[video], Backdated to June 22 -- S'reee really has no idea what she's doing

[singerofspells]

[S'reee is hovering in the camera feed.]

The people at the Curti Center said I needed a job to earn currency if I wanted to live in a city and not have to catch my own food. That... well, it's not a thing we do back home -- we-whales, not we-all people. Usually we just hunt as we swim, and pursue whatever our vocations are, and no one worries about having a fixed patch of ocean for one's self. I have some friends who are human, but they were considered too young to have jobs, so I only heard about what their parents did.

I'm working as a tour guide in Ka'pandol. Do you have any advice, if you've had a job?

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[regisrex]

Ah. Hi.

[ All right, even Regis needs a moment of blinking, in order to regain his composure. This was... unexpected. ]

Tour guide does sound like a great take. If there are other underwater residents, perhaps delivery?

[ That's what he can come up with, considering the skim he made of the offered jobs. A small frown, as he tries to recall what he's seen. ]

Depending on what your asterisks are, I suppose nurse or healer might also be an option?

[singerofspells]

Well, yes, but now that I have a job, I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing.

Back home, the... things I do beyond survival are... solving problems that I see, or that a friend, or my Senior, or the Sea has brought to my attention. It's not exactly an organized thing, beyond scheduling with humans. They have very complicated lives.

I've never had to show up whether there's something to do or not.

[regisrex]

Ah! I see the problem now. Though I'm not sure I'll be of much help - I usually have more things to do than time.

I think what you're doing here is a start, really - letting people know that the tours that you're guiding are available is good. The more people know, the more people will want to do that - and the less you won't have things to do.

Until then - hmm. Practice things you have learned, if anything is appropriate for where your location is appropriate? Or going through things you have memorized - sometimes, it's good to refresh it. Do any of these sound like they might work?

[singerofspells]

Yes. I've had to do the same thing for spells back home -- practice and rehearse and tweak them.

[regisrex]

So that will take care of a portion of the time.

As you are on the network, I am assuming you have a moogle assigned, as well. Perhaps conversing with them can pass some of the hours, as well? Finding out what's of interest to the locals - even if some is inaccessible, there may be stories.

[singerofspells]

A Hypello, actually. I was told that moogles had trouble living in the sea.

[regisrex]

Right! That makes sense. We don't... exactly know all that much about moogles where I'm from. Some, but very little.

Still! The point stands, you can talk about this world and find all sorts of interesting things, I'm sure.

[singerofspells]

Oh, yes. I suspect, since I've found no signs of wizards... my sort of wizards, at least... it means that whatever I learn and remember will be what future wizards will have to work with. It would be easier if I could ask the Sea to remember, but these devices have some of that capability?

[regisrex]

Hmm. They do have that kind of ability, although I'm not sure what happens with the information stored if someone... is gone from Vaikuntha.

Would the Sea here remember? If it does, then you can do that - and, if you wish, I can make dry-land copies of your notes to be stored at some places around the world, for those who might not think to ask the Sea.

[ He's making an awful lot of guesses, but preserving information is... very important, really. ]

[singerofspells]

I can't talk to it and get an answer here. So the copies would be useful.

[regisrex]

All right. We can set up a periodic check in so I can make the hard copy, like maybe every month or so? Or you can let me know there's new material after there has been a significant update.

[singerofspells]

That should work.

[chosennobody]

[Roxas is chilling on his bed, which looks kinda like a sea bed because it's absolutely covered in sea shells and it's truly a wonder he can find a place to lay down that isn't just shells.]

Not trying to be rude, but... what do you eat?

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[singerofspells]

Fish. Crustaceans... like shrimp. Anything in the water that I can catch and swallow whole.

[S'reee opened her mouth, showing the baleen plates that she had instead of teeth]

I can't exactly take bites off larger fish without teeth. And small fish and krill school.

[chosennobody]

You don't chew? That's weird...

Uh, anyway, about jobs. One time I did odd jobs around town, and I guess my advice is you can't please everyone, so don't take it personally.

[singerofspells]

I've worked with colleagues like that. Usually much older than I am: I was the youngest Senior for some time.

[chosennobody]

It wasn't colleagues. Though, actually... I guess I had some really displeased colleagues too, but most of them got killed pretty early on, so...

[He shook his head. He was getting away from the topic at hand.]

With the odd jobs, there were just some customers that I felt like complained just to complain. I gave up caring what they thought after a point.

[singerofspells]

I'll keep that in mind, then.