"Lemme check who's not currently in the middle of something -" He glares at the computer and it flickers - "nope, none of them are free, it's always a long shot. I'll try to catch one for you the next time they are, ask them to hop over to Warp."

"Okay. We can probably stall that long."

"There's lots else for him to learn about, at least. Any other questions while you're here, or should I draw you two circles?"

"Circles would be great."

So he pulls one up on his screen and starts drawing on the floor, explaining as he goes.

It's interesting.

And then she completes the circle, and receives a fairy, and amuses the fairy to no end by presenting her with something out of Maitimo's snack cabinet for her time via her own teekay, and dismisses the fairy.

And Rúmil does the same thing, less the teekay.

"Thank you for receiving us on such negligible notice. Can we get a lift to Vanda Nossëo?"

"Yeah, sure thing! We're known as the place where you can always find a Maitimo who's not doing anything important, there being six of us and none having any planet-ruling ambitions."

Snort. "I'll keep that in mind. Is there a politer protocol for finding one who's not doing anything than 'scan for Maitimos, address nearest'?"

"Yeah, this sitting room here is where the Maitimo who isn't doing anything hangs out, the whole idea is that anyone can walk in with a question or a problem. Please don't pop right into the room, lest someone's present with a question or a problem they don't want getting that much attention."

"Okay, cool. Thank you."

"My pleasure." Pop. Vanda Nossëo.

"- before you go what's the protocol to visit here."

"Having an empire and only one of them per person, they're absurdly busy, I actually doubt you'll be able to find whoever you're looking for right away. But you can head to the palace and be told when they'll be free, at least, and probably get a tour in the meantime of whatever goodies they're selling on the market in Edda..."

"All we strictly need to do here is get Allspeak and necklaces, and find Elspeth if she's around or go get her if she's not."

"Palace for Allspeak and necklaces, and Elspeth will not mind if you just call for her."

"I'm borrowing osanwë-as-protocol with people I can expect to be familiar with it, but I can't actually target someone I've never met - nor met an alt of - nor can I find her by species when I've never met anyone of her species - and my range is a lot shorter, too."

So he waves down the nearest Elf. "Hello, this is the newest Arda and adjacent Bell, they're looking for Elspeth, do you know where she is?"

Elspeth?

Yes?

There's a new Bell and a representative from the new Arda, here to meet you.

Oh, where?

She sends the location.

And here's Elspeth! "Hi! I'm Elspeth, it's nice to meet you."