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[sticksaround]

[ Casey opens with about five seconds of space to start with, since he's rechecking his console operational stats as a precaution. His voice is stiff and a little muffled, but easy enough to understand. ]

Alright. Definitely got this working! [ Moderately loud enthusiasm abounds for a brief moment there, and it is promptly tamped down. ] Sorry. I asked about how these worked just to be safe, but I also hear I got a pretty thick skull, y'know? [ And here there are two quiet thumps followed by a light hiss, because he sure did knock on the side of his head for emphasis. ] Wanted to make sure I got it.

So, uh. Hey. Name's Casey. I'm from New York, and if you don't know what that means, I feel sorry for ya. I guess I'm here to wake up half-drowned and defeat evil like everyone else? The half-drowned thing is pretty new, but I actually have some experience with evil, so here's hopin' I can put myself to good use. I mean, between giant turtles and fightin' bad guys and studying for English Lit., I'll take the bad guys.

If there's anything bigger than the welcome wagon that a guy should be let in on or a familiar face or somethin', though, I'd really appreciate gettin' that outta the way now. Maybe directions to a good sports equipment store? [ Pauuuuse. ] Thanks. Really.

[ That equipment store is really important though. ]

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[alphatar]

There's quite a few people from New York. I don't know if they're from your New York, but you have similar accents.

[She's a helper. The sound of a straw catching the last dregs of a drink can be heard.]

For the record, studying English isn't that bad. [JSYK.]

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[sticksaround]

[ If he's honest with himself, which he is, Casey can admit that this fact probably doesn't make much difference to him. What's he gonna do, get everyone together to talk about missing the Empire State Building?

Yeah. Sounds great.

But at least he knows he's not alone in the New Yorker sense. Which actually does help his unease a little, in one of those roundabout ways where it's not completely unknown around here. Maybe this metal sector took some inspiration, even. Alien just got a little less alien on him. He can dig it. ]

English ain't too bad. I mean, I speak it. [ Do you really, though, Casey. ] But gimme a pass on the literature, man. I'm pretty sure nothin' can make me care about Romeo and Juliet.

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[alphatar]

[Everyone's always looking for people from home. In Korra's case only her arch-enemy and his brother were in Keeliai, so she's refraining from shooting down his hopes.]

Haven't read that one yet, but I've read two books in English so far. [Guess who's an ESL in the literate sense.]

What would you rather do than read a book? And, fight some creature that's bent on destroying all of our worlds I mean.

[everylittlegirl]

Do you have super powers?

[sticksaround]

What, me? Last time I checked, I still couldn't leap over buildings or anything. That's more comic books stuff, isn't it? [ Says the guy who befriended mutated ninjas and woke up on a giant mystical turtle island. ]

[everylittlegirl]

It's kind of coincidental that you say that? Because Superman is a real person in this place. I mean, really, there are a lot of superheroes here.

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[wreckingbert]

Is New York on the back of a giant turtle too?

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[sticksaround]

Nah. [ In an abstract sense, maybe. But he prefers keeping his bros on the down-low, since they explicitly want to be on the down-low. ] There used to be a lot of legends about the world bein' on a giant turtle back home, or something like that. But everyone's pretty much done with that story.

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[wreckingbert]

Oh. My mistake. [He sounds vaguely embarrassed.] You made it sound like you had giant turtles in New York, too.

[grigio]

Hi, Casey. Welcome. I'm Julie. I can bring you a map, if you want one.

[That should be helpful, right?]

[sticksaround]

[ He sounds very interested in this prospect. Maps, man. Saves him the trouble of wondering where he'd find one. ]

I won't lie, a map would be pretty killer right about now. I never had to do the tourist thing before.

[grigio]

Consider it yours. What sector and all that are you in? I can run it over right away.

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[michaeljangelo]

[Backpedal all you want, Case-man, but this ninja heard you mention giant turtles and New York. That can't...that can't be a coincidence.

Of course, he has no idea who you are. Oh sure, Mike's version of Raph may have met their version of you by this point in canon, but no Christmas Eve introduction has been made...yet.

It just can't be a coincidence.]

You're from The City?

[Michaelangelo doesn't sound much like the Mikey that Casey knows. There's could be resemblance there...if you squint.]

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[sticksaround]

[ He was not built for realizing the implications of what comes out of his mouth before it comes out of his mouth. This is why he's a deflection-and-vagueness kind of guy in a pinch. ]

Yeah, I am. [ Friendly as hell over here. ] They do a pretty good impression of it around here, huh? Missin' a few landmarks. [ Or you know. All the landmarks. ]

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[michaeljangelo]

[A very undignified snort follows.]

Oh yeah, just a couple. But you know, nothing all that big. Just, everything.

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[mendelian]

I haven't noticed any sporting goods stores, but there's a few weaponsmiths and armorers in the city. They might be able to come up with something that passes as baseball equipment, if that's what you're looking for.

... I'm not sure how much time you'll have for games though. Things have been... interesting, lately.

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[sticksaround]

Interesting's all the more reason to have equipment, if you ask me. I don't really do swords or battle axes, but I know I can swing a hockey stick. [ Some amusement creeps into his tone. ] Or a baseball bat. Whatever works.

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[6collegecredits]

Ah, but the important question is which New York.

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[sticksaround]

Heh. Probably be easier to answer that if I knew there might be more than one before today.

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[spiderkid]

Guy I knew built a basketball court in his apartment, but that was months ago, and I think he's gone now. But he got a basketball somewhere, so there's that.

[But now for the important question:]

What part of New York you from?

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[sticksaround]

[ Eh, basketball's a start. Enough of one, anyway. Casey keeps a note of that, because baseball bats and hockey sticks have totally gotta be easier to commission than basketballs. They're 80% stick. ]

I'm from Brooklyn. Last time I checked, anyway. [ He kids. ] You come in from the city, too?

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[parallels]

You can definitely pal about with giant turtles, fight bad guys, and complete your English Literature studies.

Believe me, I've done it. Well, not giant turtles. But an alien.

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[sticksaround]

Can, yeah. Want to, not so much. [ He's not gonna lie about that much. Where's his degree in vigilante antics? ] But hey, y'know, it's good to be able to multitask like that. I don't think I could fit aliens in around everything else if I tried.

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[goodanswer]

Sports equipment? Interesting priorities you got there.

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[sticksaround]

Yeah, I guess I'm kinda a creature of habit. It's just way easier to picture myself fightin' off evil with a bat or a hockey stick than it is to think of how else I'm supposed to do it.