Inkblot 17

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Amaterasu is here, carrying a mobile phone between her teeth, carefully so that she doesn't break it or drool on it. Once she's on the Plane she sits down and sets the phone in front of her, tilting her head at it. She paws at it a little, which sets off the vibrate. She jumps back and watches the phone vibrate against the floor from a few feet away.]

Well, I must admit, I really have no idea what to do with this thing. No one in Kamiki has seen anything like this, although I believe I have seen this little machine around here before. It is used to contact people, like instant letters, yes? Hm, although I wonder why that voice was trying to sell me...what was it? A "time share?"

[The phone stops vibrating and she shakes her head, looking quite bewildered.]

Ah, Sam, if you are around, I may need your help with this. Or really, anyone who knows what these things do.

Comments

[extutela.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Did someone give it to you, or did it just... materialize?

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, Sam Tyler sent this to me. He said it was in case the people here needed me! But I'm afraid I really don't know what to do with it or how it works...

[extutela.livejournal.com]

Oh. Er. Well, I suppose it would be a bit awkward to operate with paws.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's not the trouble, really. I can have hands easily enough. It's just that there are so many little buttons, and each one changes the picture a little bit. And when it starts singing I really have no idea what to do, although that means that someone is trying to contact me, yes?

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[Cy watches.]

[Cy waits.]

[Cy POUNCES.]

[And promptly starts gnawing on it.]

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah! Cy, wait, that might break it!

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[She pauses with her mouth around one edge of the phone.]

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[She smiles.] If I bring you something better to chew on, will you let me have that back?

[didorothy]

[apologietc looking]

Sorry.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah, no! The note said that you needed help, and of course I am willing to provide...though I do wonder what exactly you think you need my help with. In any case, it is simply that I really don't know how these things work. [She noses at the mobile.] But I am certainly willing to learn!

[didorothy]

Just... I might be making the Masters very angry soon. So.

Right, uh, I should probably show you how to turn it on. Batteries won't be a problem, so don't worry about that.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Truly? Ah...hm. [She ponders this for a moment, thinking about what he means. Then she smirks mischievously.] Not going for my recommendation that we freeze him in eternal ice, are you?

Batteries, ah, yes, someone else mentioned them. But in any case, I would certainly appreciate any help you can offer~

[mercwamouth]

For starters you might have better luck with opposable thumbs.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah, well of course! But even so, it is still such a mystery to me.

[mercwamouth]

It's not hard. Each phone has a number. You type in that number and you call the other phone. Then you talk.

Where'd you get it?

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah, is that how it works? The numbers, then, they are like addresses or names?

From Sam Tyler, actually! It came with a note saying that he and the others here might need my help, though I am unsure whether he means something specific or not.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[smiiiiirk]

Time shares? Don't tell me you said yes.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. I scarcely knew what she was saying, so it would have been impolite to simply say yes. Should I have?

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

Absolutely not. In fact, don't ever agree to buy anything over the phone. Those people are vultures.

...pretty sure they're some of ours, actually.

[lamb_of_gold]

[Blinks. He's standing some distance from her, but doesn't seem too perturbed by her current form]

I found one of those in Jamir. I talked to Hei with it. I don't know how, though....

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah, truly? They certainly are mysterious, are they not?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Nods]

I thought Telephones required wires.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

[...There is a talking wolf. This is not so odd; there are beast people on her world, after all, so a talking animal is not that far off.

However...That machine is a little bit weirder.] I wonder what it is...

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

It is a "phone" of some kind. I believe its purpose is to contact people instantly, no matter where they are. Like if you were to speak face to face, and yet many miles apart all at once! Quite a wonder, is it not?

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

You got that right. [An idea! ... Probably not a very good one!] What happens when you poke the little buttons, do you know?