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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

[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.

[shithogs]

Huh.

[To Futaba's credit, it's a pretty good description, even for someone who doesn't know jack about tech.]

Might have had those where I came from once, but all that old tech shit is junk now. Hard to tell what any of it was for. Sounds useful. I think.

[None of that is the kind of thing she's ever given much thought to...]

[mwehehe]

That's sad... all that abandoned tech, just left to rot... should give it a proper burial and all.

[no, that's not how that works]

So your world is just... ruined tech? What else is like? And how did anything get DONE with nothing to use actual tech for? Or was it like here?

[but now you've gone and gotten her intrigued and now she has to know, sorry Kainé.]

[shithogs]

Shit, people are lucky if THEY get a proper burial sometimes.

Whole lot of nothing, mostly. Not a whole lot of the world left. Feels like there are more monsters than people, but some of us are determined to make it as long as we can. Not enough of anything to go around, though. Makes shit tough.

[It's not a nice place, even if parts of it are still beautiful.]

[mwehehe]

That sounds like a really messed up world, what the hell.

Is it happier here at least? Somewhere you'd wanna stay?

And uh, I can always show off my laptop, even if you don't know how to use it, if you want. We can make you into a hacker too!

[shithogs]

Yeah, I like it here. Took me awhile to be able to admit it, but it's pretty alright. People help each other here. Like to see that.

Make me into a what now?

[mwehehe]

Oooh, maybe if it happens we can name you something cool, like Scheherazade or— right, hackers. I can't really... hack into your journal, but if I COULD, I'd be drawing something like

ლ(｀∀´ლ)

and have it appear on your side, or send stuff with your name attached to someone else. I'm not that mean to do it to someone I know, of course, but it's fun to do it to people who deserve it, like killers or people pretending to be me.

[BECOME AS HACKERS, KAINÉ.]

[shithogs]

What's wrong with my name? Is that... a face?

Seems like a lot of power to have over someone if you can swing it. Won't pretend there aren't assholes out there who don't deserve it, though. Interesting alternative to a good old-fashioned beatdown.

[She is a woman who enjoys simple, straightforward solutions.]

[mwehehe]

[Welcome to Gremlin Mode™, Kainé, you're stuck here now.]

No no, nothing's wrong with your name, but you don't wanna attach it to stuff that might not be good with the law. That's just asking for trouble. So you make up a name or use an alias! Though if you just wanna cause non-hacking trouble, just call yourself something else too, no one would know it was you.

[gonna teach Kainé how to get around the law the COOL way.]

Sometimes it's the only way to get back at someone. I've done it before, I'd do it again. I can't really say I'd be good at going all sword-slashy on someone, but I can admire the people who do that too.

[shithogs]

[The law doesn't count for much where she comes from to begin with; FUCK THE LAW.]

Huh. Interesting.

Where the hell did you pick all this shit up, kid?