Texting isn't always fun
Title: The Lamentations of the Cellphone Illiterates
Fandom: Bleach
Characters/Pairings: Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Komamura, Byakuya
Rating: PG
Warnings: Rushed humor ahead
Author Note: So Komamura and Kenpachi seem to be the type to have problems with cellphones cause their hands are big and Byakuya just seems to be the type to be illiterate to any modern device. He seems set in his ways. Which is why I chose he and Komamura for this. Komamura seems like he'd be curious, but he would still be skeptical. Yeah... companion drabble to 'The Joys of Texting'.
Summary: "They are useless devices."
Dedication: Bleh...
For some of Seiretei's occupants, the joys of texting are completely lost. While those like Ukitake and Kyouraku have taken to them, there are others who just haven't grasped it yet and, since it's a manner of communication, classes are required to learn the basics.
Komamura holds the tiny piece of machinery between his two 'hands', frowning. He's sent in for a bigger module, so that he won't have to struggle with it, but he hasn't received it yet, meaning he'll have to learn.
Byakuya frowns down at it with obvious dislike. He hasn't even been able to check the messages, text or voice, he's received yet, somehow finding his way to other added applications, like the ringers that seem unnecessary.
Kenpachi blew it off all together.
Ichigo, Renji and Rukia watch their two students as they try and find their way to the right screen. Komamura grunts and frowns and turns the device in his hands. Byakuya has resorted to glaring at it to do what he wants--needs--it to do.
"It's not that hard..." Ichigo mutters, and the room drops a few thousand degrees.
"These things are so delicate. Why is it important that we learn such useless methods of communication?" Komamura asks, lowering the phone that's found its way to games through accidental presses.
Byakuya seems to agree. "It would take less time and be much clearer if we simply spoke to each other."
Renji and Rukia don't argue. No one argues with either of them--Komamura looks like he'd rip heads off and Byakuya's fairly obvious. Making either of them mad is suicide. Ichigo's not even sure why the hell he's here--he doesn't even own a damn cellphone.
"Captain Komamura, let me..." Renji moves over and stand beside the fox captain, helping to position his fingers better on the small keypad.
Rukia hesitates until she gets an expectant stare from her brother and moves over. "Like this, Nii-sama..."
A light clicks on in Sajin's head as he understands what the red-head lieutenant is explaining to him. Renji seems proud of himself and watches Komamura find the place to read his texts without hitting buttons because his hands are simply too large.
Rukia smiles affectionately when it seems Nii-sama's found his way to the same screen (with proper guidance).
"Everyone set? Now this is how you read a text message. Scroll down--"
"Scroll?"
"How do you propose we do that?"
Ichigo sighs and his two helpers swoop in, showing them the magnificent function of the arrow.
When they seem to understand that much, he proceeds to explain it on the chalk board. It takes about an hour before the two of them have become comfortable with the text messaging screen and they've read all the messages available to them. In the process, they learned about voice mails, something Ichigo really doesn't have the patience to deal with now.
"Now send me a text message," he tells them, using Renji's phone as the communication line between them.
Komamura's finger slips and he exits out, forcing him to find it again.
Byakuya's hands are small enough he doesn't have that problem, but he's having trouble writing the message. He frowns and pushes random buttons, coming up with the most random letters that Rukia's ever seen. She's not even sure that her brother knows what he's doing or why it's spouting off random words, but she quickly stops him with a small smile and a hesitant hand. "See, Nii-sama, you have to switch the modes."
The death glare disappears and he goes back to typing a message, Rukia telling him he has to pay close attention to the letters on the keypad, as they only correspond to certain numbers and have to be pushed a few times to get the message out clearly.
Sajin nods as he listens to Rukia's easy explanation, nothing like Ichigo's rushed and uninterested one. Renji leans over to help him, explaining what Rukia just did with more of a hands-on approach to Ichigo's teaching method and the four of them have seemed to have forgotten the substitute. Komamura finds it much easier now that he knows what he's doing and though he's typing slow, he's gotten the hang of it.
Byakuya presses a button, glowers in his own way and glances back at Rukia. "How do I erase?"
She shows him and Renji mimics for Sajin, who's run into the same problem.
After a bit more fussing, their shared need to make their message perfect by finding proper punctuation and Ichigo's irritated growls at Byakuya's message and disbelief that someone like Sajin Komamura could say something like that, the two of them are ready to reply to messages.
Renji and Rukia take over the job of teaching them while Ichigo plops down to glower between the two of them. Such ungrateful people...
"Lieutenant Abarai... what does this mean?"
Renji frowns. "Uh... that means 'laugh out loud'."
Sajin nods in understanding.
"Rukia. How does one send to multiple persons?"
She frowns, glances down at the message he's trying to send and flushes. "Renji! You sent him... how could you send Nii-sama that?"
The red-head scoffs, moves over and reads the bit of message he can see. It doesn't take more than a couple seconds to shift away, back to Komamura's side to avoid the wrath of an oddly overprotective sister. "Captain Kyouraku sent it!"
"So you sent it to Nii-sama?"
"Look, there was no harm in it!"
"It's perverted!"
"It's a guy thing! I wouldn't expect you to get it!"
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
"It means girls are too sensitive!"
Neither one has noticed that their pupils have escaped or that Ichigo's run off, back to the real world.
"This is a lot to remember," Komamura laments.
Byakuya promptly tosses their phones out of a window. "They are useless devices anyway."
Fandom: Bleach
Characters/Pairings: Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Komamura, Byakuya
Rating: PG
Warnings: Rushed humor ahead
Author Note: So Komamura and Kenpachi seem to be the type to have problems with cellphones cause their hands are big and Byakuya just seems to be the type to be illiterate to any modern device. He seems set in his ways. Which is why I chose he and Komamura for this. Komamura seems like he'd be curious, but he would still be skeptical. Yeah... companion drabble to 'The Joys of Texting'.
Summary: "They are useless devices."
Dedication: Bleh...
For some of Seiretei's occupants, the joys of texting are completely lost. While those like Ukitake and Kyouraku have taken to them, there are others who just haven't grasped it yet and, since it's a manner of communication, classes are required to learn the basics.
Komamura holds the tiny piece of machinery between his two 'hands', frowning. He's sent in for a bigger module, so that he won't have to struggle with it, but he hasn't received it yet, meaning he'll have to learn.
Byakuya frowns down at it with obvious dislike. He hasn't even been able to check the messages, text or voice, he's received yet, somehow finding his way to other added applications, like the ringers that seem unnecessary.
Kenpachi blew it off all together.
Ichigo, Renji and Rukia watch their two students as they try and find their way to the right screen. Komamura grunts and frowns and turns the device in his hands. Byakuya has resorted to glaring at it to do what he wants--needs--it to do.
"It's not that hard..." Ichigo mutters, and the room drops a few thousand degrees.
"These things are so delicate. Why is it important that we learn such useless methods of communication?" Komamura asks, lowering the phone that's found its way to games through accidental presses.
Byakuya seems to agree. "It would take less time and be much clearer if we simply spoke to each other."
Renji and Rukia don't argue. No one argues with either of them--Komamura looks like he'd rip heads off and Byakuya's fairly obvious. Making either of them mad is suicide. Ichigo's not even sure why the hell he's here--he doesn't even own a damn cellphone.
"Captain Komamura, let me..." Renji moves over and stand beside the fox captain, helping to position his fingers better on the small keypad.
Rukia hesitates until she gets an expectant stare from her brother and moves over. "Like this, Nii-sama..."
A light clicks on in Sajin's head as he understands what the red-head lieutenant is explaining to him. Renji seems proud of himself and watches Komamura find the place to read his texts without hitting buttons because his hands are simply too large.
Rukia smiles affectionately when it seems Nii-sama's found his way to the same screen (with proper guidance).
"Everyone set? Now this is how you read a text message. Scroll down--"
"Scroll?"
"How do you propose we do that?"
Ichigo sighs and his two helpers swoop in, showing them the magnificent function of the arrow.
When they seem to understand that much, he proceeds to explain it on the chalk board. It takes about an hour before the two of them have become comfortable with the text messaging screen and they've read all the messages available to them. In the process, they learned about voice mails, something Ichigo really doesn't have the patience to deal with now.
"Now send me a text message," he tells them, using Renji's phone as the communication line between them.
Komamura's finger slips and he exits out, forcing him to find it again.
Byakuya's hands are small enough he doesn't have that problem, but he's having trouble writing the message. He frowns and pushes random buttons, coming up with the most random letters that Rukia's ever seen. She's not even sure that her brother knows what he's doing or why it's spouting off random words, but she quickly stops him with a small smile and a hesitant hand. "See, Nii-sama, you have to switch the modes."
The death glare disappears and he goes back to typing a message, Rukia telling him he has to pay close attention to the letters on the keypad, as they only correspond to certain numbers and have to be pushed a few times to get the message out clearly.
Sajin nods as he listens to Rukia's easy explanation, nothing like Ichigo's rushed and uninterested one. Renji leans over to help him, explaining what Rukia just did with more of a hands-on approach to Ichigo's teaching method and the four of them have seemed to have forgotten the substitute. Komamura finds it much easier now that he knows what he's doing and though he's typing slow, he's gotten the hang of it.
Byakuya presses a button, glowers in his own way and glances back at Rukia. "How do I erase?"
She shows him and Renji mimics for Sajin, who's run into the same problem.
After a bit more fussing, their shared need to make their message perfect by finding proper punctuation and Ichigo's irritated growls at Byakuya's message and disbelief that someone like Sajin Komamura could say something like that, the two of them are ready to reply to messages.
Renji and Rukia take over the job of teaching them while Ichigo plops down to glower between the two of them. Such ungrateful people...
"Lieutenant Abarai... what does this mean?"
Renji frowns. "Uh... that means 'laugh out loud'."
Sajin nods in understanding.
"Rukia. How does one send to multiple persons?"
She frowns, glances down at the message he's trying to send and flushes. "Renji! You sent him... how could you send Nii-sama that?"
The red-head scoffs, moves over and reads the bit of message he can see. It doesn't take more than a couple seconds to shift away, back to Komamura's side to avoid the wrath of an oddly overprotective sister. "Captain Kyouraku sent it!"
"So you sent it to Nii-sama?"
"Look, there was no harm in it!"
"It's perverted!"
"It's a guy thing! I wouldn't expect you to get it!"
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
"It means girls are too sensitive!"
Neither one has noticed that their pupils have escaped or that Ichigo's run off, back to the real world.
"This is a lot to remember," Komamura laments.
Byakuya promptly tosses their phones out of a window. "They are useless devices anyway."