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[This is one clever little newcomer who has quickly figured out the system. Well, the SFC system at least. He adjusts it slightly so he is looking straight into the camera. He is very obviously New Here. Mostly on account of being slightly wet and covered in towel.]

So. Yeah. Hey. I'm sure you get this all the time but I'm new here.

[pause, mumble]

Wow, that sounds like it is some kind of support group. "hi everybody, I'm the Once-ler and I'm stuck in a fishbowl."

Anyway, I was reading the pamphlets-- Great stuff really, very informative. I uh, think there were a few typos. And you might wanna hire a new illustrator, cause yikes, but really, thanks. It helped a lot. Wouldn't wanna be stuck in a kooky underwater magic fish bowl without some information, am I right? Haha.

[S i l e n c e.]

Anyway, I just got one question...

What is up with these towels?

[And he goes back to drying himself off again, muttering a little under his breath.]

Wow, a thneed would work so much better for this.

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There's two of them? Wait, when you say small, how small is small? Like... Barbaloot small or am I completely in the wrong ballpark here?

D --> Yes
D --> There is also another troll who uses my way of typing
D --> And looks similar to me
D --> That would be my descendent Equius Zahhak
D --> There are also two seadwelling trolls who look alike (save for their facial scars)
D --> And two olive-blooded trolls with horns similar to the ears of a cat

D --> There were others to match their descendents but they are gone now
D --> Thus they are of no consequence in this discussion

D --> Gamzee however is simply a little over six feet high
D --> The Highblood is more near eight

That is not small. A foot is small. Maybe a foot and a half. Six feet is not small.

D --> Hmm
D --> Maybe it is because I am taller than him then

Dare I even ask how tall you are?

D --> Over seven feet
D --> Most seem fairly short to me, particularly here
D --> Besides six feet is smaller than eight

Yeah, most people don't really get up to that height. I mean, I'm pretty big and all. But I'm only, what, six something?

D --> Most humans
D --> Trolls are quite varied
D --> If it reassures your fragile state of mind
D --> Then our former heiress is considerably shorter by a good few feet

Wow. I hope you are not the PR troll here or something, cause you need a little work there, buddy.

D --> You would want Aradia Megido, Feferi Peixes, or Summoner Lysunder if you wish to speak to someone pleasant
D --> Karkat Vantas is the technical leader of the younger generation
D --> But I doubt he will give you a much better impression

He gives me the impression like he really needs a nap.

D --> He has many worries
D --> Most of them legitimate such as the Grand Highblood's existence
D --> ...
D --> Although some of them are ridiculous yes

Okay, I'm just going to take a wild stab in the dark here and guess this Grand Highblood dude is the guy I don't wanna meet in a dark alleyway.

D --> Yes

And I thought I got saddled with a weird name. It's Once-ler, by the way. Nice to meet you.

D --> All trolls are given titles once they hit adulthood
D --> I am Darkleer

[Wow that kinda sounds like a goth teen screenname.]

Well, it looks like you guys have been living with humans here for a while so I guess I don't have to go into the whole 'how do we name things' thin. How long have you been here for that matter?

[...How long has he been here?]

D --> Hm
D --> I would hazard a guess at close to a year

A YEAR? I don't have the time to be spending that kind of time here. My business is in a very critical start up phase.

D --> Time works differently here
D --> You will not have to worry about that

Time works differently... what is that even supposed to mean?

D --> Whenever you are pulled away from Vatheon
D --> It will be just as suddenly as you were pulled in
D --> And you will be returned to the exact time that you were taken from
D --> You will have no memory of this place

D --> There are many individuals from the same place
D --> Such as us trolls
D --> Who are from various places along the 'timeline' of our world

Okay, basically what you are getting at here is that when I go back I will go back right to the moment where I left and nobody will even know I was gone?

D --> That is what I just said

Just checking. That is kind of a big deal and I don't want to be going on the wrong assumptions here. But if that's the truth, that's great.

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