[Voice]

[hasadoctorsnote]

I'm curious about something. I know a lot of mythology from my own world, but I'm interested in hearing about any another kind of mythology that's not well known on Earth around the 21st century. For instance, I remember reading a Greek story about how males and females were first created and I know there's differences between it and, say, Biblical mythology.

The one I remember reading was written by Plato. He said that humans used to be a mix of two people that consisted of one male and one female so they had two heads and eight limbs, but the gods didn't want them getting too powerful so they separated them into men and women. Supposedly that's where 'soulmates' come from, because you're looking for your other half. I'm also a little curious what people think of that story. [He absolutely does not have a personal ulterior motive for asking that particular question, none at all, nope.] Do you think there's any truth to it? That there's really such a thing as 'soulmates'? ... Or if it's even as limited as having to be between a man and a woman?

Comments

[puzzlingly]

what were you expecting to happen?

[hasadoctorsnote]

I was hoping for a relationship but that wasn't going to happen.

[puzzlingly]

friendship?

[hasadoctorsnote]

They were dating someone else. I didn't really want to be around and see that all the time.

[puzzlingly]

i think your concept of soulmate is... wrong

[hasadoctorsnote]

I don't think that person is my soulmate anymore, if I even have one. I just thought they could be at the time, but like I said, I was young and stupid. If I thought they might be it then, then how am I supposed to know later? What if it turns out I'm wrong again? I don't think there's a way to know for sure.

[puzzlingly]

i told you. youd know as simple as that. no one needs to tell you
but a soulmate isnt all about romance

[hasadoctorsnote]

I guess I just don't understand it then. [He still doesn't get how he's supposed to just 'know' because that sure would have saved him a lot of heartache if that's how it's supposed to be.]

[puzzlingly]

「Sorry, kid, cannot just explain something so powerful with words, it's just something you feel.」

you will. in due time
meanwhile just rest assured that they exist
dont waste your life away waiting either
you have a long way to go

[hasadoctorsnote]

Here's hoping.

[He'll just be content with what he's got going on now for the time being.]

[puzzlingly]

you dont sound too convinced of that

[hasadoctorsnote]

I've gotten my hopes up too many times before only to have them get crushed later to really think that just hoping or believing something will get better will make it get better, or hoping or believing that something is true will make it become true.

[puzzlingly]

werent you 14 why are you in such a rush?

[hasadoctorsnote]

In such a rush for what?

[puzzlingly]

idek
werent you eager to find your soulmate?

「Nico, you're so confusing, dude.」

[hasadoctorsnote]

If I gave that impression, it wasn't my intention. I was just wondering what everyone thought on the subject. [And more so what people thought about the 'only a man and a woman' part so he knows to avoid the people who agree with that bit in the future, having a boyfriend and all and being born in an era where people got sent to concentration camps for being gay.]

[puzzlingly]

yeah im not buying that...

「Sadly, he doesn't know that.」

[hasadoctorsnote]

That's fine. [Atem's already said that he doesn't think a soulmate is restricted to a gender or a number already, and that's all that Nico was looking for. He can believe whatever else he wants to believe and it won't bother Nico.]

[puzzlingly]

thats cold man
but if youre sure...
good luck i guess

「>:P」

/just pops in here hi

[circumitus]

fucking hell slow your dough you two.
youre both fucking teenagers neither of you got your shit figured out yet.

hell dont think most adults have their shit ever figured out.

r00d

[puzzlingly]

yeah ive know some adults like that

「COUGHREYCOUGH」

she's a rude dude

[circumitus]

k.
shutup.

[hasadoctorsnote]

[Ah yes, there's the person popping in with the 'you're still a teenager, you don't have to have everything figured out yet' advice.]

A bit belated but thanks anyway.

[hasadoctorsnote]

I've been told my social skills need some work. [Quite a bit, actually... But as far as he's concerned about how this whole soulmate stuff affects him, there's only one way he knows to see if it ends up being true one day and that's just... to keep on living and let whatever happen happen.]

[puzzlingly]

you actually seemed pretty okay to me
im just pulling your leg