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[Posted to Parley's rumblr account. No association with Mystery Lass. If you look at older posts, it's all just more of her talking about her life like a normal teenage girl might do.]

Well things have certainly been busy for me. I haven't had a chance to update here since I moved to America! (Sorry readers if you thought I had been eaten by wolves.) I'm staying with some friends of the family, the Myoudouins, in Venture City. They own this big kinda Japanese style Dojo and are all really serious about martial arts, it's actually pretty cool. Apparently the Dojo Master was really tight with my dad back in the day. He has two sons, Itsuki and Satsuki. Satsuki is sick and I don't see him around very often, but they both seem really chill, so that's cool.

My room here is weird. It's got those rectangular mats covering the floor that I can't remember the name of, and a futon instead of a proper bed. I've done what I can, though.

[Included is a selfie of Parley in her room. You can see the tatami mat floor in a few places, but by now she's got it covered in stuff. Comic books, regular books, clothes, video games, and all the other detritus that a person in the 21st century comes with. The walls have been coated with posters, mostly of female characters from movies and games looking cool. The only thing that might seem unusual is the sword leaning against the wall (in a scabbard), next to a fencing mask.]

As weird as it is to say it, I'm looking forwards to the school year. I'm having fun, but I don't really know that many people here.

So far America is really weird though. I haven't seen a single bald eagle (Itsuki said he saw one the other day, but I do not believe him.), nor have I been involved in any gunfights or highway chases. Hollywood has much to answer for. I HAVE almost been hit by cars twice now, though, because they all drive on the wrong side of the road! I've been warned that it's Independence Day (Or as we call it back home, "Ungrateful Day" ^_^), and that everyone is going to be a little flag crazy today. Hopefully I won't accidentally order tea instead of coffee and get mobbed. Wish me luck!

Okay that's all for now. This is Parley the great, signing off!

#Venture City #Travel #America

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[130percent]

..."ungrateful day"? :-|

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We founded those colonies you know. And look at how you repaid us!

[130percent]

Riiight. My heart breaks for you. It really sounds like your ancestors got the short end of the stick there.

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You're darn right.

[high_on_daylight]

... I think you do have a point with the "Ungrateful Day" thing.

[Okay so technically Evangeline's Scottish, but she lived in Britain long enough to have the BBC accent, so.]

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[distorts_space]

Right? The nerve of some people! Stealing all our colonies!

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[high_on_daylight]

Mind, there's a lot of complexity there, and they've grown to be very reliable allies of Britain.

The whole "We signed a treaty and then pretended we didn't" thing between 1778 and 1815 certainly wasn't one of our brightest moments...

[distorts_space]

Sure, yeah, good points.

[Came here to talk about travelling, not about history. History is boring, yo.]

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[sebastiancafe]

I personally enjoy my adopted home in America. Though Independence Day reminds me of Founder's Day in Caeldonia, though the colors were different. Plenty of drinking and fireworks, regardless.

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Where's Caeldonia? I've never heard of it and it's not showing up on google.

[sebastiancafe]

It is... on another planet.

The Kid wasn't sure if the Bastion had worked like that or had sent us through universes. I'm still figuring that part out.

[distorts_space]

Wow my very first alien. Are you green? Do you have antenna?

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[thedarkheir]

Gets kind of obnoxious noisy here on the 4th. No one obeys the Fireworks ban.

And Eagles - well, in a fit of short-sightedness, we almost wiped them out. Our Bad.

[distorts_space]

It can't be THAT annoying can it? I mean worst case scenario Mum made me pack earplugs because she was convinced all of America had rock music playing all day.

[thedarkheir]

There's loudness, and there's a reverb - depending on where you are, you can feel it when it goes off. But yeah, I'm mostly irritated because they scare the dog.

[distorts_space]

Oh.

Well.

That's legit I guess.

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[forgottendecade]

finding bald eagles depends on where you are and how much people are around you
don't believe anything hollywood says
especially if they swear they are telling the truth
plenty of americans drink tea so you wont get mobbed for ordering some

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Hollywood has lied to me!? My poor innocent heart can't take this deception!

[forgottendecade]

hollywood is where dreams are made, so yes, it lies all the time
what art does your foster family teach?

[spanish_superhero]

[This guy's account is fairly new. It has a few recent pictures of himself, an athletic-looking 16 year-old boy with long brown hair.]

I just arrived here from Spain yesterday. It is... a bit overwhelming? No?

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[Yes okay good. Parley approves of this.]

It's actually not as bad as I thought it'd be. All the movies made me SURE I'd be mugged by a buncha goons with guns on the way from the airport.

[spanish_superhero]

I see. That was not a worry of mine, I admit.

I WAS a bit surprised at the lack of movie stars, though. When I told the people back home I was visiting California, many seemed convinced I would be pretty much TRIPPING over them here.

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[widerthanthesea]

OH MAN I know Itsuki!!! the dojo is awesome, lucky pick!

so gimme the real scoop here, do they play up the accents for movies or do they all really talk like that in england

[distorts_space]

Yeah Itsuki seems pretty cool in the good-at-everything-but-still-super-chill sort of way.

I don't have an accent. You're the ones with accents.

[widerthanthesea]

are they aaaawesome accents