001 » You Never Call me on My Tell Phone

[prodigalvampire]

[Thomas has been keeping a fairly low profile and away from most people, going out at night to get a better feel for things around here, but after the speech in the square and the week-long party, he's decided maybe he should get to know the others here, since apparently some crazy gods brought them here to rebuild the place.

Besides, eventually the Hunger that makes up half of his soul is going to demand to be fed, and while he can subsist on nearly nothing for quite a while it is nearly nothing, not nothing at all. Still, when he starts the transmission, it's pretty tame and not at all suspicious.]

You know, these phones really clash with the decor. Do they just throw things into a hat and see what they pull out this week? How many of you are familiar with these things?

[Because knowing the sorts of people he's trapped here with is important.]

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[stickyflippers]

[Well there’s a new voice that he hadn’t heard before. Caelan still didn’t like these devices, but he was bored... so why not? Thomas would hear a melodic voice, light accent decidedly Irish in origin for anyone who knew of the place.]

They were wearable accessories with a crystal set in them, which definitely fit this world’s aesthetic before the Aspects got it in their heads to change it up.

And that’d be no, I’m in the party that isn’t familiar with these things.

[prodigalvampire]

Really. [It wasn't precisely a question, but something told him that might be an important piece of information to keep for later. Thomas was a preparer, even as he pretended not to care about anything. If one was properly prepared enough they could skip the panic when things went wrong and go straight to the bad decisions.]

Is that a big party?

[stickyflippers]

I wouldn’t say a big party, not based on the people I’ve met since arriving. There seems to be a decent enough amount who knew what these phone things were about when the crystals were switched out.

[Humming a little, he continued.]

Which party are you in, then?

[prodigalvampire]

Firmly on the side of phones, though this one's a little out of date.

[That's interesting, though.]

So, you didn't always have cellphones, but you had crystals instead. Wonder why they made the switch. Seems like a lot of effort to go to when a send crystal would work just fine.

[stickyflippers]

They were easier to carry around as crystals, though they also couldn’t be used for private conversations so the enchantment was a bit flawed that way.

[Which he admits is probably one of the few points in favour of the phone.]

[somewhereintime]

[This one's definitely in the learning technology school. He has a basic sort of understanding but the tech is actually left up to the people who can wield it with proficiency, like Nat and Shuri and of course people like Tony.]

If they're throwing things into a hat, they might want to consider a hat big enough to send us all home. I'm sure we've all got better things to do.

[Like fight for the fate of the Universe and other 'small' scale things like that.]

[prodigalvampire]

I think that's all of us, and probably the least likely thing to have happen.

[somewhereintime]

[Thomas was right and Steve knew it, but he still sighed.]

That's true. But to answer your question, we have phones like this back home.

[Technically he's way before their time, but that's not important right now.]

[prodigalvampire]

More and more votes for phone worlds, but that's not how this place started out.

[There's something to that, he thinks, but what, he's not really sure.]

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[brotherofagod]

It's been a few decades but I think I remember how flip-phones work.

[It hasn't been that long but Jake is surmising.]

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[prodigalvampire]

Right? The early 2000s called. They want their horrible phones back.

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[brotherofagod]

Yeah.

I don't know about you but the 2000's weren't very kind to me. Not that I could afford a flip phone back then. I was ten.

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[prodigalvampire]

I can't really say the early 2000s were kind to me, either.

[Or to anyone he knows.]

But I had one. I even had the audacity to think I was cool.

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[tapestryoftime]

[A sweet honey warm voice replies back to Thomas.]

We were first given crystals. We could only use them to speak. However, one night they were turned into phones with the ability to text as well.

I don't know what it is but... [Her voice trails off and softens.] It is affected by us, our presence here.

You said your name was Thomas? I'm Syeira.

[Had he said that? She isn't sure.]

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[prodigalvampire]

Somebody else mentioned the crystals, too.

[But that was an interesting take.] So, you think what this place gives us...is affected by who we are?

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[tapestryoftime]

It's odd. Don't you think?

[She nods and doesn't realize that he can't see her.]

What are you used too?

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[prodigalvampire]

They've definitely got to be some of the least creative creation deities in existence, that's for sure.

Personally, I have an iPhone.

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[mobprincess]

[ The voice that Thomas gets in reply is unmistakably from New York and definitely that of a child, though her choice in language is decidedly...not. Generally speaking, anyway. ]

Don't even get me started - they started us out these dumb lil crystal thingies and then upgrade us to freakin' 2000's. Could at least give us somethin' with apps and shit.

I don't know your voice - we met before? When'd you get here?

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[prodigalvampire]

[You know, considering some of the things he's seen, he's not going to judge.]

Just a couple weeks ago, but I've been keeping a low profile. Don't tell anybody.

[He chuckles.]

I do miss my iPhone.

[mobprincess]

[ ....Huh. Seems like a weird request... ]

Why..? You a serial killer or somethin'?

[ That'd certainly make things interesting. ]

[prodigalvampire]

I could be. You'd never know.

[He chuckles, though.]

I like to know a place before I dip my toes in.

[abreedapart]

Deep questions today. [ She said with a light chuckle. ] I'm familiar with things similar to it. More advanced but similar enough.

[prodigalvampire]

Yeah, so am I. These things are pretty antiquated where I'm from.

[But that begs the question:]

What are you familiar with?

[abreedapart]

Smaller devices with more uses. [ A beat ] Video was available on a lot of them, not just audio. We also had comlink rings.

[prodigalvampire]

Video phones? That's pretty cool. [A lot of them suggests they were common. Video conferencing is, too, but from a computer, not a portable device, unless you count laptops.] Comlink rings? Are you a spy?