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[ditherer]

What a curious device this is. And, a very convenient means of communicating as well — but I'm going off on a tangent.

My name is Ruva, and I'm what one calls "new" here. There seems to be a language that involves gesturing with one's hands, and I was wondering if anyone was willing to teach it to me. I'm afraid I have little to offer in compensation, but I would be ever grateful.

[he means sign language.]

Also, if I'm understanding correctly, we're to complete these quests? While I'm still trying to grasp all this, I'd like to be of help, in those or around the town. I'm not much good in a fight, but I make for a decent healer, if that would be of use to anyone.

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[ditherer]

[wow, that is all incredibly useless to him!!]

So, small luxuries? Are the quests difficult? I don't really understand a lot of the current ones.

[messianic]

It depends. Sometimes they're not hard. Like... sometimes they're just fetch quests, though the unicorn one is a little tricky this month. Sometimes they're fighting monsters. Sometimes they're more obscure things, or relationship building things.

Usually if you don't understand any of the quests, you can ask, though. We all try to work together to get them done.

[ditherer]

What's tricky about the unicorn one?

[messianic]

I haven't heard back either way for sure, but mythologically, unicorns are supposed to only approach people who are "pure of heart".

[ditherer]

[haha! not him, then..............]

That seems like an ambiguous thing to judge, but perhaps the unicorns know better than humans.

[messianic]

I haven't heard back yet on successes of failures when it comes to the unicorns, but it's something to keep in mind. Anyway, you can still see the past quests on the forum post to get a better idea.

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[ditherer]

Ah, hold on, I'm still trying to learn how to use this device...

a few minutes later

[ditherer]

Quite the variety. "Make a wish come true" sounded like a cute one.

[messianic]

It was a good quest, honestly. I think a lot of wishes were granted that month.

The tone definitely seems to change from month to month, so we never really know what we'll get.

[ditherer]

Unpredictability keeps one on their toes.

[messianic]

That's a pretty positive way to look at it.

[ditherer]

It seems like positivity is encouraged here.

[messianic]

You're not wrong. Though nobody will judge you if you're not, I think. You don't have to worry that much about it.

[ditherer]

Oh, I'd like to think I'm pretty positive. Life's too short to be down for too long, after all.

[this is complete bullshit coming from someone billions of years old.]

[messianic]

[Well, Minato likes it, even if it is complete bullshit.]

That's what I think too. It'll help you out in a place like this, at least, if you can look at things optimistically. I think it makes it a bit less daunting.

[ditherer]

Better hope there's never a "be negative" quest, then.

[messianic]

That would be pretty counterintuitive to what they've already asked us to do, but... I guess I can't be sure they wouldn't ever do that to us.

[ditherer]

I think higher beings tend to operate on a different level than us mere mortals.

[messianic]

You're not wrong... I guess we just have to be prepared for anything.

That's what's most important right now.

[ditherer]

Well, that's what the Defence Force is for, right? Mister Dextera told me about that.

[messianic]

That's true. It can just be hard to organize in time when dangerous things happen. That's why it's best to be prepared.