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[ a young troll stands in the middle of a city street. it just so happens that today, the twenty-first of September, is the day of his arrival to The City. though he has been here for a few hours already, it is only now that he will address the network!

what will this young troll say? ]

Uhh...

[ that, apparently. that and that alone, because he hasn't quite figured out what he's doing and is far more invested in what's going on around him than what's going on with this shiny new piece of merch he has in his hand. he was fully aware when he turned it on that it would record, but then he spied something out of the corner of his eye and promptly turned his head to watch it, showing off half of a great big rack of horns on his head.

eventually he wrangles in his attention span and looks back down at his communicator. ]

Wow, this place is really big. Where exactly am I, supposed to go?

[ he makes a face, a face that says what am i even doing and then he turns the feed off. but never fear, some text appears: ]

sO, uHH, yES, hELLO,
i GUESS THIS IS A MEMO, oR SOMETHING THAT'S SIMILAR IN NATURE TO THAT, kIND OF THING,
aND, mEMOS ARE MOSTLY FOR IN MY EXPERIENCE, eXPRESSING THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT SO, iT'S A GOOD THING THAT THIS EXISTS,
i SAW, sOME THINGS THAT i RECOGNIZE SUCH AS VARIOUS TEXTS THAT ARE MY FRIENDS' TEXTS, bUT, iT WAS A COMPLICATED SYSTEM SO i THOUGHT, iNSTEAD, tHAT i WOULD JUST DO THIS, fOR THE SAKE OF BEING NOT MAKING A MESS OF THAT,

aNYWAY, i'M SORT OF LOST RIGHT NOW, iN THIS BIG PLACE WITH SOME PAPERS THAT WERE GIVEN TO ME,
bY GIVEN WHAT i MEAN, iS THAT, tHEY WERE LEFT IN A PLACE THAT i WOULD HAVE TO FIND, aND, tHAT WAS AFTER i GOT ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, aBOUT MY NAME AND,
uHH,
aN ALIAS? wHICH, i ALSO DON'T REALLY GET, bUT, i GUESS IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH BEING A HERO, wHICH COULD BE FUN, aND MAYBE NOT DANGEROUS,
lIKE OTHER THINGS WHICH IN MY DOING RECENTLY COULD BE CONSIDERED, dANGEROUS, bY A STANDARD THAT IS NORMAL, i WOULD THINK,
oKAY, i'M GETTING OFF TOPIC, sORRY,
uH, wHAT i MEAN IS, cAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME, bY, tELLING ME WHAT'S GOING ON,
tHANK YOU, iN ADVANCE FOR WHOEVER IS DOING ANY HELPING,

[ text opt-out here, and hover for translations:

So, uhh, yes, hello. I guess this is a memo, or something tht's similar in nature to that kind of thing, and memos are mostly for, in my experience, expressing things that are important, so it's a good thing that this exists. I saw some things that I recognize such as various texts that are my friends' texts, but it was a complicated system, so I thought, instead, that I would just do this, for the sake of not making a mess of that.

Anyway, I'm sort of lost right now in this big place with some papers that were given to me. By given what I mean is tht they were left in a place that I would have to find and that was after I got asked some questions about my name and, uhh, an alias? Which I also don't really get, but I guess it has something to do with being a hero, which could be fun and maybe not dangerous. Like other things which in my doing recently could be considered dangerous by a standard that is normal, I would think. Okay, I'm getting off topic, sorry. Uh, what I mean is, can someone please help me by telling me what's going on? Thank you in advance for whoever is doing any helping.

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tavros!!! :D youre lucky you didnt come in during the middle of crazy stuff like i did! i really do think lachesis likes us lachesis is the artificial intelligence you spoke with, the one that asked you the questions im not really sure what her deal is :\ as said above you are now in a city called the city on an alternate version of earth

jADE }:D oH WOW, hI, iT'S GOOD TO BE HEARING FROM YOU,
i WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT, tHE UHH, qUESTIONS ASKING THING, iT WAS SORT OF WEIRD AND DEMANDING, sO, i JUST SAID WHATEVER CAME TO MIND, wHICH, i GUESS IS NOW A BIG DEAL,
bUT, eARTH, rEALLY,
i DIDN'T THINK i WOULD EVER BE ACTUALLY GOING TO IT FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON,

its for identification purposes its not really that big of a deal yup!!! well now youre here and theres a lot of awesome places on earth!! but we cant go to a lot of them because theres laws to keep us out of certain countries :( and by us i mean anyone brought here by lachesis

oH, wHY AREN'T WE ALLOWED TO GO,
i MEAN, uHH, tHIS PLACE IS PRETTY BIG SO i'M SURE THERE'S A LOT THAT THERE IS TO DO HERE, bUT, iT'S SAD WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE OTHER PLACES TOO,

because theyre scared of us for the things we can do see lachesis gives you superpowers when youre brought here which is neat for the people that dont have them back home but its pretty normal for those of us that do have them anyway, not all people brought here are heroes so i guess they scared a lot of people :\ so now theres laws to keep us out of certain countries but youre right!! this place is really big, much bigger than the island :D

oH, tHAT MAKES SOME MORE SENSE THAN, nONE,
i DON'T KNOW IF i HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S DANGEROUS BESIDES MAYBE MY LANCE, bUT, i GUESS, iNSTEAD OF TAKING CHANCES, tHEY COULD JUST SAY NO IN GENERAL, aND THAT WOULD, uHH, sOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT THEY THINK EXISTS,

iT'S VERY EXPANSIVE AND FULL OF, bIGGER HIVESTEMS THAN THE LIKES OF ANYTHING i'VE EVER SEEN!
aND, dEFINITELY WAY MORE BIG THAN WHAT THE SIZE OF THE vEIL WAS, fOR SURE,