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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ A very scarred, very muscular shirtless blond appears. His slightly accented, polite soft-spoken tone confuse the purpose of the transmission. ]

Please, stop using colored, typewritter text. It throws off my translator, I have no idea what you're saying, and it's annoying.

...thank you.

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[innheritance.livejournal.com]

Oh.. I thought the text was pretty cute.

[ Not that she would ever do something so impolite herself. ]

Your translator? Oh! Does that mean you can't understand most of the stuff said? [ Growing very sheepish quick, she averts her gaze. ] Can you.. understand me right now?

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not. [ Abel crosses his arms. ]

I can't read English, but I can understand it if it's spoken. I can speak it too.

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[innheritance.livejournal.com]

No one has confused you with emoticons or anything like that, have they? I never thought what it would be like if you c-couldn't read it..

[ Just a tad bit nervous. ]

S-sorry if I offended you.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what an 'emoticon' is, so...no.

[ Abel knows that look. Instead of ranting on the network like a shirtless troglodyte, he should've eaten his way through his annoyance, like always. ] You didn't. It's...not common knowledge.

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

I think it's kind of cool. I didn't even know you could do stuff like that on these things.

[grapplings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I forget for some people, 'coolness' is more important than accessibility.

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[athngabla.livejournal.com]

Trust me, you're not missing much.

[A pause.]

Actually, I think most of them at this point go something like "why are we all doing this?"

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ His head hangs, his words clipped, his tone dejected. ] I...know, I just...don't like the feeling of being unable to understand what others are saying.

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[innheritance.livejournal.com]

Oh, you don't? Hold on please.

[ Taking her lower lip into her mouth in contemplation, she fiddles with the device before it suddenly cuts out the video feed. ]

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[innheritance.livejournal.com]

（´-`）.｡oO( I hope he doesn't think I'm stupid for showing him! )

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[renovate-you.livejournal.com]

I agree. It's damn annoying to read.

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[innheritance.livejournal.com]

[ Then video once more. ]

That's an example of an emoticon. It was a cute one too!

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ Abel stares at the emoticon with a neutral expression on his face...

...then he turns around, and disappears from the camera view. ]

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[athngabla.livejournal.com]

[He pauses and nods, somewhat somberly.] I can understand that feeling. Guess the value of what you're missing doesn't matter too much, in that case.

Didn't know these things had a translator function though. Learn something every day.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ He comes back with a notebook, turning into the camera.

In the middle, there's a drawing in permanent marker. And he smiles slightly. ]

So that's what they're called. A girl in Japan drew this in a postcard I got to send home. I liked it so much, I...memorized it.

[chiefu.livejournal.com]

It's a very weird trend...

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ Finally, someone who agrees! Abel smiles, the weight of the world lifting from his shoulders. ] I...might've come too strongly asking everyone to stop, but...I can't read it.

I don't even know how this got started, but I want it to stop.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ Oh, it's the girl he sent onto the ground... ] Worst part, they think it's funny. It's not, and I'm probably not the only person who can't read English.

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[renovate-you.livejournal.com]

[ Well, that's only going to make him smile in return. Damn contagious things. Mostly because everyone else is freaked out when talking to him. ]

Nah, you weren't that bad. Glad somebody did it before me, though. Probably would pissed a lot of people off.

'unno about that either, but I guess they think it's fun? Typing's hard enough to read when it's in default. [ Or maybe you just have bad eyesight, Kanji. ]

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

I've never used these things before and I can understand these weird people fine.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

I know it probably doesn't, but I hope it doesn't spread.

Maybe because it does his job well and you don't notice it...until it doesn't.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

But you probably wouldn't have gone shirtless [ Yes, that was a very dumb move. ] I guess, though I don't see how giving others a hard time is funny.

The translator does a good job, most of the time.

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[athngabla.livejournal.com]

Agreed. It's a pain on the eyes.

What's your first language, if you don't mind me asking?

[Fluent as he speaks English, Lancer's accent is unmistakably Irish. Unfortunately for him, he can't place Abel's accent.]

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

I don't see the point in it myself. I figure it may just be high-spirited children or something.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

French. [ Something Abel noticed, but as part of a mercenary band full of ragtag foreigners plus being a world traveler, he cares little to bring attention to it. ]