text, backdated to the 15th or so

[hellosirs]

[ First, he'd panicked. Suddenly being unable to speak was bad enough, but not being able to read or write was terrifying, and Angus had spent about an hour holed up in his room, trying to make sense of his books even though the text kept swimming out of focus. Some time with his family had helped calm him down, though, and it soon became obvious that this was the Turbo-Liches up to their usual fuckery. Things would go back to normal in a few days, but in the meantime, Angus was going to have to squash the fear down and try to figure out how to communicate, because miming things out could only get him so far.

Speaking didn't work. Writing didn't work. Typing didn't work, but... there was more than one keyboard on these phone things, wasn't there? Lup had shown him, once... ]

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👐🙌🤟❓❓❓

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[ Anybody out there know sign language? Anyone willing to teach it? ]

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TEXT SORRY SHE'S BEEN SAPPED OF INTELLIGENCE

[unnature]

oh i got this
you wanna play clapping games
i didnt know you could major in that

NGL, I CACKLED

[hellosirs]

[ ... ok, this is going to be harder than he thought. He can’t even read what must be a sympathetic and well thought-out reply, the words just swim out of focus for him. How can he encourage this person to talk? ]

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im crying

[unnature]

no phone? dude i dont know where you are to talk in person, how can you be playing emoji charades if you dont have a phone

[64th]

Did they take your tongue?

[ she knows none of this is a Capitol trick. but she always wonders: what if it's a Capitol trick? ]

What's the little lady with the weird hat?

[hellosirs]

[ MORE TEXT. How can he convey this properly? ]

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🗣️💬🔉

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[ Please, use your words! ]

[hellosirs]

[ The text is just a blur that keeps swimming in and out of focus. Angus groans, and tries another tactic. ]

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[ This is a lot harder than he thought it would be! ]

[64th]

[ oh. ]

[hellosirs]

[ SOMEBODY UNDERSTANDS...! ]

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[ He can still hear, though! ]

[64th]

[ she tries some audio: ]

You can hear? I can't hear.

[ and for good measure: ]

video;

[knockthemdead]

[This is very odd and concerning post. Even with his own weird shit going on, Kravitz isn't about to ignore it. Has the boy lost something too?]

Angus? What is this all about?

text > video

[unnature]

ohhhhhh

[It takes her a couple tries but she manages to turn on the video instead. Congrats, Ango, you got through to her.]

Well, if you can't read, why didn't you just say so?

[She sticks her tongue out at his emojis.]

But emoji charades I can do. I'm not gonna pray with you though. You'll have to find someone else for that.

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[sneaklizard]

You alright there, Ango?

[hellosirs]

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[ Man, that's rough. Hopefully the sad faces will be enough to convey his sympathy. ]

[hellosirs]

🤦‍♂️

[ FACEPALM. He tried! He tried so hard! ]

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[ The word 'please' does not exist in emoji! And he's beginning to suspect that nobody here knows sign language... ]

Re: video;

[hellosirs]

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[ The spooky ghost is the closest he can get to 'turbo-liches'! ]

[hellosirs]

📖😖❌❌❌

[ This is the worst, Carey! ]

[unnature]

Don't you male facepalm at me.

[The thing is, Avisheh totally knows sign language. NSL -- Nexus Sign Language.]

Do you know sign language?

[...The caveat being that she no longer has her intelligence, so who knows what that means for her other languages.]

[sneaklizard]

[ She'll agree, once she actually understands what's going on with the poor kid.]

Huh. Did you find a book you don't like?

[64th]

[ that's how she feels about it. ]

Video un: Sunai

[stealyoursoul]

So...you can't talk?

[He's never been a big emoji person, so he's just going off an educated guess. Just ignore the fact that instead of where his eyes should be, there's just two black smudges. That has nothing to do with what's going on, that's just a natural side effect of being a Sunai monster.]

[hellosirs]

❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️

[ A BREAKTHROUGH HAS BEEN MADE! ]

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[ aka, 'please, teach me your ways!' ]

[hellosirs]

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[ This whole situation just sucks for everybody. ]

📅❓ 🤷‍♂️

[ At least it'll only last a couple of days? ]

[hellosirs]

❌❌❗️❗️❗️❗️

[ Man, he wishes. That would at least mean there were more books around Hadriel. ]

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[unnature]

[Will this help him if no one else knows NSL? Will this help him if she doesn't know NSL really because she's forgotten most of it?]

Oh, you're excited. Hmm. Lemme see if my thing didn't make me forget all of it.

[She pauses and stares at her hands for a moment. Okay. She tries fingerspelling her name, he first name for once, only it takes a lot of trial and error to get through it, including some cursing and groaning.

Eventually she gets it.]

Okay. Watch this.

[]

Avisheh. That's my name. I think. What's yours?

[hellosirs]

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[ Got it in one! But... oh boy that is disturbing. It's a good thing Angus isn't on video right now, because otherwise this dude would be able to see exactly how unsettled he is. ]

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📖😖❌

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[ ... and then, a few moments later (because he's absolutely curious): ]

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