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[beariot]

[ There's a bit of fumbling before the video feed finally turns on. Standing in front of the camera, slightly off center and clearly not looking at the right place is a bespectacled woman dressed like a witch, which despite the time of year, isn't a costume. Off camera is the voice of a female moogle, her tone bright and warm. ]

*Alright Miss Ursula! You're recording now!*

Oh? W-wait, really? H-hold on, I uh... [ The woman suddenly balks, her glasses slipping slightly as she fumbles about off screen before finally grabbing some notes. ]

Um. Hello to, uh. Everyone, I guess. My name is Ursula Callistis, I'm a professor of astrology at Luna Nova Academy, which is. Well. Not here, but I'm so used to including that in introductions that I'm not sure what else to say...

*Um. Your notes, Miss Ursula.*

Oh! [ Ursula jumps, as if she'd forgotten she was even holding them ] Right!

Um, first thing's first, I've been assigned housing in B-03 so uh... [ Ursula adjusts her glasses, peering at the paper ]

Legault [ Said with a distinctly more French prenounciation ]
and... More Ag? Morag? Moe Rahg? Am I pronouncing that right?

Um, I guess... we're roomies now? This is awkward.

*Just keep going, Miss Ursula, you're doing fine!*

[ The woman lets out a sigh. ] Alright, uh. Next thing.

I've taken up the, erm, 'jobs' of Astrologian and Black Mage, since my first thought arriving here was to study as much about this world's magic as I can. But to do that, I'm going to need to head to the guilds for these 'jobs'. So if there is anyone willing to escort me to Cloud City and Kiddilion, I'd really appreciate it.

[ Another sigh, Ursula adjusts her glasses and her look goes from awkward and worried to something a little... harder to read ]

I know this is a lot to ask all of the sudden for someone just arriving, especially when everyone seems to be anxious about what's going to happen, but I also can't just sit idly by and let things happen around me and let other people figure things out.

I want to help. This is the only way I know now. So I guess, um... Help me help you? Does that make any sense?

*I think it does, Miss Ursula! You did an excellent job, congratulations!*

[ Ursula gives a small, weak smile before the feed cuts off. ]

Comments

[mech_and_mutt]

Yeah, but I don't really go for the formal stuff. I'm not your boss. Like you said, we're all in this together, right?

As for the airport, just wait'll you see an airship coming towards the city and watch where it lands. I'll be a few hours, anyway.

[He kicks his feet up on the console and relaxes a bit.]

'Course, still got some flyin' to do. So what kinda world are ya from?

[beariot]

[ That still wasn't a question she was used to getting... ]

Well. Earth, I guess. Circa 2014?

[mech_and_mutt]

Eh, might've guessed that.

[Didn't seem too uncommon of an answer, anyway. At least all this talk of other worlds made it sound like humans are doing alright in some of them.]

You make it sound like you've even got astrologians back in your world, too; was it like this one?

[beariot]

Well I was a professor of astrology, which in my world is a form of divination based on the positioning of cosmic bodies. From the sound of it, Astrologians kind of... do the same thing here? I need to learn more at the guild.

[mech_and_mutt]

So it was just fortune telling? You're in for a treat when you see some'a the new tricks you'll be picking up.

But what about the rest of this place? Didja have airships and monsters back home, too?

[beariot]

Well we had airplanes, at least. Monsters, too, but most of the general public isn't really aware of their existence, as they tend to keep themselves hidden for a lot of understandable reasons.

[mech_and_mutt]

Doesn't sound too odd to me. Heck, where I come from most people haven't even heard of humans. And it's probably for the best.

[He crosses his legs on the console, reaching offscreen to retrieve a mug of some sort of hot drink.]

Glad you know a thing or two about air travel, though. Everything here is too much blimp, not enough engine.

[beariot]

W-well my preferred method of travel doesn't really involve either of those things. But...

A-anyways, I guess I'll be waiting in the aeroport for you...