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Introductions/A New Day

Jeremy opened the door with his head held as high as he could manage, tablet underneath his arm, shirt as pressed as he could make it, and pants straighter than a razor. He walked all the way over to the sofa where his Overlord playbook awaited him. His shoes made no noise even as he unconsciously scuffed them along the floor. It didn't take long for him to get to the sofa, turn around, sit down with a soft squeak from the cushions. He gazed upon the four children at the table, opened his mouth...

...And realized that he completely forget everything he was going to say.

Panic set in, his mouth closing as quickly as he opened it. His eyes started darting around the room to hopefully find something that can work as a distraction or to get him back on track. Unfortunately, constantly living in a poor apartment like this has caused him to become desensitized to anything that would cause a normal home owner to walk out with disgust. Anything that could possibly serve as a conversation starter was either too mundane, or too much for four children to hear about. He still doesn't know why the landlord continues to check if they're still alive once a month.

At Jeremy's silence, the children give each other looks of confusion. Mary starts to giggle, either from enjoying the former Night Guard's dismay or just to fill up the silence with something. Jeremy took it as the former and knew he had to do something or he'd lose them before he even had them. There's gotta be something he can talk about!

He feels sweat start forming on his brow until a light bulb goes off in his head. Regaining his composure, Jeremy places his hands on the table. With a smile he says, "So, Adventurers...,"

All of the children's head snap towards the lone adult in the room. Their eyes are firmly set upon Jeremy's next words. He continues, "Before we begin this Grand Epic, does any have any questions?"

As he expected, four tiny arms go up at the same time. Mary is holding hers up while slightly bouncing in her seat. In contrast, everyone else is sitting tight with Ib giving Jeremy an apologetic look for Mary's actions.

Knowing this would happen, Jeremy gives Mary the go ahead. She pumps her fist while everyone else's hands go down. In a high pitched, bubbly voice she ask, "What are we doing again?"

Ib looks apologetic again, but Jeremy anticipated this. He had plenty of experience with hyperactive players who needed constant stimulation else they completely lose interest in the game. They were a difficult to handle, but Jeremy had an advantage: Mary is a child.

Jeremy indicates the table with a simple wave of his hand, "We're going to be playing a Tabletop Roleplaying Game, specifically a game called of it like a game of pretend, but with ways to make it fair for everyone and more interesting."

Ib raises her hand to talk next, Jeremy nodding to let her know she can speak. Unlike her sister, Ib's voice is much quieter and more reserved when she speaks, "Is that why you asked us to fill out these, um," she picks up the paper in front of her to look at it. She squints her eyes to see the word she's looking for, "Play...books?"

"That's right, Ib. Each of those books represents the characters you all have created and will play as for this game," Jeremy explains. Ib nods along with what he's saying.

As Mary's eyes her Playbook again, Asriel's hand comes up. Jeremy nods and the kid smiles, "These four boxes are our Stats, right? They represent how good we are at doing things like swimming and jumping?"

Jeremy smiles wider at the boy, "Correct, Asriel. Have you done something like this before?"

Asriel looks down at the ground nervously, "N-no, I just...ask Alphys about some of this stuff before I came." He's still smiling, which means Jeremy has found a kindred spirit.