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[soul_sister]

[In 304, a nun in an ash stained provincial dress and a half elf from the Times of Yore are crowded around a tablet propped up at the table. By the expressions ranging from serious to annoyed, some sort of argument has just taken place between the two of them.

Rosette is the one to address the network, as if proving a point in the simple asking.]

So! Hypothetically, if someone were going on a mission and needed to blend into the turn of the millennium, average working class crowd... what would you wear?

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[hyanaimne]

We just want to blend in, period. I do not know where she got this bloody working class idea from.

[crocodilesmiles]

Go for jeans and a t-shirt, and maybe a sweatshirt too! Sunglasses, sneakers, you'll blend in if it's not in major bright colors, I bet.

[hyanaimne]

I do not like bright colors anyway, so it shall work. Thank you - you have been very helpful.

[crocodilesmiles]

Glad to be a help! Quick question -- do you talk like how you write?

[hyanaimne]

Yes? Though I do not know if you can type an accent.

[crocodilesmiles]

It's just more formal than people probably will be! But you're right, with an accent then you'll sound exotic, not weird. It's all good!

[hyanaimne]

I suppose this language not being my first is an advantage in some way, then.

[crocodilesmiles]

Whatever language you will be speaking! Or we're speaking now... who knows? But -- yeah, where are you guys going?

[hyanaimne]

Are we not speaking Common?

And we are going to a place called a 'Walgreens'.

[crocodilesmiles]

We're being pretty commonly understood! But no, I don't think we are. I'm not sure what Common is!

Oh! Oh, that's a drug store, I think! Which makes sense with what you're looking for. Is that in the United States? Then you should be fine! Just act like you know what you're looking for, and smile and say nice things a lot, like please, and thank you.

[hyanaimne]

Common is the language most people of my world speak.

Is that all it will really take?

[crocodilesmiles]

Are you from an Earth? I don't know if English is the most common... or Chinese, or Spanish, or even languages out of India!

Yeah, pretty much. You're going shopping!

[hyanaimne]

I honestly don't know. I have not had a chance to look into where I am from compared to here.

Well, yes. But it is the two of us and another, and none of us know anything about it.

[crocodilesmiles]

I guess the bright side is your holograph devices will make sure you lend in okay!

[hyanaimne]

Our what?

[crocodilesmiles]

It's the thing the Initiative will give you guys to pin on your shirts or whatever. Or the watch? They have a few different kinds, but it's basically a disguise-maker! You have it on, and people think you're wearing the clothes they recognize. It's great!

[hyanaimne]

I did not know we would get such things. That will certainly make it easier, if we are unable to find clothing ourselves.

[crocodilesmiles]

They try to help us out every so often!

[hyanaimne]

I am honestly surprised.

[crocodilesmiles]

Most people are. Anyway, good luck to you!

[hyanaimne]

Thank you. Ah, what is your name?

[crocodilesmiles]

I'm Collette! Who're you?

[hyanaimne]

Tempest. Well met.