Important Questions [Text, Open]

[bravelyplucked]

Date: September 2
Characters: A number sans any other identification that is totally Torin

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[...well. He's had that number rattling around in his head off and on for how long, and now he decides to make use of it? Torin is quite possibly late to the party. But he does, however, have a very important first question to ask of people after he's scribbled the number down on his notebook while having a morning cup of coffee in his office and after he's processed a bit of what's going on here.]

So what's your favorite dinosaur?

Comments

[dragoonrouge]

[The answer is almost immediate as the voice of a young woman eminates from his notebook.]

Aquilops.

[bravelyplucked]

[Oh, hey, voice. That's...weird and unusual coming from his notepad. Torin's not sure if he wants to talk or not over this thing, and so the response still comes out written in handwriting that's obviously from an older individual.]

That's an excellent choice! Why that one in particular?

[dragoonrouge]

[Sadie is undeterred by Torin's lack of speaking.]

I think it's interesting how evolution and ecological niches can create species dwarfism in various different species and what it says about the environments they lived in.

[bravelyplucked]

Well said! They're rather interesting little things. And they're often forgotten in the face of more well-known dinosaurs.

[Text]

[iamnotgod]

I was always fond of the Brachiosauridae. Daanosaurus zhangi if I must pick an individual species.

[This response is written right back - though it's clearly not Torin's handwriting.]

[Text]

[bravelyplucked]

[He's pretty delighted by the magically appearing handwriting; it's quite the novelty.]

Ah, Brachiosauridae are mine, too! Though I am quite partial to Brachiosaurus torinus.

[Look, you discover a species, you're going to be partial to that species, even if the name you suggested for it in jest actually stuck.]

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[iamnotgod]

I shouldn't be surprised, and yet somehow I am. ;)

[And yes, he does write out the emote.]

In any case, I believe we've met before. Though, has anyone caught you up to speed on what this Network seems capable of?

[Written]

[lovedramamoron]

Plesiosaurs.

[Written]

[bravelyplucked]

Not quite true dinosaurs, but close enough for our purposes. Why do you like them?

[Written]

[lovedramamoron]

I think they're interesting. They're a bit of a mystery, aren't they?

[scarsolderthanyou]

[Sam can't decide if it'd be worse if Ray or Torin were the one behind this. His two local dinosaur fans. Shit. Maybe he'll be lucky and it isn't either one. (Yeah, he's never lucky. He's the one with half his family in this thing.)

Instead of answering the question, he texts back,]

Who is this?

[bravelyplucked]

Who is this? I thought it was polite to answer a question before asking a question.

[Look, that's an older man's handwriting.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

[Shit that does kinda look like Torin's handwriting.]

Sam Stone. And I have a feeling you've already asked me this question.

[Voice]

[dreamtamer]

[This answer comes from a young boy's voice.]

Can I pick all of them?

[Voice]

[bravelyplucked]

[You know what? Torin hadn't been expecting kids here, and he can't resist that sort of enthusiasm. There's a laugh out of him.]

I don't see why not.

[His voice may or may not sound familiar depending on how many old dinosaur videos Thom's seen. Torin's done a few more recent specials in addition to his TV series from the 90s.]

Re: [Voice]

[dreamtamer]

Than I'm going to pick all of them! I like every dinosaur I've read about.

[Thom had seen a few episodes of the show, but he wasn't very good at recognizing voices. ]

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[spaghettimonster]

[This answer comes a few minutes later with typed words - it's easy to disguise network use if one pretends to be texting.]

I had think a minute, but Stegosaurus

Did you go to go the festival then?
Seems like the world's mad for dinosaurs this week

[text]

[bravelyplucked]

Stegosaurus is an excellent choice! May I ask why you like it?

I was definitely at the festival; there was a good turnout! Were you there as well?

[text]

[spaghettimonster]

It's different isn't it?
Those plates on its back, I never knew what to make of them

Not the whole event, but I caught some of it

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[singlefaith]

[If one gets a number and it gives access to a secret network, Yua has this expectation that super secret, weighty things happen on it.]

[. . . A question about favorite dinosaurs defies all expectations.]

What?

Text

[bravelyplucked]

It's a very simple question. What's your favorite dinosaur?

Favorite synapsids or therapsids are also acceptable answers, I suppose.

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[singlefaith]

[But. What.]

I don't think I've ever thought about it before?

Why are you asking?

[Maybe she's wrong and this is important somehow. Just. How?]

Texting

[deathrae]

Torosaurus. The designs I saw people give the frills were really cool when I was a kid.

[And she can readily guess who this is.] I shouldn't be surprise this is the first thing you asked, huh Torin?

[bravelyplucked]

[At this point, he's just happy to see an answer that's not one of your standard favorite dinosaur answers (though he doesn't judge those at all, as his own favorite probably qualifies).]

That's an excellent reason for a favorite dinosaur, really. It's the ones we connect to as children that really seem to make a difference--I saw a Brachiosaurus skeleton in my youth that really made an impression on me.'

Was it that obvious?

[deathrae]

I mean, the only reason my first question here wasn't "what's everyone's favourite sea creature" is because Sadie introduced me to it by writing something. So it makes sense that someone asking about dinosaurs might be you.