[Open - The Lobby - this is not the Pearls you are looking for]

[brightdetective]

[There's a young woman of about 24 years hanging around the front desk in the lobby looking slightly confused. Her light brown hair is up in a messy bun and she's wearing a plum red coat and jeans, a backpack slung over her back. Those with a keen eye will notice the light blue magatama dangling on a chain around her neck

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[know_sacrifice]

[Wandering through the lobby in a black and yellow bikini and giant sunglasses, with a towel over one shoulder. Pretty clear where this still-19-years-old Mikaela is going, but she's willing to pause and help out the apparent newbie.]

No, this is Clearwater C--

...Wait, did you just say worldhop?

[brightdetective]

[While she's turning to see who it is talking:]

Yeah, I di -- [And then she sees who it is, and her jaw drops open.] Mikaela?!

[know_sacrifice]

....Uh, y-yeah? [She definitely doesn't recognize...whoever this is, she doesn't think... So being recognized is a little...weird.]

[brightdetective]

Oh my gosh, I really must have world-hopped somehow! [She still looks a little shell-shocked, but she smiles, hardly able to believe this.] It's me, Pearl!