UN: Manny | Video

[bigpoofymammoth]

[As the video starts up, the first thing that appears on the screen is a large woolly mammoth who happens to be wearing an appropriately-sized hat, courtesy of Theobold. Behind him was a tree that has a large, heavily-modified shirt hanging off from its branches. He also happens to be standing somewhere near the construction site so there’s bound to be some occasional background noise.]

Greetings, everyone in Etraya. For those who don’t know me, my name is Manfred but I also go by Manny. And since we only have a day or two before our next mission, I think now's the best time to make some plans for when the train arrives.

But one thing I'd like to ask, does anyone think there’s more to this than what we're being told? I asked a couple of questions to Aurora about the train's origins and its purpose, but she doesn’t have all the information that I'm looking for. And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that a message on a banner appeared right outside of the bubble around the same time as the construction of that train station over here.

Since everyone here is going to be involved with this, I think it'll be feasible if we all split up into groups. That way, we can cover more ground in finding this 'king' that we're supposed to get rid of and figure out what’s going on with that train. Does anyone have other ideas?

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[UN: swordcandy | Video]

[cultivatingsin]

Whoa! Look at you! [He is impressed, Manny.] Are you going to fit on the train?

[bigpoofymammoth]

I don’t see why I wouldn’t fit. The train's probably big enough for everyone to get in.

[cultivatingsin]

I'm not an expert on trains - they don't exist in my world - but you're big. Your tusks could take out someone accidentally.

[bigpoofymammoth]

They don’t exist in my world either. And I'm already aware how large I am compared to everyone else, both here and back where I'm from.

[cultivatingsin]

Are there others like you back home? You look soft.

[bigpoofymammoth]

As in my kind specifically? Well, I have a wife and a newborn daughter back home if that’s what you’re asking for.

[cultivatingsin]

[Forgive him while he internally screams "awww".]

...that's amazing. I bet she's cute.

[bigpoofymammoth]

She certainly is. I would've spent more time with her if I hadn’t been brought here all of a sudden.

[cultivatingsin]

Sorry about that. This place doesn't give a damn if we were busy or dead.

[bigpoofymammoth]

Figures that’s the case for most of us. But what’s this about people being dead before they’re brought here?

[Manny had seen people on the network talking about being dead for a while in Etraya. But this is the first time hearing about dead people somehow being brought into this world and back to life at the same time.]

[cultivatingsin]

It's just as it sounds. They're dead one minute and the next, they're back with full memories.

[That's not a problem at all, right? Right.]

Then there are people coming from the same world but different times. That's fun too.

[bigpoofymammoth]

Alright. I'll keep that in mind.

[At least this would help him out if someone he knows back home arrives in Etraya from an earlier or later point in time than he is.]

[cultivatingsin]

Hope it doesn't happen to you. [Then again...] You could see your daughter grown!

[bigpoofymammoth]

Yeah, I'll rather see my daughter grow up in person than just brought here from several years ahead of my time.

[At least the latter would ensure that she doesn't meet the same fate as his first child.]

[cultivatingsin]

It would be a nicer outcome than most. [Except for him. He has a pretty sweet deal.] Someone like me doesn't know much about family. I can handle being in a place like this.

[bigpoofymammoth]

You never thought about getting a mate?

[cultivatingsin]

The last thing I need to do is have kids!

[bigpoofymammoth]

I see. I suppose family's not exactly for everyone.

[cultivatingsin]

Some people have kids too easily and then they don't want to take care of them. If you've ever been to a city, you'll see orphans.

[bigpoofymammoth]

That’s a fair point. Though I hardly see anything of the sorts happening back in my world.

[cultivatingsin]

Then your world might be better. [Animals make more sense.] I would visit there if my Daozhang could come along.

[bigpoofymammoth]

I wouldn’t mind if you want to visit my world, but what do you mean by "Daozhang"?

un: mason | video

[ingestion]

( does she still find it endlessly amusing that manny has been able to figure out how to use the network and communicate with others? absolutely-

but she doesn't show it, instead opting to take his concerns seriously. )

I would be surprised if there wasn't some strange ulterior motive behind all this, but I imagine if there's a prize for finding this 'king', people might not be too eager to cooperate together.

Re: un: mason | video

[bigpoofymammoth]

[Well, it took some trial and error for Manny to figure out exactly how it works. Plus, he'd also taken his time to watch how others had conducted their videos on the network.]

Hm, fair point. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some kind of prize if we managed to find this 'king' we're supposed to be looking for.

[ingestion]

( that did raise a good question, something heather mulled about for a moment. after the brief silence, she finally spoke up. )

I suppose the reward could just be proving the person who found the king is worthy of having their world saved. I mean that's the end goal here anyways it seems.

[bigpoofymammoth]

That’s true. But at the same time, if multiple people found the king at the same time, does the reward extend to all of them or just the person leading the search?

[ingestion]

I wouldn't consider Echo or Aurora to be the most fair 'beings' out there, but I'd imagine they would reward everyone equally. Maybe we should ask?

But I'm not sure if that would inspire anyone to truly collaborate or not.