video.

[ventifact]

[never before has rey used the video function of her MID on the network. she's happy with relative anonymity, and would prefer to keep herself that way. but drastic times call for drastic measures. or, well, asking for help requires a more personable approach than she's used to. and showing her face is one way to do it.

the video starts out upside-down as she fiddles with the device, but she quickly rights it and after a quick shot of her face (hazel eyes oddly bright, grease smudged across freckled cheeks, more flyaway hairs than usual), she turns the feed to a droid. it's a new model, probably unfamiliar to most of the people from her universe, but still recognizable as an astromech droid.

one of its panels is open, revealing extensive wiring inside. the droid's head swivels back and forth, and every now and then it emits a few beeps and occasionally a low whistle. to anyone good at picking up on inflection, it sounds slightly worried. anyone who knows droidspeak can tell it's saying something along the lines of, "be careful in there." rey's voice comes from behind the camera, and she reaches forward into the wiring with one hand as she holds the MID with the other.]

This came in the... mail for me. I guess they don't just take things from our homes.

Anyone know anything about programming? It's a blank slate. [the droid whistles agian: "my program files are no longer blank."] I've got the basics--the latest generation of droidspeak and its basic functions. But I don't know much about subprograming.

[a beat. she'd really rather do this on her own, but she doesn't want to mess it up. a droid is invaluable here.]

Thanks.

Comments

video;

[redshitlord]

Whoa!

It's pretty cute!

video.

[wallcrawls]

What does it do?

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[goodluckkobra]

I know... a little programming. Dunno if I know enough for that little guy, but I could try.

[ His knowledge is more in the hacking world of things, but he figures he's better than average at this stuff, at least. ]

[t65]

[Warmly,] It might not be as empty as you think. What do you need help with?

[warandpeace]

Know a couple of people. [But he's kind of mad at Alan.] I'd try Sam Flynn.

Seems cute. [She seems to be pretty confident that it's not some horrible menacing spy device as some mechanical numbers tend to be from home, so he'll trust her familiarity with it.] What can it do?

[raiderp]

[Raiden isn't here to offer anything useful other than thinking he's probably going to trip over this thing a million times back in the room.]

It looks like a purple soccer ball. Most useful robots I know have, you know, arms and legs.

[Peanut gallery suggesting arms and legs: more at 11.]

video;

[dislocked]

Don't know about that.

Is it... alive? [ Because it's kinda really cute and it looks sentient. ]