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[la_matrona]

[Imelda may be good at many things, but technology is not one of them. Nor is being on her own in a strange place, so different from Santa Cecilia or even the Land of the Dead. She's not particularly good at approaching people either. But needs must and her needs right at the moment include a job, red bills aren't going to work forever and she can't seem to figure out how to find one. All before there were contacts, and she's gotten used to whatever her beloved familia has set on the ofrenda. Now she is back to nothing. Less than nothing.

She tries not to let that show, though, sitting straight and stern for the camera as if posing for an old photograph]

I'm looking for work. [and how annoying to have to do this all over again. She who had started a successful zapataria twice... and would do so a third time. When she had enough money gathered.]

I can cook and clean and mend and all those things required running a household. [she waves a hand] Finances are a specialty.

If you are looking for some skilled labor, or know of anyone who is, contact me por favor. [and she will try to figure out how to answer in time]


[afterwards and otherwise, Imelda can be seen wandering down the streets of Genessia, peering into shops, looking lost, and indeed she might be. Not that she will admit it]

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[la_matrona]

Si. [though it might be a bit of an expense. If she can do it, it might open doors for her she might not otherwise have]

Do you do a lot of running or climbing?

[mother_of_monsters]

I do both of those things often, yes. I hunt and fish my own food.

[ He likes to be self-sufficient, something she might understand. The extra money he makes with the studio is mostly to pay for extra expenses, food he can't get in any other way (lie candy!) or to buy people presents. ]

But I'd be wearing the shoes only here, while at work.

[la_matrona]

Very well. I can have that for you in...say two weeks? This time, gratis.

[she's not even sure that he will want another pair but it feels like an open door which is at least better than a closed one]

[mother_of_monsters]

Oh, two weeks is really quick, thank you. [ Dray pauses for a moment, because the last word he understood and it finally clicked what language Imelda and Hector were speaking. He answers in Spanish, although that's not the word they use in his homeworld. ]

Oh, you speak Imrish. It's been a long while since I talked to someone in that language. Are you sure you don't want to get paid anything? I feel likes I'd be taking advantage of your generosity.

[la_matrona]

[she is surprised and pleased. She doesn't know Imrish but he speaks it beautifully]

Consider it a gift for inviting me in so readily.

[mother_of_monsters]

[ Dray knows five different languages that fit those from earth, the problem is that in Arcadia, his homeworld, they're called different names. ]

Ah, thank you so much, you're a sweetheart. And I know how confusing things are when you're new here, I had trouble adapting too.

[la_matrona]

[she is nothing of the kind and wonders at people's insistence of using that term. It is just business. But she doesn't let her faint annoyance show show.]

How did you manage?

[mother_of_monsters]

Maybe she's kinder than she realize. There's also the fact that most people in Dray's past had been awful to him, so everyone here is nice in comparison to the creatures in his world.]

I kept to myself at first. Hunt my own food, built my own house...I didn't had a job so no one could tell me what to do. But then I started talking with people. And it turns out most people here were just as confused and lonely as I was. But they were nice too and talking help us get closer.

[la_matrona]

[that sounds like a difficult life. She's had to do somewhat the same, if not exactly-- Forge her own way against the odds which had always been stacked against her. But she'd had her familia to help then. And now...]

I don't have much patience for other people. [and certainly not getting to know them]

[mother_of_monsters]

That's why talking to people on the device is much easier than doing it in person You can just hang on them if they start to get on your nerves.

[ Perfect solution, he thinks. ]

It's her day off but I have someone helping me here at the studio for that reason. Sometimes people require a lot of attention and I need to focus on the projects I am doing. She's very good at handling people.