[ has a mild heart attack when she sees who texted her and then stares blankly at the screen for a solid five minutes when she actually sees the message... ]
Yes, it does! 😰 If you don't lock it, the screen will stay on and when it presses against your leg, buttons on the screen will get pushed. Like taking photos, or making calls, or sending messages.
[ has this guy been out here butt-dialing people??? thank god she isn't actually part of the medieval fantasy group. ]
Edited (why did my phone think it was spelt mediaeval) 2022-11-29 07:41 (UTC)
Sure! If you're getting annoyed by notification sounds, you can set it to silent mode so it just vibrates, or do not disturb so it won't bother you at all. There's an option for it to only do that at night too so nobody wakes you up! Make sure you set specific ringtones for people you don't like so you know not to bother answering their calls. You can take photos one-handed by pressing the volume button. There's a flashlight in the quick menu if you swipe down from the top of the screen and then keep swiping left through the icons. If you use it too late at night, the blue light will mess with your circadian rhythm and you won't be able to fall asleep!!!
[ is she just throwing everything she can think of at him because being helpful won her one (1) point? yes. she hasn't even read the manual so she has no idea what is or isn't in it, but since everyone in the Netherworld is so fucking unhelpful, she assumes it was the absolute basics. ]
[the text just keeps coming, lining up in a little column on his screen. he reads it in silence, trying to make sense of some things, and filing away others for investigation later.]
Got it.
[he doesn't got it, what is a circadian rhythm? but:]
I'm just a normal princess! 😳 I'm actually not very good at picking up new skills. I've never had to. I only put in a lot of effort to learn about this because it seemed like I was going to have to use it very often and I didn't want to have to bother anyone about it again...
I'm sure you have! I didn't mean to imply otherwise, I'm sorry!! Maybe it's just because I've asked for help a lot? All that was information I've heard from other people!
Why don't I just show you myself? I'm sure I can be useful! Um unless you don't want help if it's from me... Sorry, I know you didn't want to see me ever again.........
Are you trying to be irritating? I never said anything like that. You're the one that's always apologizing for nothing then running away.
[her refusal to share her sources is? suspicious? but whatever.]
Show me, then. I'll be in the kitchen.
[and if she indeed comes down to the kitchen, she'll find he has ascended from the basement to stand in the kitchen, arms crossed. he is just standing there.]
[ Excuse me? You're the one who looked at me like I was a cockroach when I said we'd be living in the same building!
not that she has any choice here. he took the bait and allowed her to change the subject, so she has to go through with it if she wants to make him any less suspicious of her. with deep reluctance, she trudges down from the third floor. why is he so determined to interrogate her? can't he just dismiss her as an idiot and leave it alone, this stubborn bastard— ]
Don Fraldarius? [ she peers around the doorframe and smiles brightly when she sees him, sweeping into the room with all her skirts and ruffles. ] Hello... It's a pleasure to see you again.
[ for a while, she'd thought that Felix and Yoo Joonghyuk were the same, but she's changed her mind: Felix is worse. they're a similar breed of dog, but Yoo Joonghyuk has no interest in a little woodland creature flitting around his feet, and he leaves her to do as she pleases because she isn't any threat. meanwhile, Felix is the type that will place his giant paw on that little creature and press down until she shrills, curious about why she's making such a racket. ]
I-I'm sorry... Back then, I felt that I'd taken up too much of your time already, so, um... —Anyway, let me show you!
[ rather than have him hand his phone over to her, she stands beside him—careful not to be too close, at least a handsbreadth between them—and simply reaches over to flick her finger down his screen, bringing up the drop-down menu. ]
There are a lot of gestures like this that are used for navigating it.
he holds the phone closer to her, clearly intrigued. he skates over her nervousness completely, unphased, or perhaps just unaware.]
I didn't know it did that. [he's warming up to this, and gestures at the dropdown menu in general.] What does all of this mean? The pictures. [the sliders and icons.]
[ he doesn't seem to mind her being near him... this could be paying off already. maybe it's a good thing she insisted on teaching him herself, even if it was just to avoid being caught in a lie. ]
These are some of the settings. They're pictographs—really, it isn't much different to how you know that the image of a skull means "death." It's just that you haven't ever seen these ones before. You might be able to guess the meaning for some of them once you know what you're looking at.
[ she goes through several, turning them on and off as she points them out just to demonstrate the visual difference of the icon when something is enabled or disabled. ]
So, this crossed-out bell is to silence your notifications, or... [ swiping through them and looking for one that's easy to explain: ] Ah, the crescent moon here is how you turn on the "do not disturb" feature that I mentioned earlier; it's a moon because it's for when you want to sleep, get it?
[ it wouldn't be easy to pick up on the language of tech pictographs with absolutely no background knowledge, she's sure. her hope is that explaining a little of the logic behind the association between the image and function clears things up; at least enough that Felix would be able to draw his own conclusions as well. ]
And this slider with the little symbol of a sun on it is to make the screen more or less bright.
[he stays silent as she gestures, teaching about each symbol and slider. it's a lot to take in, and he's getting a little overloaded, but he does at least seem to be making an effort to focus on what she's talking about.]
So, the "flashlight"—that turns on the light on the device. And if you hold it, it adjusts the brightness.
[okay.]
That's pretty useful. I didn't realize these things were that versatile.
[ she beams. ] Right? It's already incredible that it can send messages the way it does, but it has a lot of other small conveniences too.
[ seeing him forced to start from square one with all of this really is reaffirming that she made the right choice by pretending that she'd already learnt this much. it would have been an even harder act to pull off if she had to be totally clueless until someone showed her the ropes, not to mention an exhausting inconvenience. ]
If you swipe up from the home screen, there are some other utilities—Soulidarity is already on the main screen, but in this menu, you can find things like an alarm, a calculator, a notepad... [ she pulls up the app tray, but leaves it there without opening anything more: ] You might want to just take your time going through everything at some point, since it's hard to learn all at once. I spent quite a while playing around with all of it until I understood what each one does.
[ just showing him won't really accomplish anything. if he does it on his own time and in privacy, he can take it at any pace he pleases and repeat things as much as needed to understand their function. she straightens up, having leaned in while she was demonstrating for him, and clasps her hands behind her back. ]
[ of course that's what she wanted to hear. she got through to even the person that (she thinks) hates her most. he might not be such a lost cause after all, if she can find more opportunities to make herself useful to him. ]
Yes, I'm very pleased! I'm glad I could be of use. I hope I can answer any more questions you might have in the future!
Oh That's okay! I understand. It was the same for me the other week, when I didn't understand how things like doors worked. You and the signori were very patient with me then. So I'm actually really really happy that I can repay your kindness!! Anything you need while you're afflicted by this curse, please don't hesitate to ask me 😊
[oh right ruby's door curse.... it's so different from hsy's that she didn't exactly put two and two together until now. gj her.
She looks at this text. It's so cheerful. That's exactly why Sooyoung went to Ruby for this, because Ruby has demonstrated an alarming desire to be helpful without the dunking she'd get from just about anyone else......]
what i really need is for us to find out who's doing this so we can beat the shit out of them but i also need to go shopping so ill settle for that for now
[in the meantime she'll head to ruby's room that she assumes has a door again]
It's fine if you're not, you know. You're entitled to a couple of complaints.
[Especially to a LANDLORD. Yet another demonstration of how little shame Sooyoung has, to say this after demanding Ruby to make time for her. Maybe next month she'll be cursed for her hypocrisy instead of her greed...
She doesn't quite cross over the threshold, but she does lean against it and poke her head inside in a nosey sort of way. How does Ruby's place look...]
[ her head cocks to the side. ] Why would I have any complaints?
[ the room is tidy but unremarkable: other than a few clothes laid out, it has the plain look of a hotel whose occupant has yet to settle in. for whatever reason, Rudbeckia is either reluctant to leave her mark or she's refrained from gathering any belongings at all.
she finishes her hair and grabs a cape from her bed before she comes to Sooyoung with a skip in her step. ]
I like you, signora! I really wanted an occasion to get to know you a little better.
Really?! [ oops, maybe she played up the excitement a little too much there... ] Ah, I promise I won't be nosy! And you can ask me anything too!
[ not that Sooyoung isn't already well aware of that, since Ruby has done her very best to present herself as an open book. it just seems worth reiterating, with her three roommates in particular, that she understands how equal trade works in life. ]
[WOW SHE'S SO EXCITED... IS SHE MAKING FUN OF HER....
But Ruby's saved from inciting Sooyoung's suspicion by her follow-up question, nice ruby]
-- Oh, right. I've got some in my room that I haven't touched.
[She'll lead the way to her room. Thankfully(?), neither Kim Dokja or Yoo Joonghyuk pop out to stare them down, otherwise Sooyoung would have forced them to go on this shopping trip too. Her room is similarly bare, in that it has the necessities, but nothing personal that makes it clear that it's hers.
She hunkers down in a corner of the room and points to a very faint indentation in the wall.]
It's in there. You just gotta pull the brick out.
[her money stash.... which is just a heavy bag of coins,]
I... W-Wait, is that really a concern, signora? I know Signor Joonghyuk can be forceful, but... No, in the first place, isn't the worse part getting stabbed?!
[ she had just started thinking she might have chosen well for herself, after Dokja helped with that curse... she mustn't forget that these people are crazy. ]
[EMPHATICALLY!!! Sooyoung starts heading out of the room, surely this is a just the sort of casual conversation you can have while shopping and not just a display of extremely skewed priorities,
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Are you alright, Don Fraldarius??? 😟
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khgggggggggggggg😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😅
[but he hears it go ding, so he pulls it out at least and
frowns.]
Not this again.
Something must be wrong with my device.
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Did you put it in your pocket without locking it?
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If you don't lock it, the screen will stay on and when it presses against your leg, buttons on the screen will get pushed.
Like taking photos, or making calls, or sending messages.
[ has this guy been out here butt-dialing people??? thank god she isn't actually part of the medieval fantasy group. ]
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[and then, after a moment.]
Thanks.
[???????]
Anything else I should know that they didn't write in the guide?
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Sure!
If you're getting annoyed by notification sounds, you can set it to silent mode so it just vibrates, or do not disturb so it won't bother you at all. There's an option for it to only do that at night too so nobody wakes you up!
Make sure you set specific ringtones for people you don't like so you know not to bother answering their calls.
You can take photos one-handed by pressing the volume button.
There's a flashlight in the quick menu if you swipe down from the top of the screen and then keep swiping left through the icons.
If you use it too late at night, the blue light will mess with your circadian rhythm and you won't be able to fall asleep!!!
[ is she just throwing everything she can think of at him because being helpful won her one (1) point? yes. she hasn't even read the manual so she has no idea what is or isn't in it, but since everyone in the Netherworld is so fucking unhelpful, she assumes it was the absolute basics. ]
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Got it.
[he doesn't got it, what is a circadian rhythm? but:]
So you used these devices before you came here?
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I just experimented with it a lot and asked everyone questions on how to use it, so I got a lot of different answers.
[ that seems like a reasonable enough lie!!! ]
I think the place I came from was probably quite similar to where you, Dimitri, and Sylvain are from.
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[she is, at the very least, highly observant.]
If you're that comfortable with new things, are you a researcher? Or a mage?
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I'm actually not very good at picking up new skills. I've never had to.
I only put in a lot of effort to learn about this because it seemed like I was going to have to use it very often and I didn't want to have to bother anyone about it again...
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I'm sure you have! I didn't mean to imply otherwise, I'm sorry!!
Maybe it's just because I've asked for help a lot? All that was information I've heard from other people!
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Who did you talk to about it, then? I'll talk to them, too.
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Um unless you don't want help if it's from me... Sorry, I know you didn't want to see me ever again.........
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[her refusal to share her sources is? suspicious? but whatever.]
Show me, then. I'll be in the kitchen.
[and if she indeed comes down to the kitchen, she'll find he has ascended from the basement to stand in the kitchen, arms crossed. he is just standing there.]
ACTION
not that she has any choice here. he took the bait and allowed her to change the subject, so she has to go through with it if she wants to make him any less suspicious of her. with deep reluctance, she trudges down from the third floor. why is he so determined to interrogate her? can't he just dismiss her as an idiot and leave it alone, this stubborn bastard— ]
Don Fraldarius? [ she peers around the doorframe and smiles brightly when she sees him, sweeping into the room with all her skirts and ruffles. ] Hello... It's a pleasure to see you again.
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That's surprising, considering the speed you sprinted away last time I saw you.
[with one hand holding the phone, he uses the other to unlock it. so. clearly he's already started taking her advice.]
What did you mean by "swipe down"?
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I-I'm sorry... Back then, I felt that I'd taken up too much of your time already, so, um... —Anyway, let me show you!
[ rather than have him hand his phone over to her, she stands beside him—careful not to be too close, at least a handsbreadth between them—and simply reaches over to flick her finger down his screen, bringing up the drop-down menu. ]
There are a lot of gestures like this that are used for navigating it.
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he holds the phone closer to her, clearly intrigued. he skates over her nervousness completely, unphased, or perhaps just unaware.]
I didn't know it did that. [he's warming up to this, and gestures at the dropdown menu in general.] What does all of this mean? The pictures. [the sliders and icons.]
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These are some of the settings. They're pictographs—really, it isn't much different to how you know that the image of a skull means "death." It's just that you haven't ever seen these ones before. You might be able to guess the meaning for some of them once you know what you're looking at.
[ she goes through several, turning them on and off as she points them out just to demonstrate the visual difference of the icon when something is enabled or disabled. ]
So, this crossed-out bell is to silence your notifications, or... [ swiping through them and looking for one that's easy to explain: ] Ah, the crescent moon here is how you turn on the "do not disturb" feature that I mentioned earlier; it's a moon because it's for when you want to sleep, get it?
[ it wouldn't be easy to pick up on the language of tech pictographs with absolutely no background knowledge, she's sure. her hope is that explaining a little of the logic behind the association between the image and function clears things up; at least enough that Felix would be able to draw his own conclusions as well. ]
And this slider with the little symbol of a sun on it is to make the screen more or less bright.
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So, the "flashlight"—that turns on the light on the device. And if you hold it, it adjusts the brightness.
[okay.]
That's pretty useful. I didn't realize these things were that versatile.
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[ seeing him forced to start from square one with all of this really is reaffirming that she made the right choice by pretending that she'd already learnt this much. it would have been an even harder act to pull off if she had to be totally clueless until someone showed her the ropes, not to mention an exhausting inconvenience. ]
If you swipe up from the home screen, there are some other utilities—Soulidarity is already on the main screen, but in this menu, you can find things like an alarm, a calculator, a notepad... [ she pulls up the app tray, but leaves it there without opening anything more: ] You might want to just take your time going through everything at some point, since it's hard to learn all at once. I spent quite a while playing around with all of it until I understood what each one does.
[ just showing him won't really accomplish anything. if he does it on his own time and in privacy, he can take it at any pace he pleases and repeat things as much as needed to understand their function. she straightens up, having leaned in while she was demonstrating for him, and clasps her hands behind her back. ]
So? Was I able to be helpful, even just a little?
[ if she had a tail, it would be wagging. ]
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[he shakes his head incredulously. some people.]
Yeah, yeah. You were definitely helpful. Is that what you wanted to hear?
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[ of course that's what she wanted to hear. she got through to even the person that (she thinks) hates her most. he might not be such a lost cause after all, if she can find more opportunities to make herself useful to him. ]
Yes, I'm very pleased! I'm glad I could be of use. I hope I can answer any more questions you might have in the future!
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[he pockets the phone, and turns, talking over his shoulder.]
Try to be a little less suspicious next time, though.
[and with that, he's off, traipsing back to the basement.]
un: jjang hi
if ur busy then clear ur schedule for me
[HI RUBY]
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I always have time for you, signora!
What do you need from me?
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i need to do some shopping
but i can't carry any money so ur gonna have to do it for me
[this vague as hell request]
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But... you can't carry money? As in, you physically can't, or...?
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when i touch a coin it turns to dust
and before you ask im 100% sure i didn't do shit to get cursed
i have no idea why this is happening to me
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That's okay! I understand.
It was the same for me the other week, when I didn't understand how things like doors worked.
You and the signori were very patient with me then. So I'm actually really really happy that I can repay your kindness!!
Anything you need while you're afflicted by this curse, please don't hesitate to ask me 😊
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She looks at this text. It's so cheerful. That's exactly why Sooyoung went to Ruby for this, because Ruby has demonstrated an alarming desire to be helpful without the dunking she'd get from just about anyone else......]
what i really need is for us to find out who's doing this so we can beat the shit out of them
but i also need to go shopping so ill settle for that for now
[in the meantime she'll head to ruby's room that she assumes has a door again]
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Signora Sooyoung!
[ she seems to be finishing putting her hair in two low pigtails, and she waves cheerfully when she sees Sooyoung at the door. ]
I know the situation is unfortunate, but I'm looking forward to spending time together.
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[Especially to a LANDLORD. Yet another demonstration of how little shame Sooyoung has, to say this after demanding Ruby to make time for her. Maybe next month she'll be cursed for her hypocrisy instead of her greed...
She doesn't quite cross over the threshold, but she does lean against it and poke her head inside in a nosey sort of way. How does Ruby's place look...]
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[ the room is tidy but unremarkable: other than a few clothes laid out, it has the plain look of a hotel whose occupant has yet to settle in. for whatever reason, Rudbeckia is either reluctant to leave her mark or she's refrained from gathering any belongings at all.
she finishes her hair and grabs a cape from her bed before she comes to Sooyoung with a skip in her step. ]
I like you, signora! I really wanted an occasion to get to know you a little better.
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...I guess it's true that we don't know each other.
[She'd preen over being liked, if Ruby hadn't also admitted to liking Yoo Joonghyuk? That just means Ruby's standards are weird...]
So the least I can do is answer a question or two while we go shopping.
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[ not that Sooyoung isn't already well aware of that, since Ruby has done her very best to present herself as an open book. it just seems worth reiterating, with her three roommates in particular, that she understands how equal trade works in life. ]
Do we need to go fetch the coins first?
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But Ruby's saved from inciting Sooyoung's suspicion by her follow-up question, nice ruby]
-- Oh, right. I've got some in my room that I haven't touched.
[She'll lead the way to her room. Thankfully(?), neither Kim Dokja or Yoo Joonghyuk pop out to stare them down, otherwise Sooyoung would have forced them to go on this shopping trip too. Her room is similarly bare, in that it has the necessities, but nothing personal that makes it clear that it's hers.
She hunkers down in a corner of the room and points to a very faint indentation in the wall.]
It's in there. You just gotta pull the brick out.
[her money stash.... which is just a heavy bag of coins,]
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Ruby obediently removes the brick and pulls out the bag of coins, and then turns to look at Sooyoung with a very earnest expression of deep concern. ]
Are you... worried about having your money taken, signora?
[ by the hesitance with which she asks, it's very likely she's thinking: WAS SOOYOUNG POOR?? IS THIS A POVERTY HABIT??? ]
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Sooyoung shrugs like this is perfectly normal, acceptable behavior to display.]
It's so that Yoo Joonghyuk doesn't find anything if he stomps into my room and stabs me.
[she pauses, considers turning it into a joke...... nah, Rudbeckia should know the Dangers?]
So yeah, gotta be on constant alert, especially with weirdos like them. You should think about hiding your stuff too.
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I... W-Wait, is that really a concern, signora? I know Signor Joonghyuk can be forceful, but... No, in the first place, isn't the worse part getting stabbed?!
[ she had just started thinking she might have chosen well for herself, after Dokja helped with that curse... she mustn't forget that these people are crazy. ]
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[EMPHATICALLY!!! Sooyoung starts heading out of the room, surely this is a just the sort of casual conversation you can have while shopping and not just a display of extremely skewed priorities,
she pauses, then as an aside meant to comfort(?)]
You'll probably be fine.
[PROBABLY]
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Hey. How squeamish would you say you're feeling today?
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Um... N-Not too squeamish? I feel healthy so... I suppose I'd have a pretty good stomach?
cw: medical maggots bc i'm terrible to you
（ loOK. ）