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Who: opal, nightingale, and you
Broadcast: video!
Action: on the pathstone
When: now!

[When the feed turns on, it’s focused on... so many Christmas sweaters laying on a bed. There are more, hidden beneath those four and out of view of the camera; from what can be seen, it looks like there are at least three or four more. The camera swings around to two girls, one of whom has the most deadpan look on her face.]

I officially hate sponsor drops. I want none of this.

[The other one just looks kind of confused.]

I’m pretty sure this is another Earth reference or something that I’m missing here. What the fuck is wrong with Earth?

[It earns a snort out of Opal.]

There are many things wrong with Earth, and all of them are a long story. Don’t worry about it. Anyways, the point is that someone should come here and take these away because every single one is kind of the worst thing ever? Save us.

Either that or we can throw them out into space. That’s an option too. There’s a sun nearby to hurl these into, right?

[She sounds dead serious about this.]

...Maybe we should at least see if anyone wants them before we toss them into a sun? [But, she smiles.] I am totally saving shoving them out of an airlock as a plan B, though. Thank you for that.

[She glances back at the camera for a moment, though, giving the feed a Look.]

Seriously, though, get these far enough away that I never have to see them again.

[ooc: blue is opal, purple is nightingale!]

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Better keep them for yourself, then.

No. I am immune to cold.

[she definitely is not]

And I own a coat.

A likely story.

Look, I know I come from southern California, but I've had to venture outside the region before.

Of course a Californian thinks they would be okay in the snow.

[what does she have against californians? who knows]

Pretty sure snow's a good deal kinder than lava or dragons.

[ Different, sure, but not more dangerous. ]

...Do I want to know why those are the two things you jumped to?

[A raised eyebrow.]

Because we have them both in California.

There aren't dragons in California. That totally isn't a thing.

There didn't used to be elfin in California either. Times change, or at least they did where I'm from.

The whole times change explanation kind of requires dragons to have existed in a universe where California was a place in the first place. Which, gotta say, is really hard to wrap my head around.

I don't know that I can help you with that. I've definitely seen dragons in California. There are several major dragon-heavy areas.

Your California is weird.

What can I say? The human world and the elfin one merged where I'm from, and that made things messy. Also weird.

Wait, merged? What are you talking about?

I'm talking about home. Where I'm from.

Yeah, I got that, but... What do you mean by merged?

[she's curious despite herself.]

There were two separate worlds without any contact, but now there's only one. Also parts of both are missing.

That sounds kind of completely terrifying. Was it?

For some people, almost certainly. I didn't notice at the time, and overall, it worked out alright for me.

Um. How did you not notice something like that?

[ There are a few different ways to answer the question. They're all true.

True to form, Kai will answer in the manner that reveals the least actual answers. ]

I was very young.

[ Certainly by elfin standards. ] ]

It was almost a hundred years ago.

Do you think you could explain this in terms that aren't ridiculously vague?

The merge of the two worlds? Or something else?

What do you need to understand about it?

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