004 [Text] | Late 4/8

[thechoiceisyours]

[Hopefully everyone has recovered from their hangovers and energy drink comas by now, but if not he's using text to be courteous. Also because it's really late, and because this message works better in text anyway.]

So this isn't exactly a huge important development or whatever, but if your usual texting back home involved emojis I'm sure you'll be ecstatic to know that you can send them here now, too.

[There's a link to install a small program on the phones, which enables a smiling face, a scowling face, and a hand giving the finger.]

Options are kind of limited to happy, unhappy, and pissed off, but never fear. Any additional emoji requests can be submitted to Emily, who I'm sure will totally love fulfilling them for you since she's the master artist here; I just do the scripting. Definitely request as many inane emojis as you could possibly want. Make sure to ask her every time you talk to her if they're done yet, too.

[Sorry Emily. Harmless revenge is sweet.]

So yeah. Have fun.

Comments

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[unfollowing]

[Her response is a long, LONG string of flip-off emojis.]

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Have a smiling emoji in return.]

[unfollowing]

you're really enjoying this, aren't you

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[bekommen]

whats a emoji

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Oh god Nick your 2009ness is painful.]

It's like a picture version of text smileys. Like :) but in an actual picture, like this.

[Here, have a smiling emoji.]

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[unfollowing]

it's a bastardization of 絵文字 (e mo ji). it means picture-character

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[smited]

What is an emoji?

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[thechoiceisyours]

It's like a small image that represent as emotion. So if you're happy, you send this.

[Here, have a smiling emoji.]

text nvm i can read

[cashlin]

[this is the best day of Lilith's life]

😃😃😃😃😃😃

more more!!

text pfffff no worries <3

[thechoiceisyours]

We're taking requests! Any particular emotions you need to express through images rather than words?

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[prazerbutterfly]

[Unlike others he's actually going to read a few other texts to see what an emoji is except...]

What is the point of these emojis?

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Thanks Tyki for your effort even if it doesn't work out.]

Mostly laziness. But sometimes an emoji kind of expresses a really specific emotion that would be awkward to say in words.

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[trybelieving]

An emoji?

[She's heard things here and there, but - ]

Like this? = )

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah! A lot like that. It's basically that sort of thing but made into actual pictures.

[Here have a smiling emoji to demonstrate.]

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[cowardley]

Look at you guys flex your creative muscles together. I'm so proud.

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[thechoiceisyours]

Aww

Too bad we can't hang our emoticons on the fridge

[64th]

you made this?? what else can you do to our phones?

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah. Unfortunately not a whole lot yet since I'm still learning how these things work; their coding is different from what I'm used to.

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[vendetta]

Emoji? That looks like a Japanese word.

[ Or a combination of two Japanese words, really, but it's not one that Miller has ever seen before. ]

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, I think it is. Em can explain it better than I can though.

[text] she just swoops in here

[unfollowing]

i'm here

yes, it's japanese. it's 絵文字 (e mo ji). it means "picture character"

it's exactly what it sounds like

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[hollowly]

( now. sam is a nice guy. he really is. and ... okay, so he's been known to use an occasional emoji! sue him!

but making a post like this at a time like this ... he has to question what's going on inside your head, man. )

Does your friend know you've just volunteered her services for the entire city?

( sam. that sounds dirty.

except you aren't going to think about it like that, are you?

nope. )

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Hey this post was actually semi-carefully timed, Sam, gosh. At least he didn't release Pong in the middle of a wendigo attack, unlike Rhys some people here.]

She does now.

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[imobouzu]

Amazing!!

[And he adds every happy emoji on the list. And when he opened the message he had no clue what emojis were; it took a while to figure out but this is so exciting! ]

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[thechoiceisyours]

[He sends the smiling emoji back in return.]

Glad you like them. We thought they'd be fun.