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[The feed of the SFC kicks on to show a very grumpy man. His suit and trench coat are dripping wet and he‘s wringing out his hat with his free hand. By the crumpled look of his jacket he probably wrung that out while figuring out how to use…the starfish?]

All right. Where the hell am I. I know for damn sure I wasn't drunk in the last hour, so I didn't end up in front a City Hall again.

[He gives a little growl and plops his very beat up hat back into shape before placing it on his head.]

I'm sittin' in front of a God damn fountain talking to a God damn star fish. I want answers. Now.

Kidnappin's a big deal even for a scum bag like me. So I’m through askin' nice.

Everything better be up front. I ain't takin' any guff from toons or whatever the hell else is in this damn town.

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Sir! You're a grown man, and there are children here!

[Whoops

I swear she was going to help but she got distracted]

[Now he's being told off by a talking mouse. This place may not be as weird as he thought.]

Yeah? Well I just got kidnapped from my office to some weird city. Please and thank you aren't in my damn vocabulary at the moment, lady.

[Oh, he reacted normally to her existence. That makes it easier to keep scolding! Classy, Brisby.]

That's no excuse for language! I'm having enough trouble getting these children to stop cursing, I certainly don't need more of a bad influence!

Now. I understand how disconcerting it is to be here, but acting immaturely isn't going to get anything done.

I'll make ya feel better and say bad words aren't the biggest worry you should have with kids.

[And he is so never mentioning to this mouse that he gets his cigarettes from a couple of ten years old kids outside his office every morning...]

I know that's the case, but that doesn't mean that it's acceptable to curse in front of them.

[Well, she doesn't know anything about smoking at all, so she might just not get it. She sighs, shaking her head a bit.]

...I'm Mrs. Brisby. I can try and help a bit, since I've been here for a little while.

You got a good heart, lady but...alright. I'll watch it. Sorta. I get ticked pretty easy now a days.

[Lucky Eddie...though any cigs he has are now ruined thanks to fountain diving 101.]

Eddie Valiant, nice to meet you Mrs. B.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Valiant. Do you have any questions for me? I can try to help as much as possible.

...just one, Mrs. B.

What's it like where you come from.

[Because she is a talking mouse but not one he's familiar with and he just really, really had to make sure.]

Oh... ah... I live on farmer Fitzgibbon's farm. I'm just a field mouse... I live there with my four children.

I'm not really... anything special, when it comes to mice.

I'll debate that but you probably wouldn't know what I was talkin' about.

[Okay so just a normal field mouse? He'd talked to a troll, a too smart for his damn good kid and a...lombax?]

This place is just making me rethink things a bit.

[He does offer a small sympathetic glance though.]

...Uhm...are your kids here?

...No. They're at home. They should be safe.

[He frowns openly. Grumpy is an okay emotion to show.]

I was worried you'd say that.

Mouse or not...that ain't right.

[Determination. He has it now. Especially for pleasant, if somewhat busy-bodied, mice.]

I heard about an elevator to the island. Anything else like that around here?

No, I'm afraid that's the only one.

Thanks. That actually helps. Now I know I don't gotta go crazy keeping an eye on everything.

[Just the elevator. Just the island. The city doesn't matter for the moment.

At least not as much.]

I do know where some of the shops are, and some decent places for food, if you'd like to know something like that.

And... ah, well, perhaps you don't quite care for sewing materials.

Nah, Dolores is the one who'd mend my socks. She'd say I'd just make things worse.

[Okay, that's not him clearing his throat at all, alright?]

...uh, I do have one question but I'm not sure you can answer it. What about money? I wasn't carrying much when I ended up here.

Oh! You see, there's no trade here. If you show them this strange tattoo -

[She takes a moment to find hers, which was on her wrist, and to show it to the camera.]

If you show them this, they'll give you just about anything you need!

{That makes his eyes widen a bit. Though he'll wait until he's alone to look for the tattoo. Mouse or not, Mrs. Brisby is still a lady.]

You serious?

Of course! It's quite convenient.

Holy smokes...

[After years of scraping by it's...pretty much a giant relief to not have to worry about the bills.]

Wait, when you mean anything. That's literally anything? Even a mouse hole for me?

Yes! There's a few things that maybe not, but I haven't run into something like that. I think the music store is the only place I've seen where you have to pay for it.

I don't think I'll be using that place anyways.

Thanks, lady.

[he can get a place to stay and some food ~~booze~~.]

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