You in Year 90

[wavewright62]

Given what I want to be irl, I’d probably be a skald, although I’d definitely wish I could be a scout. No idea whether or not I’d be immune...how does one speculate on that?

Many people pick 'immune' because it makes things so much easier if you desire to be a scout or explorer, or the kind of skald that wants to gather field data.  In addition, not too many people want to put themselves in a position of the angst & danger that the non-immune live under.  (I'm willing to bet few of the young people in the Forum have thought about the societal pressure for immune people to have children.)
In canon vast swathes of the population, especially in Iceland, are not immune and live their whole lives within safe area walls; some look at themselves and realise that they wouldn't really fancy running through the dark forest on a rainy day after all, and would much rather be baking bread in one of the safe settlements.   For the record, I no longer remember what I posted in this thread for myself & am too lazy to archive dig, but that would probably be me, working in a bakery or shop, likely non-immune.

[Mebediel]

Many people pick 'immune' because it makes things so much easier if you desire to be a scout or explorer, or the kind of skald that wants to gather field data.  In addition, not too many people want to put themselves in a position of the angst & danger that the non-immune live under.  (I'm willing to bet few of the young people in the Forum have thought about the societal pressure for immune people to have children.)
In canon vast swathes of the population, especially in Iceland, are not immune and live their whole lives within safe area walls; some look at themselves and realise that they wouldn't really fancy running through the dark forest on a rainy day after all, and would much rather be baking bread in one of the safe settlements.

I see, that makes a lot of sense. Yeah, I don’t think a lot of us youngsters considered the pressure to have kids either...I guess because we’re still in the stage/just coming out of the stage where people are mostly asking us “what do you want to be when you grow up?” instead of “So...when are you getting married/having kids ”
I guess given my dad’s side’s health records, the likelihood that that they’d be immune is p low, so I’ll just go with not being immune either.

For the record, I no longer remember what I posted in this thread for myself & am too lazy to archive dig, but that would probably be me, working in a bakery or shop, likely non-immune.

Working in a bakery/shop post-rash honestly sounds really nice. Peaceful, hopefully!

[wavewright62]

In this society, I imagine having kids (especially immune kids) is prized, but most people in the smaller settlements will have to juggle multiple roles.  Sadly, orphanages are likely a thing as well.

[Kaino]

Being a scout would be wonderful. Imagine running around in the forest all day (or night) and actually being useful att the same time! And I would be able to work alone and away from other people. My biggest problem against that is that I'm having knee problems and can't run at all at the moment, but hey, maybe that could change. Also I'm using glasses, but as long as I don't have to read at a long distance it should be fine, I have no trouble recognizing movement and position, it's just the details that gets blurred.

Night scout sounds best when I think about it, as I like to stay inside when it's too sunny.

But yeah, I have a lot against me at the scout front it seems. I could also work with crafts, if I happen to not me immune. I imagine handmade things are more in demand then than now.

If I can choose where I get born I'd say Finland or Norway. Sweden seems fine I wouldn't like living in ignorance of magic. Even if I was born in Sweden I'd probably begin to believe in it sooner or later anyway, as I tend to question things a lot and being open to all possibilities.

If I happened to become a mage I would put a lot of effort into mastering that I think. And just doing research about it in general. Maybe I would do research even if I wasn't a mage myself haha.

[thecraneoverlord]

I'd be a finnish mage, but like, a really bad one.

I'd be like Emil, too empathic to be unaffected by all the suffering trolls.

[JodyS]

I'd probably be immune, because I've already got an immune system that won't quit, but it would be wasted on me since I'd prefer a safe, boring office job like Torbjörn's.

[Bhaskara]

It would be a toss up between a carpenter and a skald.

I am a carpenter and I am somewhat of a history buff as well.

I’d probably not be immune, but who knows.

[Suominoita]

Well... I think not immune as I interpret having a cat-allergy as such...
Otherwise, I think mage. I also like knitting so...

[Reclaimer 549]

My Username here is reflective of what I think I'd be doing. Assuming similar levels of knowledge my job would be going into the silent world to salvage useful materials. Not information just raw materials. I personally know but will not explain in depth right now, what parts of a car are high carbon steel, thus good for forging blades, how to make various ummmmm "active" compounds, and the potential uses for expired gasoline.

[Róisín]

All very useful information (says someone who has chef's knives made from leafsprings, and made a pair of matching swords out of the crossmember of a crane jib).

[Solokov]

My Username here is reflective of what I think I'd be doing. Assuming similar levels of knowledge my job would be going into the silent world to salvage useful materials. Not information just raw materials. I personally know but will not explain in depth right now, what parts of a car are high carbon steel, thus good for forging blades, how to make various ummmmm "active" compounds, and the potential uses for expired gasoline.

Hmmm... seems we're birds f a feather in that last regard. I wonder what 90 year old antifreeze might do to a troll.

[Reclaimer 549]

Hmmm... seems we're birds f a feather in that last regard. I wonder what 90 year old antifreeze might do to a troll.

I personally wouldn't try it. Antifreeze's infinite shelf life would make it useful against beasts but due to the size of trolls and the environments they've been show to make their nests in I wouldn't have much faith in toxic chemicals.

Personally I prefer thermite, it's shockingly easy to make, and a 5 gallon bucket of it can burn through 4 floors of a building, and steel safes, and keep going. US embassies at one point used this as a emergency backup way to destroy critical documents in the event of an emergency.

[Reclaimer 549]

All very useful information (says someone who has chef's knives made from leafsprings, and made a pair of matching swords out of the crossmember of a crane jib).

If you interesting in scrap metal forging there's a competitive blade forging show where they usually have to salvage steel from something. It's called Forged it Fire

[Róisín]

What country is it in? I'm in Australia.

[Krillian]

I'd probably be a scholar, researching and studying old-world lore, fascinated by the world and languages that existed prior to all of what happened, trying to imagine how it was before the plague. I'm already very fascinated by the past as it is, I love to learn new things about how our world used to function, the languages and philosophy, the old ethnicities and nations and their relations, so I'd feel right at home.