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[heroforhobby]

[Along with the English is a post in Japanese that is pretty much the same thing, but the comm is translating it to English for him and he figures he might as well post both. It's a big world, and surely Japanese is still spoken on this Earth, so maybe he'll get lucky and find a speaker. Either way, it becomes clear why he's posting in text and not any other way as the viewer reads on.]

Hi.

Does anyone out there know how to change the translator voice on the phone they gave us? I can't figure it out... Mine might be broken or something. [Or he has no patience for a complicated piece of technology...]

Don't get me wrong, the British woman's voice is nice, I guess, but it's weird hearing stuff I'm saying coming out that way.

I don't mind hearing everyone else that way when it translates back to me, though. It's kind of funny.

(I hope this thing is actually translating right. It would suck to ask for help and it just comes out as asking about goldfish poops....)

Oh. And.

I'm living in Maurtia Falls. What's the best stores to go to for guys on a budget for food and clothes? I can't keep wearing and washing my costume every day. It probably wouldn't be good to wear it for this "job" they gave me, either. Hell if I know what you would even wear to a "job" like this, anyway, so shorts and a T-shirt'll have to do. IF I can find a good store.

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[douchebag]

[ A better person probably wouldn't do this, but Felix is bored and can't help himself. ]

Man, you're really into goldfish poops, aren't you?

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[heroforhobby]

Huh? No... That was just an example.

[douchebag]

You sure? Because I saw a pet store here the other day. I bet you could get a whole school of goldfish.

[heroforhobby]

[What is even.]

I don't want goldfish! They aren't even good pets!

[douchebag]

[ He could do this all day. He won't, but he could. ]

Suit yourself. What's this job you got assigned? Maybe I can help you out.

text | id reads "karen starr"

[boobwindow]

That would depend on the kind of job you're working.

[heroforhobby]

A singer, I guess. A "crooner".

Some guy told me I would have to wear a pastel suit with ruffles.

[boobwindow]

... as in a lounge singer? What exactly are we talking about here?

[heroforhobby]

Hell if I know, they just told me I'd be a frontman for a "crooner" band. Uh...hold on, let me find the paper. [A pause between texts.] "Punch Drunk Love" is the band. Have you heard of them?

[boobwindow]

Not at all.
You know if you aren't interested you can find another job, right?

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[aojona]

I don't know the area, but secondhand stores usually have pretty decent clothes. Gas stations or vending machines for cheap food, they have those pretty much everywhere. And McDonald's. Depends on your budget though.

[heroforhobby]

If you're truly trying to save money then eating out is definitely out! McDonald's is never as cheap as some rice. Maybe with mayo if you're feeling like treating yourself.

[If the tone could be conveyed through text, he would sound like a true sensei right now. A sensei of budget.]

[aojona]

[ Saitama pls ]

I don't mean eating out. If you can't cook or don't have a kitchen, then the dollar menu's usually gonna be more affordable than groceries. But that's why I said it depends. There can be lots of variables depending on the person's situation.

Rice with mayo? [ Not a combination Pablo can say he's tried... ] Does that taste good?

[heroforhobby]

Ah, yeah, I remember the days without a kitchen. I got a used rice cooker for 400 yen that was held together with duct tape, lasted me 3 years. It was a steal!

Sure! Mayo can make just about anything taste good. Not as good as egg over rice, but mayo lasts longer.

[aojona]

Sounds pretty useful. Was it battery powered or did you have to find places to plug it in?

Most cities should have Asian and Hispanic markets that you could get a good price on rice at. Hopefully some locals can refer you better, because that'll definitely vary price-wise.

[ One of those things that really requires local, community wisdom. ]

Have you had it with beans? You can get those in bulk too.

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[doesntdomuch]

I don't know myself but you can probably get someone to reprogram the translator voice for you. There's a lot of people here that are good at programming things.

[heroforhobby]

Yeah? Do you know anyone?

[doesntdomuch]

Dr. Brown is a pretty good scientist in my expereince.

[heroforhobby]

Scientist? There isn't some teenaged girl out there that could push a few buttons??

[Is this communicator really that difficult?]

[doesntdomuch]

I guess there's that too? I've never tried messing with it so I don't actually know if there's a built-in program. You can also look it up on the internet I guess?

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[penthesileia]

[She answers in Japanese.]

I think there may be a way, but I'm not sure how. What sort of voice were you looking for? Is it purely a gender issue?

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[heroforhobby]

[Score, someone he can talk to and knows for sure it's what he means to say.]

Kinda, yeah. I'm a guy. But it also makes me feel like I should be wearing a monocle or something.

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[penthesileia]

Would an American accent be any better? We'll have cultural connotations for most of the ways we could sound, I think.

[heroforhobby]

A Japanese guy speaking English would be best.

[penthesileia]

I can understand that, I suppose.

Do you not speak English yourself, then? If you're relying on the auto-translation.