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[kungfood]

[The image displayed is of nothing human. It is, in fact, nothing more than a panda in a pair of darned pants standing straight up as if he knows no other way to stand. He’s obviously in the new “home” he’s been given, and if it’s possible for him to seem even more out of place, he somehow manages it. It’s similar but it’s not, and he’s never seen anything like the kedan before.

He’s entirely out of his element, and if it was ever doubted that a panda could display that much with expression, he’s living, standing, awkward proof that a panda can do just that.]

Uh. [Brief, something that was almost a word but never quite made it. He has no idea about these devices except for what he’s been told, and he still finds it difficult to believe. Others can see him, he can see them, and they can speak that way. How is that possible?] So. Hi. This showing a picture, right? A…a moving one, I guess. I don’t really understand, but that’s what those guys told me, so it probably does, right?

[He’s blathering. This is hardly anything new with him, and he realizes it, and that also shows. He runs a paw over his face, ears popping right back into place when it passes over them.]

Yeah, so, the introduction thing, I guess. I’m, uh, [awkward] Po [still awkward] and I’m from a place called the Valley of Peace, and [little less awkward] I never really thought that when you ascended, it was to another city. Thought of it more like another plane. But that’s okay, because you can’t ascend anything when you’re asleep, but you can apparently get trapped, and that’s pretty, uh. That really sucks. Like. It sucks a lot.

[He’s still obviously out of his element, but he stands up a little straight and stops fidgeting.]

Is there anything that whoever else here can tell me that doesn’t suck?

[Things that suck less are also wanted, and it’s after a close-up of a bear paw that the image disconnects.]

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[alphatar]

[Have a seventeen year old girl staring at you with a straw loosely dangling from her lips.]

You're a PANDA.

[That needed to be stated for some reason.]

[backinakidflash]

[Bart is craning his neck to the side to see if this is some sort of optical illusion. His eyes are huge.]

Is... that a costume?

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[suoxi]

Personally, I'm rather fond of the tea.

[ OH WOW IT'S A PANDA. ]

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[dungfu]

... Too long. I didn't listen to all. You talk a lot for a bear.

[... Sorry, Po.]

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[subject223]

[ When a man knows a sentient tree named Groot and a gun-toting raccoon named Rocket, it's difficult to be surprised by a talking panda. ]

It's called a computer console, son. It's connecting us via a video transmission.

[ It isn't often Steve knows more about technology than someone else. He's taking advantage of this to be helpful. ]

[saved7]

The pictures are strange aren't they?

[The speaker is a young looking woman with a pal complexion and blonde hair, but currently brown eyes, looking at him curiously from behind angry red scars. As an afterthought, she smiles softly like it might be reassuring.]

But the people here are usually friendly.

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[takeittothemax]

[holy crap it's a panda.

Okay, not the weirdest thing he's ever seen, because hello DCU, but still.]

Uh. There's bars?

[Do pandas even drink beer? Hold on a second while he ponders this.] I'm not sure if that counts, but, well, it's something.

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[unetrustworthy]

[Midii had promised herself that the majority of her subsequent initiations of contact would start off as audio until she could gauge how much of a threat the other person was.]

[However, all that planning quickly went out the window when she saw a giant talking panda on her screen. It took several moments--and reviewing the resultant live conversations with others--before she managed to convince herself this wasn't some sort of televised program meant for children. This was real.]

You...can talk.

[She knew Bart had told her magic existed here, but this was so far above what she had even been expecting, words momentarily failed her.]

[fearlessherosheart]

It is quite likely that we are on another plane. Certainly another world than either the one you or I were born on.

[On the plus side, Tazendra was born on another planet, so she has no preconceptions that furry black-and-white tsalmoth-y creatures shouldn't be talking to her.]

Somewhere. Somewhere. someone is shaking their head at this.

[givenanonymity]

[That sure is a Panda bear.

Okay.]

Free Housing.

[Did he really get kidnapped or maybe is he dead. He's starting to think that might be it.]

...May be easier for you to get food.

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[dracobin]

[He has heard of pandas, of course, and seen paintings of them before, but to see one living and breathing and--talking--in front of him is another matter entirely. It is probably for the best he has never actually met a panda before, because he would likely have tried to eat it before he ever introduced himself.]

I do not think you have ascended anywhere: it would be very difficult, with no wings, would it not?

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[flagrate]

[ here, po. have someone completely unfazed by a talking panda. ]

The food doesn't suck. But there's nowhere near enough of it.

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[sureisaguy]

It doesn't all suck.

[ Clearly Po is another mutant and that is totally normal for Mikey. Sup bro. ]

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[wallcrawler]

[Normally Pete'd be joining the ranks of people freaking out that you can talk, but something about it just isn't pinging him like it should.

But then again he also knows mutant turtles who happen to be ninjas, so, y'know, the impact of a talking panda has kind of been lessened. Which is why he doesn't look to be terribly intrigued by the video, and is instead just lounging comfortably in a chair inside a Metal sector net café.]

Well, most of the people are pretty nice. Just not the local ones. They're usually either grumpy, or stubbornly refusing to answer any questions.

[And at that, he's getting more than a few dirty looks from patrons at other consoles. Also a few choice words muttered under their breath, but it's not loud enough for the console to pick up. It is loud enough for him to get a general feel for the room though, and he points behind him at one of the kedan offenders with his thumb.]

See? Grumpy. Probably won't get any better 'til the rationing ends and they can't find anything else to blame us for.

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[demon_brat]

[Hold on, hold on. This kid is not surprised by the fact that it's a talking panda.]

[But by the fact there are things that sound sort of familiar about what he's saying. And because he doesn't forget much...]

... were you Shifu's student?

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[spiderkid]

I know everybody else is saying it, but... dude, you're a PANDA.

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[anything_it_takes]

Well for one thing, we're on a turtle. [Clearly this is an awesome thing and needs no further quantification.]

And if you go outside, they won't lynch you or put you a science lab - or in a zoo. [You being a panda after all, dude.] That's pretty nice.

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[storm_warning]

[A... panda.

Huh.

That's... different.]

Valley of Peace? What kind of hippy place is that?

ooc; I am so sorry for the late tag-in.