Language LOL: Translator Malfunction

[rumham]

You know what's cool? Chatting with your pals. Reading the Internet. Navigating the roads because you can understand the Gods-damned street signs. You know what's not cool? Not being able to do any of that. By that metric, one might describe today in the Nexus decidedly uncool.

It's utterly without warning that the multiversal hub goes from automatic to manual translation. Shop signs, radio and television broadcasts, conversations on the streets between vendors and friends and businesspeople are suddenly a jarring cacophony of dissonant languages. Then there's the silence. Then there's the shouting. Turns out people get pissed off when nobody understands them!

Momentary chaos dies down as the average people of the Nexus come to grips with their new situation. Shopkeepers wait outside their stores and stands with expectant expressions, impatiently waiting for the translator to pull itself together and start working again.

Except...

It sort of doesn't.

No, it super doesn't.

Citizens of the Nexus, it would appear you're going to have to adjust...

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[red_room]

Oh. That looks an awful lot like where Steve himself lives. Natasha nods.

"I've been to that complex before. It's a good neighborhood, if not a bit quiet for you I'd think. I've got a safe house in one of the more urban apartments in the Nexus. Use that for my base of operations when I'm staying here."

The spy tucks a strand of hair behind her ear while Harley talks. It's strange to her to be considered a friend so easily. She's not used to people trusting her like Harley is.

"Oh yeah? For what, movies? Dinner?" Why would Harley want to have her around her place? Is it because she reminds the blonde of Pamela?

[sweetcandygirl]

"I got a job in a noisy, flashy city. So it is a nice balance. Work surrounded by music and people. Rest near a park."

Harley grins. "All of the above?"

[red_room]

"Not here I take it."

But not her own world, Natasha's fairly certain. Harley had been talking about moving on, starting over.

"I'm not the best company, you know."

[sweetcandygirl]

"No. On a different world. It is called a Hostess Club."

Harley smiles softly. "You don't have to be the best."

[red_room]

"Like they have in Japan?" Not a country in Natasha's wheelhouse of familiar places but she's been there for work a couple of times. "Are you enjoying it so far?"

Good for her to find herself a job so easily.

"...Alright. I'll make the time." Despite her apprehension, it's more difficult than Natasha expected to turn the offer down.

[sweetcandygirl]

"The club is in Japan." Harley confirms. "I am. It is nice to be able to dance again. Plus I am sort of like a secret bouncer. No one suspects a Hostess to be able to kick their butts."

"Awesomesauce." Harley grins again.

[red_room]

"A secret bouncer and a dancer. That's a good combination. The last time I was a secret security detail for anything I was working as a personal assistant. Much less fun than a dancer. Enjoy that for all you can."

Though it was worth the effort to see the look on Stark's face when she finally did show her true strengths. Happy memories.

"When were you thinking?"

[sweetcandygirl]

"I am pretty open for ideas."

"But I am sure we could learn from each other."

[red_room]

"Having to smile all the time was making my face hurt."

Service industry smiles are hard to keep going, especially the more inane your employer is.

"Plus, you love to dance. You'll enjoy it."