A dirty man appears [Video/Action]

[harrydresden]

[Video clicks on right as someone in jeans, cowboy boots and a T-shirt that says "+20 Shirt of Smiting" across it, sits down in the fountain. Harry is looking particularly unkempt like maybe he hasn't washed in uh... a few months. Because he's been mostly dead. He got 'not dead' only a little while ago so it's totally not his fault. Well ok it kind of is. Anyway, he jumps right back up with a shout of protest. ]

Hey! Stars and stones that's... uh... not as cold as it should be.

[He realizes he is no longer at the edge of an Island at the south end of Lake Michigan. And that is about the time a long stick drops out of the sky and beans him across the head. There is cursing. Luckily the video fuzzes enough that people can't be TOO offended by it. Between bits of snow he picks up the staff from the water and frowns at it.]

I thought you bit the dust. What the hell is going on?

[And now he realizes he's not even in Chicago. And this is definitely not the Nevernever. Unless they got a really creative ghost taking up residency. He stomps toward the edge of the water which is still doing a decent job of grounding his magic out and letting that device keep broadcasting.]

Huh, someone dropped their... phone? Thing? Did phones change again? I can't keep up with this crap. What's the red light mean? Hell's bells,  did I break it already?

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[awildhulkling]

The device is yours now, sir. You've landed in the City.

[harrydresden]

[You look familiar... why do you look familiar. Because Harry has read your comics. But no one ever really expects to see the characters showing up in real life.]

Uh.. just call me Harry man. People just give this stuff out huh?

[awildhulkling]

Yep. It's hooked up to the network. We're all on it. It'll be pretty useful once you settle down here, actually.

[harrydresden]

Well, if I don't kill it anyway I imagine. Electronics don't last long around me.

Uh... what do you use it for?

[awildhulkling]

To communicate with the rest of us. Mostly everyone here has been caught in this place, so we use these devices to talk to each other.

[harrydresden]

Is it hard to meet face to face or something?

[awildhulkling]

No, not really. I don't really get it myself. I much prefer my cell phone from back home.

[harrydresden]

Isn't this what a cell phone is?

[awildhulkling]

Yeah.

This is just a City one.

[harrydresden]

Uh... what's better about the other kind again?

[awildhulkling]

Um. [ A nervous laugh. ] I'm kind of not sure? I think this place is just really hard to explain.

I'm Teddy, by the way.

[harrydresden]

Heh, we're used to what we're used to right?

Nice to meet you Teddy, I'm Harry.

[awildhulkling]

Yeah, I think that's it. [ A small smile. ] But you get used to it.

Has anyone explained curses to you yet?

[harrydresden]

I'm am only moderately good at adapting to big changes. There's Burger King here, right?

I got the rundown that they're unavoidable and range from dangerous to really inconvenient.

[awildhulkling]

I don't think so. We don't even have a Starbucks and usually they're everywhere, so this place is a little lacking in brands.

Yep. Sometimes they're kind of hilarious though?

[harrydresden]

Aww mannnn... what kind of place doesn't have Burger King? It's uncivilized!

Oh yeah? How's that?

[awildhulkling]

I'm pretty sure there's still a burger bar somewhere, but I know it's not the same.

Well, it depends. Last week everything liquid turned into champagne? And there have been curses where people turn in to animals.

[harrydresden]

Damn right it's not. Burger King is King!

Huh. That's ... interesting.

[awildhulkling]

Yeah. I don't really see a pattern to it all. I guess it's just the whim of the deities whenever they feel like it.

[harrydresden]

Sounds like they like screwing with the population in general. Not looking forward to that.

[awildhulkling]

Nobody likes it, but sometimes it's just better to get on with it.

[harrydresden]

Shut up and take it like a man huh? Well that's pretty much life I suppose.

[awildhulkling]

It's better that way. And the City isn't that bad, not really. I kind of like it.

[harrydresden]

It can't be any worse than where I was going. I'll manage. Thanks man.