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[sketchycharacter]

[At a glance, Nate doesn't seem too perturbed for a recently spirited away from home guy who never expected to go into the upper atmosphere of Earth, much less make it to the far reaches of space. Either he's extremely adaptable or he's great at putting up a front. Then again, why can't it be both?]

This is where we all share a little about ourselves, right? [He raises a hand in a casual wave. Those who have met Nate since his arrival might notice that he is now wearing a wedding ring.] My name's Nathan Drake, my hobbies include climbing and digging into the really dusty parts of the library, and I don't actually like long walks on the beach that much. Which I wouldn't have thought would be an issue since, you know. Space. But then we went to Vacation Planet.

[The cheerful expression of an amiable wiseass slips a little, revealing something closer to wonderment.]

I've gotta tell you, when I boarded my plane home, I didn't expect to end up outside of the solar system. So far, space isn't what I would have pictured. But the view on the observation deck, wow—it's pretty out of this world.

[He chuckles at his own pun, because he's the kind of person who does that.]

Can't say coming here would have been my first choice of next career moves, but I can think of worse places to be. Anyway, good to meet everyone, or at least talk at you. [He shrugs.] Close enough.

[action for nomo #013; this is the first time Nate's returned to the ship since going down to spend a few days in the lap of luxury, and he's brought a few things with him. His area of the room isn't messy yet, possibly because he just doesn't have that much stuff yet, but there are a few packages stacked on his bunk. Nate himself is sitting on the couch, flipping through his journal when he's not playing with the MID.]

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[voice]

[ryuuzaki]

["Ryuuzaki" has a low voice and sounds reasonably cordial, if not effusive.]

Hello, Nathan Drake.

What would have been your first choice of career moves?

[voice]

[sketchycharacter]

Is "professional couch cushion tester" an option? That sounds nice.

[ryuuzaki]

[He plays along, pretending to consider the question.]

Not here, but maybe you could ask the captains to create the job title for you.

Still, if that isn't an option... what then?

[sketchycharacter]

You know, I'm not sure. Hadn't thought about it too much.

[He'd had other things on his mind. How to make the next buck hadn't figured heavily.]

Why? Are you a career counselor or something?

[ryuuzaki]

No... merely a curious person. I've heard about the cat, by the way.

You mentioned climbing and digging into the dusty parts of the library. It sounded like it might be interesting.

[sketchycharacter]

What cat?

[Who's extremely familiar with common idioms? Not Nathan Drake.]

I like history. But that's a pretty broad area for careers.

[ryuuzaki]

The cat whose death is frequently mentioned as having been a direct result of its curiosity.

[You know, that cat!]

It looks like the job of historian has been filled here. Digging and history... [his tone becomes almost aggressively airy]... I wonder what sort of career someone with those interests could pursue.

[sketchycharacter]

Oh. Huh.

[He'll just take your word for it.]

I'll narrow it down once I'm home. For now, apparently I'm going to be a teacher.

[Which is weird. But at least he's not a space janitor or something.]

[ryuuzaki]

[Everyone is a space janitor, Drake, but some are more janitorial than the two men in this conversation.]

What do they want you to teach?

[sketchycharacter]

Good question. [He shrugs.] Languages. General ed stuff, whatever that's supposed to mean.

[He didn't even finish middle school, what does he know.]

[ryuuzaki]

Math, reading... see if you have any takers.

How many languages do you speak?

[sketchycharacter]

If you count "can get by if air-dropped into a country" as speaking a language, then...I dunno. A bunch.

[ryuuzaki]

That sort of lack of specificity really isn't going to get you anywhere as a math teacher.

More than ten?

[sketchycharacter]

I never even took algebra, so.

Probably, yeah.

[ryuuzaki]

Neither did I.

The languages are impressive, though. More than twenty?

[sketchycharacter]

Uhhh...no. Unless you count dialects that differ a lot based on geography or time shift, but I don't. Even if you did I wouldn't say I speak that many.