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[sweetling]

[On screen is Halfpipe with a smile that lights up the whole of her blue-tattooed face. She's in what looks to be a seedier district of the city, but not many Exiles are around.]

This place gets more and more like my world every day.

[At which she shifts the camera to focus on a point behind her--what several people will recognize as one of Exsilium's brothels.]

I'm curious, guys. How different is it here, compared to your homes? And if it is different, is it in good ways or bad ones?

Oh, and I'm Halfpipe, by the way.

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[nobrainer]

It's... pretty similar, actually. Except it rains a whole lot more here, and there aren't as many things trying to kill me. So points for Exsilium.

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[sweetling]

Ditto with the rain, and even the enemies, kinda. Except here they set you up with an apartment and an allowance, too.

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[100hearts]

[There's a dog wearing Law's hat, barking at the camera.

The owner is nowhere to be seen.]

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[sweetling]

Hey, Scruffya. [Because whether or not Law has given him a real name by now, this one has stuck in Halfpipe's brain.] Where'd Daddy go?

[voice]

[highfrequency]

It's more similar to my home than I'd like it to be.

[voice]

[sweetling]

[Oh, hello roomie. Halfpipe gives a wry chuckle.]

In a bad way, then.

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[vocalizer]

It's not all that different from where I'm from. Maybe a little more run down, but...

[ A small sigh. ]

I guess we're not at war back there though.

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[sweetling]

Is it aftermath, or just really shitty?

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[charming_jerk]

My home's in 2012 and is still in one piece. No nuclear apocalypse, yet. Or constant rain. Were you here when we took the trip to Baltimore in 1994?

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[sweetling]

Nah, I've only been here since the start of July.

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[hyanaimne]

It is very different from my world; the only buildings in my world as tall as this are possible the castle's towers, but even then . . .

There are also trees, as far as the eye can see, and villages hidden within those. Ah, and no technology.

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[sweetling]

That's real antique, isn't it?

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[strategic_guile]

Is that a good or bad thing, that it's more like your home?

[Audio]

[sweetling]

Oh, I like it better here, so far. [A faint sigh.] There are just some people I wish I could bring.

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[beardedflannel]

Bit of both.

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[sweetling]

Tradeoffs, I guess.

[stillbetter]

This is nothing like my world.

... Except for the rain, perhaps.

[sweetling]

Jeez, sounds like you got the raw end of the deal.

[Kidding. Sort of.]

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[ainsophaured]

Halfpipe, is it? It's nice to meet you.

Hm. While I would not classify it as good or bad, this place is different in nearly all ways from my world. Technology, architecture, and even the source of life is different here.

[Which has interested him greatly since the moment he arrived. Who knew a place could survive without mana.]

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[sweetling]

It's polite to give your name too, you know. [Accompanied by a friendly wink.]

Source of life?

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[taggeda0]

Like home

[sweetling]

so informative thank u

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[showmeyourwreath]

I guess it would depend on which home...but it's still nothing like any of them.

[SHE'S SORRY SHE COMES FROM A WELL-ADJUSTED CANON.]

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[sweetling]

[DAMMIT FLORA]

You've got multiples?

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[followupquestion]

This place is what my home is like when you strip away any semibalance of government and then have a disaster. My old city got hit by a massive earthquake a few years back and everyone who was supposed to do something to help decided it was easier for them to just look the other way and pretend we'd never existed.

[Still a little bitter? Naaaah]

Result was a good test run for this place.

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[sweetling]

On the bright side--you came prepared. On the not so bright side, your world, like many others, suffers from a dire case of being shitty.

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[worldswillburn]

Most of what I see here belongs in the scrap heap.

[stone age doesn't really cut it.]

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[sweetling]

You're from pretty far ahead, then.

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[bittertears]

The difference is well over a thousand years worth.

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[sweetling]

Forward, or backward?