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WHAT IN PERSON, YA FOOLS
WHERE anywhere
WHEN Day 8, evening

[ it's beginning to be summer -- or something like that, sort of. late spring? the weather has been warming up is the point and in the twilight of, well, now, the fireflies have also come out.

twinkling little stars that are actually bugs. Rather, slightly larger than the normal firefly -- in fact, perhaps they seem more like will o' the wisp sized.

But still, a lovely summer. If you follow one they may lead you (crashing into) the path of someone else.

Or the lake.

Definitely also the lake. ]

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[That's charming. Orga's hands are frankly not as calloused as they used to be, but his scar cred is mostly obvious on his entire torso. An easy, firm shake and he lets go.]

So, you've been here a while?

Nah, just a few weeks. I'm from Earth around this time period, though.

I don't really know what to think about that. "Being alive" isn't actually all that confusing, even if I don't see how it happened. Being hundreds of years in the past though... What am I supposed to do with that?

[Dave does appear to think about this, so his response isn't glib.]

Unless the future has evolved past capitalism, pretty much the same shit. Get a job and make friends.

If it makes you feel better this is probably less of an 'in the past situation' and more of a parallel reality.

[He was not actually expecting a legit answer, and pauses to be surprised, then laugh, when he gets one.]

No, you definitely still need money if you don't want to starve.

[Haah]

Parallel reality, huh...

Yeah, you can probably take that to the bank and cash it for some fake game dollars for all the practical good it does as a observation.

[Snorts]

I don't think I can wrap my head around it anyway. But I take it getting back home would be more complicated than getting a ride on a transport shuttle.

That would definitely involve some resources we do not have access to.

Who does?

[There's an Air to that question. A bit like 'I am willing to procure resources by various means']

[snorts]

I'm gonna guess nobody here or they wouldn't be.

[Seems. Confused...? By this information.]

There's gotta be someone in charge..?

[r..ight..?]

Probably you're not wrong but nobody's turned up to claim the credit.

Huuh. Guys with all the power usually love bragging about it.

Also correct. Maybe we just got a bashful demiurge.

[Decides to skip asking what a demiurge is.]

Fine, fine. More importantly, I guess I'm going to need a job. What sort of work is hiring around here?

Uh, somehow one of the coffee places is almost always hiring but LuXe is headed by a psychopath with a mask so I am going to suggest you give that one a hard pass. I didn't really ask around too much since I scored my job nigh instantaneously but if you walk down the mall people will pretty much just throw employment at your feet like so many supplicants.

Coffee places... and a shopping center.

[Wow this guy like. Thinks I'm an upstanding citizen or something. Huh... I guess I did die in a suit.]

Anything more hands on..?

[shrugs awkwardly]

What were you thinking?

I ran a private security company before....

[Well you know, about fifteen minutes ago.]

I haven't been at the bottom in a while, but if I need to start over, I can.

[Dave ponders a bit as they walk. ]

Don't think there's anything as hardcore as that going on. You don't actually need that much money to live here since rent's free. 'The bottom' is still pretty damn cozy.

Edited 2017-06-13 19:55 (UTC)

Free?

[Okay that is the first thing to really seem to piece through his post-mortem chill.

He honestly looks like he doesn't know what to do with that information.]

As in...? Wait, that paper said something like...

[digging around for where he put it]

[let's him do that, but he nods]

Yeah, they aren't fucking around about that. It ain't a dump, either. [gestures to the building]

[Stares up at the apartment complex and...

Kind of laughs.]

There? I can just live there? For free.

Yeah.

It's furnished and the AC works consistently and everything.

Unbelievable.

[He sounds pretty amused by this.]

O~kay. Let's see it, then.