pabulously: (Happy: ZOMG FOR REALZ?!)
Bolin ([personal profile] pabulously) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2013-04-07 12:07 pm

action / video / audio

[ action - for roommates (Soldier Blue and Judal) or anyone who wants to stop by unit 510 ]
[Bolin's sitting on the floor in the living area, with his back against the couch and Pabu curled up on his head. He's spent most of the past five days exploring his new home (and training, and hanging out with Korra and Asami as much as he can). But a guy's gotta give his muscles some time to rest and so he figures he might as well play around with the strange little gizmo they gave him. (Evidently he's supposed to be able to talk to people through it -- like a mini radio or something.)

He pokes hesitantly at the screen and gasps in surprise when it changes. It takes him a long time to find the tutorial, and even longer to make his way through it. Reading is hard enough for him even when he doesn't have to figure out what strange words like "video" mean.

In the end, it doesn't help him that much. All he really gets out of it is you can leave messages for everybody who has one of these weird devices to see, and these messages can either be in written words, recordings of your voice, or a kind of moving picture with sound. He decides to just poke around the device and see if he can figure out how to make a moving picture post for himself -- it sounds pretty cool.

Ten minutes later --]



[ video ]
[The feed flicks on and Bolin lights up.]

Hey! I think I finally figured it out! [He leans closer to the device, and Pabu jumps off his head indignantly to go doze on the couch.] Hello in there! Can anybody hear me?

[His thumb slips, accidentally switching it to audio.]

[ audio ]
Wait, what did I just do?
originalgaangster: (gonna be a good day)

video;

[personal profile] originalgaangster 2013-04-11 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So much word. ]

Sokka! Nice to meet you, Bolin.
originalgaangster: (consideration)

video;

[personal profile] originalgaangster 2013-04-11 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno, unless you're from the Earth Kingdom or something. You got the look, for sure.
copia: (Default)

video;

[personal profile] copia 2013-04-11 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously. I've seen normal ferrets, but never ones like yours.
celestial_wizard: (Ahah... you would think that.)

Video

[personal profile] celestial_wizard 2013-04-11 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ But Bolin, this is normal to her! Still she grins a little awkwardly. ]

U-um... well.. yes...
chittybang: (i like you. you're hot.)

video

[personal profile] chittybang 2013-04-12 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I can allllways make time for a friend, don't you worry about that.
scienceinacan: (♠ pondering the meaning of life)

video;

[personal profile] scienceinacan 2013-04-12 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Any other kind of technology? Obviously you don't have cell phones... but what about computers?
commentboxtroll: (did I forget to turn off the stove?)

voice

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-04-12 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Right. So you've got the first two figured out... well, mostly, but you can write to people with it, too.
galactically: (sensual serenity)

[video]

[personal profile] galactically 2013-04-12 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Good taste in pets, tbh.]

A pleasure to meet you, Bolin! I'm Sheryl — Sheryl Nome.
ringbeast: (How come I'm so awesome?)

Re: video

[personal profile] ringbeast 2013-04-12 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He beams crookedly back at the kid. He already likes him.]

So where you from, Bolin?! China?
originalgaangster: (thumbs up)

video;

[personal profile] originalgaangster 2013-04-12 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! I'm from the Southern Water Tribe!
copia: (and just shake them off)

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[personal profile] copia 2013-04-12 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Being weird is not bad! [ Says the girl who hated her NEXT powers when they first appeared. ]
inafadingcrown: (Counsel)

[personal profile] inafadingcrown 2013-04-12 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it should not be long. I came here with no knowledge of such things and I learned the basics of it swiftly enough.

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