Utrecht Visscher | Network 001

[frontier_doktor]

[Public | Audio]

[This man has an accent too, German, but it's nowhere nearly as thick as Niko's Serbian one is. He could speak German and let the translator take care of it, but so far he's met enough "standard" speakers that he can handle himself.]

Hallo, I'm Dr. Visscher [pronounced "Fisher"] and I'm new. I am the sort of new where I have no idea where anything is yet and I keep getting turned around. So if anyone could help me to the clinic when they have a chance I would greatly appreciate it.

Speaking of which, I'm a general practitioner. I'll be working for the resort and town. I am a human, but I've never been to Earth. Any Earth, of any sort. I know there are a few of them out there.

Comments

[frontier_doktor]

[Strange universe this little guy comes from, and for a second he's actually daunted by the fact there is only town and country as a frame of reference because it feels like cities and nations are an impossible concept from there. But at the same time he likes to explain things and he likes to learn things.]

Very large. With oceans, and mountain ranges.

Countries are also a large area of land where people that... I suppose they are supposed to work together... live. Many towns, many people. All the land around it. And they have people in charge to help make decisions that everyone is supposed to respect. Some people are in charge because they were the strongest or smartest and made people listen to them. Some people are in charge because more people than not agreed they should be.

That sounds very good for Janet. [Though he's a little astounded at a sentient planet that just decided to make trees and mountains and flowers for herself. That's something he'd like to see. And at this point he's seen enough strangeness himself he actually doesn't doubt the possibility that this actually happened.]

[folkscallmewander]

[Multiple oceans and mountain ranges? It's like one planetary system in itself!]

That's one awfully big planet. Guess Earth humans don't have to go out to space to do their travelin'.

Where I'm from, a planet is basically what your "country" is. There's towns on some of 'em, and people live there and sometimes the ruler does, or they can live on another planet not too far from there. Some of the bigger ones we visited had everythin' on one planet and some used one particular planet for one important building.

Yup! I'm glad that Janet's happy now. She was feelin' down that no one ever visited her because she was just a barren place, but with a little bit of cheerin' up, she felt better and started creatin' things.

It sure surprised me when she started talkin'. No other planet can listen to you and change what they look like so fast. Maybe Janet was just born and needed to figure out what she looked like. Who knows? At least she's growing trees and flowers and nothin' dangerous anymore.

[frontier_doktor]

There were a lot of humans on Earth. People suspected that it would probably get to more than it could hold.

[He would ask about gravity, but the talking planet is strange enough and he's not sure that Wander would actually know how everything worked there, technically. Though he's vaguely aware that different universes come from different sorts of laws and this one... adjusts... a little bit.]

Sometimes lonely people take a while to learn how to act around others. Planets included.

[folkscallmewander]

[Wander's not ignorant, but he's not exactly an expert in the physics of his universe. But then again, he prefers to appreciate the beauty and mystery of the landscape rather than try to explain it.]

Ain't that the truth! It's hard actin' nice when you don't have many friends, and everyone makes mistakes. Janet apologized for tryin' to hurt us when she realized what she was doin' was wrong, so that doesn't mean she's a bad person! Or planet, in this case. And really, everyone isn't a bad person, even if they're good at hidin' their good side or it's just buried real deep down.

[A philosophy he lives by, even if it does put his life in danger from time to time.]

Wait, didja say there were a lotta humans? So they moved to other planets?

[frontier_doktor]

[To Wander's definite credit whatever mechanics direct his universe would probably have most people here, including Visscher, baffled if they were to encounter it.]

That's generally what I think of people. On the whole I've met more good than bad, ranging from some that are lucky to some that have fallen on difficult times.

[It may put Visscher's life in danger occasionally as well, but he's gotten very good at shying away from fights.]

There still are but yes, many moved to different planets to form colonies.

[folkscallmewander]

Exactly! [It's always a pleasant surprise to meet someone who sees the world like he does.]

So once we find a way to travel to your universe, we'll surely find some planet with humans on it. It'll be fun seein' what one of your places look like!

[frontier_doktor]

Any universe with humans in it usually has pretty good places where they live. Even if they might not appear to be so at face value. Some of my favorite people have come out of difficult areas- they're extremely brave.

[Which he is not.]