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[burntbridges]

[Letha's confusion over this new technology is clear from the first moment of the video. She's turned on the camera facing away from her, showing her desk full of neatly organized piles of paper, all forms with neat cursive scrawled across them. The angle is skewed, camera shaky, and she keeps moving it as she tries to figure out the device.]

There's absolutely nothing like this in my world...

[Sure, she'd tried very hard to follow the orientation instructions, but she's handling it much like a grandmother with her first smartphone. She finally gets it turned around, but that just gives viewers a worm's eye view of her shocked face as she sees the unflattering angle and turns it back around to her desk.]

If only I could write on these, it would be so much simpler. Well, anyway. Can anyone hear me? I thought it might be prudent to contact this 'network'... and see if anyone who understands these... inventions better than me could lend me a hand.

[Go easy on her, she's never even seen a telephone or typewriter before.]

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[inthemoonlight]

[ Oh, someone who is also struggling! Cecelia opted for a tablet, because it was closer in size to a book. She feared she'd leave the smaller device somewhere and lose it, so she asked for this one. The video she has figured out, but it is quite a hassle to hold the tablet out for long periods of time, so she's carefully propped it up on a table, anchored by mugs on either side and a bowl behind. ]

Hello, hello. I can hear you, and I admit these things are quite strange, are they not? My name is Cecelia Wynn, and while I am not the expert you are seeking, I simply had to share my woes with you. [ She chuckles. ] I fear I have forgotten half of what I was taught about how to use these things already!

[staystrong]

I always wanted my own cell phone, so these aren't so bad.

[She got a fancy smart phone, like what one of her neighbors had before the shit hit the fan.]

My handwriting is crap anyway.

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[ragnarsson]

If you figure this out, be sure to let me know.

[The vaguely European accented voice comes from a teenager with not only blue eyes, but blue sclera. Ivar had been struggling to use his own phone for a while. The video is all out proportion, so he'd settled for propping it up on something, and scooting back a few feet so that he can actually be seen. Fortunately, he's smart. He'll figure this out eventually.]

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[threatenwithcuteness]

Your world must be really boring.

*Gee Lola, way to jump right to a judgment. Lola's using her own phone so she's not really having any adjustment issues to this network. Some of her apps don't work here, but she figures that's because they have nothing to connect to. She's got this confused little look on her face.*

How do you keep in touch with people without a phone?

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[greatcleavage]

These really are strange devices, aren't they?

[Roy can't really provide an answer to her question, but he's only looking for an excuse. He'd noticed the woman a couple of times, most particularly during that terrible storm, but never had the chance to approach and check on her. Now he has a means!]

I'm sorry if this is prying, but are you doing all right here? These have been rough times, after all, with adjustments and the, say, local difficulties.