Video - un:IZZYGRRRL83

[notwearingthekeds]

[Izzy is doing her very best, when the video starts, to look presentable and like she knows what she's doing. She is, however, fourteen and so the tension is real. She looks nervous and a bit uneasy. Although her hair is all neatly combed for once. And a new outfit, but it mostly makes her look like she's trying too hard.]

Um, hi. I'm Izzy. I... kinda want to move out of the hotel. I don't really know how to cook and I can't just keep eating bread rolls and cookies after work every day. If anyone wants to meet somewhere public so I can get to know you and see if it's- like, a good idea to move in?

I can help with rent, but I don't really know how to cook or anything. And you have to be okay with me playing the violin. I need to practice and all. I can clean, not like I do a lot of it but enough to keep my room from being a safety hazard. And- like other chores if they aren't super degrading.

Like- I guess the other thing is don't be a shithead who tries to make me go to fucking school.

[...she realized she was doing so well at not swearing until that last line. Looks deeply embarrassed (she tried to be respectable), and clicks off the feed with that.]

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[notwearingthekeds]

Schools are full of kids who are cruel, and teachers who don't give a fuck past themselves.

[heartandsol]

Ah. [That brings Miku up short, and her expression turns a little downcast.] I know how that goes. I used to be part of the problem, a little bit. I've changed since then - at least, I like to think I have - but I know very well what you mean. I'm sorry. I'm not sure I'll be much help with finding a home, either, I haven't done that myself yet, though I want to.

[notwearingthekeds]

It's fine. Figuring out what you did wrong and facing it is the first step to fixing it.

Guess I need to keep looking.

[heartandsol]

I admit I had some help with that, but... yes. Yes, it is, and I'm going to keep working on it. It does mean I won't be much help there, though.

I'm a little surprised this place doesn't have something like a housing brochure? We have the quest board, we have everything on the network, it would make sense if there were some kind of "roommate wanted" board.

[notwearingthekeds]

I wouldn't really trust anything like that.

Whatever they put in the brochure won't match what they really are. I'd have to meet them anyway, might as well make sure they want to meet me.

[heartandsol]

That's true enough. But it's still surprising not to see it at all, isn't it? Unless I just didn't search the right terms and I missed Avalon's Craigslist equivalent. Which is... likely.

I think you're probably right, either way. It'd be better to meet people first and then talk business.

[notwearingthekeds]

Who's Craig?

[heartandsol]

Ah, it's a website that's... I think it'd be easier to call it classified ads? So a digital version of the flyer I was thinking of. [She probably shouldn't assume people will just know what she's talking about, oops.]

[notwearingthekeds]

Why would you put a classified ad on the internet? That seems stupid.

[heartandsol]

Not if nobody reads the newspaper anymore. Cheaper, too, I feel like newspaper ads are expensive.

[notwearingthekeds]

Not everyone has AOL. Or a computer. Or an extra phone line.

[heartandsol]

A... what? Phone line? That doesn't have anything to do with the internet. I don't know what AOL is either, aside from the service we're using now.

[notwearingthekeds]

You connect your computer to a modem, connect that to a phone line to access the internet. I know that this works on magic but at home you can't just access the internet without dial up.

[heartandsol]

[There's a long pause while Miku's eyes unfocus. Then, unsure:]

Does Lydian just have hundreds of phone lines...? No, that can't be right, there's no way wi-fi works that way. Especially when I can get internet on my cell phone, while I'm talking on it.

[notwearingthekeds]

What's a cell phone? Is that like a car phone or a pager?

[heartandsol]

It's a handheld phone just like the ones we got when we arrived, though this one's more advanced than the one I have at home. [She holds up her Japanese cell phone for emphasis; she's on the other one, can't hold it up.] You can call people, browse the internet, play games, get directions... They're very convenient. A little expensive, too, and the plan can be murder if you overuse it. But it's hard to imagine life without one.

[notwearingthekeds]

Those don't exist where I'm from. Mom has a phone in her car, but its a part of the car. My sister has a pager. And both of those were things mom went on and on about how expensive they were.

I just figured magic was needed for these to work, especially with how fast they load pictures and even video.

[heartandsol]

Oh, my. I... kind of remember those being a thing, some time ago? I think pagers still exist where I'm from, they're just very rarely used. But no, there's a signal broadcast over the whole country that makes these work. Outside Avalon, I mean. AOL is probably magically-based, I've never seen a cell tower here.

[notwearingthekeds]

So in your world you have phones that are just radios?

[heartandsol]

It's... probably a similar technology? Cell phones connect to several towers to get a good signal, as I understand it. Something about how they work. It's probably close enough, though. Including that if you're too far away or too deep inside a building, the signal's weak, and you can't use it.

[She doesn't understand how she's gotten on this topic, but she doesn't really mind it? It's giving her someone to talk to, and that's always good.]