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buildstherobots ([personal profile] buildstherobots) wrote2010-12-16 12:26 am
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[49] hasn't it been a wonderful year?

[filtered from drones, etc, backdated a few hours]

So I have a gift for all of you. I've finally completed my gorgeously constructed letter to our unfortunate new prisoners; I have a stack of copies here, replicated by yours truly, and will generously give one out to anyone who asks. 1767 Beaver Street.

[filtered to Percy Jackson]

I have also completed the two transmitters I promised you. Two days, as promised. Dist the Rose doesn't break his word, after all. The others are up to you.

[Those who happen by his house can find him sitting on a carefully cleared-away spot on the porch, idly flipping through a book. As promised, there's a stack of papers next to him, as well as a medium-sized box.]

[Action]

[identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
[After remembering if there was anything about a letter, chaos finds he can't recall exactly. This voice he thinks may have spoken about a primer, though. So he'll find his way over to 1767 Beaver Street after school just to find out. Seeing the other man on the porch, he'll move over.]

Are you the one who made that call about a letter?

[Voice]

[identity profile] ohlookboobs.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
A letter?

[dropping by in person]

[identity profile] olympicswimmer.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, man.

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[As Dimitri is still new here, he can't pass up the chance to get more information about this place.]

Are you the one passing out letters to the new arrivals?

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dist looks up and nods, picking up two stapled-together sheets of paper.]

It's naturally very comprehensive, intended for the brand new. You might well learn something, however! My reports are extremely thorough.

[Voice]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed, a letter! A primer for our newcomers.

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dist grins and picks up the box, pulling out both items and their receivers. He flips the watch over, gesturing at a glyph on the back that wasn't there before.]

The watch is made partially with fontech; it was far more efficient in such a small package than trying to cram wires into it, so it's only really half radio parts. It will produce a much clearer transmission, though, and I marked its special receiver so you don't get them confused.

[You never know with some people, and he doesn't know Percy quite well enough to be able to guess, so it's always worth it to have extra measures when handing off precious machinery to someone else. He replaces the watch in the box and picks up a small stuffed cat next, gesturing to the ears.]

For this one, the transmission is picked up here; I sewed a very thin but opaque fabric over them so the microphone is invisible but will produce a clear sound. Very efficient for what I had to work with.

[He puts everything back and hands the box off, grinning somewhat and looking expectant, as though expecting praise.]

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dist nods, picking one (http://buildstherobots.livejournal.com/12857.html) up and holding it out.]

I'm sure you'll find everything you need inside. I'm very thorough.

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[identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that so? May I?

[Holds his hand out to see if Dist will hand him the letter so he can look it over]

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[Accepts it and gives it a quick read.]

Hm, not quite what I expected.

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dist frowns.]

Well what were you expecting?

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
This is still hard to believe, that's all. But this information is welcomed.

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, that gets him to relax. Dist is a defensive creature.]

It was hard for me to believe too when I first got here ten months ago. I interviewed many people so that the list of events would be as relevant as possible.

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You've been here that long?

[Voice]

[identity profile] ohlookboobs.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
A letter? Hmmm....maybe I'll come over and have a look.

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Aaron will be there too! Knocking on yoru door.]

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Sadly, yes. There were others from my world, but they're gone now. Others have been here over a year; almost two, really.

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[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Dist hands the letter over, looking expectant. This is the first person to see the completed primer!]
Edited 2010-12-17 07:25 (UTC)

[Voice]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
You really should! I'll be here; I have plenty of copies!

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[More people! Dist had moved inside due to the cold, but he's feeling much better now. He opens the door, looking kind of excited, though it fades just a little when he sees who it is.]

Percy's already been by and taken the transmitters, I'm afraid. But I assure you, they're lovely!

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[identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
Well, this certainly has some information I have not heard before. You must have taken quite some time to collect it.

[chaos will give you a smile, and his words are warm; this is probably his way of acknowledging that he is slightly impressed, or at least grateful.]

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
How do people leave? I assume it's involuntary.

[Voice]

[identity profile] ohlookboobs.livejournal.com 2010-12-18 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Well, why not? I've been here nearly seven months but it wouldn't hurt to get a better idea of what happened before I came here.

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[identity profile] olympicswimmer.livejournal.com 2010-12-18 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome. So do I need to do anything special to pick up the broadcasts?

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2010-12-18 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Man, I'm glad we ran into you. If I was the best we had for it, we'd be getting no where fast.

I'm not here for those though, I'm here for the letter. Maybe a few extras as well in case I run into new people. They always ask questions I never thought to ask."

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-20 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. For the most part we don't leave; when there's a permanent droning, we believe that the person's mind returns home while the empty body stays here.

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-20 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... of course. I have more than enough; be sure to give one to everyone you know! I signed them, you see, so everyone will know where it came from!

[He picks up a small stack off of a nearby table and holds them out, looking rather eager.]

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-20 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing special or difficult. Simply tune the receivers; the fontech version will only pick up signal from the watch, but the one for the bug in the doll will need to be tuned specifically. Both of them are broadcasting as we speak; we would be able to hear ourselves, if the receivers were activated!

[Voice]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-20 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Naturally. I can provide you with all the information you could want. You can even take copies to give to others! 1767 Beaver Street, as I said.

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Then what about their body back home? Or would the empty body left here simply be a copy of their original one?

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
The body here is kept as a copy, presumably. Sometimes people come back from being gone for who knows how long, right back into the leftover shell.

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[[Will take as many as he can without being awkwardly over burdened.]]

"That's cool. So they know who had the good idea?"

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems pointless to let someone leave and then bring them back.

[Action]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
This whole place is pointless; everything they do to us seems to have no thought behind it at all. I hate to say it, but you do get used to it after a while.

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. I don't work anonymously; they need to know who the genius who thought all this up is, and who to go to for further information.

[Action]

[identity profile] time-shattered.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose that's a little bit reassuring.

[Voice]

[identity profile] ohlookboobs.livejournal.com 2010-12-22 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Great! I'll be right over, then!

[Action]

[And not long afterwards, you may or may not a blond teenager with a tail walking up the street]

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2010-12-23 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Right, go to Dist for more information. Got it."