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[theprezident]

[ In the background of the video feed is the very beautiful headboard-slash-wall of Rhys’s bunk in Tyrhaus. Has he been publicly threatened on the network by one of his housemates twice? Yes. Is he still hanging out here anyway? Yes.

Honestly, he thinks he has nowhere to go and hasn’t thought to check with anyone more friendly for help, but, hey, he’s still alive! Clearly everything is fine.

Anyway, he’s smiling, and gives a quick little wave. ]

Hi, guys! I’ve got some awesome new updates for the bracelets, and something kind of related to that that I could use help with. The name’s Rhys, by the way, for anyone who hasn’t met me yet.

So I spoke with Odin about improving the bracelets. Before, it was just kind of a very basic phone … thing, that can also play some music. With Odin’s help, we’ve got some more stuff! So, first off, we’ve kind of got a hard drive on the bracelet now. For anyone who doesn’t know what that is, it’s somewhere you can store things like videos, pictures and documents. Like a library, except it takes up way less space. Which means we can now do stuff like write notes so that we don’t forget stuff, wish lists, uhh, recipes, etcetera etcetera. I’ve been keeping a list of everyone that was ever in Asgard and who’s gone home, as well as compiling info about our home worlds-slash-universes, and I’m going to put that on my hard drive thing.

We can also record videos without broadcasting them to people like I’m doing right now, and take pictures, and save them on the hard drive. Maybe there’s some stuff you just want to save and keep for yourself, stuff you want to remember. Now you can!

You can also share everything with other people. You just ... send it from your bracelet to other people’s bracelets. Once I’ve got my list and information saved, for example, I can just send it to anyone who wants to see it. Speaking of which, if there’s anyone who hasn’t already and feels up for telling me about where they’re from, please let me know.

[ He pauses, looks at the time he’s been recording for, and makes a grimace. ]

Oh, I’m doing the thing where I start making a video and then wish I would’ve just made a text post instead … Whatever.

So! This is what I need help with. I actually wanted to create a sort of database that can be accessed not just by the bracelets but also, say, from the library. It feels kind of unfair for us to have all this stuff, but the rest of the city doesn’t get to take any part in it. Anyway, according to Odin, that’s going to take a bit more effort. Meaning we need to actually help make the stuff required to make that happen. I guess the bracelets are really strictly for us? I don’t know.

[ He lifts his hands beside his face in a shrugging gesture. ]

And I’d be happy to do that! Honestly, I’m kind of bored out of my mind. The problem is I work with software, which means I could code any programs that need to be made once we have the physical stuff in place, but I’m not a computer engineer or anything like that. I don’t suppose I’m lucky enough that there’s someone here that knows how to build this stuff? Other than that, I’ll happily take anyone who wants stuff to do and is willing to help me out with this. I’m sure we can figure it out, possibly with some more help from Odin.

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[keybearing]

I think I'm getting the hang of this and then we get more stuff? But uh, that's actually not a bad idea? I was talking to a friend about how Jiminy kept a journal back home of everything we got up to. And he isn't here to do it, so I was thinking if I start, here in Asgard. But it'd be easier if others could add to it too? I'm just not as good with computers and this stuff like you are to know how that might work.

[But this was neat! He can take all the selfies again! Even if there are no Lucky Emblems here.]

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[theprezident]

Yeah, totally! A journal isn't a bad idea. People could send you anything they might want to contribute to it.

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[vagabone]

[Far too much to take in all at once. He forgets what computers are called half the time, for pity's sake, he is so confused.]

...Uh, maybe you should send a 'text post' to me, because I have no idea what you're talking about and I don't think you want to repeat it fifty times. But I do want to take photos!

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[theprezident]

Uhm.

[ Would a text post even be enough for that? It would probably need pictures. Anyone computer-savvy enough should be able to figure it out on their own, so if this guy has no idea, then ... ]

You know what? It's probably better if I just show you in person.

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[hikikomori_king]

You have been busy, my friend! I wonder, could you show me how these things you speak of work?

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[theprezident]

[ Honestly, he wishes this would have kept him more busy. It's just something he's been thinking about and took way too long to actually bring to Odin.

But now hopefully he'll have more to do. ]

Of course I can! Anytime you want.

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[skittering]

Tell them not to give Klaus one.

❰ that's almost the entire reply, but oh, he should.... maybe clarify: ❱

A hard drive. He takes stupid pictures of people when they're sleeping. ❰ or while they're cats. ❱

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[theprezident]

Bit too late for that, Lalli. He already has one.

[ Plus, that's totally what cameras are for so. Not even mad. ]

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[imahealerbut]

What's a video? What do you mean, you can't write lists?

[sometimes...... people are... from ancient times? She's choosing to focus on the implication that this guy apparently couldn't write notes before today, because she doesn't get anything else. Like, paper exists?]

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[theprezident]

What I just did, and what we're doing now. That's a video. And of course you can! I've been writing by hand until now.

[ And it's not very pretty because in the year 2800 you don't need pretty handwriting. ]

This is just way faster and takes up less space.

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[tealeafs]

[ Rhys, why is everything about your world and your knowledge so confusing. Despite his attempts at explaining everything in the message, Chizuru still feels pretty baffled. It's hard to go from a total lack of an idea of what a phone even is to all of this at once, but she's trying to wrap her head around it.. ]

So.. is being able to do all of that normal where you're from? [ Space life is apparently wild, man. ]

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[theprezident]

[ Yeah, if he tried to explain it more than this the post would be so long. He'd totally do it for her, though. Or just show her, probably. Faster and easier that way.

Also, seeing her makes him realise he'd totally forgotten her during the whole people going out to war thing. He was going to keep her updated. Was he actually that worried? Apparently. ]

Yeah, completely. It's, uh, actually really basic stuff. We've had it for centuries. We can do a lot more.

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[draumstafir]

Oh, we can take pictures with these things?

[ he seems delighted by this news, and yeah maybe he should have known that already by now but he only just figured out where the punctuation was for texting so give him time, alright. ]

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[theprezident]

[ This sweet summer child. ]

We sure can!

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[momsboy]

[ Peter is avoiding Tyr house like the plague since he came back from fighting because murdering his zombie roommate has left him dealing with some stuff. So Rhys gets a text reply this time, unlike the video replies that Peter almost always uses. ]

The new features provided by the hard drive will be really useful. Thanks, Rhys.

You should talk to Isha Devan, she's an engineer and even knows how to build robots.

[ And that's pretty much all he says. He can't help with the database but he wanted to thanks Rhys for his efforts. ]

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[theprezident]

[ Even if he doesn't know Peter well, he still knows this is unusual. But who knows what kind of stuff they saw out there? Rhys isn't going to judge. ]

No worries, man.

And that sounds like exactly the help I need. Thanks!

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[embracethewind]

[ just have a dumbfounded souji looking at you. ]

You can do more of that only with the bracelet?

[ because, the most tech thing he has seen so far is photography from a big box with a lens and taking and keeping pictures and videos with a bracelet is already mind-imploding. making lists without writing them? asdfghjkl. ]

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[theprezident]

Yep! Everything just got a lot more convenient.

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[enflame]

( Emil is honestly curious about one thing, since this cuff is convenient and yet he doesn't know the first thing about how it works. )

How many photos or videos or what-have yous can we keep in these things?

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[theprezident]

Uhhh. I don't think there's a limit, actually.

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[mindseer]

[Congratulations, Rhys. It's back to teal-colored gibberish from this one. The world wasn't ending, so she was doing what she wanted.]

Hehehehe so now we have data storage for all the neeerds out there that want to store their videos and memes for later use
Cool Cool
What about sylladexes?
When are we going to get one of those?

[Never. You are never getting extradimensional storage space that randomly ejects items like projectile weapons, Terezi. The gods are not that stupid.]

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[theprezident]

Uhhh what's that?

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[ragnarsson]

Hmmmmm, so if I want to record myself gutting you like a fish so I could play it back later and remind myself of the glorious act of killing you, this could be done?

[There's an almost purring note to Ivar's voice and a smirk on his face. Sorry, Rhys. You had to know this was possibly coming.]

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[theprezident]

[ Ugh ...

Not going to take the bait. Just. Keeping it cool. ]

Yeah. It could.

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[diamondhack]

how lucky for you i am practically a certified genius in every aspect of engineering and programming

with that in mind... i have many questions that would require a proper meeting. what say you?

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[theprezident]

Isha Devan! Peter said I should bring you into this.

I'm totally up for a meeting. Just let me know when.