OTA - Just some random time around now - These Thins Aren't Quite as Nice as Cell Phones

[want_to_belong]

Hey, anyone feel like talking into a rock is the start of some sort of prank?

[OOC: Just assume this is posted at a convenient time around event stuff.]

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[ohshitsweetflips]

Funny story, that was the original plan, just selling a bunch of rocks to idiots who don't know where we live. Good prank, right?

[sorewatopsecret]

Is it really so strange? Though I shall not make assumptions of whence you came from, I do believe that those who hail from worlds without "celluar phones" would think the same, were they to witness us talking into bricks of plastic and glass. It is important to approach life with an open mind, and appreciate the blessings received. Indeed, with this, the bonds of our small community shall strengthen, and with it, a stronger potential to thrive.

[want_to_belong]

How were you going to convince them that the rocks did anything?

[Because he's not that fussed about a joke.]

[want_to_belong]

It doesn't quite live up to my phone, but it's cool that we can finally call each other again. Kinda wish I could play King's Knight on it... I must be soooo behind after not playing for months.

[Wait, he's probably sounding like a geek to whoever this girl is, isn't he?]

I mean, uh... Technology is just my thing, you know? It's kinda hard to go backwards when you're used to a cell. ...And kinda weird talking into a rock in general. Like one of those crystal balls or something that you see in fantasy movies, ha ha...

[ohshitsweetflips]

Oh, that woulda been easy, my dude. We got to test-drive the stones earlier, lil pre-order bonus, and also...we're kinda wizards? Sooo...All I'm sayin is, your prank instincts aren't bad.

[want_to_belong]

...That's makes me a little suspicious of these stone.

Wizards? That's so weird to think. I mean, we have magic, but wizards seems like such a video game or story thing! What kind of magic do you do?

[ohshitsweetflips]

I mean, I do transmutation, but not like, exclusively? I guess I don't really do a whole lot else now, but that's just, thbbbpt, the island. Hey, what are people who do magic called then, if not wizards? Bet it's dumb.

[want_to_belong]

I don't know if there's really a name for it. The royal family has the power to use magic, and they can let other people tap into that, so I guess most people who use magic were called Kingsglaive or are the Crownsguard? It's not really exactly the same as 'wizard', though.

What can you do with transmutation?

[sorewatopsecret]

[A small giggle emits from the stone, and though its in amusement, there's no hint of malice nor contempt in it.]

Fufu... Truly, it is ceaselessly marvelous to see others so passionately interested in something. I confess that things such as "television games" still perplex me, even now, but I understand why people take interest in it.

[The way she tried to pronounce the modern term is both inaccurate and stilted, as if she were an old person trying to figure out newfangled gadgets.]

To compare concepts like magic and technology, however... One cannot truly say that they are either forward or backward from each other, can they? It is more that they are parallel with one another, yes?

[despairing_hope]

It's a bit fun though, isn't it? It fits this world rather well too. I don't mind feeling like I'm in a video game or fantasy light novel.

[yourattention]

I don't know. Is your refrigerator running?

[What else are you supposed to say when the mysterious rock in your backpack asks if something is the start of a prank???]

[ohshitsweetflips]

Okay, we can talk about my cool powers in a sec, but first you gotta know how terrible those words are. Right? They're really bad, dude.

Anyway, you're gonna love this: I turn stuff into other stuff, with transmutation. It's a really good name for that school of magic. Some of 'em aren't anywhere near-- I mean, what the fuck is abjuration? Not shit, is what.

[want_to_belong]

I could show you! My cell phone isn't turning on right now, but as soon as I get it working I'll show you how to play King's Knight!

[Like a date! ...He hadn't even seen this girl.]

Ah, yeah, magic is a lot different. Mostly for making things explode and stuff. It's cool, I just hate when Noct hits us with an ice spell and then my feet are frozen in the water. Friendly fire sucks.

[And that was mostly his concept of magic. Big explosions and lightning.]

[want_to_belong]

That's what I feel like! Still, yeah, it's cool. My phone hasn't been working since I got here so it's nice to have something again. At least my camera works.

[want_to_belong]

Wish I had one right now. Could really god for some peppery daggerquill rice.

[A soft laugh.]

Or really, more stuff that's not seafood.

[want_to_belong]

What? You mean like Crownsguard? It's not that bad! The Crownsguard are cool and get nifty uniforms so you can show off to the ladies. And we... guard the crown, sooooo~.

[Had to defend his honor or something.]

Isn't abjuration healer spells or something? [Video game nerd here.] Can you turn rocks into steaks? Because if you can, I have a great job for you.

[yourattention]

You're ruining my joke. [Connor, it was a shitty joke to begin with.] Also, this is why we should have all voted for anything but - literally I can't even pronounce it. Hell Island: People Edition. As opposed to Hell Island: Sun Edition or Hell Island: The Duality Of Man Edition.

[want_to_belong]

Hey, I wanted food island!

[Someone is thinking with his stomach.]

Think of all the ingredients we could have gathered. After some of our last encounters with civilization, I just... wasn't looking to meet new people.

[yourattention]

That's because it's a truth universally acknowledged that people suck, especially people with sticks up their asses about rules. [A beat, wherein he realises the irony of saying this over social geological media.] . . . Is it racist to say that about the people on the new island? It's probably racist.

My bad.

[want_to_belong]

People are okay. There's lots of cool people on this island.

It's just dealing with other civilizations right now... What are we supposed to do if we meet a hostile city with an army?

[yourattention]

We fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it. It’s either that or meet the business end of a bayonet.

[The code word is "Rochambeau," dig me?]

[despairing_hope]

Well, it's to be expected that phones don't work. Though, perhaps one day they could?

[ohshitsweetflips]

Kinda? It's mostly getting rid of stuff, and protection spells, but see you didn't know that from the name. Like how 'Kingsglaive,' I mean, what is that, even? That should be a cool polearm, not a person! These are bad names!

[There's an exasperated huff, like maybe his hair is in his eyes, or he's been asked about steaks one too many times.]

And theoretically I one hundo percent can, and the implications of that are super nasty, but this is Stank Island so no reverse-Flesh-to-Stone steaks for you, my man.

[suspecteverything]

Personally I'd rather throw it at someone's head.

[And he still might because all of this inescapable conversation is going to get old. Fast.]

[sorewatopsecret]

Dear me, that sounds like quite the predicament... It's quite fascinating that you have both in your world. It sounds as if you've had very interesting adventures.

[Big explosions and lightning seems like a good concept of magic! Another to go along with getting pulled into an island in another dimension.]

I certainly wouldn't mind seeing this game, however. Though I hadn't quite grasped it when Ami and Mami showed me one of theirs, it certainly was an interesting experience. I've yet to accumulate the appropriate amount of stories to have my "cellular phone" restored, I believe, but I hope there will be a time I can play my music again soon... [It certainly would make practice go along more smoothly.]