OVERFLOW for | 012 | The Beach Episode

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[mithrarin]

And all of this is instant? [The letter part is a bit surprising. Somehow the idea of other communication still doesn't seem too strange.] And it's -- it can go to any other device like itself?

[pure_radiantics]

Yep, it's instant. You can talk to just one other person or you can talk to a bunch of all at the same time -- that's called the BBS.

[She brings that part up too so he can see it.]

[mithrarin]

But how does it know who I'm trying to talk to? [Now at last here they've hit a sticking point.]

[pure_radiantics]

Oh let's see... You tell it how to contact someone, actually. See... I go in here I can create a new contact. I'll call it "Dust". [She smiles at him.] And then right here, I can put in your phone number that matches your phone.

[She takes his and looks up what his number is, then hands it back.] Now, if I tell my phone to call your contact, it'll match up to your phone and...

[And his phone starts ringing!]

[mithrarin]

Huh.

[Dust looks down at his phone as it rings and vibrates in his hand. And looks... the pause growing a bit uncomfortable.]

[There must be something more to this. He pokes the word 'ANSWER' on the screen, which fails because he's supposed to be moving the slider over to that side instead.] It's not...

[pure_radiantics]

Like this. [Kairi moves over to swipe her finger.] Now hold it up to your ear and I'll talk into it for a bit.

[She turns away so that he can get the sense of her voice coming out of the phone.] Hi Dust!

[mithrarin]

[Lifting it to his ear is not instinctive, and he fumbles with it for a moment as he shifts his grip on it to hold it up.]

[To his ear. Which protrudes from above the broad brim of his hat.]

...I don't think these were designed with me in mind.

[pure_radiantics]

[Kairi turns back around when he says that.]

Oh... you're right, I'm pretty sure they weren't. That's a shame.

[But the way she says it, it's not the end of the world - because she's already considering some other options.]

I'm actually planning on going shopping here in the Near Shore in a few days... how about I look for a better earpiece for you then? Headphones, something. You can come too if you'd like to try them on.

[mithrarin]

Wait, hold on -- we can go shopping?

[He's pretty sure he's dead, right? Dead people -- don't just randomly wander into stores and buy things, do they?]

[...the difficulty in finding phone accessories that suit his ears, we'll leave that for later...]

[pure_radiantics]

For sure! If you want, I'll keep a look out for these cool headphones I'm thinking about - where they aren't a specific shape, they just kind of wrap around a part of your ear. I bet they'll rest on yours pretty well - it's better than using the phone like this, especially if you want to keep wearing your hat.

[She wasn't trying to say the hat was a bad thing to keep hold of, just that it was a twofold problem - one, the distance from his ear compared to a human ear and the mic on the phone, but also the hat separating his mouth and ear if he just kind of stuck the phone in roughly the same spot anyway.]

I'll call if you if I find anything, how's that?

[mithrarin]

[Yes, Dust is going to keep wearing his hat. That is not going to change. Ever.]

I'm... really confused, but if you know what you're doing, I'll trust you.

[pure_radiantics]

Will do! Don't be a stranger, Dust!

[And with that she waves, prepared to look for bluetooth earbuds for him next time she goes out shopping.]