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[mwehehe]

Sender: Futaba Sakura
To: Everyone
Subject: Question


You ever just.

Lock yourself in your room for like a month and forget what time is? I mean, I guess I ate at least, and I didn't just fall asleep for a whole freakin' month like after the Medjed thing but

like

a whole. Month. Least it was fruitful.

Which uh, leads me to my actual question: who has some technology here with 'em? Phones, laptops, things that require a power source cause I think I figured out some dream crystal things, but it might require a more... ambient dream energy. Dunno how THAT is gonna be harnessed yet, but I need to know my many sleepless nights and curryless days weren't for nothing. Testing on my own stuff is fine, but knowing it's not just a fluke is even better.

Comments

sender: susato mikotoba

[judicialassistant]

[ Well, there's a name she's happy to see, at least. ]

It could be worse, Futaba-chan. You could have fallen into a deep sleep instead. I know some who have.

As for your question, I am perhaps not the person to ask, but maybe I can help with the supply of ambient dream energy. [ She's... somehow pretty good at harnessing positive dreamotion? ]

Can you tell me more about the crystals?

[mwehehe]

I can if I really put my mind to it. If I really tire myself out, I'll get up for some basic stuff but just pass right on back out again.

[She can sleep so hard, she could probably be a professional sleeper if she really wanted to!

Ooh, but that sounds promising...]

Yeah— so a while back when we first got here, Kazuma and a few others found some old appliances that had crystals in them instead of electrical plugs. I've had my hands on some for a while now, figured out how to connect 'em to an electronic like my laptop, and we knew they worked with dream energy. The crystals react to positive dreamotion, and when I have some good dreams I'll find my laptop fully charged if I have one of the crystals plugged in. It can stay charged for about a day, but if there's a source of energy that's just constant... it might be able to power more than just a laptop.

Sender: Satan

[angelbirth]

I have a D.D.D., which is basically like a human cell phone. It requires power all the same. I don't have much use for it without access to the internet, so if you want to borrow it to test things out, I'm fine with that.

If you need help with Dreamotion, I can volunteer for that as well. Just tell me what you think might work.

[mwehehe]

Oooh, different tech? Sign me up! I won't tear it apart probably but if it's kinda like my own phone, then that'll work for me.

I can kinda do the dreamy thing, but do you just... generate Dreamotion? Without thinking about it? I don't want to be like 'hey you can power the town' but if that's a thing, that can be something we can work on slowly!

sender: alphen

[refire]

I've always been interested in technology myself. Machinery is just fascinating. There's a lot you can do with it.

Can't say I'm an expert at these things though. I did figure out how to work some of the dream crystal stuff so we can do something with that if you want.

[mwehehe]

I'm always down for a collab, yeah! I've been trying to figure stuff out since I got here, but if you have any other info I can use, I'd really appreciate it!

I do have a laptop we can test stuff on, and having other crystals tested on my own equipment would be good to see how something not of my own creation would work on things.

Though, uh, I'm not really great with people, so if I seem kinda nervous, it's not you, it's me.

Sender: Jerkechi

[herewardbound]

Fuuuuuck this was a bad idea. This was a horrible idea.

This was the worst idea he'd ever had and he'd had a lot of bad ideas.

i still have my phone

Good start. Good start. Neutral topic. Something she wants. Fuck. Horrible idea end of the world.

There's also a takeout place not far from here. I can provide curry if you don't mind it being a little shit

no no no no-

If I come over can we

nonononono-

talk?

Akechi breathed outward, as he set the pen down. It was done. It was done and now the ball was in her court and she could tell him to fuck off and he could say he'd tried and he didn't have to think about this anymore.

[mwehehe]

Curry is curry. It's not my mom's, but it'll do in a pinch if it has to.

...and I thought you wouldn't want me to touch your phone. Eh, you can watch me with it I guess.

...though, it is a little strange that he wants to talk. She won't say no but she can probably be nice. Probably.

Yeah. But there has to be curry and if your phone is dead, even better.

sender: Sumire Yoshizawa

[feale]

[ She's heard from some of the others that Futaba is around, so the message that shows up in her journal isn't exactly a shock. But considering she's heard neither hide nor hair of the other since her arrival, it's still a little surprising for her to show up so suddenly.

Still, Sumire's response is eager, and excited: ]

Futaba-senpai!

I arrived while you were in your room, but the others told me that you're here. It's so good to hear from you!

I have my cell phone here, so if you need to use it, I don't mind at all. It's the least I can do in order to support you!

[ It's only after she finishes writing it out that Sumire remembers she's meant to be trying for a little less formality with the other girl, but... well, it's a little late to erase the whole thing and start again, right? ]

[mwehehe]

Woah, Sumire! You're back! Unless you don't remember the last time, so it'd be 'welcome' in that case! Sorry I didn't greet you before.

[MORE FRIENDS! People she knows and is comfortable around is always a plus for Futaba, makes trying to be normal (or what counts as 'normal' for her) around others a lot easier.]

If you don't mind me poking around on it, yeah! I have something that can plug in like a charging cable. If you know a little of the dreamy thing, that can help too, but no worries if you don't. I'm still bad with it and I've been here for like, a year or something.

[Then again, Futaba hasn't really tried to learn it yet, but they can always learn together!]

sender: beat

[stillarhino]

i got my phone and headphones with me and they running outta juice
any of those gonna help you out with whatchu doing?

[mwehehe]

Yeah! They'd work! I dunno how long I can keep 'em charged for, but that's what I'm trying to figure out -- a constant power source and not just a temporary one. This place had one before, I just gotta kickstart it.

[666_hellhound_aesthetic]

yo!

cellphone over here!

you can hook me up i'd be damned - well, maybe not grateful - but at least feeling less like ripping peoples heads off every time they talk to me

...

but on the whole bedroom cocoon? yeah... been there done that got the same shitty nightshirt that smells like i died in it

sounds like you got shit done anyhow... so... worth it? right?

if you needed space you needed space. you wanna get back out there get back out there. just do you. good?

[mwehehe]

[Ah... someone who understands the life of just locking yourself in your room for an indeterminate amount of time, a connoisseur of not wanting to deal with people—]

I can't promise it'll stay charged for long, but that's what I'm trying to figure out. I'd like to actually use my laptop for anything else besides a nice-looking paperweight.

Yeah! It was worth it, and this time I didn't even pass out for the rest of a month, so that's progress too. I'm sure it'll happen eventually, just how I roll. Dealing with people or getting super focused on something'll do that.

Sender: Mammon

[stupidmammon]

Futaba I swear every time I hear from you you sound more an' more like my lil bro. Next thing you're gonna be like

'HEY GUYS WANNA SEE MY RURI-CHAN DREAMMOTION COLLECTION??'

[mwehehe]

YOU WANNA SEE MY FEATHERMAN COLLECTION?

[...look he brought this on himself.]

Sender: Ann Takamaki

[menaretrash]

I've got my phone! Hasn't worked in forever, though.

[ Hi, Futaba-- ]

I might be able to persuade a very good friend of mine to maybe let you use his tech. If he still has it on him, at least.

[ She knows damn well Seto has his duel disk and she also knows damn well that he's going to huff and puff and flail at her at even mentioning it, but... well. She has to try. ]

[mwehehe]

Sumire AND Ann?! Damn I missed a lot while I was going full goblin hackerman in my room, sorry. But if you don't mind me tinkering with it, I can probably get it charged again if you wanna use it.

[Oh, this does sound promising though...]

What is it? If it's something that runs on power I can probably charge it, but if it's something else, I can always take a look at it.

Sender: 76

[steadypulse]

Can help with the curry issue if you're not filled up with offers yet, kid. Delivery and all, if needed.

I got a few pieces of tech on me, but I'm not sure they'd fit the bill.

[His visor might, but he wasn't sure about other things.]

[mwehehe]

Aaaah you're the best! Delivery might be best. And you never know! If they need to be charged or need to be powered by something, it could help. I can take a look and see, too, I'm pretty good with stuff.

Sender: Seto Kaiba

[blue_eyed_obsession]

No.

I've never done that. I'm a highly time conscious person, and I prefer to optimize every second of it. [Now if she'd asked "have you ever worked long hours or yourself to the point of exhaustion" the answer would have been yes] So you'll understand if I get right to the point. Are you saying that you've found a way to get electronics to function here?

[That's something Kaiba had wanted to tinker with but he'd been a little too preoccupied by the whole... dragon thing. It hasn't even dawned on him that the original sender's name should be familiar to him.]

[mwehehe]

[...well dang, someone is cranky, ain't they? That sets her People Anxiety up, so she takes a moment to get her thoughts together.]

Kind of. It's not perfect and there's no way to catch any ambient dreamotion yet, that's mainly what I'm working on now, but my own stuff is charged up. That's why I wanna see if my own weak dreamotion can charge other stuff.

Sender: Amy Rose

[pricklybloom]

Not for a whole month, but I've locked myself in my room for a few days before when I was really upset.

And I still have my cellphone from the last place I was at before. It does run on electricity, but it also used this weird kind of magic-tech? So I'm not sure how different it would be from a regular cellphone.

[mwehehe]

Ehhh, I'm not too worried about weird tech, I'm pretty good at figuring stuff out if you don't mind me looking at it!

Eheh at least it sounds like I'm not too weird... sometimes I worry if I'm too weird for people, but since others seem to do the same... kinda... maybe I'm not TOO weird.

Sender: Zelda

[multidisciplinary]

[ Locking yourself in your room for a month to study? That's the dream right there. ]

I have, actually. It's wonderful, isn't it? No other duties, no interruptions—only oneself and one's research.

[mwehehe]

Right? It's really nice! Just... not so nice when it feels like you're coming out of a time capsule and you have no idea what's happened. Something about a dragon?

[Futaba... Futaba please...]

Sometimes these research times end up being sleep times for me. I've slept like an entire month before, only really getting up to eat a snack or whatever and then pass right back out. I'm nothing if dedicated, I guess.

Sender: Kainé

[shithogs]

Sure as shit not on purpose, but I've been asleep for a month or so before, so I feel you on that one.

[She's been asleep for five years at one point, technically, but they won't go into that now.]

What the fuck is a laptop?

[EDUCATE HER]

[mwehehe]

You know, a personal computer? Just... lap-sized?

[But does that mean she probably... doesn't... know what a PC is?

...

Well, here goes.]

It's a machine that you can get a bunch of information from, provided you have the tech to do that, but it can do calculations and stuff for you so you don't have to do the math parts if you don't wanna. Places like NASA use 'em to plot out trips to space. [Wait shit does Kainé know what NASA is.....] I can... explain that one later if I need.

sender : mei lee

[itsgunnabe_mei]

I've got a CD-Player and I recently got my Tamagotchi back! Does that help at all?

[mwehehe]

A real life Tamagotchi? Heck yeah it helps! Is it a vintage one?

sender: sora

[oathkeeper]

geeze, that's a long time to be locked up in your room for are you sure you haven't wrinkled away into nothing from not getting any sunlight??

[He's totally kidding. But she sure does sound like a hikikomori.]

[mwehehe]

Nope, wrinkled and horrible, just like a mummy.

[HA HA.... well, she was the Pharaoh in her Palace, so it's apt. :') But she's definitely a shutin, just what she does.]

I should really get out though, maybe I'll be like a plant coming back to life with some water.

Coffee though, that can be the water of life for me like it is for the businessmen.

sender: Ferran

[noblegarnet]

[Yeah he tried to do that locking up thing, but ended up falling into a semi-coma anyway, so that was. Something. He is at least trying not to think too hard about all of that.]

All I have with me is an analog watch with a battery, but I can duplicate some basic components if you want more things to test on without worrying about breaking someone's phone.

[mwehehe]

Duplicate? I'm gonna need specifics, and only if you're not gonna be a Featherman villain at me.

...I mean, you could villain monologue it at me, but that might be kinda weird.

sender: REN AMAMIYA

[masqueraid]

Phone is about it, for me.
If it's useful, feel free to experiment with it anytime.

( it wouldn't even be the first time, anyway... )

... You're feeling okay, otherwise?

[mwehehe]

It will be! Bring it on by, if you want.

And yeah, I just got really caught up in my work, you know? Imagine getting everyone actual power and not living in the Bronze Age. I AM pretty hungry though.

Sender: General Nuadha

[burnttoashes]

What sort of device would you need to harness this ambient dream energy you speak of?

[mwehehe]

Well, someone told me there's some flowers that give it off, but funneling that would be a little more... weird to do. I'd need like a whole power plant for it, but that doesn't exist here that I've seen.