008 | OVERFLOW

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[lilys_poise]

He might know. And I know a few other gods I could ask. Tenpou is really smart. And Leo too!

[Time to take a god survey.]

[redotiertwo]

Hell, why don't we just ask all of them. The internet exists.

[His tone is wry enough that it's easy to tell he's not making the suggestion be a tool about her own lack of pointing it out.]

[lilys_poise]

[She misses the tone and instead smiles brightly. The world Elise came from didn't even have computers yet, let alone anything resembling the internet. But she's certainly warming up to the technology.]

Oh, that's right! The network thingy! I always forget about that.

[redotiertwo]

[She's not the first person Davesprite's spoken to today who doesn't appear to be familiar with the internet, or at least not the way he is, and he taps the side of his shades like it's some big secret between them.]

Hard to forget when I have it on my face, but I'm gonna have to start keeping a tally of how many of you sound like you haven't heard of the internet in your lives, because we're getting close to dangerous levels here.

[lilys_poise]

You mean you already knew about it when you got here?

[If he already new about magic network thingies then he must be good at using the phone. That means....]

Hey, is it true you can play games on it? I heard about that but I haven't figured out how yet.

[The most important thing to learn clearly.]

[redotiertwo]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure most people do. But hey, you're not the first person I've talked to who came from too early for that shit, so what do I know.

[There could be far more people here from times that far back than he knows of. He doesn't usually ask unless it comes up really obviously in conversation.

Obviously Elise has her priorities straight, though, and Davesprite gives her a chill, approving finger-point.]

Best thing to learn about. Pretty sure you have to download the games first on these things, but that takes like five seconds of dedicated paying attention to learn.

[lilys_poise]

Download? How do I do that?

[She fishes her phone out of her pocket and starts it up. She's mastered the basics at least.]

Can you show me?

[redotiertwo]

[Curling around on his tail so he can see her screen, Davesprite sweeps through the menu with one taloned finger until he finds whatever app store the heavenly operating system uses and taps it.]

So technically speaking you can just download shit through your normal browser if it's pictures or whatever, but games you need to jump through a couple more pointless shitty hoops because phone companies hate fun. [Selecting the "games" section of the store, he spreads his hand as if having done a magic trick as a screen full of popular game apps pops up.]

Pick one, and it's pretty straightforward from here. Usually there's a download button somewhere, and most of the popular shit is at least part free unless you consider getting blasted with obnoxious advertisement a cost.

[lilys_poise]

[Elise listens intently. It's amazing how much focus she can put into things when they really matter. Like games. Games are totally serious business.]

I don't mind the advertisements. But which games should I get? Any suggestions?

[redotiertwo]

Phone isn't really my game platform of choice, but at least if you stick to what's marked popular you've got an unwritten guarantee that the worst it'll be is entertainingly bad enough to have convinced several thousand other people to make the same mistake.

[Probably not reassuring, but given the passion with which Davesprite talks about "entertainingly bad", he considers it a good thing.]