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Ratonhnhaké:ton ([personal profile] lifescratched) wrote in [community profile] themainframe2013-04-14 08:35 pm

MEMORY SEQUENCE 001 - VIDEO

[There is a view of intense brown eyes peering right up to the D-Terminal, which widen as the screen activates.] It is glowing!

[The eyes draw back, startled, to reveal a face with a good deal of frown lines for his age, a scar under one eye, and long braided hair, the rest of it tied back in a ponytail. He looks offscreen to where his partner, Armadillomon, trots into view and sits beside him.]

That's right, you switched on the video function. [Seeing his confusion, Armadillomon elaborates,] Now you can talk to the others!

I can? But I do not know where to begin, or what to ask. There are so many things I do not know. [Still confused, his attention is back on the screen again.] If anyone is listening, I have just arrived here. This spirit--

--Digimon--

--is calling itself my partner. I do not understand his explanation of this world, nor did I understand all of the guide...

[Armadillomon pokes his face into the screen.] Connor doesn't know what computers are, or what the internet is, or even electricity! I thought everyone knew that.

Apparently not. [Connor's reply is clipped, brisk, as though already losing his patience with his new partner. He tugs the odd shelled creature out of the way of the screen and addresses the communicator again.] If anyone is able to provide me with a better explanation, I would be grateful. [He inclines his head.] Thank you.
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[personal profile] makoinfused 2013-04-14 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Newbie, huh? [ Zack isn't a digital world expert. Far from it, really, but he's always more than willing to help someone out. Especially someone who doesn't know about computers or electricity. ...even if that's kind of a weird concept for him, but whatever. ]

I'm Zack. I've been here about a week or so? [ He glances off screen to Dorumon for confirmation, who just nods and resumes doing whatever dumb thing he's doing now. ] Can't tell you much, other than we're here to help save these little guys and the Digital World. Don't know what from, but I guess it must be a pretty big deal if they're calling for heroes, right? [ like him. he is a hero can't you tell. ] Did you not get the memo from that hyperactive digimon that really wanted someone to play with?
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[personal profile] makoinfused 2013-04-14 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously? uh. [ Give him a second. He's never had to explain technology to someone before. ] Computers are like -- [ THIS IS HARD. ] They're these machines that you can use to send and receive information to other people who also have computers. You can store files and pictures on them, too. Maybe your digimon can show you one in person? It's kind of hard to explain...
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[personal profile] makoinfused 2013-04-15 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Are you kidding? It's really convenient, having all your stuff in one place like that. [ He'd be dead without his phone man. OH WAIT HE IS DEAD. ]

Yeah, this is like a mini computer you can carry around with you. [ His last question has Zack making a face. Wow, Connor, ] This isn't really my area. Sorry, buddy.
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[personal profile] makoinfused 2013-04-15 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ BUDDY, PAL, FRIEND, BROSKI, BROSEF. ]

There's probably some tech guys around here that can explain it better. [ He shrugs, smiling, ] No problem, though. So where are you from that has no electricity or computers?

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[personal profile] skycutter 2013-04-15 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay so basically people have low-end tech from Earth, but where's this guy from if he doesn't even know what a computer is? Curious.

So Hope, please to be keeping your technobabble to a minimum so lesser peons can understand.]


A computer is a machine that's made for carrying out specific orders that its maker or user would have it do. Sometimes it directs other machines, and other times people just use it for leisure and talking to other people, since they can connect to a network like this.
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[personal profile] skycutter 2013-04-15 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
That no one's honestly not sure of, not even the Digimon. I have a theory that they were made, with computers way more advanced than what we have, but that sounds weird even for me.
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[personal profile] skycutter 2013-04-15 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a similar headache on my first day here.

Honestly, you're not the only one who has a lot of questions about this entire thing, but there aren't any answers right now.
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[personal profile] skycutter 2013-04-15 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[A bit of a deeper sigh over here.]

Almost two weeks.

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[personal profile] thatwasme 2013-04-15 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
For the sake of context, what country and year did you just come from?

( Dracomon asks her if she can even know if he's from one given world, and she shrugs. One way to find out, really, and she's curious on top of willing to offer what explanation she can, after these other guys. )
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[personal profile] thatwasme 2013-04-16 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
( Odd -- but informative. He's from Earth, for one, and the year places him well before anything like computers has been dreamed up. )

Same country as me, actually, though you'd need to add over two hundred years to get close to my present day. Most of what they're talking about here doesn't get invented until the mid to late 1900's.

What've people managed to explain to you so far?
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[personal profile] thatwasme 2013-04-17 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
By whatever means allows a digital and physical world to merge into one entity. Right now it doesn't make a great deal of sense.

( It's intriguing that it exists, on another hand. )

Explaining the ins and outs to a person who doesn't have any context is hard, but let me think... Have you ever heard of, seen, or used a slide rule before? I think those were around as early as the 1600's.

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[personal profile] recollection 2013-04-16 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't seem like many people know those things, so you're not alone. [He's a bit intimidating, but heck he does need help.]

A computer is a machine made out of plastic and metal components. Usually it's used to store or access information, but it can do other things as well so long as your program it to be that way.
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[personal profile] recollection 2013-04-17 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
One of the ways, I believe. I haven't had to deal with something by that name before arriving in the city, so... there could be other ways. For now, it looks like its the most common or known way to communicate.

...Does that make sense?
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[personal profile] recollection 2013-04-17 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's sensing that.] ...It's is a much to believe and swallow at first, so it's okay if you don't. There's a lot about this world that we don't know.