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[ino]

[On the feed, you can see a pretty blonde girl staring at the screen. She's brushing her long hair with one hand, reaching to poke around on the screen with the other.

Finally, she lets out a little sigh, and mutters:]

Same shit, different day, I guess.

[She'll finally look directly into the camera, now, and put on a bit of a smile as she continues brushing her hair.]

So, it looks like I'm one of the few people whose age didn't get screwed around with. Anyone else out there?

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[ino]

... Hm.

[maybe people can get hand-me-down devices? who knows, this technology stuff isn't her forte]

Maybe it was someone else from your world, then.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... I guess that makes sense?

These guys sure seem cheap though, if they didn't even give me my own ID.

If we're supposed to go save the world without even a class level to our names, can't they at least spend... Well it can't be that hard to make a new ID right?

[ino]

Does it cost money to do that?

[she looks baffled. what even is all that stuff you're talking about man]

[have_hat_will_travel]

I dunno! This thing doesn't exactly explain how it works.

I'm just lucky I have a good Intelligence score. Actually I got good stats as a whole apparently so...

[ino]

... Right.

[that weird talk sounds vaguely familiar, but ...]

Either way, are you alright? You look kind of young to be here.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... I think so?

I mean I avoided the potential get-sacrificed-to-demons situation. But I don't know how to cook or anything....

[ino]

Sacrificed to demons?! What??

[have_hat_will_travel]

Mommy always said be careful about anyone rounding children up!

[ino]

Oh.

[what kind of bizarre world ... well, she sighs]

You don't have anyone else from your world here, then?

[have_hat_will_travel]

Near as I know. But then I'm not an adventurer yet. If I was I might know someone? Maybe?

[ino]

Why would that make a difference?

[have_hat_will_travel]

Because then I would know more people, of course! There'd be some defining plot arc I would be part of, and rivals or allies would show up here by sheer coincidence!

[ino]

... This isn't like a book or a fairy tale or anything, you know.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Of course not! But dramatic conventions still apply!

... Mostly!

[ino]

I think you'll find that things are a little bit different around here.

[have_hat_will_travel]

B-but... That doesn't make any sense... Adventurers are adventurers aren't they?

[ino]

Being someone who goes on adventures doesn't necessarily mean that other people will gather around you, though. And most of the people who are here have been brought here for war, not an adventure.

[have_hat_will_travel]

A war plot is a kind do of adventure, though! Just with more NPCs than usual. Enough to require special mass battle rules.

[ino]

[she frowns. she doesn't get all of that, but ...]

It's not a game. This is a real thing.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Do you think I don't know that? A game wouldn't require learning bits and pieces from like a hundred sourcebooks!

Of course reality show more complex, even if things come down to a series of dice rolls that only occur in metaphor!

... Did I use the word metaphor correctly?

[ino]

[staring at the screen. GIRL, YOU MAKE NO SENSE]

I ... don't think so?

But never mind that. The point is, you should be careful.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Awww....

But it's kinda a problem. If all there is are strangers, who do I go to?

[ino]

[... right. the kid does have a point ...]

You haven't met anyone you trust?

[have_hat_will_travel]

Mommy always said, even if you like someone, don't trust them until you can be decently sure they haven't just cast Charm Person on you.

Or Charm Monster. Or Enthrall. Or... Uh, you get the idea I think.

... Then again, my teacher pointed out any of those spells would cause me to completely ignore that advice, so...

[ino]

... Yeah. [she sighs] There are a lot of people here who can't do magic, though, if that helps?