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[hotbloodedpower]

[The camera of the necklace is flopping in all directions as a pair of hands are working on getting a feed. Grumbling can be heard from the recipient as a redhead comes into view, looking particularly put out from the way everything seems to be going.]

This on? Oh good, it's on. And this is why I don't have a phone...

So uh... [She rubs her head a little.] I guess I'm new here, recently claimed yadda yadda. I'm Akane Hino, and by dang I'm giving up my last name. I'm in Cabin 9 and I just want to ask something:

Is there any normal sports stuff here? I'm looking for volleyballs in particular cause I can't get rusty with my gameplay.

As for everything else, I think I've caught up on the whole being a demi-god thing. Though I guess from how my life has been for a while this is kind of weird even for me.

So uh yeah, I guess if you want to talk just lemme know. Otherwise I'm going to be wandering the camp for a while.

[With that, Akane switches off the signal after some more fumbling. If you want to meet her, she is also wandering around the area looking rather lost and kind of put out, her hands stuck into the pockets of her jeans and looking a touch sullen in her orange half-blood t-shirt. Intercept her maybe?]

Comments

[hotbloodedpower]

It does at times, but sometimes traditional is best.

Yeah, she's a big mecha and anime nut. I don't get it, but she enjoys it a lot.

[little_lost_lizard]

Maybe. I'm trying to recall if they actually told us anything in particular about monsters only being vulnerable to certain things, because I can't think of anything in the stories I've read that would stop bullets from working, apart from the occasional one that's outright immune to weapons.

A big... what now?

[hotbloodedpower]

Well I'm not a big mythology person or anything, but it would stand to reason they have a reason why they don't use guns.

Mecha. Like giant robots and stuff.

[little_lost_lizard]

Presumably, yes. [She lowers her voice a little.] Then again I suspect gods are not above using "because I don't want to" as a reason on occasion.

Giant what now? [Guess who's from before that word was part of English?]

[hotbloodedpower]

Hmmm... maybe? I have no idea. [Akane's not particularly religious anyhow.]

Really big robots. Like 30 foot tall ones.

[little_lost_lizard]

What's a robot?

[hotbloodedpower]

A robot's a giant machine, sometimes bipedal sometimes not. There's a lot to explain about it and I only know the basics.

[little_lost_lizard]

Oh, like an automaton! We have those where I come from; some people even have automaton servants. Though apparently having steam-powered metal men do your laundry leaves scorch marks on your clothes.

[hotbloodedpower]

Steam powered huh? I didn't realize you could make something like that. [For a moment Akane grimaces on her end, rubbing her head as unfamiliar thoughts floated through her mind but she shook it off.]

I guess it requires a few things to make it work.

[little_lost_lizard]

I don't know, it might be different here. I know history's rather different in this world from mine.

[hotbloodedpower]

Well I guess that's something we can check out later then? There's got to be books.

[little_lost_lizard]

That's mostly what I thought. If it gets to a point where we can get out to the city... and that's if they don't have the books here already. I'd been talking with Umi about that already.

[hotbloodedpower]

There's not even a library here? Huh...

[little_lost_lizard]

I did say if - I'm fairly sure there is at least one library here. I just haven't had the time to go looking yet.

[hotbloodedpower]

Hmm yeah. I'll bet its in Ancient Greek too. Bleah. I'm terrible at languages.

[little_lost_lizard]

Mm. I don't know, it might be in English. Especially if we're looking for modern history or physics texts, or just encyclopedias.

[hotbloodedpower]

That's even worse. I really hope there's Japanese texts somewhere.

[little_lost_lizard]

Oh, you're Japanese as well? I suppose I should have guessed from your name. There seem to be quite a lot of Japanese people here...

[hotbloodedpower]

Yeah I'm Japanese. I was born in Osaka but I live in Nanairogaoka right now. I think the English name for our town is "Rainbow Hills".

[little_lost_lizard]

Oh, that's a pretty name. I was raised in London, though I suppose you wouldn't have thought it to look at me.

[hotbloodedpower]

London? I've been to Paris before, but not London. How is it there?

[little_lost_lizard]

Well, when I was there it was mostly drizzly and full of smoke... but the last time I was there was in 1848.

[hotbloodedpower]

That's a very long time ago. I'm from 2012.

[little_lost_lizard]

Mm, yes, I'd noticed a lot of people seemed to be from further along. I think this is closer to your time than mine, but I'm not quite sure what year it is.

[Now we just have to wait for Akane to notice the disconnect between "1848" and "space pirate".]

[hotbloodedpower]

Yeah it looks modern, but then I've only been to New York before. The Statue actually.

[Give her time, she's definitely part of the Smile team, in that she needs a moment.]