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[entirelybonkers]

[Click. Click. Clickclickclickclick - she's still trying to figure it out. Clearly.]

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[click. Voice!]

Now this is terribly curious, isn’t it? [There’s a loud rustling as Alice maneuvers the oh so foreign device she's been gifted with, and then there’s a loud exclamation that denotes an ‘aha!’ moment.

…It’

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[pinkefficiency]

[Um.]

Are you okay? [Because seriously, the way you're talking is really weird.]

[entirelybonkers]

[She gasps again, oh my - it's just the most marvelous thing, this little box.]

Oh, why yes, my little magical box, I do so appreciate your inquiry as to my health!

[pinkefficiency]

[Yeah, Maxine is really wondering if something is up with this girl.]

You're welcome, but I'm not the communicator. I'm using it to talk to you.

[entirelybonkers]

Well, isn't that terribly novel? How does it work, I wonder...?

[brb trying to take it apart]

Where are the wires--

[pinkefficiency]

[Hjhdsghdfgsj trying to take it apart is NOT a good idea when you have no idea what you're doing.]

Uh, you probably shouldn't try to take it apart. You might not be able to piece it back together.

[entirelybonkers]

Hm. Excellent point.

[But she still wants to know. Hm.]

Well, I suppose all in good time, yes?

[pinkefficiency]

Sounds about right. Either way, it's not that hard to figure out how to use it. The technology is totally retro.

[entirelybonkers]

[She's slowly getting it!]

Retro? Whatever do you mean? [d0od wat r ur slang]

[pinkefficiency]

Retro. It, uh...means that something's really old. Outdated. Stuff like that.

[entirelybonkers]

Oh, why this is terribly far ahead of it's time! I've nothing such as this back in England. Mother would be appalled, I think.

[pinkefficiency]

[The way she's talking is enough to suggest it, and considering how timelines are apparently slagged in this place...]

...What year is it? Where you're from, I mean.

[entirelybonkers]

Why, it's 1865 of course!

[pinkefficiency]

[Um...wow.]

Yeah, I guess this would be pretty schway to you, then. In the time I'm from, the technology is way more advanced.

[Wait... Slang. Right.]

'Schway' means that something is good, cool, interesting...whatever kind of term you'd normally use for that sort of thing. [Ah, it feels so weird trying to explain this to someone.]

[entirelybonkers]

When are you from? [The fact that this person is stating she might possibly be from a different time, world, or dimension doesn't seem to even remotely bother Alice.]

Ah, I shall make a note of that term - have you any others I should know about?

omg I love threading these two fdghhfd

[pinkefficiency]

The future. Really far in the future. [Far from the point Alice is in, anyway.

...And now Alice is asking her for other slang terms. This should be interesting.]

Well, there are a few. I already explained "schway" and "retro."

[Maxine starts counting them off with her fingers, even if Alice can't see it.]

There's "slag", which is basically a kind of expletive. Then there's "twip" - that one is basically an insult that implies that somebody's immature, or something. There's also "dreg", that one describes somebody who's good-for-nothing. A lowlife.

Hm...what else? [Max thinks on this for a moment.] I can't think of any others right now, but if I remember them, I'll let you know.

ogod teaching alice slang ffff

[entirelybonkers]

Truly? Have they tea, still? [Tea is terribly important.]

Oh my, that's a decent bit to get started, I think. I shall have to remember all of them, since it seems as if there are those here that might use such words, like yourself.

Oh, I would so appreciate it!