video;

[notmynature]

Hooooly shit. [It's a young girl on the screen, her face very, very close for a few seconds.] This one actually comes on. [It moves back and shakes as she excitedly checks it out.] These phones store music, right? [Some beeps fill in the silence as she tries to navigate the smart phone for the first time.] Pretty easy...


...Nothing. [She sighs, dropping the hand that's holding the phone so that the viewers get a good view of her levi'd leg and what looks to be an old, crumbling building she's in.] Pft, figures.

[All the while, she has no idea she's being recorded.] What the hell can I use it for now? A flashlight?

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[grandest_delusion]

Ah, it's communicating actually. Recording if you will. [Nobuo's on his smartphone as well, as he's in between deliveries.]

[notmynature]

Huh? [Ellie quickly looks around, trying to figure out where the voice came from.] Stop hiding. [But then she realizes it came from the phone and she raises it up, the video still running. Have a nice close up of her hair as she puts it to her ear.] Now way... did I actually call somebody? [Phone lines didn't work, that was impossible.]

[grandest_delusion]

Yeah you did. Although you're connected to the community now which is a thing. Hi.

[Video]

[material_guy]

Who'd wanna listen to music on a phone?

always video;

[notmynature]

What happened to the other guy? [She shrugs, still not getting that anybody can see anything.] You could store all kinds of stuff on these things. Some people even used it for pictures.

How are we talkin', anyway?

[material_guy]

There should be some kinda thread or page button or somethin' if you mean you were talkin' to someone else...Press enough shit and you'll figure it out. As for how we're all talking, I think it's called the internet.

[Video]

[smokepraylove]

Scavenging for recyclables?

always video;

[notmynature]

Recyclables? [The snort is loud and clear.] Scavenging for usable. Who the hell recycles?

[smokepraylove]

Using someone else's trash is recycling. Has a better ring to it than dumpster diving.

Anything good besides that phone?

[audio]

[pintsizedpyro]

Wait, you tellin' me this thing's supposed to be good for stuff other than talkin' to people?

[still video but she doesn't know that]

[notmynature]

[Phones work way different than she'd thought they would.]

Yeah, I read about it. They could play music, take pictures... The screen's probably a bad flash light, anyway.

[audio]

[pintsizedpyro]

Can't get this piece a junk to do anythin' but respond to others. I tried pushing all the buttons an' everything! Bah, probably broken, just my luck! [Yeah, he's... just going to miss everything of importance here. Priorities.]

[glass_secret]

Hey, you wouldn't be the first person to use a smart phone for a flashlight.

[notmynature]

It'd be better to find a flashlight for a flashlight. But this is pretty cool until there's no battery.

[glass_secret]

True. Let me guess, plugging it in to an outlet is not an option for you.

[video always]

[king_bowser]

Maybe it's a high-tech maaaaagical phone (twiddles his fingers at the screen over the word "magical") that lets you talk to people in other worlds that might not even exist.

I like your pants, by the way.

ditto;

[notmynature]

Whoa! [Pants? What pants? This dude looks like a dragon.] What kind of costume is that? It's awesome!

[text]

[rocked]

Wrong button.

You're getting here from a phone?

[text]

[notmynature]

[It takes her a few minutes to realize there's words on it and a few more minutes to figure out how to answer.]

whoa. you can read what i type?

[embersandashes]

Are phones uncommon where you are?

[notmynature]

[If she had been the first person to ask that, it would have seemed silly but now, with so many others claiming they could use phones...]

Kind of hard to use them when there's no phone lines. With so many infected, they just stopped being able to run everything.

screams cause excite, also, video;

[ponytailprince]

Hey, it's recording. Might want to realize that before you say anything stupid for us all to hear.

[he's just helping out, right? even if it sounds like nagging.]

<3 I was hoping to see this tag!

[notmynature]

I don't say anything stupid when I'm alone...

You're a kid. [Why would the kid be with the government group?]

[thatsmyyogurt]

A flashlight would probably be more useful.

Welcome to the community.

[notmynature]

Thanks for the welcome. [She doesn't sound the most thrilled.]

I don't know, this isn't too bad. [Nobody's coming charging in on her, anyway.] Might keep it, if I can the video off.