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[bulletgram]

Hello!  I am Hank, new from Los Angeles, at least I think I am?  Squid thing was...very strange.  But I have found good place to live and clothes, so can't be totally bad, yes?

And I have a cat now.  Which is strange but I always thought I might be cat person.  Thank you to whoever left cat!  She is very sweet, I have named her Tatiana.  Good name.  Had a baba named Tatiana.

Anyway.  Hello!  Seems like fun place to be, even if Barry is Grumpy Gary about it.  Looking forward to meeting of you all!

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[VIDEO]; UN: [USERNAME NOT SET]

[demonicbeauty]

[Ariadne is intrigued mostly by his accent. She's never heard one quite like it before.

And then, too, the fact that he sounds so...cheerful.

It's too fascinating not to engage. So she chimes in, with a voice like a feather drifting through the breeze.]

Hello, Hank.

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[wannasmash]

Nice to meet you. I'm Deku. [ On the internet and on duty, anyway. ] Los Angeles? That's so cool. What's it like?

[ Talking about other people's homes will help him miss his home less, right? Right. ]

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[bulletgram]

Hello! Nice to meet you, are you new too?

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[bulletgram]

nice to meet you Deku!

Los Angeles is very big and very friendly. Very warm, lots of palm trees. Great place to live really!

[demonicbeauty]

Well...I've been here a month?

[Does that count as new? It all feels new. But she knows there are people who have had even less time to adjust, by now.

And that's not even counting her time in Deerington.]

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[droptheious]

[Don't get attached to another sunshine person, don't get attached to another sunshine person.]

...You're really chipper for someone who's woken up in another world against your will.

[bulletgram]

So new but not very new! How do you like it so far? Barry only has negatives so far, but that is Barry! Practical but very negative.

[ Oh, Barry. Silly Barry. But Hank has so many questions! And she seems nice. ]

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[bulletgram]

What other way is there to be? Does not help to be angry or sad. Always an opportunity!

[ And it's better than either situation he would have been left with otherwise. ]

[demonicbeauty]

I'm afraid I don't know Barry.

[But then again, she can hardly be expected to know everyone.

...right?

Suddenly, she feels terribly inadequate and lowers her eyelashes.]

Sorry. But, I'm sure he has reasons?

[bulletgram]

Probably. I think he just forgot how to have fun.

[demonicbeauty]

That can happen, sometimes.

[She shakes her head sadly. And rather sincerely.]

But there's a lot of fun to be had here in Trench. Not to say it's easy here but...well, there are just so many things to do and see!

[Her smile is that of a Disney princess.]

And people to meet.

[bulletgram]

Exactly! Need to grab life by tail. Make best of unpleasant situations.

[demonicbeauty]

...by the tail?

[She starts to scrutinize the screen, wondering if he has such a tail.]

[bulletgram]

Yes! 'Grab life by tail,' that is expression, yes?

[ Maybe? He gets them a little jumbled sometimes. But a tail, he definitely doesn't have, only a distinct lack of hair. Including eyebrows. ]

[demonicbeauty]

Uh...I don't know.

I'm not very good with expressions, I'm afraid.

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[blackmothwings]

Are you a friend of Barry's?

[She wouldn't typically respond to someone so happy, since cheerfulness and joy usually repel her. However, Barry is a friend of hers, and now she's curious. She isn't particularly friendly when she asks her question, remaining aloof and expressionless. Emotions are Not Allowed around strangers.]

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[bulletgram]

I am, yes! Very good friend. Are you a friend of Barry too?

[bulletgram]

Oh, I am not either. Or at least, some people say so. In English, I do okay, I am better in Russian or Chechen. But I do my best!

[droptheious]

That's... definitely an optimistic way of seeing it. [He doesn't really want to crush that optimism, he doesn't have the heart, but-] Buuut you should be prepared all the same, this place isn't always... well. Sometimes it can be really dangerous. Or soul0crushing. It does that, too.

[demonicbeauty]

Russian and Chechen?

Are those languages from your world?

[bulletgram]

Oh, yes! I am from Chechnya, we speak Russian and Chechen. And English, but I've only gotten really good at that one since I got to California.

[bulletgram]

So is regular life.

[ He shrugs, demeanor more somber, at least for a beat. His life hasn't really been super great overall, he's not that naive. ]

Doesn't mean you should not try to find bright side, yes?

[demonicbeauty]

California? I've heard of that one, I think.

It's on...Earth?

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[lightthedarkness]

Cats are the best pets!

[blackmothwings]

I am, yes. My name is Lucille. It's nice to meet you. I'm glad he has another friend here.

[Because she does worry about him a lot.]