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A. ACTION: GENESSIA CITY

[There is a young man (one might say a "boy") at the Bay, arms folded across his chest as he rubs his chin in thought. In front of him, the hologram of Weiss Schnee repeats her message, and for the third time the boy reaches up to wave a hand in front of its face.]

... Okay, either you're a blind, deaf spirit, or... a message. Yeah.

[He looks around worriedly, as if hoping to see a certain someone nearby - but there's no one to be found, or at the very least not who he's looking for. Those with exceptional hearing can hear him mutter:]

Where are you, dad...?

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B. VIDEO

[Thanks to the easy to follow instructions in the pamphlet for newcomers, it isn't a huge undertaking for Atreus to get the device working properly, and the video feed begins focused... A little too close to his face, but these things take time and practice, right? He's smiling, but it's more polite (and nervous) than genuine.]

Hello?

...

Well, I think it's working... So. Hello! You know, again. I guess a lot of people are stuck here too, right? My name's Atreus, and I have... so many questions, but I'll start with one. That ghost lady who welcomes everyone mentioned something about how sometimes gods show up here.

Is that true? How many are here right now?

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[Masaru's duties may put him in Attleton, but Genessia City is where he got his start. He takes to the docks sometimes to check up on things... and that's when he overhears the newcomer. He turns, and hurries over.]

Uh, hey there kid. You just got here, right?

[He turns in the direction of the voice - bristling a little at "kid", standing a little taller, but he hides that bit of annoyance behind a nod.

He makes sure to keep a small distance between them, though - you never know.]

Yeah, that's right.

[ Regan was still job hunting, even though she didn’t need one she could easily enroll in the school and take lessons and al that happy kid fun, but after being homeschooled for so long, she didn’t know how she felt about a classroom environment. Not to mention, she wanted to help out with things at home. Today, however, she’s not really job hunting. Today is a day for exploring and listening. Her cochlear device works, and god knows how much she’s missed sound.

Her own hearing is still limited to a sort of noisy awareness that there are things going on around her, so she doesn’t hear Atreus speak. She does see him, though. It’s a kid roughly her age. How could she not notice. Removing her whiteboard from her sun-patterned backpack and cracking open a black marker, she writes him a message. ]

Hi. I’m Regan. I’m deaf and I really hope you know sign language.

[He perks up a bit at the sight of someone his own age - honestly, he can probably count the number of times he's met other kids on one hand, and he wouldn't even need all of his fingers. He watches with some curiosity as she pulls out the board to write on (both the board and the marker are fascinating, mind you), and in a moment her message is written out for him. He opens his mouth to answer--

Oh, right. Deaf.

Instead he holds his hands out, nodding towards the board and marker.]

[ Regan has prepared for moments like this. Moments where people want the white board and while she'd be fine with it in other situations? She simply turns the back of it to face Atreus, a pre-written message on the back. ]

I read lips. Just speak carefully. I'll even teach you a sign or two, if you want. Okay?

Hello Atreus! I'm Ted.

While they're happy to be called such, it's about as meaningful as saying you're a brunette. I wouldn't take them any more seriously than anyone else; if gods have a reputation of being especially significant they've so far never lived up to it.

[You're smaller than Masaru is, so you're "kid" for now, buddy.]

Well, my name's Masaru. If you need help with anything, I can provide it, maybe.

[Oh! Okay, that's a neat skill to have. He nods in understanding, talking a little slowly.]

My name is Atreus. I don't think I've ever heard of sign language, but I'm pretty good at learning things. Can you show me?

... Well, maybe that depends on the god, right? It's not like they're all exactly the same.

Have you seen any here, though? Recently?

I'm Atreus. Honestly, this is all... a lot to take in. Like...

[He opens his arms wide, turning in place to quickly gesture at everything around them.]

A lot. The way everything is built here is so... different.

Ah... well. Tell me what it's like where you're from. Maybe I can figure out how to introduce you to all of it.

Okay, well, for one thing, things back home were built out of a lot more stone and a lot less... not-stone. Or wood. I'm not even sure what half of the things here are made of.

Ah. Well, I'm no agriculturalist, but uhm. I would say the buildings are made of cement? And metal? That stuff is better than what people used to use. There's still wood in some of them though.

[ There's an excited nod and a grin from Regan before she's writing again. ]

Atreus, nice to meet you. Did I spell your name right? I can teach you how to sign that.

[ There's a girl with dark eyes and very blue hair watching you very carefully, Atreus. Don't worry. She's quite harmless, unless you mess with people she cares for. Then the witch is out.

But this is a child. One who looks very capable and able to handle his own, but it's still a kid. So she's going to be kind as she films from outside her mothers house, tucking her wild blue hair into a braid as she speaks. ]

Hello, Atreus. My name is Evie Mills. Welcome to Genessia. I'm guessing you arrived alone like a lot of the rest of us did?

It's pretty fancy stuff. I'm really curious to learn how they make it all.

Yeah, that's right. Please, show me!

[To be fair, blue hair is probably nowhere near the strangest thing he's seen at this point.]

Thank you, Evie. Um... yeah. No one else showed up with me.

[Which is a concern all of its own, but he tries not to let it show.]

Do people's friends or family ever show up?

[ A grin and a nod from Regan before she points at her new friend (he really has no choice but to be her friend at this point) and spells out his name. Finger-spelling it one letter at a time, slow enough for him to follow. ]

A-T-R-E-U-S.

[ And pointing at him when she's done, waiting to see if he followed. ]

[ No, probably not. ~~Tattoo'd stranger was p/ damn weird.~~ ]

That's kind of worrisome. Not that I think you can't take care of yourself. You remind me of some of the children from where I was born; tough, easily underestimated.

[ Listen, she comes from an island full of Villains and their terrible children. She can see tough and capable a mile away. She can also see kind. This kid looks like an absolute sweetheart. ]

Occasionally. I've met a few people here who have people from their own worlds. I also have friends and family and people I care about here from another universe I was in previously. No one from my home, though.

[ A shrug from Evie as she finishes her hair, finally giving Atreus her full attention with a kind and warm smile on her face.]

It's hard to say if you'll have people from home arrive, but for your sake, I hope so. It's tough being somewhere unfamiliar without familiar faces around.

[He watches diligently, brow furrowed a bit at the hand gestures. It's a new sort of language, for sure - he's used to written and oral language, and some very vague hand gestures to convey messages, but nothing as intricate as these finger movements.

And yet when it's his turn to spell it back, he does it.

Perfectly.]

How was that?

I can definitely hold my own. I'm not worried.

[He's a little worried. There were times he had to fight without his father, and he had gotten through them, but it was still a bit frightening to be separated from him so suddenly like this.

But staying rocked on his heels is not the way his father would have told him to respond. Stay alert. Be vigilant. Always keep one eye open, and always move forward at a persistent but cautious pace.

And, from his mother - be kind.]

It's alright. A... [he almost said "god"] ... man has to know how to adapt to whatever comes his way, right? That way if anyone I know shows up, I'll be ready to help them, too.

[ Regan watches his fingers carefully, ready to carefully reach over and correct him if she has to. And when she doesn't have to at all? She is kind of stunned, eyebrows raising upwards as her jaw drops some. She looks at Atreus and smiles, signing 'good' before writing it out for him. She follows 'good' with 'amazing' and writes out what that sign means, too. Pointing at herself, she signs 'my name is' followed by spelling it. R-E-G-A-N. Did he pick that up, too? ]

[ She can tell he's worried, but she won't call attention to it. Instead, she'll latch onto what he says about holding his own. ]

I can see that. And, yeah. That way, if and when they do show up, you can give them a tour and introduce them to people you've met. So they know you're being taken care of, at the very least.

Right?

[ Now, if Evie's actual biological mother showed up? Evil Queen wouldn't give a damn if Evie was being taken care of or not. She'd just want to know if Evie found a prince to marry (Does the self-proclaimed King of New York count?) and what stores sold the best make-up and it'd just be a mess and a disaster. ]

Have you met anyone that'd be willing to look out for you until then?

[He beams a bit at what turns out to be praise - those phrases are instantly tucked away in his head, archived along with the rest of his linguistic ability. Following along with the lesson, it's a fairly simple task for him to sign back 'My name is Atreus.' A moment later, he continues with, 'Your name is Regan'.]

I didn't know there was a whole language like this... that's amazing!

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