text | un: Nero

[cadiastands]

[Did it take Mira like 20 minutes to enter a username because she expected the system to assign her one and then froze up in fear of doing it wrong when she had to choose it herself? Maybe.]

If someone is qualified to teach me the proper rituals for the use of these devices, I would appreciate it.

[tl;dr Mira, despite being from a space empire in the 401st century, thinks there are animist spirits inside her phone and terminal that will get mad and refuse to work if she does the wrong thing.]

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text; un: aleifr

[aleifr]

[She'll get a response from the last person she probably expects to get one from.]

Not too hard, actually.

[cadiastands]

[She doesn't expect it, but it makes sense. Aleifr didn't have the Mechanicus fucking up his understanding of technology from infancy.]

That's good to hear.

[aleifr]

[Correct. Though there was the hurdle of him not HAVING an understanding of technology to climb.]

Mostly comes down to pushing the right buttons, really. Doesn't seem to be much more to it than that. Far as Misty tells it, all you have to do is keep it charged and not do anything that might give it a virus.

[Though how the fuck a phone gets sick is beyond him.]

[cadiastands]

Machine spirits can't get diseases.

[Are you sure this Misty knows what she's talking about?]

[aleifr]

Apparently they get sick if you do things with them that they're not supposed to.

[She probably does. Aleifr is working at about 35% here, being generous.]

Text | UN: RankA

[skyward_eyes]

I don't know that there are?

[cadiastands]

I'd settle for a field manual.

[skyward_eyes]

Well the dualnet should have that!

[cadiastands]

I'm no Lexmechanic.

[Whatever the hell that is.]

[skyward_eyes]

What the actual fuck is that?

Text | UN: NotTechSupport

[helpdesk_hero]

Are you in the dorms? If so, which room. I'm a computer expert. I can teach you all you need to know.

[cadiastands]

[Out of reflexive caution, Mira hesitates before giving her room number, but it's not like it's hard to come by information.

Not that David can tell, given how slowly she types in general.]

301

Meaning no offense, but you are not who I would have picked out for a tech-priest.

[helpdesk_hero]

Oh, you can pick that information out by text alone? We don't worship technology where I'm from. Well, some people do. But I can take apart, rewire, and restore this stuff. I can teach you what you need to know.

[cadiastands]

Your user name is "NotTechSupport."

un: yudonta

[yondu]

I could. There aren't any rituals besides pressing the right pictures, though. Depending on whether you're being serious or joking about that word choice in particular.

[Yondu doesn't know. He's from a world where science and magic are a thing in combination.]

[cadiastands]

Quite serious.

[What, don't you know about machine spirits???]

[yondu]

Alright. Where can I find you at?

[Nope, but he's met Asgardians and he worked with a sorcerer and he'll buy it.]

[cadiastands]

Room 301.

[The phone keyboard is too tiny and she doesn't like it, so she's at the terminal, hunting and pecking.]

un: jane doe

[scathefires]

sure its real easy

you put your left foot in

you put your left foot out

you put your left foot in and you shake it all about

[what's a network for if not trolling?]

[cadiastands]

[In the grim darkness of the far future, there is no Hokey Pokey.]

Your doubtless valuable contribution is noted.

[She might not get the joke, but she knows it's a joke.]

[scathefires]

im happy to help

hey do you know the next part or should i teach you that one too

[cadiastands]

I'll muddle through on my own somehow.

UN: lionheart

[silentnarration]

You figured out how to post this. Do the same with the other apps.

[cadiastands]

I'm not entirely hopeless, but I'm still not going to be able to figure out the proper rituals on my own.

[Squall no you don't understand, the spirits inside her computer will be mad if she doesn't do it right.]

[silentnarration]

[Rituals??]

You turn it on and use it. That's it.