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[worldliness]

Hey, I finally got this working!  Kinda embarrassing it took this long. Can't even work stuff like this and I'm not even old....  Wait, wait, I just might be able to make this a lot more interesting.

[there's that tell-tale static of a microphone being turned on.]  Gotcha!  Man, this little thing is so cool!  It still doesn't make up for, you know, any of this.  Honestly, breaking and entering, kidnapping, forced labor...what the heck would they even need with ordinary people?  Wouldn't they want super heroes or trained soldiers instead?  This all seems way too fishy for me.

First things first...where can a guy find a decent meal around here?

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[voice]

[keep_smiling]

I told them they probably were trying to grab a friend of mine I was with when they took me. He's the soldier type, not me. But, while I'm here, I'll do what I can to get my fellow troops to smile.

They do give us some money to get by, but maybe finding a job is in order? I should really do that myself.

[voice]

[worldliness]

Keeping morale up at home and abroad, huh? Why not try finding a job doing that? Smiles look like they're in short supply. The weather sure can't help...hey, is it like it says in the Intro? Always raining?

[voice]

[keep_smiling]

Already do! It's my job wherever I go. And while I'm satisfied with that, it doesn't pay the bills.

Yes, it's always been raining ever since I got here. England's always been rainy, but not this rainy. You'll have to wait to get your sun when we're sent on missions.

[voice]

[worldliness]

Damn. Guess missions will be even more important. And haha, understand doing what you love doesn't always pay the bills. Good luck...aw, we never shared introductions! My name's Adachi.

[voice]

[keep_smiling]

Pleasure to meet you! I'm Elmer. What was it you did back home for a living? Maybe you can do something similar here.

[voice]

[worldliness]

Nice to meet you! Back at home I was a detective for the police department. [thankfully, past tense works on more than one level. he was a detective. had been. and no one needed more explanation than that.] What'd you do?