001: Audio | un: Graywords

[heartlessswordsman]

[Unlike everyone who isn't an asocial loner, Zelgadis prefers to keep his face off the network. He doesn't even really want to address the network at all, but he's kind of reached a point where keeping to himself isn't really working out. Sooo this is him stepping outside his comfort bubble, good for him.

Well, kind of stepping out of it. He just goes ahead and skips a proper introduction completely in order to get down to business.]

You'll have to forgive me if this seems like a stupid question, but the sort of technology that you have here doesn't exist where I'm from. To say that everything feels overwhelming is an understatement, but before I get too off track...

[There's a deep sigh, the sigh of a man who is just So Done with all the ridiculous curveballs that life keeps throwing at him.] This... microwave device, I believe is what it's called. It's not supposed to be smoking, right?

[Maybe he should have asked someone for technology tips before almost setting his hotel room on fire. Sorry about the smoke, hotel.]

Comments

Video

[scotch_egg]

No. [he's blue. and covered with rocks or scales or god knows what.] It means something is burning. Stop it before you start a fire.

[why is he so bloody blue?]

Re: Video

[heartlessswordsman]

[You know those people who started to turn blue after ingesting too much silver? It's not that at all, just a fun science fact.]

Great, I figured that was probably the case.

[He sets his phone down to go stop the microwave, realizes that he has no idea how to do that, and just opens the door because he doesn't know how else to stop the thing inside from burning. Thankfully there's no fire, but there sure is a lot of smoke pouring into the room now. So that's cool. After coughing off screen for a moment, Zel finally comes back over to collect his phone.]

Okay, I should have asked sooner, but is there a way to stop it without opening it? Just for future reference.

Video

[scotch_egg]

There are buttons on the front. Can you read the language? [not said sarcastically, how the hell was he to know?]

[heartlessswordsman]

[It's all good, Zelgadis doesn't interpret it as sarcasm. There are all kinds of people here from all kinds of different worlds, sounds like a perfectly legitimate question to him.]

I can read it just fine, I just don't see anything that says "stop". It's mostly numbers, this one says defrost, ah... there's a button with an arrow, and one with an X.

[The X would be the stop button buuuut he wouldn't have known that. Also Zel doesn't realize that he's recording video right now, otherwise he would have just showed the guy what he's talking about.]

[scotch_egg]

The X is the stop. [more staring] Hardy.

[heartlessswordsman]

The X is the stop, good to know. Why can't it just say stop...

[He doesn't really expect an answer to that, he's just complaining. Anyway, this guy did help him out, so maybe Zel can try to at least be a little polite.]

Zelgadis. Thanks for the advice-- wait, can you see me right now?

[scotch_egg]

Probably to save on space. [a shrug. He's never questioned it]

Aye... I can. It's video. Did you not know?

VIDEO | UN: HAMMERTIME

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Yo! Zel!

What'd you do?

[heartlessswordsman]

Well Darin, it would seem that I've accidentally immolated my dinner.

[what the fuck do you think he did, smartass??]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

What, were you trying to cook with magic?

[heartlessswordsman]

No, I was trying to use this microwave thing. It didn't quite work out.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Huh...

Well, what exactly did you do? What did you put in there?

I haven't taken mine apart yet so I haven't bothered using it.

[heartlessswordsman]

Just a fish. I didn't think an hour was that long, but apparently I was mistaken.

[There is indeed a burnt to fuck blackened former fish on the table behind him. RIP fish.]

Audio

[picoboo]

Did you... start a fire?

Audio

[heartlessswordsman]

There might have been a fire.

[There was most definitely a fire.]

Audio

[picoboo]

You uh... didn't burn down anything did you? You're not immolated or anything, right?

[Pico is pretty used to fire getting out of control now and then for a girl who sounds like she's eight, but she's hoping he hasn't burned himself.]

[heartlessswordsman]

This microwave thing is probably ruined, but other than that, I don't think anything was damaged. I'm perfectly fine.

[He hasn't burned himself trying to cook yet, but he has burned himself a few times while trying to practice his elemental magic. That doesn't count though, so he's not going to bring it up.]

[picoboo]

I wonder if those are as expensive as the ovens back home.

[Congratulations Zel, you might be in debt now.]

Did you read the instruction manual?

[She's a kid, and even she knows to read the instruction manual before trying to use foreign tech!]

[heartlessswordsman]

[Ah geez he hadn't even gotten to the 'worrying about how to pay for this' part, but boy howdy he sure is there now. Super cool.]

There's a manual?

[The answer is no, he definitely hadn't read it. He can be heard shuffling around, pulling drawers open while he searches for this manual.]

...There's a manual.

text; un: fireprince

[rediscovering]

watch out i set my whole apartment on fire with one of those microwave things by accident recently....... its dangerous

[heartlessswordsman]

You know, I think I'm just going to cook my meals outside over a fire from now on. Fire is predictable.

[rediscovering]

no its not.

[ Forget microwaves and jokes about alien technology esijka he's socially awkward and has Strong Feelings About Fire, whoops, setting facts straight. ]

[heartlessswordsman]

I suppose if it's an unexpected fire sure, but if I build a campfire I know exactly how to keep it where I want it, make it stronger or weaker if I need to, and how long to cook my food over it. In that sense, it's predictable.

[rediscovering]

as long as you know how to control it yeah i guess but still only to a point, fire can always surprise you how easily it spreads..... predictable still isn't a word id use.

but youre right to be wary of the microwave. you cant put metal things inside it apparently.

[heartlessswordsman]

If one gets careless then sure, a fire can very quickly get out of hand.

Metal can't go into it? Well, that explains a lot.