a golem second. It doesn't matter how you were made, really. You know that, right?

[ecks]

it matters how I was made because that is how I became a person
I was constructed as a golem and then became a person
you wrote the two words in the wrong order

[jumpthegun]

I think we're talking about this different ways, Ecks. You're a person to me regardless of how you were made. Do you understand? I mean it more... metaphysically than literally.

[ecks]

oh
yes
metaphysically I am a person and that is important

[jumpthegun]

Good. That's settled, then.

[What were they even talking about? John double-checks the comments.]

And just for the record, I'm not actually planning to build a golem. Ever. I have a daughter and she's a handful enough.

[ecks]

I did not know you have a daughter
is she in your world?

[jumpthegun]

I didn't know I had one until the last time I died. Her name's Rosie. She's less than a year old.

[Like her Mum, he doesn't say.]

[ecks]

Rosie is a good name
like a flower instead of like a rock

[So many humans are named after rocks. It's strange and almost a little sad.]

[jumpthegun]

Yeah. Her full name's Rosamund. It means Rose of the World. Mary picked it.

How many people here do you know with rock names, though?

[ecks]

that is a good name
I knew two humans with rock names
Clayton and Clinton

[jumpthegun]

[... really?]

Most people have names that mean something, Ecks. But rock names aren't all that popular. My name's really common for humans, especially in my own country.

[ecks]

what does it mean?
does it mean a kind of rock?

:)

[jumpthegun]

[He sees your joke, Ecks.]

Not quite. It means 'God is gracious.' But Sherlock? His name means 'Head full of rocks.' Huh, maybe you're right about us having too many rock names.

;)

[ecks]

it is a good name for him though

:)

[jumpthegun]

Absolutely. If he ever has a kid, I'll warn him not to name them after rocks. Just to take a crack at running that trend into the ground.

:)

[ecks]

running that trend into the ground is the opposite of how to make it stop

:)

[jumpthegun]

Fair enough. What would you name a son or daughter if you had one?

[ecks]

I would let them name themselves

[jumpthegun]

That doesn't really work when someone starts out as a baby. They don't have words, yet. That's why parents name their kids. Sometimes they change their names later on in life, but you have have something to start with.