second mystic arte • {voice/action for Violet}

[fonic_sight]

[There's the small clearing of a throat, before Jade launches straight into business talk. He's looking for answers to a few of the odd little mysteries of this world...]

Pardon me, I don't wish to be a bother but I've discovered a bit of a discrepancy between this world and the home world I've come from.

I apologize if this does sound a bit silly, but what is the purpose of that three hundred and sixty-sixth day every four years? I'm a tad surprised that this world has such a short year cycle, but I've failed to reach a conclusion on why there is that last day. That and... Months. Is there any reason why they've been broken into days as they have?

[Why aren't your calendars standard and orderly, Pokéworld?]

Time seems to pass the same way. I guess my world just circulates differently to this one.


[Private to Dist]

I'm sure you've noticed the difference with the amount of days in a year in this world. How are you accounting for it?

Comments

video; i eat that shit for breakfast

[fonic_sight]

Ahh, I see. Once they've become staples, it's not necessary to change them.

text; good for 85% of your recommended daily dose of schadenfreude

[doitrockapella]

There isn't much reason to fix something that isn't broken.

Of course, we've named other things after the gods of different cultures. Our names for the planets in our solar system come from the Roman pantheon, for example.

video; best karma of the day. Jade is plenty healthy in other people's angst.

[fonic_sight]

So I'm guessing the planets were discovered by someone from the Roman pantheon? Or is there another reason they're named as they are?

text;

[doitrockapella]

They were named by someone who believed in the pantheon, and the names stuck through the passage of time. The planet closest to the sun revolves swiftest around it, for example, and so it was named for the Roman god of messengers and travelers. The largest planet earned the name of the king of the gods, and the red planet took its name from the god of war because of its bloodlike color.

video;

[fonic_sight]

I shall have to look into these planets next. Which one is this one?

text;

[doitrockapella]

As far as I can tell, this one isn't any of them. But the one that people live on where I'm from is called Earth.