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[neverfeltthatway]

Ah... to all the new people arriving, please stay calm. Try not to panic, and try not to project your thoughts so chaotically - with all of you that are arriving, it'll only make things more confusing for everyone. No one will hear your thoughts if you're not actively projecting them.

I know you all have a lot of questions. There are many of us who've been here a while, so try to find someone who looks like they know what they're doing, and they can help you. I'll try to help as best I can too - we can talk like this, or if you'd prefer face to face, I'm over by the black knight.

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[howexciting]

[It's a kind, somewhat older voice that responds. It holds its own share of amusement, but he keeps it polite and gentle.]

We all can, Madonna, and you in ours. It is simple enough to turn off, if needed. But working together and coordinating as we do, usually requires the use of this Network.

[shotstaff]

[ wow okay, that was definitely a different voice from the one she originally heard. this is only confusing her more but she proceeds to focus on the new voice instead. ]

Actually, it's Pascal. But yeah, wasn't that what these communicators were for? To communicate with each other and stuff? [ which isn't even working anymore, wth Haven. ]

[howexciting]

It is a pleasure. I am Leonardo da Vinci. [His thoughts pause for a moment, as he tries to figure out how best to word such things. But Pascal will soon hear him in her mind again.] I have not been here for very long, I am afraid, but I can try to answer what questions you might have. I've gotten the basic ideas from the more seasoned of us in Liminal Space, so if I cannot answer it, someone else might be able to help you.

... communicators? What are those?

[shotstaff]

[ she honestly can't tell if he's telling her a name or if he's sneezing. she's about to give him her thanks (or a blessing for that maybe-sneeze) until he asks that veeery last question. ]

Whaddya mean "what's a"-- ...Ohh. [ it's at that moment that she realizes that not everyone is A: an Amarcian, or B: familiar with Haven and its technologies. as soon as she realized it, it gave her a surge of nostalgia since it reminded her of the times she explained different Amarcian technologies to the gang. ]

It'sss kinda like a transmitter, y'know? You use 'em to instantaneously send messages over long distances-- like, "ba-BAM" instant. Where I'm from, a buddy of mine created one that was able to transmit written words as data and it can only go between two points. But the one I got here can transmit visual and audio data, and can be sent to a buncha people all at once!

[howexciting]

[... okay, he did not understand half the words she just projected into his mind. There's a dead silence on his end for a moment, before he finally replies to her thoughts by carefully responding with his own.]

You are telling me that this... "transmitter", or "communicator", is a device? As in an invention? And it can send pictures, and voices, and words... this is all very confusing. Mi dispiace, I don't understand. How can it do these things?

[shotstaff]

You're pretty much on the right track! But uhh... [ oh jeez, it really is like explaining things to Asbel and co, or really just to Asbel. how to describe this... ]

Sooo, okay-- the one I have, it can record pictures using this iiiiiitty bitty camera, yeah? 'Cept the pictures are moving and it's not like, a still picture, it's recording every movement you're doing. And whatever you're sayin', it records that too, using an iiiiitty bittier microphone, and it sends 'em using this sorta signal that we can't see that pretty much goes "NYOOM" to someone else that's got the same device. So it's like, we can instantly see and hear what that person's talkin' about, even if they're like, far faaaaaaar away!

[ Pascal's not good at this sort of thing. ] ...Man, if it was actually working I could totally show you what I talkin' about!