'Two months. Almost two months since I first came here and unlike the last time I found myself trapped in another world--sort of--this isn't the case of a handful of things being different. Everything is. We're stuck underground to avoid a plague, humans are in the minority, and even the one person here I know from home is completely different. He's been stuck in an alternate world for way longer than I've ever been and seems to have mellowed out to a certain degree because of it.

Is it strange I'm starting to not be shocked my boss is a giant frog? And that I've been getting used to having to keep a work schedule and saving up to pay rent and buy groceries? These are things I rarely had to help with back home and it definitely gives me more appreciation for the things my parents did. I guess it is true what they say: you don't know what you're missing until you wake up one day and it's gone.'

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Hey. How do you guys deal with the homesickness?

<small>[Eddward steadies his hat. Several more gadgets are on his person--some sort of magnifying monocle, some rings on his fingers, and he appears to have a belt with various tools in them. Several books are scattered throughout his personal space.]<big>

Greetings again, fellow Otherworlders! This is Eddward speaking, your astute local paperboy!

( Ramble ramble ramble! )

 

[Eddward clears his throat just after turning the video function on.]

[...and also collects his thoughts, his two fingers lightly rubbing his forehead.]

Why hello there, fellows! I would like to take a moment of your time to introduce myself!

[He smiles, speaking towards the "camera" and the viewers hence. High pitched but pleasant, with a tone that would suggest true dedication to politeness. He would definitely do much worse were he actually in front of a crowd.]

My name is Eddward, and I am now currently the one in charge of delivering the daily printed newspaper, personally, to every occupied room in the entire apartment, amongst a few others. It is my greatest pleasure to say that I look forward to placing each and every individual newspaper at your doorstep every time the paper is due! Right on time, and at the right place, as I always say! [He totally never says that.] Never rain nor wind nor....uhm, Unversed shall impede my routine!

[He makes a good job of hiding his fear. But there's genuine courage in his words, which can be found in much the same way a person would empty their bowl of soup into a much larger bowl and then scraping the little bits that stick to the bottom of the bowl.]

Meeting my two fellow boarders has been a fine time indeed. Why, I would say we get along just fine!

But enough about me. Smart fellow though I may be, I'm still fairly young. Please, if there is anything anyone would like to ask from me, please, don't hesitate to ask!

[Perspiration is very noticeably forming from every pore on his body. Seems just now he fully comprehended his audience.]

-=for those he's spoken to already, he's sounding a lot stronger and healthier. he is attempting to be lighthearted, but in the end he still sounds worn=-

I wanted to extend my gratitude to those who came to my aid when I first arrived here. I would have surely lost my life if it wasn't for your efforts, and while a mere word of thanks feels hardly appropriate for such an act of kindness, it is all I have to offer.

That being said, I am curious to learn about the different people that have come to be in this place. I believe the people I met were called humans? I had never left my home world, so this is a new sort of opportunity for me.