[from here]The room across from Professor Stein’s old office was furnished, if only sparsely. That made Tsubaki think there had to be a doctor using it, which gave her hope
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Rapunzel's head jumped up slightly, a smile on her face. The room had a computer! "Yes! Perfect!" she squealed quietly.
She was guessing the computer was the rectangular thing sitting on top of the desk. Albedo had described it being a box with a screen, and while the box wasn't the exact shape she had pictured, it still fit the description. The closer they got, she saw that the box's screen was made of glass, not a fabric screen like she had imagined. And there was no fire that she could see, thank goodness; so much for fire walls. Guess we got lucky!
"That boy I talked to said there would be a tray that comes out of the computer. How do you get at that?" she asked as they stopped at the desk, Rapunzel staring at the alien-looking machine in awe.
All right, next step is… seeing if it works, I guess?“Um… There should be a button to do that somewhere,” answered Tsubaki. Given how much (or how little, depending on how you looked at it) Rapunzel knew about computers, it seemed that Tsubaki was going to be the operator by default. Creeping around the desk, she pulled the desk chair back so that she could hunt for the tower. This computer was a lot fancier than she was used to, but assuming that the basics were still the same the tower was where the power would come from, right
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Rapunzel still wasn't entirely sure how the whole "power" thing worked in regard to things like lights and such. As far as she knew, there was some kind of magic involved, hence the word "power". So if she was understanding Tsubaki right, then there was magic still active in the things that lit the lights and the computers, but it was blocked from being used at night. That sort of made sense. Maybe?
At least there was a question Rapunzel could answer, she thought with some relief. "Well, he does know it has information of the military's on it. I didn't tell him exactly how we got it, though, if that's what you mean," she said as she turned to watch Tsubaki get the computer ready.
Which, apparently, turned out to be one of the most amazing things she had seen since arriving in Landel's.
Rapunzel's mouth went round in awe as the screen came to life with light and colour. It was even more beautiful than she had pictured. Spinning things on a fabric screen by magic would have been impressive, but this was just incredible! "Ohh wow! It
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“As long as you trust him to be discreet, I don’t see why we can’t share most of the details when it’s safe… um, well, assuming this thing gives us something more to share, of course,” she said, watching the monitor with some uncertainty. “The soldiers must have expected we’d talk about our missions. If they didn’t want us to, they would’ve done something to make sure we couldn’t.”
But they probably didn’t expect we’d be stealing their secret information so that we could warn other people with it… Tsubaki thought to herself. That was assuming she and Rapunzel even had the skills to make sense of the disc if putting it in the computer worked
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Rapunzel tried to keep in mind everything Tsubaki said about being discreet and about what the military did and didn't want them to share, but honestly, it was too hard to keep a clear focus on that when she was still getting used to the brilliant light picture in front of her. She leaned in when Tsubaki pulled the screen closer, and it took her a few moments to register that Tsubaki had spoken again.
"Oh, right! Yeah, let's try it," said Rapunzel, fumbling with her hair and finally pulling the disc out from within its strategically placed loops. She handed it over to Tsubaki, who inserted it just the way Albedo had said they would be able to.
It was nice to see Rapunzel’s happy reaction to the computer, but unfortunately there was still a job to do; enjoying it was of lesser priority than the disc.
Once the disc in question was placed into the disc drive, there was nothing left to do but press the button and see what happened when the computer tried to read it. This was the most important part, and Tsubaki chewed her lip while they waited. What if the disc set off some kind of alarm? What if it didn’t work? On the other hand, what if it did work but they needed the password to the computer to do anything about it
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She was guessing the computer was the rectangular thing sitting on top of the desk. Albedo had described it being a box with a screen, and while the box wasn't the exact shape she had pictured, it still fit the description. The closer they got, she saw that the box's screen was made of glass, not a fabric screen like she had imagined. And there was no fire that she could see, thank goodness; so much for fire walls. Guess we got lucky!
"That boy I talked to said there would be a tray that comes out of the computer. How do you get at that?" she asked as they stopped at the desk, Rapunzel staring at the alien-looking machine in awe.
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At least there was a question Rapunzel could answer, she thought with some relief. "Well, he does know it has information of the military's on it. I didn't tell him exactly how we got it, though, if that's what you mean," she said as she turned to watch Tsubaki get the computer ready.
Which, apparently, turned out to be one of the most amazing things she had seen since arriving in Landel's.
Rapunzel's mouth went round in awe as the screen came to life with light and colour. It was even more beautiful than she had pictured. Spinning things on a fabric screen by magic would have been impressive, but this was just incredible! "Ohh wow! It ( ... )
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But they probably didn’t expect we’d be stealing their secret information so that we could warn other people with it… Tsubaki thought to herself. That was assuming she and Rapunzel even had the skills to make sense of the disc if putting it in the computer worked ( ... )
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"Oh, right! Yeah, let's try it," said Rapunzel, fumbling with her hair and finally pulling the disc out from within its strategically placed loops. She handed it over to Tsubaki, who inserted it just the way Albedo had said they would be able to.
Now to see if anything happened...
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Once the disc in question was placed into the disc drive, there was nothing left to do but press the button and see what happened when the computer tried to read it. This was the most important part, and Tsubaki chewed her lip while they waited. What if the disc set off some kind of alarm? What if it didn’t work? On the other hand, what if it did work but they needed the password to the computer to do anything about it ( ... )
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