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[bowlprincess]

[For Christmas this year, it seems that everyone's gift is a very irate little face yelling about what is no doubt a very familiar complaint.]

This is an outrage, an outrage I tell you! No one ever treats me with respect, not even the world itself! And now here I am in some weird place! Do you have any idea how long it took me to get out of that weird metal thing? People shouldn't just assume everyone is the same size! And...and..

[She covers her mouth as a little sneeze overtakes her.]

And its way too cold!

[The wind outside isn't too bad, but for some reason her hair was whipping around like she was in the middle of a blizzard.]

I'm gonna freeze to death out here!!

[To anyone who might be near the area where new arrivals wind up, you may stumble across a small bowl on the ground, upside down, that seems to be rattling. More odd is that if you listen closely you might hear the sound of tiny teeth chattering. That bowl's owner is currently using it as protection from the cold!]

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I managed to misspell my own name, yay!

[bowlprincess]

[The very small girl wasn't exactly in any position to complain. A blanket, massive though it may be, still covered her up. Her tiny shoulders shrug at the question she's asked.]

I dunno. Its just the name I was given. I've never had a chance to learn if it meant anything.

[She'd grown used to hearing the voices of the tallfolk, so merely the sound wouldn't hurt her, but she probably would have been tough to hear if she wasn't floating right in front of her conversation partner!]

And..we..well, as long as I don't get squished in it. Most big people things are too big for me. U..umm, not that I'm ungrateful!

[Its actually pretty refreshing to be treated so well. Many people automatically treated her as expendable just because she was so small]

you /monster/

[youfool]

"You haven't?" [Not knowing one's own onomastics is one of the worst things ever! At least in Ted's mind. Did they not have working internet in wherever she came from? Well, they have it now!]

"Let's see about that. Oh! I know. I recently got this scarf." He took a long, blonde scarf, almost the color of his hair, and wrapped it around his neck. "Here, why not nestle yourself in its folds, for now?" [That way she'd be warm and near enough to be clearly heard.

After that, he's fiddling around with the search engine. By now there were so many asiatic names that he's got a good grasp on where to look. He'll mutter what results he finds.]

"So your surname...that's simple enough...'name or fame with a little volume.' Heh, that's appropriate. Oh, but it originally meant 'young' too. How old are you, anyway?" [Never ask a lady her age, Ted.]

"Your first name, being much larger, holds a larger mystery. The first result that comes up is...needle strange ball? But I don't see either of those things on your person....oh! Your person!" [He runs back into The Bay, making a hurried detour.]

"I almost forgot; you'll need your things! You know, that box with the money and such in it."[He'll scramble around and make some splashes trying to find it. Goodness knows how she'd manage without the universal phone everyone else had. Hopefully the necklace would be midget-sized too. He'll ask to carry them for her for a while, until other arrangements can be made.]

"Anyway, back to more important matters. 'Strange' I can't disagree with. But there's other meanings too...hmm, 'Myou' can also mean 'strange', or 'elegant', or...'vague'." [That last one sounds unpleasant. 'Vague'? He hopes not!]

"Then there's 'Shimyou', meaning 'mysterious' or 'serious'. Ha! Didn't expect them to rhyme! Well, both of those sound reasonable. And finally, 'mayu'...a suffix for boys? Well that can't be right. Putting it all together gets...'mysterious needle boy.'"

[Ted gave her a look as though she were deliberately bamboozling him. Then laughs.]

"Haha, oriental names are quite the puzzle, eh? Don't suppose you've got any needles on you?" [He might have to inform her about his no poking policy.]