genessia | Video/Text/Your Grandma on Skype

[Oh who the hell has this communicator? It's turned on three times, upside down, facing the wrong direction twice, shaken violently and turned off-]

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[That's happened at least five times too, considering whoever is holding it keeps grabbing it at the wrong angle and hitting buttons at random.

Oops.

At length, there's a sharp phrase, spitted out in a harsh, annoyed whisper.]

Tā mā de!

[... If you know Chinese, don't tell her you heard that. She's a proper lady, damnit.

Finally, finally, the device is flipped about the right way, and oh my goodness.

Is that an old lady? That is an old, old little lady, angrily glaring at her communicator and continuing to mutter in strings of Chinese, broken up by English.

Yes, auto translate, but the old woman seems to be making a stubborn point of specifically talking in Chinese.]

A phone doesn't need all this foolishness in it, make calls with the phone, you do not write with phones-

[Someone... someone please help her.

Please.

Please this is really pathetic.]

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[Well, that sure was...something. Hi old lady dragon, have a droid.]

A phone would be too limiting for the kind of interactions people like to have here.

[Gawd, what is that. She squints at the screen, not sure what to make of the metal man on it.

She's heard of robots, sure! Seen one?

She's not that up to date]

It was good enough for years!

[WHY CAN'T ANYONE TALK ANYMORE]

And fire was just fine before electricity too but technology keeps improving. It's a thing it does.

[Get in with the time, granny.]

New here, I take it?

I liked fire better.

[SO THERE.]

Where is here? I did not want to come here, I was trying to get to the pantry!

[Look, she left one of her sons in charge of taking care of the grand kids today, she's concerned.]

I need to get home, this is not amusing.

Why?

[Honest question here. Fire causes more problems in his opinion.]

There are five cities in this world but If you just woke up then there's a 75% of chance that you are in Genessia.

We arrived here all of sudden too and no one knows who did it or why, sorry madam.

It kept me warmer and it was free to make.

[No one charges you when you make your own damn heat]

That's not going to work, dear, I have to get home. It'll be dinner time in an hour and I haven't even gotten started yet.

I admit that the fire being 'free' is a good reason. But technology and electricity offers many advantages that outweigh its downsides.

[Fair point.]

Dear? I'm sorry, like the rest of us, you are trapped in this world. There are barriers around the limits of the city that can't be broken and we can't leave. We also don't know exactly who or what brought us here in the first place.

[And here's a tiny dragon checking her device.]

Um...you can talk with the phone, too...

[See, it's not often she sees a dragon so small that can also talk at the same time. They're either very young, or a pseudo dragon.

This is new. The elderly woman cocks her head a bit, not quite sure what to make of what she's looking at.

Shapeshifter?

Very smart baby?]

Well yes, dear, but it doesn't need all these other attachments.

[Functions. She means functions. It doesn't need all the bells and whistles!

Look she'd be happy with a nokia.]

[While she's considered an adult by Sornieth dragon's standards, she could be considered a very smart baby in Bao's eyes.]

Well, I wouldn't see a reason to get upset over it. You don't have to use them if you don't want to...

But what if I need to call someone?

[And just letting out an earth rumbling bellow isn't really good enough to call specific people?]

You can use these devices to call anyone you want. At least that's the simplest function of it...

But why does it have so many buttons.

The number buttons help to determine exactly who you want to call. There's a number code assigned to each person, and dialing that code will contact the right person.

I know how a phone works, my dear, I mean this one over h-

[... And she has shut off the video function. Voice is still going, but she can't see shit on the phone so she's pretty sure she turned it off.

Cue harsh hissed cursing once more in Chinese as she tries to figure out WHAT THE HELL]

[Liora blinks for a moment as the video suddenly shuts off...bit then she hears the old woman's voice on the other end.]

Um...excuse me? Hello? I can still hear you...

Uh... Miss. Are you okay?

[Kobato was not sure what exactly was going on.]

Oh dear, dear my dear, I could be much worse.

It could be better, but it could be worse, I'm going to be so late for dinner.

I'm sorry that you will be late for dinner. Though I don't know if you'll ever get to dinner.

[She feels bad, even if she did nothing wrong.]

Well, you don't write with phones... obviously.

[ Yes, good, a great introduction there, Tannusen. Be a snarky shit, why don't ya. ]

Don't get clever with me, boy.

Clever? I would never.

What am I supposed to do with all these buttons? What does this one even d-

[OOps.

Oh dear.

She shut it off.

GODDAMNIT.

After a full moment, voice function turns back on, muttering in Chinese under her breath]

Why can they not label it as off!

[ Pfffff-- ]

You have to use your imagination.

Or... a sharpie.

I find the texting function convenient.
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Especially when I have trouble remembering things.

Ha, an elder who looks the part! A double-rarity. Welcome to Genessia! What's your name?

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