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!
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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.........
TEXT -> ACTION
[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.]