01 in which technology wins

[themalice.livejournal.com]

[ It's been at least a couple weeks since Yuri's arrival at Garden. So far, so good. Classes are crap, but he slogs through it. The food is good. There's only one thing...

The greatest hurdle to overcome, by far. The Great Wall to his Huns. The heel to his Achilles.

He sits in a chair turned backwards in a quiet corner of the library. He's seen everyone else doing it, and they don't seem to have any problem...so he should be able to figure it out too, right?

The BBS. Cruel, taunting machine. The screen of the computer, permanently fixed at the menu, mocks him and the keys of the keyboard look like some kind of elaborate puzzle. He briefly considers kicking it, but settles instead for pressing as many buttons as he can simultaneously, to which the computer beeps loudly in protest. He's going to be here for a while. ]

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[bloodinked.livejournal.com]

Well, what're you tryin' to get it to do? Because some stuff I get, other stuff... to hell with, 'cause it ain't worth my sanity.

[ He stands momentarily to swing his chair around, straddling the back of it so that he can lean on it to get a better look at Yuri's screen. ]

[themalice.livejournal.com]

Tsk, I dunno. What's it supposed to do? Other people're on these things like their hands are glued to the keys, so I figured there was somethin' worth seeing.

[ He's gonna be disappointed when it's just a BBS. ]

[bloodinked.livejournal.com]

Well, back home I'd probably be looking up pictures of naked girls or, if I was actually working, going over mission dossiers. [ Ahh, those were the days. Wistful sigh goes here. ] Here, I think it's more just... for communication. Like a bulletin board, but on a computer.

...but if you wanted, we could probably see if any girls around here are willing to flash us or hook up with us through the BBS?

[themalice.livejournal.com]

[ Suddenly this computer thing is looking a lot more promising. ~a whole new world~ ]

Huh? You can do that? He he, sign me up!

[bloodinked.livejournal.com]

[ ...so, should I go put up a BBS post for Reno and Yuri trolling for porn? This may end very badly. ]

You wanna? Scoot over, my man. I will show you how it's done. [ Cracks knuckles. ]

[themalice.livejournal.com]

[ LOL AW HERE IT GOES yes. let's do this thing. it's not like the faculty could hate him any more than they already do. ]

[ He hops his chair over a little to make way for the master. ]

That's what I'm talkin' about. Okay, show me the money!

[bloodinked.livejournal.com]

[ Oh man. Do you mean Reno or Yuri? xD; They're going to get their asses expelled. ]

Let's see... What should the criteria be? And how should we market ourselves?

Hm... Well, you're kinda a brick, so. Let's go with 'good listener' for you... [ Typetypetype. ]

[themalice.livejournal.com]

[ Yuri...though I'm sure the faculty has no love for Reno either. >_> ]

A brick... [ Confusion. Your slang, it does nothing. ] Huh?

[ He watches the words appear on the screen, but he's still got no clue how to get them there. ]