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[franciscoramon]

informal poll for you guys. if you had to choose, is this place more like:

a) fantasia, from the neverending story
b) oz, from the wizard of oz
c) wherever the hell it was with the muppets and stuff, from labyrinth
d) wonderland, from alice in wonderland

[ The question might seem like a frivolous one, but the answers should actually be pretty informative, and it's way more fun than just asking people to describe what this place is really like. ]

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[spellslots]

[He doesn't even know what a photoshop is.]

We've got humans, dwarves, halflings, dragonborn, orcs, et cetera. Earth seems weird to me, my man, with only one race.

(And elves is fine, I'm not particular).

[He's also okay with questions; everyone seems to have them.]

Little bit! The gods might be dead, too? It's fucking wild.

[He's very chill about this]

[franciscoramon]

dude.
dude.

i mean, technically the earth i come from has humans and metahumans, but i don't think you can call metahumans a separate race, really. they're just kind of... human plus.

[ Not gonna use a 'we' there, no sir, sticking to a much safer 'they'. ]

if shit like that's going down in your world coming here must be like a vacation, right?

[spellslots]

You're from one of those Earths, huh?

[He's run into a couple of people who use the term metahuman or similar, and he's just plain met humans who can do weird shit that most humans can't do. And then there's Clark, who's a whole different story.]

It's pretty awesome, for sure. I absolutely love not dying.

[franciscoramon]

yep. sounds like there are some other folks who are, too.
i'm not gonna lie i'm doing my best not to freak out over here.
elves don't exist where i'm from so it's totally dope to actually talk to one.
i hope that's not a weird thing to say. is that a weird thing to say?

oh yeah. definitely preferable to dying.

[ Not that he's speaking from experience or anything. Except he absolutely is. ]

[spellslots]

I mean, it's cool. This isn't all that different from meeting a fan and I always dig that so, yeah, we're good, my dude.

Glad that's a universal thing, not wanting to die. I'd be kinda worried if it wasn't.

[It's okay he's also speaking from experience ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ a dozen times was enough.]

[franciscoramon]

you have fans?

[ It's taking him a moment to process that this person is an elf from a fantasy land who is using vernacular that Cisco would never have found in the nerdy books of his youth. Must be part of the translation process. ]

of course from what i've heard this place isn't totally safe, either.

[spellslots]

Of course I have fans, I didn't become a famous TV chef to not have fans.

[It isn't a translation thing, sorry Cisco]

Cause of the monsters and shit? They're really not that bad

[franciscoramon]

you're... a famous tv chef?

[ Okay... Cisco's brain is just going to need a minute to reconcile the coexistence of elves and celebrity chefs. And elves who are celebrity chefs. The whole thing sounds like a joke and if he hadn't seen that selfie earlier he would definitely think he was being punked. He still half-thinks he is. ]

see, i want to believe you,
but i'm thinking our definitions of 'not that bad' might be a lil different.

[spellslots]

Something tells me this might be the sorta chat at least one of us is going to need a drink for.

[He hasn't met any nerds yet, so people's preconceptions of elves are usually pretty lacking, but he gets the feeling that isn't the case here.]

[franciscoramon]

.....you're right.
count me in.

[spellslots]

Since you're new, I'll let you get your ass settled in while I find a place cool enough to handle the "elf wizard chef" talk.

[franciscoramon]

WIZARD?!

[ What. Just... WHAT. ]

okay okay, i'll save the millions of questions i now have for the official talk.

i'll shoot you a text when my ass is sufficiently settled.

[spellslots]

;)

Good luck, my dude