text, nyx saw something silly and had to put it to SOME use

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[Attached is a picture of a strange, pyramid-shaped device, with an extremely colorful glass case, full of blinking lights. It has a few wires coming out of it.]

I *guess* this is a computer. It's strangely shaped, is glowing so much I can't see any of the parts inside of it, and even with how long I've been here... is kind of worrying-looking.

It seems not many of you come from worlds with computer technology, not like this -- but for those who do, what was it like? I wonder if there's someone from a world *more* advanced than this one.

[ooc: Think along the lines of this incredibly bizarre thing from the 2000s.

Look, I saw it, and I had to, okay?]

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[circumitus]

how the FUCK is that thing even supposed to work?
we have computers back home but theyre more compact than that bullshit

[heptagram]

I'm not entirely sure how this functions, either. Maybe it somehow runs on chroma. That's usually the solution.

[circumitus]

yeah its probably just more of that magic bullshit
but cant get around how ANYONE would find that design appealing in any way.

[heptagram]

My knowledge of local culture is only as much as they've been forthcoming about, in books or otherwise, so I don't entirely know.

On Earth, pyramid-shaped objects often are said to have some sort of mystical significance, due in no small part to the fascination with the Egyptian pyramids (and other large pyramid-shaped landmarks that are thousands of years old), or they otherwise "feel powerful." For example, I've seen a lot of quack science apparatus in pyramid shape. I wonder if this machine is meant to seem powerful or magical or something to that end. Or if the designer just has incredibly garish taste.

[To be fair, "incredibly garish" is just kind of on brand for this world.]

[circumitus]

sounds more like they were just trying to be a pretentious douche
but "garish taste" works too

[heptagram]

The diagram describing the crossover of those is basically just a circle inside another circle, though.

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[wantsnudes]

What a pity. The shape conforms pleasingly to the golden ratio, but the colour leaves much to be desired.

I suggest you repaint it.

[heptagram]

That could be worthwhile. It at least would grant it some [semblance of] unity in terms of aesthetic.

[Then again, if Patchouli was building something like this, she'd think about function first and form if she remembers. This probably would lead to at least one completely disastrous-looking machine at some point.]

[wantsnudes]

I'm glad you understand. I should very much like to see pictures of your design choices when you are done.

Are such computers commonplace here? I have not seen one such as that before.

[heptagram]

I'll see what I can do.

I should *hope* they're not. But the store had more than one in stock. I imagine the main reason why anyone would be interested in it is for its gimmick.

text | UN: idorumagigirl | Ah, I remember this being advertised. Why is it so bad? lmao

[lonenowa]

[Her mouse scrolls over to the attachment. The image buffers into a separate tab, and Noire stares for a moment. Her shoulders pivot in reaction to her snort. Suddenly, she starts to chuckle idly. But then it turns into a laughing fit.]

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𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 **𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘛** 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦? 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥!

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸! 𝘸𝘸𝘸𝘸𝘸

The 2000s were a very strange time in human history. Not like every other time isn't, mind you...

[heptagram]

I'd try to disassemble it, but I might damage it in the process. I'm assuming this doesn't work anywhere near like what an Earth computer would, either.

Oh trust me, I know. Lest we forget about things like Juicebox, VideoNow, and Hitclips.

[lonenowa]

..𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵.


𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘌𝘦𝘦𝘩-𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩? 𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘵𝘶𝘩? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺?! [Oh god she's trying to enunciate it behind the screen.]

[heptagram]

It might be helpful. Maybe later, though.

It's perhaps less strange than you think for such a thing to be the case. At least, there are some tiny words spelled (or transliterated) identically across several of that world's languages that are pronounced differently in each.. "Earth" is pronounced with the A being completely silent.

[lonenowa]

[Now it makes sense. It completely rolls of the tongue. The more Noire reiterates it, the more it becomes homely.]

𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.

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I purchased this machine second-hand.

I wouldn't be surprised if it had some... odd components. Or at least, vaguely unique. The sort of thing one would not purchase if they were building their own computer, I guess.

Sorry about the delay, Patchy! ;; Stuffs and junk.

[lonenowa]

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦.

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

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[remilia_scarlet]

That...thing looks to have some sort of face on its front. Are you sure it is not watching you at night? It likely plots against you.

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[heptagram]

It looks like that, a little, especially since I can't get a good picture of it because everything is glowing. That's just a very oddly-shaped place to plug other things into it. I'm not completely sure of what because a lot of these don't exactly look like anything I've seen before. [Especially because a lot of her tech knowledge goes no further than 1998 for what are probably understandable reasons...]

I'm pretty sure there's no camera of any kind in this thing, though, so unless it's doing something *else* to capture my image...