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wordsmithery) wrote2017-01-20 09:30 pm
wordsmithery) wrote2017-01-20 09:30 pm
SWITCHBOARD
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[ Ring ring hello there, Orihime has another question! Bright and early, too; she's up at 7:15am. A lot of things have been going through her mind since her arrival, and she has a lot more questions for the Wordsmith. ]
Hello? Is this working...?
Hello? Is this working...?
[... So this one isn't actually going to be after ten at night, just because he wants to see if he can call home. It's actually around tenish in the morning. The dial's a little hard to figure out how to work (and it's not like it matters anyway) but he's got it, sitting on his bed as carefree as can be.]
Yo, Mom! Sorry I ain't gonna be back for a while, got taken from Professor Oak's place to some tacky school with a buncha other people. We don't even have a real lesson plan goin'!
Yo, Mom! Sorry I ain't gonna be back for a while, got taken from Professor Oak's place to some tacky school with a buncha other people. We don't even have a real lesson plan goin'!
...I don't believe I'm your mother, Mischievous.
[ Sometime around ... well, one of the first open times where Elda can call the guy (probably in the middle f the night because #reasons) Elda is going to test out this phone. She had a question that she could have asked over the PA system but she in no way wanted to make this detail more public. As such...
(does it ring?) ]
Hello? Is this thing connected?
(does it ring?) ]
Hello? Is this thing connected?
[ It's almost midnight and Viktor can't sleep. 'Sup, Wordsmith. ]
Добрый вечер! Is my adorable husband-to-be awake?
[ ...He actually doesn't think the Wordsmith put the damn engagement ring on him or that he wants Viktor as his husband, he's just saying this because he thinks it's funny. ]
Добрый вечер! Is my adorable husband-to-be awake?
[ ...He actually doesn't think the Wordsmith put the damn engagement ring on him or that he wants Viktor as his husband, he's just saying this because he thinks it's funny. ]
If that's meant to refer to me, then yes. I am clearly awake.
[Excuse her and her curiosity. With trial and error and just being able to logically figure things out, she'll make an attempt to call this Wordsmith. Honestly, she doesn't like him, but she is of thought that perhaps they could speak and, well, get things figured out.
At least that's how Estelle thinks...]
I think this is how you do it. This technology here is so complicated.
At least that's how Estelle thinks...]
I think this is how you do it. This technology here is so complicated.
[After thinking carefully on what to do -- and being reminded by Judy that talking directly to the Wordsmith may be a good idea -- Kyrie decides to contact him. There's a couple things she'd like to know]
Wordsmith? Ushiromiya here. I'd like to inquire about the Rule #7. What's the catch? It can't be as simple as someone killing somebody, and you deciding to let everyone out. For the sake of having all the information before deciding how to act, please tell me what'll happen once someone commits murder.
[She sounds completely serious about it. Looks like Kyrie is already entertaining some rather dark thoughts]
Wordsmith? Ushiromiya here. I'd like to inquire about the Rule #7. What's the catch? It can't be as simple as someone killing somebody, and you deciding to let everyone out. For the sake of having all the information before deciding how to act, please tell me what'll happen once someone commits murder.
[She sounds completely serious about it. Looks like Kyrie is already entertaining some rather dark thoughts]
Truly suiting your title, Pragmatic.
Rule Seven was written to be as clear as possible. I don't see how it could be misunderstood.
Rule Seven was written to be as clear as possible. I don't see how it could be misunderstood.
[ ...Right, okay. Sometime around noon, it's a ring-ring-ringing for you, and she glances at her cracking wrist and switches her phone-holding hand to her left so she doesn't have to pay that much attention to it. ]
Have time for some questions, Wordsmith?
Have time for some questions, Wordsmith?
[A moment's hesitation, and then...]
Hello? Is...I just speak into this?
Hello? Is...I just speak into this?
Yes, Cynical? Was there something you wanted?
Good morning, Wordsmith-san! I hope I'm not interrupting you at all.
Um, Guzma-san and I were talking. He thinks you look like a nerd, and I think you're more like a businessman! Somehow, we both agreed that maybe you look more like a professor, haha! What do you think?
Um, Guzma-san and I were talking. He thinks you look like a nerd, and I think you're more like a businessman! Somehow, we both agreed that maybe you look more like a professor, haha! What do you think?
I wouldn't say I look like any of those. Does it matter?
[ She doesn't call right away, but Sportacus' suggestion gets her thinking a couple irl days after the thread started, oops. So she, after staring at it for a while, picks up the phone! TIME TO CALL THE WORDSMITH! ]
Is this how this works?
[ She is holding this thing so gingerly oh god she's too from the future for this ]
Is this how this works?
[ She is holding this thing so gingerly oh god she's too from the future for this ]
[Well, she's going to try this again because she's a stubborn one. Well, their last conversation had not really proven fruitful, but it's going to take more than that to make her stop pestering the Wordsmith... unfortunately.]
Um, hello? You're there, right?
Um, hello? You're there, right?
[...Well, here goes nothing. He picks up the phone and doesn't say anything for a moment, but-]
Excuse me? [...Should he be formal? ...No. This guy's a jerk.] Wordsmith?
Excuse me? [...Should he be formal? ...No. This guy's a jerk.] Wordsmith?
[How's an airhorn to the ear sound, Wordsmith????]
[The only answer is the sound of a phone being fumbled, dropped, and harshly hung up.]
Hello, darling~! [ viktor, why are you like this. ] I wanted to thank you for the vodka.
You're welcome. Please make an effort not to continue aggravating me.
[...Kimbley really hates the idea of talking to this guy, but he's got a few questions that he might as well get answered sooner rather than later.]
...Hey. I don't suppose you've got some time to clear things up a bit.
...Hey. I don't suppose you've got some time to clear things up a bit.
[... Today is not an air horn, but it is another loud sound; Politoed's voices are noted to be almost bellow-like, but at least it's not a fucking air horn being blasted into the phone. The fact Polibo can't use any of his attacks does not change the fact his singing can be heard from a good few miles.]
. . . Eventually I am going to stop answering this phone and your fellow Apprentices will have you to blame for it.
[ i'm so sorry about dropping our thread last week
...it's not like she has much to talk about to him, but she does need to say something!! ]
...Hi. Sorry for asking something weird before. [ A pause where she... tries to figure out what else to add, uh— ] I didn't know a few... things.
[ ... ]
What are you getting out of this whole thing anyway? I know what you supposedly want us to get from it [ ~learn to take initiative, responsibility, and trust your fellow man~ (paraphase) ] but—what about you?
...it's not like she has much to talk about to him, but she does need to say something!! ]
...Hi. Sorry for asking something weird before. [ A pause where she... tries to figure out what else to add, uh— ] I didn't know a few... things.
[ ... ]
What are you getting out of this whole thing anyway? I know what you supposedly want us to get from it [ ~learn to take initiative, responsibility, and trust your fellow man~ (paraphase) ] but—what about you?
I don't believe that is something you can understand, Sympathetic or otherwise.
[ Some time like in the middle of the night on Thursday or the morning on Friday probably: ]
Hello? Hey, Wordsmith, you there again?
[ She had been writing letters, but this one feels more like a call thing ]
Hello? Hey, Wordsmith, you there again?
[ She had been writing letters, but this one feels more like a call thing ]
Good morning, Wordsmith-san.
...I wanted to ask you about the souls of those who have passed on here. Are they...are they really set free? Or have they been lost, forever?
...I wanted to ask you about the souls of those who have passed on here. Are they...are they really set free? Or have they been lost, forever?
I can assure you that you don't need to be concerned about them.
[you know what. you know what.
he feels like some midnight phone harassment, and Jasper got him wondering.]
Yo, Dick. How do you feel about vore?
he feels like some midnight phone harassment, and Jasper got him wondering.]
Yo, Dick. How do you feel about vore?
I am, Encouraging. Is there something you need?
[Less hesitation this time.]
Wordsmith? Are you there?
Wordsmith? Are you there?
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