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saveourearth2018-08-14 02:52 am
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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.]
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.]
[Action]
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.]
[Action]
[He had just wanted some food, not an existential crisis - or a call for animal handling.]
I bet if we ask my mum, she'll have an answer for us.
[His voice goes very dry, sarcastic as hell.]
She'll go on about indigo children, and say it's just our psychic gifts, finally waking up.
Re: [Action]
[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.
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[He does not want to listen to her triumph about it. Even if she's mostly moved on from that sort of theory, and switched to avid watching of a certain major astrologer for special life insights... She'd be so smug, but mostly so happy, and he'd feel a real tosser to argue with it.]
I just... I don't know, I zoned out, and then it was yelling at me.
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... 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.
no subject
[Russell leans against the doorway until his face is being dented by the wood.]
Do... the rocks... talk?
[Every twist in this whole thing, he feels a fresh wave of regret for acknowledging it. He could have just pretended it was nothing. He had that chance and he threw it away.]
So, no disembodied mouths, is what he's trying to say. XD
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.]
that would be more obviously horrifying, so it's mostly a relief that's not the case
I'll... I'll try that, sometime.
[Maybe. For now, he pushes off the wall and gives a little wave as he starts back to his room.]
Computer seems simpler! But I'll try that if... I get lost in the woods.
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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.
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Probably for the best]
Yeah... Hold on, I'll look.
[The computer, and checking if he's gotten any more birthday congratulations, can wait a minute. Russell changes course for the kitchen, and opens the fridge.]
Maybe... milk, and eggs? There's three in here. And, oh, I need more soft drinks.
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... 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.
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Not most people. There just might be some exceptions.
Russell leans back a little, poking his head out of the fridge, and squints suspiciously in Walter's direction for a minute.]
Hmm? Couldn't make that out. Were you adding something else to the list?
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