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[7livesleft]

[ The line opens to the sound of crackling tobacco followed by a long exhale, suggesting he's been smoking a cigar instead of his usual cigarette. His voice is a little more subdued than normal. ]

What are the odds of this thing picking up a radio station? It does everything but play music. Seems like kind of a waste of technology.

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[cinerous]

What the hell is that noise?

[7livesleft]

What noise...?

[cinerous]

That ... screeching thing!

[7livesleft]

Screeching thing? Are you sure that isn't you?

*dies* Oh SPIKE. *loves*

[cinerous]

[There's a very long and angry pause as Asch refrains from running over there to murder Spike with his bare hands. But when he speaks, it's definitely more restrained.]

The thing that sounded like a fontech device.

:')

[7livesleft]

[ He takes his time responding; he never gets what this guy is talking about. ]

And what's that?

[cinerous]

[He doesn't know how to talk to this moron guy either. Damnit, how does one describe a fontech device...?]

A machine. There was some noise on your recording. It didn't sound like your shrieking either. Even if you sound like you're capable of it.

[7livesleft]

Oh. Sorry about that. I was trying to see if I could get it to pick up something.

In hindsight, it was kind of wishful thinking.

[cinerous]

"Pick up?"

What do you hope to pick up with it that you can't pick up yourself?

[7livesleft]

A radio signal. It's been pretty damn quiet around here, I thought I might be able to find some music.

It's got to be good for something.

[cinerous]

Hm. What does a radio signal do?

[7livesleft]

It--

[ He stops a second to marvel how someone could possibly not know what a radio is. ]

--transmits sound through air waves. Like music. ... You're really behind on technology, huh?

[cinerous]

[And maybe Asch is a bit tired, because his response doesn't quite degenerate back into yelling.]

I am from a different world, if you hadn't noticed. Things work differently there. We have something called ... hyperresonance. But it works through people, rather than through any machine.

[But Asch does have a fondness for gadgets.]

So what other devices do you have?

[7livesleft]

... I always forget that part.

Through people? You're going to say that it's magic, right?

[ You can almost hear him scratching his head -- if he doesn't understand radios, spaceships are probably way out of his league. ]

-- We have boxes that stay cold by using electricity. You usually store food in them. I didn't bring one with me though.

[cinerous]

Trust you to forget things like that.

It works on fonons. A hyperresonance when two people's isofonic frequencies match.

[Asch emits a thoughtful hum.]

Did you bring any with you?

[7livesleft]

... Ah. Fonons. That makes sense then.

[ And Spike yawns. ]

Nope. I didn't think to pack.