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[bypartisan]

[Is it possibly for a mental voice to sound giddy? Because there's a distinct giddy tinge to By's thoughts, for all that his words come out with his normal, lazy, lightly Russian-accented drawl.]

Byerly Vorrutyer here. We're on Earth, pre-spaceflight, although someone who isn't me will need to get a better read on the actual date and location. Linguistically, it's a hodgepodge. I can hear archaic Russian, a whole host of Asiatic and Romance languages, and something else I can't quite place.

If you can "hear" this, check in. We need to know who we've got to work with.

Comments

[permastubble]

Fair enough.

[There's a pause in return, and an answering sigh. They have to do this though.]

Sooner is better than later. ... Partner.

[And he's got a solution for the location now, at least.]

I don't know about you, but I really need some coffee. What about that cafe Vorrutyer was talking about?

[wantedittobeagame]

[...was there a way to mentally convey beaming bright enough to be your own sun and gushing with absolute joy? If so, that would be Adachi when Doujima calls him 'partner'.]

Yes, sir! I'll be there right away!

not here

[bypartisan]

[My, you two are absolutely adorable.]

[timelessinventor]

I didn't realize you were already taken, darling. Such a shame.

[wantedittobeagame]

...hunh?

[Dumbest smart man in the multiverse, right here.]

[timelessinventor]

You and that other man. You clearly have some sort of close relationship, and in the modern age, many times 'partner' does have a romantic connotation, does it not?

[wantedittobeagame]

[...please hold. Brain reboot in three... two...]

Wh-what?! No! It's nothing like that!

[timelessinventor]

Ah, apologies, in that case, darling.

[bypartisan]

Oh, does it? I had no idea.

[He really didn't. A thousand years from the future and all.]

[permastubble]

And you stay outta this!

[He's very flustered so the order probably falls flat.]

[bypartisan]

No, no, I'm very interested in your antique lingo.

[permastubble]

It’s not lingo. We’re both police detectives and we work together. That’s a pretty universal meaning for partner, isn’t it?

[bypartisan]

No, no, I understand that. Municipal guards do the same thing on my planet. It was the other meaning of 'partner' I was surprised by.

[permastubble]

I think that might be an American thing or something. We don’t use it that way in Japan, at least where I’m from.

[bypartisan]

Mm. I don't think Americans made up much of the original settler group for mine. The English language group seems to be mostly British in descent from what I can tell.

[permastubble]

I’m not sure I could tell the difference? English just sounds like English to me. I know they are different, but my English is pretty poor at best.

[bypartisan]

There's a bit of difference in word choice and pronunciation. My own English is fluent, but then it is one of the four official language of the Empire.

[permastubble]

I’m going to go ahead and guess most of the people here are probably English and not Americans, right?

[bypartisan]

Where we've found ourselves? Likely. When it comes to Travelers, however, I think the opposite is more true.

[permastubble]

Huh. I wonder why? [A pause.] I guess it doesn't really matter much in the long run.

[permastubble]

Huh. Wh--Wait a damn minute! We're police detectives! And I'm married!

[Flustered protests? Yup, he's got that.]

[timelessinventor]

Oh, whoops. Silly me. I get all tangled up with modern words sometimes.

I did not mean to presume.

[permastubble]

I’m sure you didn’t. At least that got cleared up quickly.

[permastubble]

I look forward to it!

[He's laughing, having an idea of what's behind the words and glad for it.]