001. video; un: hero.

[sanator]

[Thom's head pops up on the screen; he was getting comfortable with the communications device now thanks to prolonged exposure and having met a fair few people around the quarantine zone. It wasn't like he had his old reputation here so it was easier for him to appear calm and confident when it came to addressing other people. He has a small smile on his face, the familiar look of communal housing behind him.] Hey! I'm Thom... I had a question, I guess? [His nervousness is concealed, but it still comes through a little in the way he doesn't quite look directly at the camera.] I know everyone's having a tough time right now but like, does anyone here play Basketball?

[His eyes light up talking about it, his enthusiasm clear on his features.] I was thinking its been a while since I hit the court and I'm guessing there isn't one here, but I'd like to maybe shoot some hoops, if anyone's interested?

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[sanator]

[Thom just shrugs.] I guess they do, I had to learn some Spanish in high school! [Because learning Spanish in high school was totally the same as the plethora of multiversal languages available here within the quarantine zone.]

I guess orientation is my thing? [He smiles.] I like helping people more than I like fighting; plus its great way of getting to meet new people when they arrive here! [He grins.] But if I need to fight to help people, I'm not gonna complain.

[alchemyfreak]

[Neither of those things makes sense to Ed to so he focuses on the part that does.]

There are other options, depending on what you can do. Salvage and Repair and Surveyors do less fighting than Search and Rescue, for instance.

[They also probably help people less, if someone's idea of helping people is saving them from monsters or whatever. A shrug]

The world I was in before this one, people arrived at the Temple. Someone had to go get them and acquaint them with the place, and that job fell on those of us at the General Store. When I inherited the store, I kind of inherited the job.

[He'd always had the happier, more pleasant people do it like Riku had when Ed first joined. Like Al, when he arrived.]

It wasn't official or anything, like it is here. Just something my boss decided to do when he was around to be helpful. We'd bring them a gift basket with a few essentials in it, too. Everyone had to start from scratch there, so there wasn't much of a choice.

[sanator]

[Thom nods at that.] I guess it would depend on what I did want to do. I mean until now I've only ever taught English and worked as a bus buy... then I became a hero and all of that changed. [He smiles a little.] I know which one paid better, at least. I'm not afraid of a fight, either, I just probably need a few more lessons before I start acting like some kind of super soldier.

Oh, right... I guess its easier her,e then, considering there are people there ready to talk about your details, tell you where to stay, tell you what you're doing. [He shrugs, they were pretty well covered here in that regard, he'd hate to have just been thrown in at the deep end after all.] Your last world sounds a lot more difficult than this one.