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[whip_poor_will]

Hey.

[That's it. That's the post. No tl;dr info-dump, no questionnaire, no nothing.

[Is she doing this social media thing right?]

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[scholiast]

Hey, I know science and this isn't it. At least, not any kind of science that I've seen before anyway!

But it is neat. Seems like it will come in handy in the long run, at least.

[whip_poor_will]

Well technically it's technology mixed with magic, in which one could arguably call science. I suppose that depends on your world view.

Oh yes, because the alternative is carrier pigeons! Or those little guys that like to echo things back at you that I've seen flying around here.

[scholiast]

I think our world views are a bit different, yes.

What– bats? (God, she can't even imagine.) Where I'm from, you'd just use a Stone of Farspeech– though, I suppose these 'phones' are just like them, albeit capable of many more functions.

[whip_poor_will]

Different views just make things more interesting.

No, not bats. I'm talking about the birds.
Jabberjays, I believe they are called.

How fascinating! What manner of functions did these stones serve?

[scholiast]

Can't argue with that.

Jabberjays? I've never heard of them. (Juuuust gonna make a note to look that up sometime.)

Just the one: communication. You can talk via a set of stones no matter the distance between them.

[whip_poor_will]

They're not native to here, either

[Ravine might not have been here for their arrival, but it's easy enough for her to pick apart pieces of information that's already been unveiled.

[Trying to figure out what will be, however, is another story.]

Oh. That's no fun

These things at least have entertaining games on them!

[scholiast]

... Then why are they here?

(She doesn't mean for that to sound so blunt: just that it doesn't make any sense to her.)

Games?

What do you mean?

[whip_poor_will]

The same reason why we're here.

[She doesn't really mean for that to be as existential as it sounds, but there you go.]

Exactly what it sounds like. There are games on these phones to help pass the time, in the same way as any other application that's in it.

[scholiast]

I wasn't aware that this charming offer also extended to wildlife.

(How perfectly horrible.)

But on this? (She isn't used to the capability of technology, so it's a little mind-boggling to her.) Where do I find them?

[whip_poor_will]

Some that arrive can be called wildlife, sure

Others are just monsters

I don't judge

[Oh dear, is Ravine going to have to be the one to explain how technology works to a living?]

Not all of the icons have words on them, so it might be confusing at first.

Press the one with the six dots at the very bottom and a list of them will appear.