text | a long string of numbers and digits

[volitaunt]

01101100 01101111 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110000 01101111 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01111000 01101001 01101101 01110101 01101101 00100000 01110000 01101100 01100101

[ Translation: location request poe dameron priority maximum please ]

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text; username scavenger.rey

[talentedscavenger]

[So many things keep happening and Rey has to check out the network and lo and behold...

Binary. Something she can easily read and wonder what exactly is going on.]

01010111 01101000 01101111 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00111111

[Translation: Who is this?]

[volitaunt]

01100100 01100101 01110011 01101001 01100111 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01100010 01100010 00101101 00111000

[ Designation BB-8 ]

[talentedscavenger]

01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101111 01110010 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 00111111

[What are your coordinates?]

[volitaunt]

[ INSERT THE COORDINATES OF THE COMMUNAL HOUSING BUILDING HERE ]

text; un: bewitchy

[bastardofipswich]

what's that, mr robot? "KILL ALL HUMANS"?

[volitaunt]

[ Look I'm not gonna translate the long insulted strings of ones and zeroes that basically amount to HOW DARE YOU INSULT HIS SUBROUTINES LIKE THAT. ]

[bastardofipswich]

ok ok i got it

but how should i kill them, exactly?

[volitaunt]

[ OUTRAGED SQUEALING rings through the internet cafe or whatever equivalent BB-8 is using rn

It is immediately followed by a fast-scrolling burst of digits that inform Chase this conversation is being logged for submission to the proper authorities for review. SO THERE. ]

» text; username: stormborn

[jelmazmo]

I don't understand this equation.

( Though to be fair, arithmetic wasn't a priority in the extremely informal education she'd received. That's what she takes all the numbers for. )

i'm so sorry dany

[volitaunt]

[ An even longer string of ones and zeroes that explains that this is binary not an equation ]

don't be this is hilarious

[jelmazmo]

Are you quite all right? I still don't understand.

( A rather obvious thought occurs to her. )

Teach me how.

[NOT HERE]

[northerndragon]

voice;

[volitaunt]

[ A long pause. BB-8 may or may not be running scenarios for how to teach someone binary when the only available teaching method is binary itself.

He's not a protocol droid?? Or a teaching droid?? HE DOESN'T HAVE THE PROGRAMMING FOR THIS.

(If droids could get headaches.)

He switches over to audio input and gives an apologetic series of chirps and whistles. ]

text, un: pnwsalex

[11calls]

Are you speaking binary?

[volitaunt]

01111001 01100101 01110000


[ yep ]

[11calls]

[Alex has a pen and a paper, and she's trying to decipher that but...]

Damn it, my friend Nic he was the one who was good at this stuff. I'm sorry.

video;

[volitaunt]

[ He seems to be having more luck when people can actually see him, so BB-8 switches to video, voicing a cheerful electronic note that's meant to be encouraging. ]

voice | shifter.raven

[crowgirl]

Something wrong with your communicator..?

voice??

[volitaunt]

[ Have a whistle in response that means "no" ]

voice

[crowgirl]

[ Was that a whistle??? ]

Sorry, I can't really make out what you're trying to say. Is it faulty or something? [ What kind of garbage devices are they handing out at orientation!? ]

video...

[volitaunt]

[ feast your eyes upon the beepbooping source of the numbers and noises as he tries to explain that he's speaking binary. ]

text; @b.potts (hover for translation)

[tutee]

[ Bill's lucky she's in the TARDIS when she's surfing the network. It has all sorts of translation filters built in. ]

hang on, I've almost got it...

[ She drums her fingers on the console as the translation algorithm works out what the message was. Looking for someone named poe dameron... and he did say please. ]

I don't know anyone named poe dameron. what does he look like, maybe I can help look?

oh, hang on...

01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100101 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01101100 01101001 01101011 01100101 00111111

you are more ambitious than me

[volitaunt]

[ BB-8 responds by sharing a picture of Poe, taken from a low angle.

Then a string of ones and zeroes that indicate BB-8 can understand written text. Why can't he write it?? Idk I hadn't thought that far. ]

[tutee]

[ When the TARDIS translates the string of numbers, Bill is relieved. It's much easier to talk if she doesn't have to translate everything she says into ones and zeros. ]

I'll keep an eye out for him. who should I say is looking for him?

[volitaunt]

[ Designation BB-8! ]