First Pull - Video
[The wave comes through revealing a pale looking man, perhaps a little bit paler than should be healthy in fact. Simon is still feeling some lingering effects of being yanked into Siren's Port and hasn't had much time to settle after being rushed from the Darkness outside to the safety of the nearest building. There's a window in the background
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I was very lucky -- I've been preceded here by several people from my world, one of whom is a friend and another of whom is some combination of a cherished student and an adopted daughter. They've settled in successfully, which gave me a place to live and references which helped get me a job at Jubilation's workplace. The fact that the manager is a Newcomer who worked his way up no doubt helped, but less than you'd think -- he didn't get his job because he lets his sentiments interfere in the hiring process.
That said, inquires about work opportunities on the network normally draw an enthusiastic response. And....
[She sighs.] It's complicated. But basically, the prejudice against Newcomers is worse at the bottom of the pyramid than at the top, so the people who hate us worst are least likely to be able to deny us jobs. The people hiring for high end jobs have their own prejudices against Newcomers, but one of them is seeing us as a destabilizing element and enmeshing us in the status quo is a positive there. Being hired for medium level jobs is probably actually more difficult.
If you were a Newcomer trying to get medical education, I'd expect you to have difficulties: many people are reluctant to invest in Newcomers. If you were a Newcomer trying to work his way up the ranks, I'd still expect some troubles. But if you're as capable of starting as soon as you pick up some of the local practices as your conversation with Dr. Yumeno sounded, I think you'll have enough people trying to fit you into the system to work it out. Proving yourself can't help but be a headache, but if you're skilled they want you inside the tent, not outside of it.
[A slight frown.] And this is when I reiterate that I haven't been here long. I'm enough of a telepath to catch many strong opinions about myself even when I'm trying trying to, however, so.... [A shrug.] Ah, do I need to explain telepathy, or is that something you already know, at least by legend?
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[The telepathy comment does raise flags in Simon's mind and it would be impossible for anyone not to immediately think something along the lines of 'I hope she isn't reading my mind right now.' Unfortunately for the doctor he has more than a passing familiarity, and he has trouble deciding how much he should say...]
...ah, no, you don't need to explain it.
(OOC: Simon's mind would have jumped directly to River no matter how much he wished it wouldn't, so it wouldn't be hard for Emma to pick up on that if she were peeking.)
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[Never mind that she has enough range to reach everywhere on the island and could probably reach him if she really wanted to go to the effort of looking through all the minds in the Tower Apartments. No one needs to know that who doesn't already.]
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