02: Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important [Video]

[mytechendsworld]

[The video feed begins with a confused looking twenty-something with messy, reality defying blond hair, and dressed in plaid. The background is possibly familiar to some--he is in a corner of Juke's Lab under some flickering lights.]So I have a question? Are there always random spam messages of people with puppets, food and tiny green talking

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[morteanimositas]

[ Bennett turned it on the moment she heard Topher's voice, since she's on the second floor (but not in the room with the walking mushrooms, oh no) ]

I invited your friend Ciel over for applesauce, by the way.

Did you like the caramels?

[ And now she notices the private part. ]

Finally! I thought I'd have to stay out of there for a week!

Sure you can come get me. How long is it gonna be a mess?

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[mytechendsworld]

[Oh no. Cause that would just be bad, yo.]

I saw! I can't believe you made Applesauce. Look at you! You're like a pioneer woman.

Ah...does a gamer love a 100BASE-LX10 connection? Of course!

[Yeah I just made that shit up. Also oh hi private]

I stayed up all night finishing it.

Ah...I can clean it up after I give you your present?

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[morteanimositas]

[It'll happen. Eventually~]

Ahah I am not! Pioneer women sewed things, and dealt with oxen and crying children and being a grandmother at 28. It's just mashing apples! It was actually kind of fun in a kinetic sort of way.

I didn't know how to give them to you so I hid them in your jacket. I hope that's okay? [Worried girlfriend look goes here.]

[private]

Oh. Oh. Okay. I'm in the Northern room. There are enough rooms in this building that we could turn it into a residential hotel. If there were running water. We should name them, maybe. What do you think?

I'll help.

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[mytechendsworld]

[And when it does there will be much screaming and flail.]

The sewing, crying children and maybe even oxen could still happen. But you're safe from early grandmotherhood, clearly. 28?! Gah gross.

You do have a mean right hook.

[Pause. Have a sudden horrified look.]

I MEAN--Not that I blame you for it. I mean--when you decked me that once--totally deserved it! Why did I even bring it up! I didn't--lets pretend I didn't say anything.

[HANDS UP]

I said nothing.

Wait--there's candy in my pocket?

[He scrambles to look and...ew. Squished.]

They ah...look delicious. [Cheesy smile.]

[private]

Got it. I can always track your PCD if I get lost. Names like--cities back home? No gods or military talk please.

Sure ok!

[And he'll be walking up to meet you as soon as he's finished talking to the strangers on the network, honey. oh dear.]

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[tophsmash]

The PCDs are weird and they like to turn on randomly, I guess. And the creepy voices that make no sense are the Animus. You get used to it eventually, they like talking to us when events start up.

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[mytechendsworld]

I noticed that the buttons are rather close together, which makes accidental activation wayyy easier than it should be. These things should come with a program prompt or something. But hey, it was entertaining!

Animus? The "spirits". [He totally does the finger quotes too] Are we in an event then?

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[tophsmash]

I'm not that good with this kind of stuff, so I just start pressing buttons until it starts working for me.

[Well...she can't see them but nice effect there, Topher.]

Probably. That's the only time they seem to talk to us.

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[mytechendsworld]

[I assume Toph looks blind as well? He finally notices and remembers that one of the people that talked to him last time mentioned being blind]

Oh. Oh. Right. You must be the one who mentioned the ...eye thing.

[Yes he is reallllly smooth and tactful. In fact he totally waves a little to see if she notices]

That must suck.

They don't appear to be big conversationalists. I guess being a spirit makes you go a little on the nutty side?

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[notamageiswear]

[Sorry, Negi's a little bandaged and bruised right now thanks to that "tiny green talking fetal dinosaur looking toad-monster". But he's trying!]

That pretty well sounds like the network, actually...

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[mytechendsworld]

[Poor Negi! He may look as bad as Topher did when he first arrived. Can't blame that on the Dino-Fetish though.]

Woah what happened to you, pal?

[Video]

[notamageiswear]

...oh, um.

I was attacked.

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[mytechendsworld]

[Have a flail]

Here? By what?

...Was it a walking mushroom? I told Bennett those things looked evil!

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[lupa_sub_rosa]

You're right, it is a little like watching youtube all the time. Might get annoying though, come to think.

Still, it's kind of nice to see you're talking to people, yeah?

Except for those voices, I guess.

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[mytechendsworld]

True, but we can always shut the PCD off. It's like reality tv only less rigged and more RL.

[Why yes he did just say RL out loud. Freakish is he.]

Says the mysterious voice herself! I'll admit it is kinda weird--I haven't had the time to video chat in months. Except for the occasional Halo game.

[voice to video]

[lupa_sub_rosa]

Good point. Still, s'a bit like living in a Big Brother world or somethin'.

Oops, right, sorry. [There's a fumble-noise on the PCD and she switches into video, smiling] There we go. Better? It's a bit like if mobiles did video chats.

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[mytechendsworld]

But with less Chenbot! ...Unless you're talking about the literary Big Brother in which case there's less thought-crime.

Oh hello! [wave wave] I only wish our cellphones back home could do this. America was so behind the times compared to Asia!

[darn right she's batman I mean...]

[citta_samtana]

Someone's giving away chocolate?

[video to NANANANANANANANANA BAT-CLAIRE!]

[mytechendsworld]

So I heard! Maybe it was ...Willy Wonka.

[yeah someone still hasn't wrapped his mind around THAT one. AT ALL.]

[now I'm picturing someone hiring a bat-active. DAMMIT.]

[citta_samtana]

...maybe.

If you get me some, I'll stop making faces at you. For three days.

[oh god i bet they did. Batwoman or Superwoman. sickkk]

[mytechendsworld]

[Surprise faec]

What makes you think I care if you make faces at me?

[He does he soo does. Someone give him some fucking chocolate right now!]