[console]

[whitelotustile]

[users might recognize the background of the welcome center, as Iroh had walked there after realizing that the strange sensation he felt might have been important.]

Well, I thought I was blacking out for a moment there... quite a strange feeling. And it looks like I've been gone for some months. I should have left a note, but I didn't expect that I'd be... well, whatever happens to those of us who leave and return.

For those of you I haven't met, my name is Iroh. I used to serve tea around here. And a few other things.

Comments

[ten_zero]

Retirement...? [ She didn't know the word, at least not in this context. ]

[whitelotustile]

I used to have quite a different job than selling tea, but when you're my age, you start to think about what is really important. So now I sell tea.

[ten_zero]

[ 'Your age.' Bisi had to suppress a smile. ]

Ah, I think I see. I had a retirement too, then. Now I greet people at the midnight hotel.

[whitelotustile]

[Iroh is quite content to mean that in relative lifespan.]

You must meet all kinds of interesting people.

[ten_zero]

Mostly Kedan, but I did recently meet a boy in a cat costume who says he saves the world.

Also there's a skeleton?

[whitelotustile]

Ah, I believe I remember him.

[ten_zero]

Does he seem like he's always smiling to you?

[whitelotustile]

Not always. Body language and voice make up for a great deal.

[ten_zero]

That makes sense! The explanations for how a skeleton is actually alive seem to be lacking in my opinion.

[whitelotustile]

I can't say I've ever considered that question.

[ten_zero]

Really? Are skeletons not unusual where you come from?

[whitelotustile]

Well, the sort that walk and talk are.

But a spirit that appeared to be a skeleton, or anything else, would not be strange.

[ten_zero]

A spirit?

[whitelotustile]

Does your world have those?

[ten_zero]

[ She shakes her head. ] I don't think so.

[whitelotustile]

Well, it takes all sorts of worlds, I suppose.