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[whatyoumust]

[First things first. Alberto Reyes is new here, and though he's gotten his happy reunion with his family and all that, he still has a lot of questions about the new world he's been unceremoniously dropped into. He's far from a stranger to all of this superhero stuff, seeing as he's from a world full of them himself, but alternate realities? All of this Cold War business? That's definitely news to him.

But he's got another pressing concern right now-- one that he should probably deal with sooner rather than later. So howdy, Heropa (and all other associated locales), howyadoin': have a very perplexed man in his late 30's, dark eyes squinting quizzically into the camera.]

Hello, everyone. I wasn't sure of where to ask this, so I thought I'd try the network. I was told that I was assigned to become a 'blogger'.

[A beat. Berto blinks.]

...What, exactly, is a blog?

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[suldreen]

Hold old are you?

[ Asks the 13 y.o. brat. ]

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[whatyoumust]

Old enough to remember both disco and manners.

[replies the pushing-40 dad.]

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[suldreen]

Wow, okay.

[ At least he's taking it good. ]

But as everyone says, a blogger is one that maintains a blog, in which they write or tape (although they call that a vlog with a little v) stuff they do, about stuff they think about, or anything really. You can do whatever you want, unless you have like, a specific thing to blog about.

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[whatyoumust]

[his kid got the banter from somewhere, okay.]

They gave me a specific topic, so... I assume that they'll want me to blog about that, correct? This is very new to me. I'm not really a writer.

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[suldreen]

I suppose, since it's your job, that you should write about... what exactly?

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[whatyoumust]

It's...

[Wow, even he's pretty embarrassed to read this title.]

It's a blog called the "Bountiful Beard Bulletin". [He scratches his beard thoughtfully.]

They might be looking in the wrong place if they want a whole blog on that.

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[suldreen]

[ She actually laughs, and is surprised to hear her laugh. Been a while. ]

You seriously have no idea of how popular beards have become. It's pretty in right now.

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[whatyoumust]

[The thought's still pretty ridiculous. Alberto chuckles pleasantly.]

I've kept it like this for years and only now I'm hip? What a world.

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[suldreen]

Personally I don't really understand, but it's suddenly hip have huge, elaborate lumberjack beards.

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[whatyoumust]

Then I'll give them something refreshing and simple for a change. If they don't like it, they have three times as much beard to work with instead.

[He's... just going to scroll through his fellow beard bloggers' entries for a minute...]

Dios mio, he's braided it. Twice. [w h y.] I am not going this far to be hip.

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[suldreen]

That could work.

[ She can't help to smirk at him. At least he didn't find the huge Nordic guys with flowers on their beards. ]

That's just a small sample of the beard trend. Some make really elaborate works of art with them, even.