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[elvhen]

[ The first thing you see when the video turns on is... the street and the native citizens peacefully passing by. That doesn't last long, though, and only a second later it starts randomly panning in every direction possible at an incredibly fast pace, before it finally stops and seems to settle to show the face of a young woman with her quite prominent and unusual tattoos covering her face, tilting her head in confusion.

Hi, I come from a typical RPG medieval fantasy world sort of setting. What is technology.

She spends about half a minute just staring while moving the cell phone around a bit, the camera eventually panning downwards to give one a brief view of her clothes, which, suffice to say, do not belong anywhere in the "real world", not in any era, and upwards to show a staff strapped behind her back, before going back to showing just her face and incredibly confused her face. ]

Oh. So this isn't just a black funny looking-box? Yes, that's definitely not a box, I don't think you could fit anything in here and boxes usually don't open this way. [ Thanks to the presence of automatic translation, English speakers will hear a highly noticeable Welsh accent in her speech. ] Everything about it is so... strange, though. Probably the strangest thing I've ever seen. I don't even know what to call it because it doesn't look like anything at all. Oh, maybe just a bit like a mirror. Like a really, really small Eluvian. Except black. And shiny. And made out of some strange material. And showing little boxes and symbols in a strange language except for the past. And with some kind of thing attached to it that has those little things on them that you can press on and they make what appears on it change...

[ She trails off, and then sighs, looking rather more discouraged than earlier. The camera proceeds to pan backwards and show the sky and then the street again; that would be Merrill, as she hold the cell phone in her hands, lowering it downwards as she evidently gives up on staring it in hopes of it providing some kind of answer. Her voice, while still heard, becomes quieter and quieter and more difficult to hear due to the distance. ] But it's still not helpful at all! ...How did I even wind up with this in my hand? I certainly don't remember ever taking it....

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[Video]

[thanklesswork]

The box is talking to you now. Just so you know.

[Video]

[elvhen]

[ SHRIEKS

okay no so she doesn't actually shriek but more like let out an incredibly loud yelp but the effect is more or less the same ]

I-it's talking to me! [ beat. ] I mean, of course it's talking to me, that's what it said it's doing... funny thing for a talking thing to say.

[Video]

[thanklesswork]

This thing freaks you out, too, huh...?

[Video]

[elvhen]

[ beat. ]

Do you mean to say you freak yourself out, Messere Thingy? But that's terrible! You poor thing! [ hear that weird sound? that would be Merrill giving the cellphone a reassuring pat. ]

[video]

[forgivethemtheirpain]

You didn't have these at home, did you?

[video]

[elvhen]

Not at all! Not outside home, either! ...Until now, I suppose...

Re: [video]

[forgivethemtheirpain]

It's a phone! We use them to communicate. Everyone with that model and this preloaded contact list is... well, we're all trapped here.

[video]

[elvhen]

[ ignoring the first part in favor of a gasp and ] Trapped? But that's horrible! [ stating the obvious, always ]

[Video]

[namedforcat]

Ah...Are you alright there Miss?

[Video]

[elvhen]

Merrill! Mythal, my name isn't "Miss". [ laughs a little they don't have these titles in her world, no instead they have different ones... ] But I think I'm alright! Mostly. I'm still a little confused.

[Video]

[namedforcat]

Merrill then. I don't blame you for being confused, this place is quite shocking when you first arrive here. Has anyone been able to answer your questions yet?

[Video]

[elvhen]

I haven't really asked any questions so far. Although maybe could say that I received answers to questions I never asked. If that even makes sense...

[pucelle]

As it is, the "box" also has many useful functions and capabilities.

[elvhen]

Oh, yes, someone told me that this "phone" thing is used to communicate! It really is like an Eluvian but small and black and shiny and funny-looking. And it actually works and doesn't cause all sorts of undesirable trouble... [ to say the least... ] Oh, oh! Does it do anything else?

[pucelle]

An Eluvian? [guuurl what are you even talking about i mean no okay LET'S BE HELPFUL] I believe it does, yes. I primarily use it for communication, but it should be capable of a number of different functions if I recall correctly. However, I am... not terribly familiar with such technology in general

[elvhen]

In the ancient times, during the days of— [ wait wait wait ]

...What's a, um, "tek-no-lo-gee"?

[knightking]

A funny looking-box? [deep thinking... THEN HE LAUGHS] You're right, this thing really is like a funny box!

[elvhen]

It's not actually a box, though, is it? But it looked like one to me at first! But then I opened it and then it really didn't look like a box at all. Not in the least! In fact... it didn't look like anything, really! So I decided that it's more like... more like just a thingy, because I had no idea what it was.

[knightking]

I guess you could sort of say it's like a box. You can still store things in it. Just... not the way you store things in a regular box and all.

[ video ]

[selene]

[ Wow, this person sort of talks a lot.. and you know it's really true if Usagi of all people is the one thinking that, true facts right here, but she just blinks at the screen before giggling instead. ]

Is it really that difficult to notice what it is? They're smaller than what I'm used to, but still pretty common, you know!

[ video ]

[elvhen]

[ You haven't even seen the worst of it, gurl. ]

Common? Of course not! I've never seen one of these before in my life. I know humans have all sorts of strange and funny looking devices, but this is strange even for a human. [ which might sound strange coming from someone who looks completely human... ]

[ video ]

[selene]

[ screams quietly ]

Well, I'm a human and I've seen them before.. [ pondering this weird thing, but wait-- ] So you're saying you aren't human?

[caliberill]

Uh, hey-- did anyone run things by you?

[elvhen]

Run things? What sort of things? I can't remember anyone running anything by me... [ literal-minded oops ]

[caliberill]

[His brows furrow.] I mean-- did anyone explain what's happening here?