[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

[The broadcast is audio only, and the voice that comes across is quiet and more than a little bit ragged. But he speaks evenly.]

Good day. This is Miles Edgeworth.

These past days have been chaotic, and as such it has been easy to lose track of time; however, it must be remembered that in spite of everything that has happened we have received no indication that the jump will not go forward as scheduled. It will occur in five days. Please bear this impending deadline in mind; there will be more reminders as we approach the event, but be sure that you are prepared.

I manage a service, in which I recommend that all individuals on board to take part. It is a "buddy system," in which you are assigned someone to check to ensure that you have made it safely to the jump. For more details, please inquire here.

Additionally, if any are interested in joining the security force, please speak with me; I should be glad to direct you the right way.

[A slight pause. He's searching frantically for distraction, but this isn't enough - so he adds more.]

What languages does everyone speak? I should like to find a conversational partner; my skills are becoming rusty.

[And:]

I should also like someone with whom I might be able to discuss certain aspects of physics.

[And then another pause, and then quietly:]

Quite.

Comments

text;

[jurisimpudent]

Conversational skill isn't what I'm looking for; language skill is.

text;

[puppydogeyes]

Okay.
Which ones do you want?

text;

[jurisimpudent]

What do you know?

text;

[puppydogeyes]

Fluent: Spanish Portuguese French Italian German Dutch.
Moderate: Arabic Hindi Bengali Urdu Punjabi Swahili Russian Japanese Chinese Korean.
Got some basic understanding of others.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

Which Arabic?

text;

[puppydogeyes]

Modern Standard, Egyptian + Iraqi.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

I know Egyptian.

text; sorry for the lag was getting mod word

[puppydogeyes]

[There's a delay of a few minutes, where Taylor's concentrating on her communication device and the words in her head, until finally the screen flips from an English to an Arabic keyboard.

Not that it will matter, being automatically translated on the other side, but she doesn't know that.]

Now is when the conversation skills become a problem.

text; how dare you

[jurisimpudent]

Indeed; once we choose which language, that is.

text; cries profusely!

[puppydogeyes]

[She frowns at that for a moment, but the answer's pretty evident from how much it had taken (and still was) to get the language to switch on her end.]

I guess it isn't getting through.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

What were you trying?

text;

[puppydogeyes]

Got the keyboard to switch to Arabic.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

[He frowns - ]

How?

text;

[puppydogeyes]

Focussed on thinking Arabic in my head.
+ that I wanted to type.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

I was hoping for a menu function.

text;

[puppydogeyes]

We've got automatic translation.
Doubt they were expecting anyone to want to work around it.