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[non_mac]

You know, this place had the potential to be totally awesome. If I'd gotten a little warning, some time to pack, maybe a nice hotel room to kick back in until I can catch the next transdimensional warp home, this'd be a real paradise. A regular robot resort. Yeah, beggars can't be choosers I guess, and all the giant robots are cool but

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[kinos_journal]

I can agree about the world. It's quite interesting, and there's a lot I'd love to learn, but the idea that after I've learned I can't leave is... upsetting.

I'm Kino. I just arrived here as well.

[non_mac]

Yeah. An extended vacation wasn't exactly in my plans either.

I'm Victor. Nice to meet you.

[kinos_journal]

Hopefully someone will find a way to get home that is faster than going through the exit visa process. It seems many people are discussing it, but from what I can tell it's mostly people who haven't been here very long, like us. I'm not sure if that means there is a way home we'll find soon if we look hard enough, or if it means everyone else who came before us has given up already.

"Tell him I say hi too! Hi Victor! You sound human! Kino needs more humans!"

[quiet laugh] My motorrad Hermes wants to say hello as well. I think he's more overwhelned by the amount of robots here who talk than I am.

[non_mac]

I hope it's the former over the latter.

Uh. Hi Hermes. ...Sorry, but what's a motorrad?

[kinos_journal]

Me too. I like visiting new places, but I don't want to stay here.
A motorrad is-

"I'm a motorrad! Me!"

Hermes, I think he wants to know what you are. Let me see if I can turn video on if I've already started....

[A video feed option appears. When accepted it will show a young teen of indeterminate gender for a moment, and then shift to a motorcycle. There's nothing to indicate the motorcycle should be able to speak- no face, no moving parts, the headlight doesn't even flash]
This is Hermes, my motorrad. We travel together.

"Hello! It's nice to meet you!"

[non_mac]

You have a talking motorcycle? Cool!

[kinos_journal]

"I'm not cold!"

That means it's good, Hermes.

"Oh. Ok! I'm VERY COOL Mr Victor!"

He's a very good motorrad. I'm glad this place at least has proper streets for us, it'd be terrible if we couldn't ride.

[non_mac]

[ laughs ] At least you've got a friend here.

[kinos_journal]

I'm lucky. It seems most people come here alone, though many of the.... Transformers seem to know each other, at least somewhat.
Are you alone here?

[non_mac]

I am. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, at the moment.

[kinos_journal]

Well, now you know Hermes and I, so you aren't quite as alone as before. And I'd like to learn about your co- world, sometime. If you would like to talk about it.

I should venture out and seek some sort of employment. Have you given it any thought yourself?

[non_mac]

Sure, I'm game if you are.

...Ah. Not really much beyond "I have no freaking idea what I'm gonna do".

[kinos_journal]

Well... what did you do before you came here?

[non_mac]

Not anything that would be useful on a job hunt, trust me.

[kinos_journal]

Everyone has skills, some people just don't realize how you can apply one ability to a different setting.
What can you do? Maybe I can help. At least I can keep an eye out for things that might suit you while I look.

[non_mac]

Well... Uh, hey. You wanna meet somewhere and chat?