01 [ voice/video ]

[outway]

[ as the transmission begins, it remains only in voice. ]

…why won’t this device work? It couldn’t be… is it broken? [ there is a tinge of horror in his voice as he says those words. while gaius is usually a very confident person, his demeanor changes dramatically when it comes to using machines like this. ]

It should be just like the GHS... I just have to remember Rowen's instructions and I should be fine. So why isn't it working? [ of course, it actually is working, and transmitting every word he says. it suddenly shifts to video, as it becomes clear that gaius is pushing buttons rather randomly, trying to get his tablet to work. unfortunately, he has no idea how to tell whether it's working or not. ]

This is why I dislike things like this. Meetings should be face to face. There are important things that can only be communicated through direct conversation.

[ of course, he's merely whining to himself as he continues to struggle with the device, his expression slowly growing more and more annoyed. ]

Enough! If this thing refuses to cooperate, then so be it! I will not be reduced to the mere pawn of a machine. [ he seems to have finally given up... before he suddenly pushes another button. miraculously enough, he actually manages to turn it off. ]

Comments

video

[irritating]

Oi, moron! [ Like she's one to talk, but here she is anyway yelling at strangers again. ] Your do-hickey is workin'!

video

[outway]

[ it takes him a few moments to figure out how to send a reply, though miraculously he finally does. ]

It is?

I see. Hmph. This isn't so difficult to use after all.

[ that isn't very convincing at this point, gaius. ]

video

[irritating]

Yup!

Yeah the future has this fuckin' thing about slapping buttons on everything, but once you start to memorize shit you're golden.

video -> voice

[outway]

Memorize... so it's all a matter of memory.

[ which is when his device abruptly switches to voice again. ]

It's rather inconvenient. What is the use of all these... options?

[video]

[galactically]

[Sorry, but Sheryl is currently trying to stifle the laughter that's about to escape from her lips.]

I can see, you know! It's not so hard to operate once you know which button to press.

[video]

[outway]

Guh...

I know what buttons to press! They just weren't working properly.

[ no, no he doesn't. ]

[video]

[galactically]

Oh? Then can you tell me what the button on your left does?

[Her tone shifts into a teasing one. Yes, she's testing him to see if he's truthful or not.]

video

[cradlerobbed]

[ It's always just a little embarrassing to see people you admire do things like this. Fortunately Milla has a lot of goofy and quirky behaviors, so Jude's already more or less used to this kind of thing, but... ]

It's actually--

[ Oh, he turned it off. ]

... working just fine.

video

[outway]

[ he can't help it okay, this is all new to him...

but his video feed suddenly turns back on, before flickering a bit. ]

Yes, I seem to have gotten it to work properly again.

[ somehow. ]

video

[cradlerobbed]

[ Miracles! ]

It takes some getting used to, but it's pretty self explanatory once you understand the basics.

[tetherwithme]

[............ u tried.

it's ok she can't figure hers out either. who knows where it even is right now.

but she's probably physically somewhere nearby anyway. laughing.]</s

[outway]

[ wow thanks a lot!!

he turns in her direction once he hears her laughter, arms crossed and expression unreadable. he's really not sure what to say... so he'll just pretend nothing happened. ]

Is something amusing?

[tetherwithme]

[It's okay Gaius she still thinks you're cool.

She props her chin up in her palms and smiles innocently.]

I simply did not think humans would struggle with their own devices.

video;

[jailbreaks]

You get used to it eventually.

[Says the idiot that took forever to learn how to transmit stuff over these... things.]

video;

[outway]

I will not admit defeat, no matter how long this takes me.

[ until, of course, he eventually does give up on it altogether. ]

video;

[jailbreaks]

[He chuckles.]

You this serious about everything?

video;

[collectedloot]

It looks like you figured it out without even knowing it.

[Hi.]

How did you think it was supposed to work?

video;

[outway]

[ ugh... now he's starting to wonder just how many people were able to see this embarrassing display. ]

Yes... it seems I did.

[ no, the fact that it's actually working right now is more dumb luck than anything else. ]

In my world, we have similar technology. But... it is a little less complicated. [ and he can't work that at all either, so he's pretty much doomed here. ]

video;

[collectedloot]

[Alex is here to help! Or she'll try, damn it.]

It's the same for me. We didn't really have access to something like this back where I'm from.

Actually, I kind of wonder how they were able to make so many of them.

[especially when the rest of the world has kind of gone down the toiler.]

video;

[heroxide]

[...Clapping.] No, it's not broken.

Pretty stellar introduction you've got yourself, though. Well done.

video;

[outway]

[ guh... ]

It was not... ideal. [ sigh. ] Perhaps I would be better off simply not using this machine any further.

video;

[heroxide]

Mm. Then you're gonna have some trouble staying informed. Loads of people use the network.

audio;

[eyecaptivating]

Ah! Do you really think so? I guess meeting face to face can be really important! But it's really easy to just be able to talk like this, too, right, right?

[She's clearly focusing on the important things here.]

audio;

[outway]

[ he has to fumble with his device to figure out how to it to work on audio for a bit... but he manages to eventually. ]

It may be easier... but making things easy isn't always right. [ just admit you're bitter you suck at using this thing, gaius. ] There's a price to be paid for such convenience.

audio;

[eyecaptivating]

[There's a pause before she answers, as she thinks it over. Wow, that sure sounds... complicated.]

...Huh? Really?! What kind of price? I-I never thought making things easier could be bad!