BUT TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE CAN REALLY LET GO ( OPEN )

[medusalith]

Date & Time: SATURDAY AT FIVE ( IT'S BACKDATED )
Location: DITR's offices in the hold, possibly spilling out into the hall if it gets super crowded.
Characters: Medusa, Saul, the staff of DITR, and YOU
Summary: In an effort to promote COMMUNITY OUTREACH the DITR hosts an open house! Free food and drink - you can't say no to that.
Warnings: Nothing? If anything comes up, please mark it in thread headers.

( IT'S A PARTY. THERE IS MUSIC OF QUESTIONABLE TASTE - PROBABLY ONE OR TWO ONE HIT WONDERS FROM THE 1980S ON REPEAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY COULD FIND UNTIL ANNE SINGS. THERE IS ALSO FOOD, BUT IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE MUSIC. THINK OPEN HOUSE FOOD - CHEESE AND CRACKERS AND MEATS AND LOTS OF DAINTY DESSERTS.

AND WINE. THERE IS LOTS OF WINE.

TAG YOURSELF IN OR HIT ANYONE ELSE UP - IT'S A FREE FOR ALL. )

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[5055034455]

England, part of the United Kingdom.

[This is almost like a quiz! Keep going, Tempest. He can do this all night.]

[hyanaimne]

[it's really tempting, if only because Saul really seems to know his stuff.

So far]

Huh. This is about the size of my own country.

[5055034455]

Maybe you're from your Earth's version of England.

[Is that even how it works? He has no idea.]

[hyanaimne]

[she doesn't know either, but it's sounds like a legit possibility to her. She shrugs]

Perhaps.

[she considers that for a moment, then flips back to the map of North America. She taps it, thoughtful, before asking;]

So your accent - do all people from this country - or state - have the same kind?

[5055034455]

Nope. Every region has a different accent. Mine's more from around here —

[He points to the Midwest, near Chicago.]

[hyanaimne]

I see . . .

[so countries had states, regions had accents . . . this was . . . well, it was educational]

Dialects as well, I am assuming?

[5055034455]

You bet. And that's just American English. I have no idea how many languages there are in the world.

[hyanaimne]

I am going to assume " a lot" and leave it at that. My world is a bit of the same - different languages, different dialects, and the like.

[a pause, and. Well. She asks this as nicely as she can without it sounding . . . well, the way it sounds] Is your world full of humans, or different races like mine?

[5055034455]

"A lot" is pretty accurate, yeah.

[He sips some wine while she pauses, then leans back against his desk with a thoughtful expression.]

We've got humans, and we've got animals. The difference between us is that humans can talk and think and create in ways animals can't. Of course, humans are technically animals, when you get down to the science of it, but our brains are far more advanced. [Now it's his turn to pause.] Or so I've been told.

[hyanaimne]

[she hums a bit once he finishes. That was an interesting way to put it]

You would be surprised . . . though if you've only animals and humans, then perhaps it is not the same.

[she shrugs a shoulder] Humans are the majority where I am from, closely followed by Elves, and after that a number of other . . . mm, humanoid races? I think that is the word. Animals can be communicated with, if one knows the right language, but. [she waves a hand] Not many bother.

[5055034455]

[yo that's some Tolkien shit right there

WHAT IS IT WITH THIS PLACE AND ELVES?]

And magic, yeah?

[hyanaimne]

And magic, yes.

You are familiar with worlds like mine?

[5055034455]

Not really.

[He considers telling her that he's heard stories, but after his close call with Han a few weeks ago, he'd rather not risk it.]

Or I wasn't, until I came here.

[hyanaimne]

That seems to be fairly common . . .

[you would blow her mind. Again. Though she does reach up to push her hood back. Her ears aren't as long as true Elf, but they're distinctly pointed, and a bit bigger than a human's]

One could almost say I fit right in, with the amount of people I have already met like you.

[5055034455]

[Saul can think of like a dozen other ways he'd rather blow her mind.

Just saying.

He leans over to get a good look at her ears. He's thinking hobbit, but she's not the right size at all.]

You know, there were people back in my world who'd get surgery to make their ears look like that.

[hyanaimne]

[saul pls

A hand goes up to one of her ears]

They—why? Who in their right mind would do such a thing?

[5055034455]

My world is weird. People do all sorts of shit to their bodies.

[He shrugs.

Humans, man. So vain.]

[hyanaimne]

I . . . will never understand humans, at all.

[5055034455]

That makes two of us.

[hyanaimne]

[she just shakes her head. Humans were so odd] Why would they want to look like a half-blood . . . honestly . . .

[5055034455]

[Hm.

Now that's interesting. It almost sounds like she thinks that's a bad thing?]

Is that what you are?

[hyanaimne]

[she tilts her head, then nods. Had she not told him? She couldn't keep track anymore, how many knew and how many didn't]

I am a half-Elf, yes.

[5055034455]

[She might have; his memory is crap, these days. Other things on his mind, yadda yadda.]

And half human?

[hyanaimne]

Yes, my father was human.

[she gives a shrug] My kind is not welcome in my world. Which is why I cannot understand why anyone would want to look like us.

[5055034455]

[Ah. So his suspicions were correct. He frowns.]

Why not?