1 ☯ help me get my feet back on the ground

[callingforyuu]

[The writing seems almost childish in nature, as if the person holding the pen is not used to holding one, but he definitely knows how letters are supposed to go. While the words appear awkwardly and slow to form at first, he begins to scribe the words with more certainty.]

Hi, I'm new, you can call me Ember. [pauses, because he's been watching

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[lingeringlegacy]

Hello, Ember. We originate from various places, so some things may not be the way you are used to. The wooden coins are what is used as money here.

-Stellaris

/kicks html

[callingforyuu]

[People are writing back to him! He's fascinated by this for a few moments.]

Hi [the name is carefully written] Stellaris. That's what Mr Black said, but what's money?

[lingeringlegacy]

[Doesn't know what money is? Are there really places where people don't use money? ...a communistic colony? Nevertheless, the reply came after some pause.]

It is as Kagerou said, [Here be an arrow to the relevant comment.] money is what people use to facilitate trading. There are many varieties of people's expertise and jobs, so barter is usually not practical.

[callingforyuu]

[when you're an experiment in an underground lab and you're not allowed outside, you don't really need money...]

So you trade with them, okay. They're kinda like a stand in for other stuff?

What's bartering then?

[weaver_girl]

Welcome to Edensphere, Ember! I'm Kagerou, and it's nice to meet you.

You can use the coins to trade for things you need--food, clothes and so on. They're used so that everything can have a value measured in them, so it makes trading easier?

And same stuff as the floor? Do you mean wood?

[callingforyuu]

It's nice to meet you too, Kagerou. [her name is slowly written, making sure he's spelling it right]

So you trade them for stuff? Then the other people trade them for other stuff?

What's wood?

[weaver_girl]

Yes, that's exactly the idea. You give them to people in exchange for some kind of service or useful things, and they... Yes.

Wood is [pause] dead trees, the substance that's the tree's trunk and branches while it's alive.

You've never seen wood before?

[callingforyuu]

They're kinda like IOUs or something, huh? Only not limited to one person.

Dead trees? Who is What is a tree anyway?

I've seen it... I guess. Lots of places around here are made of it. [slightly confused if he's supposed to know if he's seen wood before.]

[ruby_nova]

Hi Ember! You shouldn't eat the coins, okay? I don't think that's good for you.

Like the others said, that's the money we use, so use it to buy actual food.

I'm Nova, by the way!

[callingforyuu]

I wasn't going to eat the coins. They don't taste good.

Hi Nova! [your name is easy to spell 8D

He circles the word 'buy' and puts a question mark] What's that word?

[pompous_today]

Yes, please do not swallow the coins. They will make you sick.

[callingforyuu]

I wasn't going to swallow them. They don't taste good. Probably would break my teeth anyway.

[pompous_today]

Well, that's good. Your saying "they're not very tasty" is what made me think that.

Welcome, by the way; I'm Simon.

[callingforyuu]

If you go around swallowing things that don't taste good you'd get sick.

Nice to meet you, Simon. [his name is also written slowly to make sure it's right]

[redhead_rabbit]

Yeah, don't swallow the coins. I don't wanna hafta pull 'em outta you.

[callingforyuu]

Why does everyone think I'm going to eat them? They're not food--I know that.

[redhead_rabbit]

[ draws an arrow up to "They're not very pretty or tasty." ]

I've seen some people eat really strange things, yanno.

[callingforyuu]

[pen taps] Oh. Well. I wasn't going to eat any of them.