"Hey, when's the dang official gonna open up the East Asia map? I want to go home and check things out."
If there's anything different, it's got to be the people on the ship, all of them with black hair and black eyes, looking way more familiar than these foreigners.
A lot of players simply started chatting up fellow countrymen on the ship. The longer they're aboard, the more that initial awkwardness wears off.
"Hey, bro, I can tell you're from Sichuan just by looking! I'm from Yibin, Sichuan. I'm old enough to probably be your grandpa."
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"How have things been over in Sichuan these past few years? Still lots of Chengdu-style metrosexuals? Don't let it become like Dali's twirling twist; I heard the hotel showers there have a funny smell."
"???"
The crew members of the Jinling were thus roped in by the players, bombarded with questions as if they were determined to dig through decades of history, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to fill in the lore.
