The network's first tweet.

[truerevelation]

[There's a brief burst of what sounds like radio static on the mental airwaves, a couple of sensations and flashes akin to the telempathic signalling of a Jangwan dragon...

And then, voices. One familiar enough on the network, the other new, high pitched and musical with a faint sound like feedback to it which steadily clears up as the speaker talks.]

Okay. You hearing this? [asks Kanji, though sounding a spot distant.] Can you...

[The new voice chirps in:] Mm! I ... Um, am I... Is this working?

Yeah. I think so. ...Uh, it's an open line.

Oh! H-hi everyone? This is... This is Piyo? Uh, I'm a Pogemon. ... I don't know, this is scary, it sounds weird... But I think I can hear you?

Comments

[highsteaks]

Piyo! It's really you!

[SHE IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.]

[truerevelation]

Ch... Chie? Is that you? I can hear you! This is... This is so...

[It trails off into a stream of excited chirps.]

... Weird. But cool weird. I think.

[highsteaks]

It's so cool weird! This is so great! I need to learn how to do this for Firia when she's a little bigger!

[truerevelation]

Oh, that'd be - that'd be neat!

[senpaidol]

Oh my god this is the best. I knew if someone else was going to manage it it'd be a Pogemon...

You feeling okay, Piyo?

[truerevelation]

Mhm! And th-thank you. It's fine so far... no-one's going to start shouting, are they?

[senpaidol]

Uh...no guarantees, but you learn to tune it out. You can learn to turn it off entirely, even, but I haven't learned that yet myself.

[truerevelation]

[Kanji cuts in briefly.]

It's more like I'm passin' my side of the network connection over to Piyo, I can switch it off if it gets too much. Still working on shutting it up for myself.

[The bird cuts back in with a cheep and:]

Oh. Okay.

[runs]

[Kitty recognizes the voice. But it's on the network.

Huh. She tells Cynthia about this, and after some soft manipulation from Cynthia they set out to figure out how to replicate the effect.

It takes a while, but some hours later, another voice speaks up, this one significantly deeper and much more laid-back. It might also sound faintly familiar to Piyo - telempathic voice and psychic voice don't strictly match, but there's still something connecting them.]

Hello, Piyo. From what I understand, we've met before.

[Follows a quick sensory livestream from Kitty, showing the bruiser that Piyo met back in Jangwa watching over some babies.]

[truerevelation]

Mm! I. Uh. Oh. I think so? You're, you're that dragon, right? Actually a dragon.

[runs]

Actually-a-dragon adult, yes. [She feels like that is a good distinction to use, or at least she gets the impression that most dragons around are significantly younger than her.]

It's been a while.

[leftbehindagain]

...Well, that's a hell of a thing. Good job, guys.

[truerevelation]

[And here's a happy little cheep.]

Th-thank you!

Heh. I'd been wonderin' if there was something that could be done for ... well, since before the Jaunt. If I could... convert network psychic into somethin' else, I guess? And. Yeah.

Hehe!

[leftbehindagain]

You know, I think this is the first time I've been upset that a cute animal didn't follow me home.

[helborn]

... Wait.

Wait you guys can get it to work for - holy sh -

[Right, Rose.]

Woah. I wonder if I can get it to work for Bob...

[truerevelation]

Bob?

[Kanji adds-] Well, if you're ... solid with psychic stuff, I guess, ya might be able to make it work? It just takes a lotta ... I dunno, brain energy compared to a lot of stuff.

[helborn]

I'm... not. I haven't really gotten much of anywhere with psychic skills. And Bob is my raven. He showed up here with me.

[shiroganeheir]

Oh, excellent! It's good to have you on the network, Piyo.

... let's all hope Magnus never finds out how to do that.

[truerevelation]

Hehe! Thank you!

...Tch, no kiddin'. It's more that we worked together, so unless you or Souji work on it we're probably safe. But no-one wants to get bugged for fish every five minutes, huh.

Can I...

No.

[goestoextremes]

Wooooow...!! Umm... Welcome, Piyo, it's great to hear you here. ...Thanks for making me realize that maybe I could get this to work for Naga too.

[truerevelation]

Hi you too!

Well, could be worth a shot, huh?

[goestoextremes]

So ummm, how are you? ...Two, because I could ask that from both of you.

Yeah, definitely worth a shot and possibly less surprising to me after all these years of knowing her if I don't just accidentally make it happen.

[forcechanic]

A Pogemon on the network?

[She has to figure that one out]

[truerevelation]

Yep! Hi there!

Yeah. Takes a bit of psychic messin' around, but it's doable.

[forcechanic]

Psychic messing around is basically my specialty.

[ANd machines. She has a couple specialties.]