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Measure has high standards for what counts as "consistent."

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Anyways, let's try searching something else. It sure seems like the universe is telling her that handling budgeting logistics, while engrossing, might not be particularly necessary or the best use of her time.

Uhhhh, search "the alien's guide to life on tinya". That sounds like a book or post that might exist.

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frankly it's a little weird that you'd need me to tell you budgeting logistics aren't one of the first things to think about when you're transported directly into the lap of a girl in an exciting new corner of the multiverse who has her life sufficiently together to comfortably host a guest but you do you

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Yeah, Celene'll find a few books or posts or web video miniseries with titles pretty similar to that.

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Does she have to buy them?

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Well, in principle she should have a budget of about 43-50¢ by now! But it varies. Blog posts are generally going to be free (or rather cheap), books or web video less so.

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Sure! Could she have a basic summary of one? 

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Gee, I have to pick only one?

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Oh, can she have a summary of all of them? That'd be neat.

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All of them? Every work with a title close enough to that? Gee, well, that's a bit of a tall order if you count every obscure half-baked webfic and so on, nothing's really gotten so popular as to make people want to start avoiding reusing a name that simple... but if she insists, here's a first batch:

You’ve crash-landed on Tinya—a planet full of flirtatious infrastructure and unusually attractive civil servants, all seemingly coordinated by some powerful eldritch entity known only as "Providence". With your translator implant still occasionally glitching out and your emergency budget rapidly evaporating, you’ll have to learn fast: how to flirt without getting arrested, how to navigate the bureaucracy, and how not to get accidentally recruited into a municipal improv cult.

Choose your sexuality, pick your favorite municipal aesthetic, and navigate a branching storyline full of:

  • ethically ambiguous polycules
  • esoteric tax paperwork
  • crying in the rain with an urban planning AI

Will you find love? Or at least a cohabitation agreement with emotional intimacy clauses? Who will you pick as your guide to life on Tinya?

This blog is written in-character by an alien who was one of the first of their species to emigrate to Tinya. The author clarifies various rumors and misunderstandings about Eifweni which are common on their home planet, while also giving advice to would-be immigrants and describing their efforts to help build cultural infrastructure for integrating new Tinya residents.

In this cozy sci-fi comedy series, a bewildered extraterrestrial finds themself falling in with a small gang of Eifweni misfits. The alien tries to make sense of Eifweni culture, social norms, and why everyone keeps trying to get them involved in aggressively specific subcultures ("You're saying you just... write down false stories? Not for deception, just for fun?").

Each short episode explores one deeply befuddling aspect of life on Tinya, from mathematics to sleep. The B Plot varies, but generally focuses on the struggles of the alien's Eifweni acquaintances to understand a perfectly normal concept from the alien's culture.

On the Xenobiology Worldbuilding forum, someone with very extensive real-life biological expertise has begun work on a joke series which explains fun facts about various Tinya plant and animal species as if they were part of a fictional world written by an alien.

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"How to flirt without getting arrested?" Ok, that's clearly not a realistic portrayal (although she is fascinated by the concept).

She thinks probably the second will be most helpful? Can she get a list of the rumors and misunderstandings?

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The closest easily accessible thing would probably just be scanning the list of article titles?

Yes, You Are Legally Allowed to Leave Your City (And Other Exit Rights)

No, the Cryonics Vats are not a Metaphor

Why Everyone was Very Calm about the Rooftop Fire Ritual

Are You Committing Truicide or Just Taking a Sabbatical?

No, the Emergency Services Representative is (Probably) not Flirting with You

Tips for your First Visit to an Eifweni-Majority City

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Sure, "Tips for your First Visit to an Eifweni-Majority City".

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