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1 Audio Broadcast & 2 Open Logs

Who; Llewellyn & Anyone!
What; 1 Audio broadcast & 2 Open Logs
Where; The logs are at the Historium & the market!
When; Over the first couple weeks in May!
Warnings; Nothing to start, will update if anything happens!

1 - Tellphone

[Clearing his throat a little, Llewellyn tried to think of where to start, he’s been snooping around for a few days and compiling some notes.]

Hello! I’m sure everyone is rather used to these sorts of broadcasts now, but uh— I’ve only just arrived in the last few days. My name is Llewellyn Watts-Maresh, to get introductions out of the way.

I’ve been catching up on the goings on already, seems like there’s a lot going on right now that I’d like to offer my assistance with. So! I’ll skip directly to the main point of my broadcast.

While this world is a significant improvement on my last... I’m finding myself in need of a starting point. I’m accustomed to having an office to work from, but I don’t believe I’ll have the funds to open something myself from the start. Is there possibly a private investigation firm already that would be looking for a detective? I… don’t need much space. I’ve gotten used to taking my work outdoors in the past, but a desk to keep my notes and work at on occasion would be appreciated.

[And he paused, humming a little as he mulled over a secondary thought he’d been playing with since he arrived.]

That aside, I’m also knowledgeable with floriography. Even if this worlds is different from my own, I’m a fast study. I’ve had practice in making arrangements for various meanings and occasions, and before I was pulled here I was dabbling in gardening…? So if anyone is looking for some part-time help there, I wouldn’t mind doing that on the side. I uh— I like to keep busy.

[And if he and his husband ever do figure out how to purchase a home, he knows they’ll need the money for it. Being cooped up in a small apartment is not ideal long term.]

Mm… That should do it, thank you.

2 - Historium

Llewellyn might have been a little slower to get here than he normally would have been, too distracted with this new world and getting his feet under him. But any sort of library was a good starting point to see what kind of references were available when you wanted to investigate and learn more about certain things about a place that might not be readily available through word of mouth. Or things that were just easier to find out on your own, as he was prone to doing.

It was… a lot more disorganized than the last giant library he’d frequented, but that actually wasn’t a big issue for the detective. His thought process already tended towards the chaotic and scattered, so he actually felt rather at home in the place. It wasn’t hard to start at one shelf, scan the titles, and grab something before he continued onward.

Anyone around the Historium would see Llewellyn either with a few books under his arm, or sitting on a table (using the chair as a footrest) and leafing through a selection curiously. Once in a while, he’d stop, jot a few thoughts down in messy scrawl in his notebook, and then continue reading…

He’s not so absorbed in his task that he doesn’t notice anyone else around him. Llewellyn could be quite paranoid and didn’t enjoy being surprised, so unless you’re particularly sneaky, he would be quite aware if someone were to approach…

3 - Market

There were several places that Llewellyn could be guaranteed to be found if you needed him. The first being where ever he worked (he truly was a workaholic at times), with his husband (obvious, perhaps), and the market… The last being because Llewellyn usually found himself in need of a snack every few hours, he tended to think better on a full stomach and his metabolism was rather high given how little he sat around.

It was also his other go to for making contacts and gathering information on a place. People talked, especially shop and food stall employees. They saw or heard about everything going on in the city, after all, and if you were a frequent enough customer, they tended to appreciate your business enough to be on friendly terms.

Given this was another new world… Llewellyn was starting from scratch. So over the course of his first few weeks in this place, through the day, he’d take a stroll through the market whenever he was feeling hungry. Every time he’d stop somewhere, he’d take a few minutes to chat and get to know the person working, he might not remember names right away, but if he stopped there frequently enough he’d start to commit things to memory (and he certainly wrote more important conversations down).

If approached, Llewellyn would actually be quite happy to talk, as long as no one minded his snacking… He’d even offer to share.

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[Continued from here]

"There are very many reasonable here with great skills," Lauri-Ell agreed with a smile.

She knew she would do her best to protect this place too, taking her hammer out when it was needed.

"This place is mostly safe, though."

“I admit, it’s the ‘mostly’ part that worries me some… I like to try to keep an eye on things, I’m not overfond of surprises.” He responded with a wry smile. It was a bit of an understatement...

Llewellyn had been working on it, but old habits died hard, especially when there might be a reason to hang onto them. “But knowing some of what’s happened in this place is a help, which uh— thank you for.”

"I would tell you all I know, but I do not know much. You should speak to the guard. And perhaps Mister Nida."

She had met the guard in the briefest of passings, but he seemed experienced and confident in this place. "He could potentially help you. I would have suggested Caelan as well, but he is long gone. He was a good friend. He taught me music."

“Mister Nida? I’ll be sure to have a conversation with him if I have the chance then.” He responded, reaching for a pen in his pocket to write that down, only to remember that he hadn’t had an empty notebook on him that day… He’d have to try to keep the name in his head.

He offered a small, sympathetic smile though when he heard that this Caelan fellow was gone. “I’m sorry that your friend is gone, I had one who showed me more modern music too who disappeared in the last world I was. It’s um— always sad to see them go.”

"You have been in a world like this before?" Lauri-Ell asked, very surprised to hear that. She hadn't known that could happen. "I am sorry your friend is gone."

Had he gone home? He didn't know. But his friend was hopefully happy and safe.

“Yes— well, no… I was in a world that wasn’t my own before, but it was quite different from this one.” Llewellyn responded, awkwardly thinking of how to best explain all that. “It was underwater, at the bottom of an ocean.”

“Thank you, I’m hopeful that both our friends at least happy wherever they are now.” He responded in a quiet tone. He had to admit, the fact that they could be anywhere crossed his mind. If he hadn’t gone home, how many other’s hadn’t?

A world that wasn't his own. How interesting. She wished to ask for more, but perhaps that would be too forward.

"Ah, subsurface colonization is lovely, if you have the proper technology," she suggested with a smile. "The Kree have not attempted this, but there are species we know who have."

“That so? Hm… Well, the being that ran it did have very advanced technology, but… I confess that it had its downsides. That’s not to say it was all bad though, the people I got to meet there were good.” Very good, if he were to go so far as to describe some.

So he pushed the thoughts of the less pleasant aspects of the world to the back of his mind for now. More important things to think about now and all. “But! I’m rather glad to be under an open sky again. I’ll hopefully be able to, um… find a place to fit in here. The overall feel of the world is a little closer to my own— Chocobos aside.” He added with a small grin, glancing in the direction he’d seen one earlier.

“I believe you can find a place. I have, and this is nothing like my world or my people. No army or space travel or anything.”

If she could fit here anyone could.

That was quite the difference, Llewellyn had to admit. “Yes, you mentioned blacksmithing, I believe?”

He hummed a little, “I’m probably going to look for work like I did before in the last world and where I’m from, once I figure a few things out… Or failing that I suppose I’ll see about finding something else that might be interesting. Was thinking about branching out a bit to do more with plants in the last place I was, never got around to it.”

Yes, she had and she smiles at that.

"I like blacksmithing. It puts my strength to constructive use."

But her eyes lit up at all of this.

"Plants are wonderful!"

Llewellyn didn’t doubt that in the lease, he’d never really met someone with such impressive muscles before. “I can imagine, you must be very good at it.”

A curious expression crossed his face at her reaction to his mentioning plants, before a more relaxed smile slipped onto his face. “They are, I’ve always been rather fond of them. Never had an occasion to take up looking after them in my world, though I collected and pressed flowers. Then in the last world I um— I enjoyed helping with planting new things for the new year when we were asked to help. It was rather… relaxing. I had planned on getting some for my office, but here I am now.” He gestured at the world around them.

But maybe this world he could find a little more balance, and maybe some of his work didn’t need to be quite so likely to get him in over his head.

Very good at it. Lauri-Ell smiles widely. She likes the praise over her new constructive work.

"I make very many and very good nails," she answered. It is appropriate work for an apprentice. She is proud.

But she is intrigued by all this man says. Plants, for an office. How lovely to think of.

"So plants can be tamed to indoor spaces? I have read of this. A friend of mine and myself are trying to make a greenhouse. I have found a source of glass. We are excited."

“A very helpful practice in a place that seems to need it’s fair share of repairs.” He responded with a smile before he paused a little to consider her question.

“Some can be, yes. While others don’t thrive as well without proper conditions.” He responded, thinking back on some of the reading he’d been doing to figure things out before he arrived in this world. “I’m still learning, of course, which is why I suppose I’m not opposed to finding a side job where I might be able to learn more.”

Llewellyn tilted his head, curiosity sneaking into his tone at her mention of a greenhouse. “Greenhouses are an excellent environment to take care of plants, and they’re mm… quite lovely in genera. There were a few in my world I liked to visit— Where are you going to be putting it?” Because, of course, he would want to see it when it did exist.

"We could learn together," she offers with a wide smile. Yes, more helpers for the flowers.

"It will be on the roof of Blue Dorm."

“Oh— I’d like that, thank you.” He responded with a smile, it would be nice. He hadn’t really known anyone in the last world who would have joined him in this endeavour… It was almost a nice start to his arrival, a new friend and an offer to do something interesting. Even if there were so many other things he had to first, it was a small comfort in all the strangeness of finding himself somewhere new again.

“The blue dorm… Hmmm… I think I might actually be supposed to stay there? They gave a bag with a blue key— er… actually everything is blue, now that I think about it.” He responded, glancing at the bag tucked under his arm.

"Yes, blue things means living in the blue building," she offered with a wide grin. "We shall be... what was the word Carol used? Ah! Neighbors!"

More people in her own home. This was good and exciting.

“Friends and neighbours, a rather exciting discovery for my first conversation in this world.” After all, as used to unexpected changes as Llewellyn was in his life, it was still a new place he was going to be living… It would still be strange and a bit of an adjustment considering what he’d gotten rather used to before.

“It’s mm… good to know I’ll actually already be acquainted with someone who lives there.”

Lauri-Ell beamed, because neighbors were nice.

"I can show you the way, if you desire."

Neighbours could be nice, although he would probably argue that not all neighbours were… He’d had dealings with some less than pleasant neighbours in the past. Busybodies with rather… unfortunate opinions.

His expression shifted at the offer though, a warmer smile for her helpful suggestion. She was definitely going to be the more pleasant sort of neighbour. “I admit, that would be rather helpful… But I may want to have a little more of a look around the city before I look for my uh— new residence. I’ve missed being outdoors, and there appears to be a lot to see here.”

An offer he would undoubtedly regret not taking later in the day.

Well, Lauri-Ell had not have very many neighbors at all. Each was a new experience.

"There is so very much," Lauri-Ell agreed. "Use your Tellphone to call me when you need assistance. If I am not at work, I will tell you."

“Perhaps it’s just the fact that there’s an open sky, but I’m inclined to agree that there must be. It seems so much larger and a little more like the world I’m from.” He responded with another glance around. It was almost exciting to think of actually being able to go past a city’s walls at some point.

At her offer though, he looking at his bag, remembering the device inside. “Oh— yes, the little device they gave us. I appreciate the offer, thank you Lauri-ell.”

"You know how to use it?" she asks, interested. Not that she had known at first. It was not the right sort of thing for her experience.

Llewellyn paused at that, “Oh… Well, it’s definitely different from what I used in the last world— or even my own.” He thought there were instructions, but some pointers wouldn’t be a bad idea. “Is it complicated to figure out?”

“No. It is very simple compared to interstellar communication systems, at least internally.”

Not as simple as setting a private comm channel and using push to talk.

1 Audio Broadcast & 2 Open Logs

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FTB?

Sure!