001 ; video

[shoyu]

[ click! as the video feed flickers on -- and here's soysauce looking kind of confused and lost. a slow blink as he confirms that this thing is working properly (he can never be sure, it's nothing like those clunky old phones and radios he's so used to) before he gives a polite smile. ]

Good evening. I hope I'm not being too much of a bother when the mood seems so, ah -- [ what's the word ] electrified.

[ a sheepish sort of laugh as he rubs at his jaw. ]

I'd like to avoid wasting too much of anyone's time, so I suppose I should get straight to the point, which is --

[ and then he rather clumsily manages to bring up the text for:

:) ]

This mark. I'm afraid I've never been very good with fancy machinery and such complicated things, and there seems to be a bit of a buzz about these matters as of late. May I possibly ask what these symbols stand for? -- humor an old man, perhaps?

[ yes he seriously has no idea what smilies are. ]

Comments

[player_not_slayer]

...Are you kidding me.

[Didn't cavemen draw smiling faces on walls with rocks or something back in the stone age? What are you even, dude.]

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[therangerking]

It seems another language entirely.

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[darkholme]

Oh! It's a smiley face. [ someone, despite the fact that she's freaking out about.. everything, actually sounds kind of excited to be able to explain this to someone. ]

Just turn your head to the left, so that the : is on top of the )

It's a face, see it? Two eyes and a smile.

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[coarse]

I'd call it a signature. [Besides the face, which... he imagines more than enough people have managed to explain to Soy.] Someone must've thought it would be very clever.

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[ohhdeer]

I guess enough people have explained that-- um, emoticon to you, but-- there are a lot of them. People use them when they-- when they text? Usually on phones, but I guess that doesn't really help you if you're not accustomed to newer phones.