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[nyanhat]

[ Is this video being recorded from a comm that's being held upside down? Or is it coming from someone holding it the right way up while they hang upside down? Who knows.

(Careful observation of the background will suggest the latter, for those so inclined. And that it's being recorded from the training room.)

So. Upside-down young man with mismatched eyes, blue hair, and fuzzy cat ears. Normal day on the rig, yes? ]

Hi there! Ranulf, new, let's get the uninteresting part out of the way and get to the even less interesting part -

Does anyone happen to have sewing supplies I can beg off you? Are we actually trusted with sharp objects like needles? I'll go ripping holes in my clothes if I have to, but - you know. I'd like to make this look at least a little bit civilized.

[ He has definitely already ripped a tailhole in his jumpsuit. ]

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[scavengineer]

I have needle and some thread you can use. I just need the bobbin back when you're done. I'm using it as an endtable.

[nyanhat]

[ Well, if the nice mouse lady isn't going to make this awkward, he's certainly not going to either! ]

Much obliged! But they must've been really unprepared for the logistics of getting you set up, huh?

[scavengineer]

More or less, yes. But I make do. I'm an inventor, so I've built a few things to make things easier for me. Plus I have a tree with plenty of hollows to live in, so I'm actually doing better with my living arrangements than anyone else is.

[walkingballpit]

[ No, wait, what? ]

Is there a reason why you’re, like, baiting us with your hair like that? I know what gravity does to hair so unless you’re a really good telekinetic with the fine details on fleek - don’t make me ask what’s going on.

[nyanhat]

I mean, I wouldn't say anything's really going on, per se, I'm just...hanging!

[ Har har. ]

Telekinesis would be fun, though! My loss. Is that kind of thing usual where you're from?

[ Talking animal people is perfectly normal, but moving things with your brain? That is weird, bro. ]

[walkingballpit]

So... would you say you’re hanging in there?

[ Robbie is trying not to laugh, desperately so. He doubts that poster is multiversal. ]

Uh - yeah? On like a sliding scale of normal. Normal for my life, but maybe not the world as a hole. Is upside down normal?

[nyanhat]

Sure, that sounds about right.

[ Ranulf is completely unfamiliar with cat motivational posters, but he would absolutely appreciate this if he knew. ]

Mm, less about being upside down and more about being up high, really. I'd take a good tree branch over this any day.

[walkingballpit]

Definitely a tree dweller.

[ That poster is a masterpiece, even if you’re not a cat person. Or a cat person person. ]

Is that an okay thing to agree with? I’m going with human Earth terms, but I’m thinking they’re no good here.

[nyanhat]

I can think of a few laguz I know who might take offense, but I think life's far too short to get mad that nobody in the big weird melting pot of dimensions knows about my world's particular racial tensions.

[walkingballpit]

Life’s short and wide. You can make room for being a rage wad if you try. So, thanks man. For not being a dick about it.

[ Robbie shrugs a little. ]

So you’re a laguz? I’ve been trying not to ask. I figure it’s like asking somebody’s weight.

[nyanhat]

Your discretion is appreciated! But I don't mind explaining. Can't help not knowing what you've never heard, right?

So, yes, I'm laguz - Beast Tribe laguz, to be specific. There are birds and dragons, but they're their own nations.

[walkingballpit]

What sort of understanding Utopia are you from? Where I’m from, blaming people for not knowing something or not being something is the national pastime.

Beast Tribe sounds too 90s badass to be real. That means nothing to you, but trust me. There is a guy named Brett with a thorny armband tattoo and frosted tips who forced everyone to call the tug of war team “Beast Tribe” and yelled it out at random intervals. I just had to get that off my chest.

So - different species, different nations? Or it divided on deity species or just how everyone identifies?

[nyanhat]

Understanding utopia? Ha, if only. I'm, ah, considered to be ridiculously easygoing for one of my kind.

I don't actually think too hard on the species thing, though? We're all laguz, but I don't think I've ever heard of interbreeding between the tribes. Maybe it's possible? Maybe it isn't? A question for the ages. But I mean - we change into different things and have the different parts, the birds have wings instead of a tail and all that, so.