Tuesday, May 26th. [ after workshops ].

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

When Dinah had mentioned to Valentine an IM program utilizing the computer, of course she had planned to check it out. Now that her workshops were finished, she settled in her room around her laptop, looking into it, setting herself up not with just one account, but two mocking her mun who still doesn't know how to do that, one to be clearly her, the other...

...well, she'd gotten used to anonymity on the Nets. She wanted to have fun with it again.

*nottheholiday has logged into chat.

*demosthenes has logged into chat.

nottheholiday: VICTORY IS MINE.


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[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

*semper_fi has logged into chat*

semper_fi: can you see me?

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

nottheholiday: No, but I can see your login and what you're typing.


Well, Valentine thought it was funny.

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

semper_fi: That's what I meant.
semper_fi: Sorry. New with this.

[not_in_the_book]

*nomadiccelticchef has logged into chat.

nomadiccelticchef: Huh. I forgot I had this log-in.
nomadiccelticchef: Hey, everyone.

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

semper_fi: Hello.

[not_in_the_book]

nomadiccelticchef: How's it going?

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

semper_fi: I think okay.
semper_fi: Who is this?
semper_fi: Or you're not supposed to ask?

[not_in_the_book]

nomadiccelticchef: Don't afraid to ask, I'd say; just don't be insulted if someone doesn't want to tell you.
nomadiccelticchef: Anyway, I'm Ronan. You?

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

semper_fi: Fiona. Did we meet?
semper_fi: Not the professor, right?


She'd only heard the names, not seen them written.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

nottheholiday: I'm the one who should apologize; that was a really bad joke.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

nottheholiday: Hello. How's it going?

Valentine wondered how difficult it would be to figure out if there was a way to track who people were based on the computers they were using. It would just be more fun than simply asking.

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

semper_fi: I can take a joke or two.
semper_fi: Still getting used to the laptop.



Eliot had been the one to set up the laptop for her, complete with her chat name and other userinfo. It was a master stroke, one she was almost envious of: a vocabulary insult from a distance, into the future. Semper Fi, always Fiona, his sister, no matter what happened. Semper Fi short for Fidelis as their loyalties were always in question. And of course, it was the motto of the Marines, an elite fighting force: perfect for the 'warrior' of their duo.

She would have to email him about that once she finished, if only to congratulate him on a good one.

[not_in_the_book]

nomadiccelticchef: I don't think we have, no.
nomadiccelticchef: And no; he spells it Ronon. And as much as I'm fond of his dreadlocks, I don't think I could pull them off half so well.

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

semper_fi: I'd have to see your face.
semper_fi: Not really a fan of them, though.

[not_in_the_book]

nomadiccelticchef: Well enough! Been a while since I've logged into here.
nomadiccelticchef: And with you?

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

nottheholiday: Me, too, although for me, it's because I'm used to something a little more advanced than this.


And, a few seconds later, the other entity had something to add.


demosthenes: The human dependancy on new and better technologies will lead to their downfall. When man can no longer think for himself, he is doomed to a devolution into infantile stupidity.

nottheholiday: Don't feed the troll, semper_fi.

demosthenes: For the last time, I'm not a troll.

nottheholiday: Just wait until I figure out how to ignore on this thing.

[not_in_the_book]

nomadiccelticchef: I find they work for some people.

And then, in a separate window:
nomadiccelticchef wants to send you a file: ronan-suit.png

And just below, two buttons: Accept and Deny

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

nottheholiday: Very well, thank you. I'm very proud of myself for figuring this out; Dinah was just telling me about it yesterday, and I feel much more at home knowing I've got access to something like this.

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

semper_fi: ...what's a troll?
semper_fi: Okay.


She really didn't know. In either the online sense or the fantastical sense.

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona clicked 'accept'.

semper_fi: That's a picture, right?

[not_in_the_book]

nomadiccelticchef: Future, then? Or past?
nomadiccelticchef: I'd guess future, if it makes you feel more at home, and you don't already know what it is.
nomadiccelticchef: Has technology changed so little, then?

[not_in_the_book]

nomadiccelticchef: That's right. You shouldn't have any trouble opening it, but if you do, just ask.

You have received ronan-suit.png

[intraspective]

*rosa_rubiginosa has logged into chat

rosa_rubiginosa: Why is this day taking so long?
rosa_rubiginosa: Is it just me?
rosa_rubiginosa: Hiya!

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

demosthenes: Something I'm not.

nottheholiday: internet slang. a person who posts something just to get a rise or a reaction out of other people or stir up trouble.

demosthenes: Exactly. And I am merely enlightening people. That's all.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

nottheholiday: not so little. Laptops still feel like archaic pieces of junk to me. But most of the technology focus has gone less into personal devices and a lot more into military developments and interspace travel.