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[terraphile]

Hello!

[ Enter: Sersi. Despite the whirlwind of events that she left home during, she's smiling brightly at the feed, particularly pleased with how clever she believes her user name is. She's no stranger to technology, and there's even some relief that these function much like cellphones did back home- she may or may not be a little addicted to them.

She pushes her hair from her face and waves with a waggle of her fingers. ]

Is it customary to introduce one's self here? I wasn't sure... [ She pauses and drops her hand with a shrug of her shoulder. ] I figured it couldn't hurt regardless.

I'm Sersi and I've only just recently found myself here... I've been spending most of my time over at the Archives, reading what I could.

[ And admiring the museum side while she was at it. It's mostly strange because back home, museums were more filled with memories of her life on Earth... but here, she feels as though she can enjoy it as a human would there. ]

But I think this question is best posed to the people who live here: what's your best advice for someone new?

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[terraphile]

Thank you.

[ She does mean that sincerely. Even if she wants to believe the best in people, she knows how easily things can go sideways. ]

I guess it's not something I'd like to believe can happen, but I shouldn't dismiss that it does. [ The whole... things "going batshit" or the darker side of human nature deal. ]

I appreciate your candor.

[lefthemisphere]

Well, I reckon it's better than sugar coating everything. That doesn't help anyone, y'know?

[ Telling a newbie it's amazing here, things are soo great...it's a lie. Like, sure, things are good for Chuck, but not all the damn time, that's for sure. ]

[terraphile]

[ She smiles gently and nods her head. ]

You're right. But some people might still have chosen to do just that. I appreciate that you didn't.

[ She might seem like sunshine and rainbows, but when you've been alive in your current consciousness for 7,000+ years? You've seen Some Things. ]

[lefthemisphere]

Yeah, well. No problem.

[ that would boggle his mind ]

I'm uh, Chuck by the way. Chuck Hansen.

[terraphile]

Hello Chuck.

I'm assuming you've been here for a while?

[lefthemisphere]

Yeah, since October-ish. Was in Deerington about a year before that. Kinda seen some shit, but there's definitely people who've been here longer.

[terraphile]

Was Deerington much like this? I can only imagine what you've been through if so... And the people who have been around for longer than you as well.

[lefthemisphere]

It was rough, yeah. Different kinda rough, I guess. Apparently there were wargs, at some point. Tolkien wargs.

[terraphile]

Really? I wasn't aware those existed outside of fiction...

[ ... Though honestly, she also wouldn't be surprised. Many stories had some root in the truth. ]

[lefthemisphere]

There's a lotta stuff here that I didn't think existed outside fiction. It's kinda nuts.

[terraphile]

Wargs existing shouldn't have surprised me more than the whole being reborn as a squid thing, yet here we are.

[ She hums a little at that. ]

I suppose there will never be an end to the surprises, at the very least.