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[hammer]

[ The image of a rather ordinary, unremarkable looking man fills the screen. He’s clean-shaven, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, and he’s got brown hair, cut short and though it’s a little messy, there’s something about it that suggests that it had been styled at one point earlier in the day. He’s just slightly disheveled, which those familiar with the comings and goings of individuals to Keeliai might recognize as a sign of a new arrival. ]

So this is… [ There’s a moment of silence, as he trails off and glances away from the camera. ] …different.

[ It only lasts for a second, before he looks back and rolls his eyes. ]

The whole—I mean, well… Whatever.

[ He takes a deep breath, lets it out, and pulls himself together. ]

Right, okay. I was given a place to live but no job, and I’m guessing that it isn’t free rent forever. So if there’s, I don’t know, a job center? Help wanted ads? Some turtle world version of Craigslist? Something? Could someone point me in the right direction?

Comments

[dracobin]

It is a creature with a head not unlike a dragon's, and antlers and hooves like a deer, and scales all over its body. Did they not bring you to your apartment in a sort of cart? There were a few qilin pulling mine. Of course, they were only legends in China; it is very interesting to see that they exist here.

[hammer]

Oh, the... the deer-lizards. Yeah. They were there. I just didn't know what they were called.

Wait, they're Chinese? Really? Is this a Chinese turtle?

[dracobin]

Well, they are similar enough to the portraits I saw in Peking for me to think so, anyway: but as for whether this is a Chinese turtle, I doubt it. The architecture is very similar to the pavilions I saw in China, and so is the clothing, but the language is nothing like.

[hammer]

So we're dealing with a turtle that looks Chinese but isn't. Okay. That's kind of par for the course, I guess.

[dracobin]

I suppose it is certainly no stranger than arriving in another world in the first place.

[hammer]

Okay, point for you.