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[notgneiss]

Ugh... can't I even control who I see? What kind of a scrying device is this? [the screen is covered for a moment as shale pokes at it, annoyed.] Only mages could create something like this then make it completely worthless! Hmm...

[the feed abruptly switches to text as shale mashes the buttons.]

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[aaand back to video.]

No... device! Show me more flesh beings suffering! Does it need a sacrifice? I've already crushed at least five pigeons! Does it want something more substantial?

Comments

video;

[picksthenames]

[ Okay. That is a rock monster. Cisco don't poke the rock monster. Cisco don't poke the-- ]

Off to a rocky start, are we?

[ WELP. ]

Re: video;

[notgneiss]

Oh! It can speak back!

[she doesn't sound happy about that. shale wanted to watch, not talk.]

Does it think it's clever?

[picksthenames]

"It," has a name, by the way. You're broadcasting to a person. A bunch of people, actually.

video

[juniberries]

[a...giant rock. creature...

Allura's going to frown a bit at her device, mainly in a mix of fascination and confusion (and because...of this thing's desire for suffering) but, more importantly:]

It is a simple communication device, and it is working as it should. There is no need to crush any poor creature to get it to work.

Re: video

[notgneiss]

There seems to be a great insistence for me to stop crushing pigeons. I don't understand; the feathered fiends are seen as nothing but a menace!

[shale notes that this elf doesn't seem as... timid as the other city ones, but thinks nothing of it. for now.]

Perhaps I will crush several more, but only because I feel like it.

video

[juniberries]

Regardless, they are innocent creatures. I will admit I am not familiar with what a pigeon is but I understand that they are simple--

[AND she grimaces a bit, frowning.]

You should do no such thing.

video;

[23wishes]

[UM.]

Hello? Please don't crush anymore pigeons. It doesn't need sacrifices to work, I promise.

[notgneiss]

It lost my attention after "don't crush." What a ridiculous notion.

[23wishes]

I'm not an it. This is a communication device. You're talking to another person through it.

[WAVE WAVE]

video.

[glowsferatu]

Crushing pigeons is only going to make a mess. Let's try to avoid that for now.

[ Not that that hasn't been established already. It might help if she actually offers assistance, since no one really has yet. ]

What are you trying to make it do?

Re: video.

[notgneiss]

I'd thought it was obvious.

[it's not a complex device, shale's patience just doesn't cover small fiddly things.]

video.

[glowsferatu]

"Flesh beings suffering" is a bit vague. [ That could cover anything from slapstick to snuff films. Kanaya certainly hopes it isn't snuff films. ] Were you looking at videos on UStube?

Or were you just browsing this network?

video;

[heckblazer]

[ With barely-contained laughter. ] Ooh, I'd crush at least four more, mate. Sacrifice is finicky like that.

Re: video;

[notgneiss]

I'm now certain it doesn't work like that, but if it wishes for a slaughter, it will get one.

[shale no]

[heckblazer]

Tempting offer, but I try not to take favours from golems I don't know. Can't imagine yer' as slippery as fae are with contracts - no offense - but I occasionally like to take precautions.

( video )

[drizzle]

Stop, stop, stop!

Hold on a minute before you decide to sacrifice any more poor innocent pigeons for your cause, maybe you should give these not-as-worthless devices a chance to connect with someone or something like that! Didn't the people at the base teach you the basics?

Re: ( video )

[notgneiss]

Anything it is saying to me means nothing. It claims that pigeons are innocent! What a disgusting notion. They are all filthy, and I will crush as many as I please.

[look when you spend 3 decades frozen but awake and being shit on by birds...]

They had things to say, yes. No account was taken for size, however.

Voice

[outofthepast]

Huh. Do you communicate via animal sacrifice often, back home?

No judging... Just curious.

Re: Voice

[notgneiss]

Not really. I just do it for fun.

[and also she REALLY REALLY HATES BIRDS.]

Has it encountered such a concept before?

[devoutish]

You're gonna see a lot of flesh being suffering here, mate.

[Good news for Shale!]

[notgneiss]

I had a feeling. How delightful! The good things of this world are starting to vastly outweigh the bad.

Tell me, does it have its own experiences?

[video] (ooc: i'm gonna scream bc jfc shale)

[kestreldawn]

What are pigeons and why are you crushing them? [A strange detail to latch onto, given that it's a - rock creature making the video, but for some reason, that doesn't seem all too bizarre to Jyn. What's bizarre is dying in an explosion and waking up here.][

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[notgneiss]

It seems to have mistaken me for someone who explains every little detail of life to small humans.

It could not possibly be more wrong.

video;

[rideme]

Holy shit.

You're a fucking golem.

Re: video;

[notgneiss]

And it is one of the Qunari, yes?