#I know places like Tokyo have accommodations for people who don't speak the language but like—it wouldn't be as fun of a vacation that way

[nerendus]

I need to become a successful author so I can have the money to go to college and be a successful historian so I can have the money to go to school to learn Japanese so I can have the knowledge to go to Japan so I can—

[derpylittlenico]

random ff7 shower thoughts...

There ain't nobody in Midgar who can speak quite as many languages as the working guys/gals/enby pals of Wall Market.

follow along with me.

I was thinking about whether or not Shinra Co, under Rufus' dad, would have actually paid someone to communicate with the locals of the areas they colonized, and decided....no. No, they would not. Bc unless it was about the Cetra, Shinra Sr. would not spend money on shit he didn't see as immediately profitable.

Also, like he actually gave a shit about those people. Look at everything that happened in those areas they turned into reactor towns. His disregard is obv af.

...I mean? Maybe there are a few multilingual Shinra employees, but they're gonna be people from that family background, or people like Reeve (or the TURKS), who recognize the usefulness of it.

BUT ALSO. Considering the general level of competency from the executive board? Even if some claimed a degree of fluency in a 2nd language? Trusting them to get a translation correct even half the time would be like trusting Google Translate of the early aughts. You just...don't.

So, then. Back to my point.

Who WOULD find being a polyglot profitable?

Honeybees/Honey Boys & Madam M's masseuses.

These are people, in a densely populated metropolis...a city, in fact, that is seen as The Place To Go (think: NY or LA, or London, or Tokyo, etc).

They are, if not actually escorts, then broadly in the sex industry.

Given that, you never know who is gonna pass through your door, gil in hand, ready to spend lots of money. On you, specifically. It would be bad fuhkin business to not make every assurance that you could accommodate your potential customers.

So yeah. Wall Market set has gotchu covered, whether you want a dance, a massage w a happy ending, or a letter sent to that one elder aunty who never quite got the hang of reading/speaking Common.