I checked what other Travelers had to say about Earth in the Archive, and the test entry was hirious.

  18.4.2016—Traveler Guar Shum

  I khis world would be trouble the miouched the Gate. They had three names for their world. Why!? And it's not like the other names were good, so they couldn't decide. Two of the names were Dirt and Ground. Really? Drop the silly names ahe good o's not plicated.

  I seriously thought about turning back, but the closest gate was weeks away, and I was tired of Shimoor. It's nice, but pretty b.

  The minute I crossed the Gate, the Guidance asked me about gmour and identification. 400 mana gone. I crossed back tee. With the low mana levels, it would have taken me weeks.

  I listeo the first people I met and learhe nguage; another 500 mana gone. I'm back at the Gate tee; this will be annoying.

  I reached the first city and was in shock. Based on the low mana levels, I already khis would be my first teological world, but I didn't expect that. The buildings were enormous, and there were meical carriages of every shape and size zooming everywhere. They looked dangerous; getting hit by one of them would kill me. They also emitted a poisonous smoke that permeated the air. I felt myself getting poisoned and was gd I picked up a healing spell with my st ability point. I'll o use it when I leave to reverse the damage.

  I asked around for a pce to sell jewelry or s, and someone directed me to a store. Of course, it was strange. Normal beings typically keep money iill or a pouch, but here, they dispyed it in big gss cases. I asked about the proprietor, and he was called over. He was excited about the s, but wao see their identification. Seriously? Your money has identification? This is going to be even strahan I thought. I told him I'd bring them a.

  I tried to jure identification for the s, and it worked—200 mana gone. So, every needs its owification. This world is just ridiculous.

  I went back, showed him the papers, and sold the s. The proprietor asked me where to trahe money. Really? Those are my s and my money; I don't want to tra anywhere; I want to get it. The proprietor looked at me like I was insane.

  I'm the crazy one? Your s have identification! When you sell something, they want to transfer your payment somewhere else! This world is se.

  Finally, he told me they didn't have enough moo pay me for two s, and he o send somebody to the river to get money. Why do you keep your money he river? I'll never uand this world. I only sold him one , and he paid me with papers. For a minute, I thought he was trying to cheat me, but with all the other strangeness, I kept quiet and decided to check those papers somewhere else. He was already looking at me like a lunatic, so I better stay silent. I promised to return to sell the other a.

  I asked around for an inn and got instrus.

  Dear fellow Traveler, please hat inns in this world are called hotels, and they assign stars to them so the innkeeper know how much to charge for a room. I'm staying in a 3-star inn, and it's fantastic with a fusing washroom, an enormous bed, and a box I watch stories on.

  Also, the papers are real money.

  The money system in this world is also a plete mess. They have s like in normal worlds, but their s, of course, have to be illogical. The people in this world use s made of straal that have little value—they are worth less than their metal in other worlds.

  They use money made ur paper—it's not even magical paper! The pictures and numbers on the paper determis worth. They also use credits like the teological worlds I heard about from my father. I'm sure they will also use mana s when the mana level rises. It's like with the hey 't make up their mind.

  I took my father's advice regarding learning about a new world, spent another 500 mana for the reading skill, a looking for a library.

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  I'm back at the inn, and everything I learned i days in the library and from questioning people makes less sehahing I've been through so far.

  Dear fellow Traveler, a lot of small kingdoms, which they call tries, prise this world. That in itself is not strange, but each kingdom speaks a unique nguage. We are talking here about thousands of mana. But worry not, I searched in many books and found out that they have a nguage called English that most of the kingdoms know, even if it's not their spoken nguage. Eveer, the box with the gss in the inn shows a lot of English stories, so you use it to learn the nguage. But don't make my mistake; ask what nguage is iory. I learhe German nguage when I arrived here and the Frenguage from the story box. Only the day, I discovered it was not English and had to learn another. Another 1000 mana lost. Back to the Gate tee. I'm pleased I didn't move away from it.

  The money is even more plicated than I thought. Each kingdom has its own money with its own pictures, and even if the numbers are the same, if the pictures are different, the worth of the money is different. The s are also different. I found copper s that are pretty useless here and po get a lot of them to use in other worlds, but then I learhat they're only pted with copper.

  But worry not, dear Traveler. There's a fantastic opportunity that I found: I sold my gold for 1,750 euros, and found a shop that sells things fames. It's called a D&D shop, and they sell a pouch with 50 copper s for 10 euros. That's 8,750 copper s, or 87 gold s and 5 silver.

  I will jure identifications, sell all my old s, buy more copper s, aurn to Shimoor to vert them to gold.

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  I'm standihe Gate to Shimoor, but before I leave, here are some general things I learned:

  They sell strange drinks that tain small amounts of poison. They call them soft drinks for some reason. What's so soft about poison? I'll never uand. Drink only water or milk.

  They sell many strahings they call food. They e in colorful packages, don't smell or look like food, and tain small amounts of poison. You buy fresh fruits aables from market stalls, as well as cured meats, cheeses, and bread. If you don't have a healing spell, don't risk it. And even if you do, trust me; you don't want to taste the strange packaged food; it either tastes like paper or leaves an unpleasant aftertaste in your mouth that you must wash with water.

  Good things to buy for personal use:

  They have a very sturdy material called jeans, which is excellent for travelling. Buy a couple of pants and jackets.

  I found an enormous store for "camping gear" and a lot of good equipment for traveling. I bought a tent that jumps out, assembles itself, and is easy to fold again. It even has o protect from bugs. A couple of sturdy and fortable shoes for traveling, soft socks, an excellent hunting khat will serve me for years, a clever gadget to hang a pot above a fire with a u with a round bottom, a thick folded b with a device to close one side that's called a "sleeping bag" and some cups and ptes.

  If you don't have a spell to purify water, they have small round things called tablets to purify water. I don't , but maybe it will help you.

  In a different store, I bought a lovely iion called a bicycle that will make traveling long roads muanageable.

  I came through the Gate to a nd called Germahe city of Frankfurt (marker added to the map). To be ho, I haven't traveled this world. Maybe I'm not ready for a teological world. It's too alien. Or perhaps it's because this is my only sed world as a Traveler.

  But at least I have an enormous barrel with copper s to vert to gold, all in lovely pouches that will sell. My father told me that a smart Traveler earn riches and e bae set for life. I'm beginning to believe him.

  I hope my at will help you acclimatize more easily.

  Goodbye. May your road be happy and your adventures gentle.

  3.5.2016—Traveler Guar Shum

  It was fasating to read such a different perspective. The trick with the copper sounded good, and the advice about the bicycle was great. Puy, we really fused him.