"So you're telling me I'm not on Earth anymore," Cameron said, their voice coming out flat rather than disbelieving. They probably should have been more skeptical, but it wasn't that much weirder to in another world than to be instantly transported across the Earth -- if they were going to accept the latter, they'd consider the former as well. As impossible as it seemed, they had read plenty of stories with this premise -- written a few too, though they tended to prefer pure secondary worlds over portal quests.
But those were fiction. People didn't actually step into new worlds ... was what Cameron would have said half an hour ago. Yet here they were.
"Um, OK." That was a good bit of information that Cameron didn't really have a lot of context for, and they doubted they'd remember it. "I'm Cameron Davis. Uh, my pronouns are they/them, by the way."
Did people in this new world have a concept of nonbinary genders? The words were barely out of Cameron's mouth before they regretted them; they hated introducing themself to new people and not knowing how they'd react to that whole concept. And it seemed like they should really have bigger worries right now than not being misgendered.
"My bag? I carry it all the time." They'd long since chosen a backpack rather than a purse or briefcase to hold their laptop, camera, wallet, etc. when on the go. It was a bonus, Cam realized, that today they happened to have their medication in there as well. Otherwise -- well, where did one source Abilify in another world? Actually ...
"Maybe this is a weird question," Cameron began, "but, like ... what's the year here? What, um, level of technology ... ?"
They wanted to know whether they were in for a swords and sorcery experience where they'd have to adjust to medieval life or more of an urban fantasy thing. Or even sci fi. How could they know?
But those were fiction. People didn't actually step into new worlds ... was what Cameron would have said half an hour ago. Yet here they were.
"Um, OK." That was a good bit of information that Cameron didn't really have a lot of context for, and they doubted they'd remember it. "I'm Cameron Davis. Uh, my pronouns are they/them, by the way."
Did people in this new world have a concept of nonbinary genders? The words were barely out of Cameron's mouth before they regretted them; they hated introducing themself to new people and not knowing how they'd react to that whole concept. And it seemed like they should really have bigger worries right now than not being misgendered.
"My bag? I carry it all the time." They'd long since chosen a backpack rather than a purse or briefcase to hold their laptop, camera, wallet, etc. when on the go. It was a bonus, Cam realized, that today they happened to have their medication in there as well. Otherwise -- well, where did one source Abilify in another world? Actually ...
"Maybe this is a weird question," Cameron began, "but, like ... what's the year here? What, um, level of technology ... ?"
They wanted to know whether they were in for a swords and sorcery experience where they'd have to adjust to medieval life or more of an urban fantasy thing. Or even sci fi. How could they know?
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"Cameras" by Ennev is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
