Lisa: @Ges: Oh, don't worry about that. You don't look that out of the ordinary compared to most of the people living here. Nobody is really going to mind.
Floofington: Good. Well, as I'm sure your friend Lisa has informed you, many children have started to vanish from the city with little explanation. We don't know precisely what is causing this, but we do know that all of the missing children have received gifts from the megacorp known as Santacorp. They have been giving present to young children for many years now, but recently there have been reports of very unusual occurrences from several witnesses.
Most people are too afraid to take on this mission, which is why I have come to all of you. I need you to investigate Santacorp and uncover whatever role they may play in these kidnappings. You can spy on their facilities, or perhaps even try to work with them in solving this case. It is believed that whatever is behind these kidnappings could be a rogue element within Santacorp, and they may be as eager as you to remove whoever is behind this from their midst. The large tax breaks they enjoy because of their gift giving are being revoked as a result of this kidnapping conspiracy, so it's pretty clear they're not doing this for a financial reason.
Well, I'm going to send you all the information you need to find Santacorp and take action as you see fit. Do you have any questions?
Asagi: Oh boy. Spooky voodoo territory. Well, I'm going to assume things like important figures, general information on what they officially report and relevant clearance would be supplied if this is this important, so what's our timeframe then?
We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)Lisa: Oh boy, that's a tall order.
Ok, first of all, our whole political landscape has changed quite a bit. The divides between various nation states are trivial compared to what they were in 2017. Hell... our current President, Ivanka Sokolov, was pretty clearly not born in America. We sort of rebuked that particular clause from the Constitution that would prevent people like her from becoming Head of State once everyone decided they cared more about the multinational corporations people are allied with than the land they come from. >.> But yeah, that should tell you how different things are compared to what they were like in the past.
There is a relative peace between most nations of the Earth at this point. Violent conflicts still happen, but they are usually not as drawn out as they were in the past - and they are usually over property and resources rather than some kind of righteous ideology. On that note, the emergence of magic, non humans, and a series of violent revolutions over wealth inequality and global political unrest happened in the past I can't even remember how many years its been now, and the end result was that world governments became weakened as a result of all the chaos. Megacorps sort of ended up filling the void of power, though nation states are trying to regain their former glory, albeit slowly. In the meantime, technology has advanced incredibly rapidly, allowing us to do things we never thought possible. So that's pretty neat.
The demographics, well let's see... There's giants, demi-humans who have animal traits, reptile people, trolls, dwarves... there's too many kinds of different people for me to even remember at this point. I don't think any of you guys would be considered weird by New York standards.
As for weapons, well, it's probably a good idea for you guys to get permits. I can help you out with that part.
Lisa: Sweet!
-she hops on the couch and turns on the TV, which ends up on one of the greatest animes of our time-
-Cory in the House Shippuden-
-Featuring Cory Baxter and Joruto Ninjamaki-
Joruto: Hey Corey, the Great Ninja War has been going on for decades now. If elected Hokage, what would you do about it?
Corey: Joruto, you're a busta. I'll show you exactly what I'm gonna do.
-Corey ends up punching the current arc villain so hard that even the animators who worked on the show can feel its power-
Lisa: Whoa.

Lisa: Well yeah, cause he's fun.
@Asagi: You're welcome, Sagi.
-There's a ringing noise somewhere in the house-
Oh, sounds like my holo-phone. Probably the person who gave us our mission, actually. I'll go get it.
-As Lisa answers the phone, a hologram of a short young lady with fox ears
appears in the room and takes a look around-
-her name and title are also prominently displayed on a nearby screen - she is Ms. Floofington, CEO of Floofcorp and Governor of New York-
Floofington: Ah, hello? You must be the group I contacted about the recent troubles in our city.
Lisa: Holy moly, this went all the way to Governor Floofington? This must be serious.