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[She takes a real, real long time to psych herself up to this. To ask. Because she kind of needs to, but she hates having to ask, but after so many weeks, she really needs to.]

So, say someone grew up like a princess. Servants, cooks, the whole nine yards.

And now they want to learn how to live without all that.

How do they go about that? Just curious.

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A lot of people offer classes at the Crescent School and Welcome Center. Ishimaru-san offers classes in a lot of things. I guess though, start with one thing at a time. Trying to do everything at once will make it harder for you to learn anything. So like, focus on cleaning and then cooking and so on.

Cleaning would probably be the first thing.

[She can buy food, but she can't stand messes and she's getting tired of being so haphazard about it. There must be a better way to do it. She hopes there is.]

Is Ishimaru a good teacher?

He is, he's very open and honest and follows the rules in... everything.

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Determination. I had something like that myself years ago, and while I don't do all of that quite like anyone else, it was determination that drove me to improve and be self sufficient.

But you should start small no matter what. Start by doing things that sound simple enough and you will naturally move forward onto larger tasks. There's a lot you can try to do, but the list of things you actually need to do is quite a bit smaller.

Determination is obvious. [It's why she's asking.]

But there's a way to brute force something and then there's a proper way to do it which hopefully involves less tiring work.

Things need to be cleaned, at the very least.

It's going to be tiring no matter what, sadly. But if you're looking for the proper way, I'm going to assume you need an example to follow.

Would you be okay with some random girl showing you how things are done?

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They're already off to a great start, asking for help! What's the hardest thing going on right now?

All of it.

[Hoo boy.]

Do you at least have a roof over your head? Because I can teach you how to survive outdoors if you don't!

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I've done it the other way around. A princess who grew up in exile with nothing. No magic. No wifi. No way out.

You learn by living and doing and trying. Making what you do have work.

I could give you pointers if you want.

Ugh, don't bring up no wifi. I've already gone through most of the grieving process of no cell plan.

....pointers would be good.

omg ikr?

No InstaRoyal, no ZapChat. No Gracebook? I'm dying.

[The only thing Evie misses more than her boyfriend and friends? Social media.

You'll want to start small. Baby steps. Something you already know a little about or interests you. A hobby or a favorite subject in school.

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Move to action???

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You probably learn by having no other choice. There are no servants here to wait on you hand and foot.

If you want to learn how to cook, though, there are plenty of restaurants around Verens owned by Otherworlders. They'd likely be willing to let you watch. Maybe they'd even give you a job. I work with Webby at the Golden Pan as a performer. You could ask her.

Well, that is the basic idea. There is no other choice.

[She absolutely would not learn if she didn't absolutely HAVE to.]

Why would a restaurant hire someone who can't cook.

Webby is weirdly helpful.

She's a sweet kid. Or duck?

[ Well, whatever. Either way. ]

I can teach you how to be frugal, but that's about it. Just let Webby do her thing. It's easier than fighting her, believe me.

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They could ask someone to teach them, like a friend, or, well... I've been washing dishes and folding laundry since I was a kid, so I could try to show them. I've seen books at the library about learning to cook and other stuff, too.

[Well, he's the first to actually OFFER help instead of pointing to other people or just tips.]

[And she honestly does better seeing and doing the thing.]

I can buy food, at least.

The biggest thing I'm worried about right now is cleaning. Landry is the biggest issue because what do I DO with the things I cleaned everything ELSE with?

[ Her switch to first person doesn't go unnoticed and confirms what he was kind of wondering, but he isn't going to point it out. ]

You mean like cleaning rags? What I've always done is rinse them out and soak them in lemon juice, then dry them in the sun, and then wash them like I do regular laundry.

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I would just try doing anything you want to learn and learn first hand. Classes and stuff are boring and you can't learn common sense from a book!

Common sense is easy. How you're supposed to clean a stay on a couch cushion less so.

Isn't cleaning part of common sense?

Well, I suppose the first thing they would need to do is pick one thing they want to start learning and go from there.

What's something they would want to start with?

Cleaning. Food is easy enough to buy, but paying a person to clean is a lot more.

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I'd say just livin' day to day as an Otherworlder in Verens will teach you all that.

[A beat.]

Or, ah, is that the problem? You don't know where to even start?

That second part, mostly.

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