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[He grumbles but drops his hand, still moving away from her so he can properly sit up. Right, he had said that......]

Is that why you were knocking on windows? [Rhetorical question, clearly she was looking for him and didn't know where to start outside of the apartment block. Such an inefficient way to hunt him down is a little funny, so he lets out a huff as he moves to climb to his feet.] Yeah, I wasn't doing anything important. What do you want?

( with her knees on the floor, she looks up to him with wide eyes as though trying to figure something out.

how to ask, what to do. )

Hm... The device. I do not understand it.

( which is obvious because if she did, she could have messaged him that she was on the way for something else. unfortunately, this thing must be important to have if everyone has it. )

[Stepping back over to the window, he'll close it so the cold doesn't get in. It only takes him a second to catch onto what she means. There aren't many things around here that could be defined as a 'device', and the fact that she was knocking on windows instead of just texting him --]

The earpiece? I can explain it.

[He waves a hand over to the couch, indicating she can go sit, while he turns to head towards the kitchen.]

You need me to start from the beginning, or do you have specific questions?

Is it true that I can talk to anyone with it?

( she watches him close the window, then leave to go towards the kitchen. rather than getting up to go to the couch, she stays on the floor as intrigued as she was when she first crawled herself in.

waiting patiently, she pulls out the earpiece with a curious look at how to operate it. she wonders if she's supposed to open it in some way to view the insides, or maybe it really is as simple as clicking buttons. )

[This is going to require coffee, so he's going straight for the fridge to grab a can. As he does he raises his voice, answering her.]

Yeah. As long as they've got an earpiece and use it, too. It specifically allows for two-way communications, as well as synchronous and asynchronous conferencing.

[Wandering back into the living room, he raises an eyebrow upon seeing she's still on the floor. He goes over to the couch, dropping down onto it and cracking open his can of coffee.]

But if the other person doesn't use theirs, there isn't much you can do.

( when he returns, she raises her head in alert as she looks to him now make himself comfortable on the couch. his can, she can't tell what it is, but she isn't thirsty enough to ask for one.

instead, she wants to know about the earpiece.

a safe space... )

I want to use it to message 6, will you teach me? I'm sure he's learned how to use his already.

( 37 isn't sure, but she's already pulling at the ear piece to try and tug it apart. it doesn't budge yet, but she is trying to put her arm into it. )

[Accelerator leaves his crutch next to the couch, putting his feet up on the coffee table as he watches her. That's nice of her, though he isn't sure if 6 has actually figured it out, either. He seems smart and capable of doing so, with him there's just the issue of motivation.]

....... I'll help as long as you don't break the damn thing. [Please don't give the companion bots extra unnecessary work.] Put it in your ear and press the button.

[He digs around in the pocket of his jeans, pulling his earpiece out. It gets placed in his ear and he hits the button to demonstrate.]

So they can break, that's interesting.

( she doesn't see a need to break it, but it makes her wonder if having these things in the long run is good. privacy is what she knows best having been from a small island hidden from the outside world, so she would be a little worried if someone could hear her conversations no matter how silly they are.

what if a time comes that she needs to break it herself... good, good!

getting up, she walks over to the window to use the light that shines down to get a better look at the earpiece. )

Does it have to be in my ear? Can I click it in hand..

[Good question. He hums a little at that.]

I guess not, but it's more convenient to use when it is. That place puts the interface at eye level and keeps it steady. It can also function as a translation device if you need it, so having it in your ear makes it easier to hear the audio.

[The shape of it doesn't seem practical for using it in your hand, but if she wants to try it that way he won't stop her.]

I see, so I do this.

( she brings it up to her ear, fingers fiddling around to look for what she needs to click to turn it on.

can't help but be little impressed by this device, walking over to accelerator to show him that she is trying. )

What do I click to send live feed?

[When she walks over he takes another sip of coffee and moves to sit up.]

First, you need to know the difference between sending a message out to fucking everyone, and sending one just to 6.

[This is important, she doesn't want to accidentally make something private public.]

You need to pick out a username for yourself, then once you do that look through the contact list to see if 6 is on it.

I am 37, so it will be 37.

( she comes to sit down next to accelerator, her body tilting in one direction away from him as she triesnto figure out how to maneuver this thing. )

Do I shake my head 37 times to input? Or hm...

( she's turning to accelerator now, her eyes mostly on his device than her own. she only has to mirror what he does to be able to work this thing. )

Okay. [He's not the type to go for a username that's a pun or anything, so in his opinion a number is perfectly fine!]

You use your hand. It's got voice controls too, if that's easier. [But he's using his hand to flip through his own HUD, trying to show how to to get to the username setup, and then to the contact list so she can find 6 if he's on there.]

Wow! ( she's actually impressed, innocence and joy in her words. and like she said, she makes herself 37 in the username set-up since that's the only way to do it by this means. ) Does it show everyone?

( 37 follows the same method of navigation that accelerator takes to scroll through the names which...

wait! )

I could bother anyone and they have to answer? I want to call 6 in case he's sleeping, and then I can call someone else.

No and no. Only people who've set up accounts will show up, so if they never touch their earpiece they won't be on the list.

[It's opt-in, basically. Chances are there are a few people around who don't want anything to do with the network, or don't understand the technology and haven't asked anyone for help.]

You can call him, but he can choose not to answer. We've all got digital inboxes though, so if he doesn't you can still leave him a message.

That is mean, why wouldn't they answer if they're available! Hmph.

( she starts, but this is starting to get easier with time and accelerator's help. the safest option sounds like leaving a message, so instead of video calling him, she'll attempt to leave a message in his inbox. )

H. I. No!! Lowercase I. Accelerator, fix it!!

( there it goes... )

[Somehow, he isn't surprised she'd take that stance instead of accepting people have their own lives going on....

Accelerator sits back, waiting for 37 to compose her message, and -- well. She tried, that's the important thing.]

..... I can't if you've already sent it. There's no recall feature.

[It's kind of basic for a messaging network, honestly.]

What do you mean? With pencil and paper, you can erase even if someone replied! This is faulty, fix it!!

( she doesn't understand why this isn't working properly, she's going to pout until there is a reply, and she looks to accelerator... she wants to point and show him. )

Look, look!! Do you think that is the real 6 and not a fake one?

( anyone could use his name!! ) He said, "Hello 37, Accelerator."

It's not faulty, Aurora just hasn't added that feature. I can ask her about it later.

[She'll likely be fine with adding it. Meanwhile, he leans over to look at her HUD and read the message.]

It's him. There aren't enough people around here to make catfishing a worthwhile hobby.

[He sighs a little and sends his own message to 6, hopefully to clarify things.]

You can reply to his message, if you want.

There is no prototype nor did you attempt to make one? Surely, you speak as though you're on such good terms, you should try.

( the encouragement does help, but she wants to vocally do everything and so she attempts to send another message to 6. )

H E L L O 6! No!! It wrote his name incorrectly, Accelerator what do I do about that?

( this is such a complicated device, even she feels a little lost when the words go in and are wrong! maybe she should take a minute before automatically sending it. )

I wouldn't say that. Anyone could ask her.

[Um, but maybe not 37. Not until she gets a hang of this.

Which... might be a while, at the rate she's going....]

You need to tell it to backspace, or just erase the whole message. It'd be easier if you started with the keyboard instead of the speech-to-text function.

[That's also the one he prefers, anyways.]

Then we will make new additions for this is not good! Horrible.

( she doesn't like it, and she will ask for better modifications because why does it not say what she wants it to say in the manner that she wants it to be when this earpiece is catered to her!?

... )

Keyboard?

( her eyes are so big like he's said something so different. )

Show me.

[Accelerator gives her a little shrug in response, half-wondering if this is how boomers stumble around with new technology. Or just even normal people. His view's skewed, coming from a city so advanced.]

Here -- [He's reaching over to poke at her HUD, quickly pulling up the settings menu to switch her earpiece from verbal controls over to something more manual. This means more control are popping up, including a keyboard for her to type with.]

Oh! This thing? I have something like it within my Laboratory.

( she didn't know this is what they were working with, a sort of mini computer that she can mess with. she wants to continue using voice commands due to 6 possibly being able to master them with his message, but having the chance to use the keyboard, she types with relative ease.

a little too excited, her words running together and there's a small "oh" from between her lips, shocked by her mistake, and then she corrects it. )

This is much easier, I didn't know we had something of the same to work with.

[Oh what, that surprises him.]

You have a laboratory?

[She is not the kind of person you'd think would have one of those. But then, her idea of what a laboratory is might be vastly different from what he's picturing. For one, he isn't sure if she means a computer, or something more like a typewriter.]

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