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[There's a lot of water drops on the camera before someone wipes it off. The amount of wet red hair that follows isn't better for visibility, but someone is definitely in water at least up to their chest.

The voice is clear, thank god.]

This place is so fascinating! Have anyone else been displaced like this in other places? How many realities does even exist?

[Another wipe of a (webbed?) hand over the camera, and there's more visibility. There's a smiling face of a man in his mid-twenties with odd scars on his cheeks and fully black eyes.]

Are there any humans here that are just humans? Or do you all know magic? Do you know about non-human beings back in your world? If so, what do you think about them? If you're a human with no magic, do you wish you had such powers? Do you have any other abilities that make you more than the average person?

If you're non-human, do you hide that at home? Or do you get along with them? Is it weird to be open with it here? Are there a lot of different non-humans or just a few? Are your vampires dead or alive? Do other weres than wolves exist? Fae? Have you ever fought humans? Do you know any divines?

Do you like the sea?

[He laughs, and the camera bobs under the surface thanks to that. He quickly pulls it up again with a 'whoops'.]

Now the most important two questions! What can you tell me about the aquarium and the hydroponics garden?

...and can I buy a bunch of portable phone chargers and plastic bags from someone in exchange for fish?

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Exactly! I mean, there are mer that know magic, but I'm not one of them.

[Siren singing does not count, okay?]

I would really appreciate it. Once I know how these job things work, I'll see if I can afford one. It sounds like it would take more than fish.

Could you be? Or is it an innate thing?

[ Don't mind his curiosity, bro. Wrapping his head around this is crazy. ]

Way more than fish, that's for sure. Job "things"?

I think I would probably have known. My grandmother had magic, she'd have noticed too.

[Shrug.]

Ah, yeah. They said that the Aquarium and the Hydroponics Garden had openings as Aquatic Adviser.

So it's a born-with-it thing. Sucks.

That frankly sounds right up your alley. Why not check it out?

At least for us. Humans can learn of they break the Veil.

Oh, and I will. I just want to learn a bit about them at first. Especially the Aquarium. Do you work anywhere?

Which sounds like a pretty big offense, though.

I'm in app design here. A lot of that work is telecommute if I want to, but it's not too bad.

Pretty much. Still happens, though.

Really? How is that working out? Any games?

Yeah, well, I know how it goes.

None yet, I'm focusing on the dining experience in the Quarantine. So food critic stuff, restaurant ratings... I could probably throw a game or two together in my off time, though.

Oh, that sounds like a good app. Any seafood restaurants?

I don't really know anything about making apps but I love using them. The Friendr thing is pretty neat.

I'm still getting all that stuff together. I'll let you know the name so you can look it up yourself, huh?

It is. Reminds me of another app back home I've heard about, but this one's probably better for general use. The other one is for hookups and the like.

Awesome, thanks.

Yeah we have one too that's all about hookups. It's amusing that this almost sounds the same name as that app, too. I guess this one is better because you can find anything - friends, dates or just someone to go swimming with.

Then we must have the same one. Whoever came up with Friendr probably has similar experiences. What are the chances, huh?

[ He chuckles. ]

Swimming buddies are probably pretty important to mermaids.

It's really curious how things can be both the same and different.

[he laughs as well.]

Yeah, we're social creatures and it's been a while since I had someone come swimming with me... plus not a lot of people want to take a bath in the Hudson River.

There's a couple of theories that could explain it, I'm just more surprised that human beings could have guessed the scope of actual multiple-universes.

[ He shakes his head in amusement. ]

Yeah, no, not exactly the best swimming spot.

[Theories of the multiverse is kind of beyond him, despite the fact that he's used to other realms and dimensions. Other realities were just.. so endless.]

...yeah, it's not the nicest waters. I'm glad to be in a less horrible river now.

[ Yep. That's why he's pretty baffled, all told. ]

Any reason in particular you took up the Hudson in the first place?

Oh, I wanted to see one of the biggest fae undergrounds, which lies in New York. You know, to meet some other non-humans. I was always a curious person, even as a fry, so I had heard a lot about that haven.

I met some good friends there, but the water was definitely making my scales dull.

Maybe it's a good thing you got brought here. Like a breather of sorts.

Somehow, I'm not surprised the biggest group is in New York. Is there another one in Seattle?

That's what I'm going to take it as. I mean, this river isn't saltwater pr anything, but it still feels more like my home than Hudson.

There probably is! I mean, there are Veil havens and undergrounds in any place humans are, but New York's the biggest one I could swim to. I can't drag my scaly ass to the middle of Asia and Africa.

I wonder if there's even any saltwater on the moon. Guess if there's already a river...

[ He gives an amused scoff. ] Fair enough. Did it turn out to be everything you'd dreamed of?

You know, that's a curious thought. Is there salt on Earth's moon?

[He returns the scoff with a little chuckle.] Nnnnnot really, but I wouldn't have made the friends that I have if I had never swam across an ocean to try it.

No, there's not much of anything on Earth's moon.

Yeah, that sounds more like it. How does that go, anyway? Pack for a day trip and set out or what?

Well... it took me a long time. I tend to get distracted.

Besides, I can only swim about as fast as an orca, so it would take longer than the six or so days it takes by boat.

I packed for about a week, and then got lost for a while, restocked with another pod, got lost again, almost got eaten by a shark, and then finally found the right currents to follow.

[ It's like Finding Nemo or something, geez. ]

So, an adventure before you even got to start your adventure.

[Less cute, more screaming.]

Exactly! My family would blow bubbles if they knew the mess I went through.

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