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After speaking with Doctor Brown and Rapunzel-san, I wanted to know more about the school here. Is anyone teaching there? [As he's speaking, Ken's on his way to the library to read up on angels. Particularly, Michael and Lucifer. As he walks, people seem to be keeping their distance. He doesn't notice the lack of being accidentally brushed up against, however, and just keeps walking.] Some people, like Rapunzel-san, come in with very little knowledge about the technology and could use a class to help them adjust. And Doctor Brown and I noticed the guides are a little out of date.

[A person nearly runs right into Ken - clearly in a hurry - but somehow, someway, they're suddenly walking around him instead. He stops for a second, confused - that looked awkward - then goes right back to business.]

Does anyone have a recent guide? Or would anyone be interested in helping us put together an updated version?

I don't know when - [He cuts off here, finally noticing people aren't just avoiding him, it's like they can't get very close at all, their bodies forced around him. Puzzled and confused he watches for a second, then cuts the feed off.]

[ooc: Pretend this was posted earlier today, and anyone who wants to interact with his bubble space personally is welcome to. It's fairly large, considering how much he keeps to himself.]

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I wrote a guide. Not much about machines and stuff, though. [ You know, technology. ]

Attached: Toph's Guide to the City.mp3

[It's a little blunt, but it makes Ken chuckle, even if just a little bit. It's to the point.]

It's a sound guide instead of the typed ones. I think that makes it more personal.

You think? I was hoping it would be easy for people to remember.

I could add some stuff to it, though. I didn't know anything about technical stuff when I showed up either. Microwaves are awesome, though. [ Almost instant food! ]

Oh...I think it's very memorable. [Diplomatic way of saying her attitude will stick with them, if nothing else.]

How long have you been here? And what else have you learned about electronics, other than microwaves? Though, yes, they are very handy.

There are many classes available at the university, yes. It's a rather simple task to sign up and begin teaching, in fact.

Are they university level, though? I'm only in fifth year, back home.

And do we have postings of schedules? Is it promoted?

I'm probably too young to teach a class, even if it is to people with no knowledge of technology.

You can find it on the network, I believe; and not all classes are at university level, you'll find all grades and levels. If you can't find anything, I would go down there and talk with the registration office. They're rather helpful.

I find that youth hasn't very much but a lack of experience standing in the way; and you only get experience by doing, you know.

How long? Two winters. But I showed up right at the beginning of the first one.

Well, there's this communicator device thingy. And everyone I know was really fascinated by the electric lights. And the plastic money, that took some time to get used to. [ what is a debit card idk ]

You didn't care for the electric lights? ...plastic money? Like a credit card? Those things are tricky, I've heard.

I'll look for it, thank you.

...you're right. My age itself isn't so much the problem. I don't feel like the teaching type, though.

That's rather understandable. There are many guides -- I think I would have appreciated one that explained how the devices worked when I had arrived. I don't have much experience with Muggle toys, and it did prove to be a bit of a nuisance at first.

I don't bother with them, really. Or with the plastic money cards or anything. It's like going to another country where everyone speaks your language, but most of it doesn't make sense.

You're at least the fourth person I've talked to who didn't know about technology I consider modern, so I would think someone would have covered it eventually for the guides.

Muggle? May I ask what you are...? And Muggle is some sort of word for humans for you? [She looks human enough to him.]

Huh? Like they're speaking with a heavy dialect and use words differently?

No, more like... well, you and I, we seem to be speaking the same language. But our worlds are probably really different. Most people seemed to already know about telephones and electric and all that. We don't have that where I come from.

Well, you're not the first I've spoken to who doesn't know of them, but...what year are you from?

It's the year right after the Hundred Year War, but I bet that doesn't mean anything to you.

Unless you've ever heard of France or England? Then, no, it probably doesn't mean anything to me.

Nope. I'm thinking that was a different Hundred Years War.

Then I really wonder just how different the places we're from are.

What countries and cities do you know of?

Pretty different, I'm thinking.

Well, I'm from the Earth Kingdom. And then there's the Fire Nation and the North and South Poles. There used to be some airbender temples too, which I guess was their country, sort of. But no one lives there anymore.

Other than the North and South Pole...we don't have anything like that.

And I have no idea what an airbender is.

It's someone who can control wind and air. My friend Aang who's here can do it.

Control -!!

That's rather impressive.

Well, I guess. I think earthbending is better, though.

What other bending types does your world have?

Water and fire. And then variations, like some waterbenders can bend blood, and some earthbenders -- just me, so far -- bend metal.

[An entire world full of humans that can do these sorts of things?! Okay, really? He has to ask.]

Are you human?

No, I'm a platypusbear. Of course I'm human.

Sorry, just from where I come from humans can't do anything like that.

Your world must be pretty boring.

[He smirks some to that.]

I thought that for a while and tried to leave it for another one. I regret that now, though.

No place like home and all that stuff. I'm glad to be gone from my old house, but leaving the whole world was a bigger step than I was interested in, personally.

...but you don't miss your "old house"?

Well, it's --

[ She's quiet for a moment. ] My parents wouldn't let me do anything for myself. I had to get out.

You too...? [Twice he's heard such a thing.]

Then it's probably for the best you got out. People can't really grow like that.

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