video;

[hardworks]

[ When the video pops up, Kanna jumps a little bit and her face turns a little pink. She speaks nervously for a moment. ]

Is this a special event..? Wait- Am I being recorded? [ Calm down, Kanna! Deep breath. She looks around for a moment, then she gets up and goes to the door of her room, calling out the door. ]

Onee-chan, did you do something weird with the computer?!

[ She waits for a few seconds, then when there's no response, she looks back at the computer suspiciously over her shoulder. ]

She must have left... [ Was she that engrossed in what she was doing again? ] Is this some of that "spyware" that everyone warns about?

[ The girl comes back to the computer, frowning a bit before running out of the room. The video's just of her room for a moment when she comes back with masking tape to cover up her webcam. The video is obscured, but her voice is still recording to a blank screen. ]

I'll ask Onee-chan when she gets home, but this'll have to do for now.

Comments

[video]

[hasdoneit]

Oi oi, it's sort of rude to do that when you have someone on the other side who's willing to help you out with this sort of stuff.

[He's frowning a bit as he turns his video on, hoping the girl would at least remove the tape so he could see her once more.]

Besides, you're stuck with us now, so you're just going to have to deal with it. [So he says with a grin.]

[video, still taped though]

[hardworks]

[ The sudden voice causes Kanna to jump again and there might be some crashing sounds of a chair getting a little misplaced as in not underneath her butt where it should be. The spyware was talking! ]

Who am I stuck with?

[video, damn this tape business]

[hasdoneit]

Ah, just the community. Well, considering how good your luck is, it might go away, or might not...but who knows.

[Don't worry, he's just lightly teasing her for now, before snapping his fingers.]

But! The good thing about this place is there's a lot of people that are willing to help you out. You know, being a community and stuff. So, it's...not spyware, but it sorta is? It sorta records some moments of your life without you really noticing it...but it shouldn't be too bad.

[video] I'M WATCHING YOU, AOYAGI. ALWAYS WATCHING.

[oceanicbutterfly]

It isn't exactly spyware, though I suppose you could argue the word should apply to it.

[video] DON'T LOOK, IYAAAAA she's still got the tape up too, so vid is a black screen

[hardworks]

Doesn't that just make it really odd spyware?

[video] YOU'RE DOING PERVERT THINGS AREN'T YOU

[oceanicbutterfly]

I believe that word has a more specific definition. Regardless, this is a bit more complicated. Have you ever heard of alternate universes?

[video]

[justforyou]

[..She's kind of cute, at least...]

Yo.

[video; with tape]

[hardworks]

[ This person's just saying hi... at least she's not arguing it's not spyware, that's a lot better than the denial followed by well-maybe responses! Still, just a greeting isn't enough to trust someone, so she's keeping her black screen during the video! ]

H-Hi..

Re: [video; with tape]

[justforyou]

[She's tilting her head to the side a little, trying to see if she can see anything past the tape. She can't, of course, but Kirika...isn't known for her common sense.]

The community pretty much is spyware, yeah. Such a pain.

I LIED, I WILL DO IT NOW...and video;

[mightletyouknowme]

Heh, it's not spyware but it does record sometimes.

video; But with tape over it still she's not sure about this.

[hardworks]

--Isn't it just something that spies on you then?

[ Literal spyware! ]

always video;

[mightletyouknowme]

It does a lot more than that.

Why did you cover the camera?

[lightning_strike]

You're stuck with this. Don't worry, most people here are pretty nice.

[Perrine's on her end, dressed in a sheer nightie and filing her nails. It's pretty obvious that she's sitting in what appears to be an old-style castle room with modern, well mostly modern things.]

I'm guessing you're new here.

[hardworks]

[ When she responds, it's with her face. She's already been convinced to remove the tape by now at least..

WHOA THAT GIRL IS RESPONDING IN HER (sheer) PAJAMAS. Kanna puts her hands over her face, peeking through while she talks since it's rude not to make eye contact, right? ]

I think new about covers it.. New, confused, and not entirely unskeptical.

[lightning_strike]

[Deal with it. Perrine completely looks at home in her outfit as she's working on her nails, filing them down a little to manageable levels.]

That's to be expected. Seems like several people spoke to you already, but in essence, this is a interdimensional communication relay. I'm one of the members, Lt. Perrine Cloisterman, 501st Joint Fighter Strike Witches. You may call me Perrine.

And don't worry, I'm not plussed by you looking at me in my nightgown.

[promisedknight]

It's not spyware, but a lot more annoying. You're going to wish it was when one of the viruses hits.

[hardworks]

[ The tape's down by now, so she responds with video looking really perplexed for a second.. ]

Virus?

[ WAIT! Then her face turns a little sour. ]

You're telling me this thing can make me sick? [ She can't lose her voice, her sister would kill you! ]

[promisedknight]

That hasn't happened yet that I know, but they do a lot of annoying things. You could forget something and have false memories, or you can wind up with something happening to your body, like switching bodies with someone else, or you can end up with things following you around.

[notmynature]

You have a computer, too? Man, they must just hand those things out.

[hardworks]

It's actually my sister's, but she lets me use it a lot.

[notmynature]

That spyware stuff breaks it? Sounds like she's going to be pissed.

text

[answerer_sword]

I do not think this is the responsibility of your "onee-chan." This network has a mind of its own.

text

[hardworks]

[ Oho, this one popped up in text. Kanna's learning she can switch modes now that she sees the differences on the page. ]

sO i've heard. tHis is pretty strange, i can't believe most of it.

[pikapikapikarin]

Looks like you've gotten used to some of this weirdness. Good then. Welcome to the community though!

[hardworks]

A little bit..

[ Not really, but she might as well be polite. Super polite bow go! ]

I'm Kanna Aoyagi, I look forward to getting to know you more.