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Papyrus ([personal profile] spaghettimonster) wrote in [community profile] saveourearth2018-08-14 02:52 am

Dip your toe in the water [Network] - [Text]/[Video]

Date: July 30th, 2018
Characters: A string of numbers yet to be determined (Russell)

[Mid morning of July 30th, a transmission originating from a computer becomes available. As video, it's basically a live feed of an art program where he's copied a clip art image, then begun typing text on the screen. Text offers nearly the same experience, without the cursor moving around and with just a url/description of the image.]

It is
my birthday


( the birthday clip art image )

*fweet*

and the best gift of all
was given to me a few days ago
when i learned you're all real
and not symptoms of a break from sanity

cheers

[Russell's started looking and listening through the older messages, but this is the first time - other than his brief exchange with the Petting Zoo Alarm - that he's contributed anything to the network.]
iamnotgod: A man, smiling and holding a book. (When He Smiles.)

[Text]/[Action]

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-14 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't do much better than that, no.

[A pause.]

But I tried anyway.

[As if it's not obvious enough who this is, if Russell goes to check on his flatmate, Walter waves.]
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Re: [Text]/[Action]

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-14 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Good thing he checked then.]

Not mad, or not going mad, though?

[He kids; Walter could see an argument for both, is the thing.]
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[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-15 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[You should do that, Russell. Because fuck anxiety, that's why!]

Also as long as it means we're not inexplicably in a cult.

[That's what 'within reason' means, Walter.]

And throw money at us, don't they?
iamnotgod: A man, hands up at chest level, staring left and down (In The Dark)

Re: [text] / [action]

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-15 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Good call, Russell. Walter appreciates it.

He turns to look, getting halfway up out of his chair and making a wry expression.]

True - it's not like there's an oh-so-mysterious leader, here.

[Which is one of the few reasons well, few that aren't related to the Sunk Cost Fallacy that Walter hasn't run for the hills from all this.]

And the Network itself was kicked off after a bit of natural phenomena showed up unnaturally. Hard to imagine any 'religious' salesman bagging that sort of power.

[More like he Refuses to imagine it, but. Well.]
iamnotgod: A man, holding a folder in one hand and gesturing with the other, looking off to the right. (And WHAT Is This?)

[Action]

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-15 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[And since it'd firmly point them down the slippery slope of obsessive thinking, Walter's also just as glad Russell chooses not to share that last thought.]

What have they even built this Network on, though? It's been undetectable by any sort of software I've been using.

[And he has a fair amount of tricks available, to say the least.]

Far too cross-compatible with non-tech mediums, anyway.

[Walter quietly flexes the fingers on his left hand.]

And as for leaders...

[He trails off, sighing.]
iamnotgod: A man, smiling and holding a book. (When He Smiles.)

Re: [Action]

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-16 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
... How many numbers did you punch in on that thing?

[Given how the Network works, it's probably not broken now, but it's still a cause for concern.]

And let's not, and say we did.
iamnotgod: A man staring up and off to the right. (And He Asks Why.)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-17 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Walter accepts the correction in stride, nodding.]

... Might have to do another check on just what can receive input from the Network. I thought the rocks were as weird as it could get, but maybe not.
iamnotgod: Shade Over Face (What Did You Do To Me?)

So, no disembodied mouths, is what he's trying to say. XD

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-18 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Walter's expression is more wry, now.]

Nnnno. No animated rocks - you group them in a way that corresponds with your Number, and then the ground around them can display the text.

It's a bit like a radio, honestly, only more... actually earth-y.

[Being able to think fast does not mean he has better ways to describe things.]
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[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-19 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Couldn't agree more on that, Russell.

Though, I'm... not really in any rush to test out that scenario.

[Oh no, more awkward. .-. Time for a subject change!]

We're not missing anything in the kitchen, are we? I can add it to the list.
iamnotgod: A man staring up and off to the right. (And He Asks Why.)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-19 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look, sometimes people just forget to be specific in emergencies; it doesn't mean they don't deserve help!

... Or that it isn't a trap either, mind.

Walter walks over to the doorway, putting a hand on it.]

Noted!

Gods, you go through those fast.
iamnotgod: A man, smiling and holding a book. (When He Smiles.)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-30 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Walter's only response is to shake his head and whistle innocently.]