7rings | WEEK 0 MINGLE

WEEK 0 MINGLE

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Good morning, starshines. It is another beautiful day here on the base and it’s the start of a new week!

After the events of the day before and the meet and greet provided by four new Avatars, you may find yourself wondering how you can get in touch with them again. Fear not. One look at your handy dandy cell phone will reveal eight new contacts added to your directory. Feel free to shoot them a message. You may be surprised.

But before you get too far, perhaps it’s worth checking out the base once more. Those locked rooms from the days before have been unlocked, free for exploration. In addition, should occupants visit the central elevator they will find the elevator in working order (and flame-free) and that a new floor has opened. Take a look, familiarize yourself, and make yourself comfortable. Life on the base is a happy place.

And speaking of happiness…it’s funny. For the rest of the week, all who reside on the base will be inflicted with little feelings of hope and happiness, a belief that they can manifest almost anything. This week, all will discover that any mundane thing they hope for will be at their disposal...though do be careful. Those small wishes may come to fruition in ways you don't expect. For example, wishing for a year's supply of sushi may net you one astronomically large sushi roll. An eyeshadow palette may provide you with samples of actual colored eyelids. And a punching bag could be mistaken for a bag full of confetti instead.

May all your hopes and dreams come true, everyone.

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I don't think I could be paid to logify the frozen steak.

Still, people didn't have to just... leave their steaks out. There's a fridge. And a walk-in freezer.

There's a fridge in our rooms.

Doesn't that make you think it's just so left field it might be important? [ his words are sincere but the grin on his face suggests that, no, yuri does not believe this in the slightest. ]

...

A counterpoint for you: half of us don't fully understand how the cold box works. Or the even colder room. [ he preserves stuff with a lot of salt, steven. or puts it on ice. that melts. ]

Surely "half" of you is an overstatement? [ If about half of this group barely knows how a fridge works, let alone phones and other future-tech like this place is laden with, we're doomed. ] Even still, without refrigeration it's still unwise to just leave them out there.

Either way, the lower temperature keeps food from spoiling. So if you want your food to last longer, or you know, be cold -- put it in the fridge. [ Crash course. ]

[ don't be timeist, steven. it's rude. ] Give or take? Your cooking appliances don't even use fire, sorry if we're still catching up. [ said fairly dryly. ]

Huh.

So... because they were really cold, they should go in the really cold room?

[ He's the one who's trying to keep the common areas clean, okay. Actual fridges came about in the Industrial Revolution, and the concept of making your food cold existed for longer. He can be a little bit rude. He makes a slight face at the cooking with fire. ]

Hey, to be fair, just being able to order whatever food you want right off a menu isn't commonplace in my world either. [ That's too on the nose with something something capitalism, laziness, something. ]

The really cold room is called a freezer. It's for when you want to make your food cold enough to freeze. It makes the food last longer than just keeping it cold.

[ after Cheesegate who could blame him? ]

Now that is something I'd like to figure out and take home with me. [ food? on tap? hell yeah. that's one way to solve a food crisis. ]

So... like packing it in snow for the same result, or putting it literally on ice but it's inside your home?

Have you not tried it? That's what those machines are for. I guess they accounted for some people not knowing how to cook just in case. [ Who's going to tell Yuri that there's still someone who has to actually cook the food and it just doesn't normally appear out of nowhere? ]

Yeah, something like that. Though a freezer is more controlled, and is actually colder than packing in snow or laying on ice.

Oh, I've tried it. No idea how it works but if it's a spell or something I need to bribe someone for it. [ because? all this food? he doesn't know how fast food works. ] It comes out too fast for there to be a cook just... making it all somewhere we can't see, right?

... Huh. The future really thought of everything, didn't it?

Yeah, it does come out awfully fast when you can order pretty much anything you want in the world from it -- even brand foods, even if they're... uh... copyrighted. [ He figures Yuri doesn't know what that means but it's not important, moving on. ]

Human innovation is an astounding thing. Even this little "phone" device you see in front of you was made fifty years ago my time and was the size of a brick -- and now it can fit into your pocket.

[ he does not know what steven means and just blinks at him. ]

... Oh, this thing? I've barely used it. Other than for the whole getting in my bedroom thing.

You can use it to text people, take photos, read up on other people, and also find some kind of semi-instructional introductory guide to this place.

[ There's so much info in this weird brick! ]

Oh, the weirdly creepy profiles and that rambling document. [ how did they even get those things in here? ]

Bear with me a moment here -- photos?

[ Digital stuff, man. If you could fathom the idea of a terabyte USB stick. ]

Photographs. Like, a portrait painting, except its captured in a single instance, and exactly as your real world eyes see it. Excuse me, here -- [ He'll take out his own phone, and snap a picture of Yuri. Then turn the phone around to show him the black and white photo. ] It's not colour, for some reason, but it does take pictures.

[ yuri could not. be kind to yuri. ]

... An instant painting. [ also wow excuse me--] I-- oh.

[ he squints at the picture? ] ... It did all this just by pressing a button?

[ Do it. Let's go Yuri, let's go to the Rec Room and put a VR headset on you. ]

Yep. Just a single button, captures it just like that. [ Don't worry, he'll delete your picture later. ]

[ stop he'd be so stressed. ]

[ also wow, think of the fortune that could be made selling his picture? rude. ] Huh.

.... [ there's some fumbling, and then a snapping sound. congrats steven, he now has a picture of your footsie. ]

You weren't kidding.

[ ALL THE MORE REASON TO DO IT. Bully the twink. Also bold of you to assume people are going to want to buy your picture, sell it yourself. Steven's going to only give him cursed tech knowledge, like the feet pics site if you keep doing this.

Thanks for the picture of his nice dress shoe. He just looks over and raises a brow, and shrugs. ]

Of course not, I'm genial enough that I won't just pull pranks on you unfounded.

[ he's flawless who wouldn't want his picture. ]

Well it's not like I know enough to say otherwise. [ there's another flash and now yuri has a picture of his own shoes. wow! ]

[ Is Yuri going to just amass a collection of people's feet/shoes. This is going to be your legacy. ]

Hey, have a little faith in me. Though maybe one day if we're on the terms for it, I will pull a fast one.

[ i was so insistent he wouldn't continue the fire emblem feet examining trend and yet here he is taking photos of feet. ]

Generally speaking, the trick is not to tell someone you're potentially going to pull a fast one on them.

[ WHAT DO YOU MEAN THATS A THING?? ]

Well, now that you know that it might happen, now you have to gauge when it'll happen.

[ our fire emblem feetsies. ]

That's fine with me. [ assume always. ]

[ BECKS? YOU CANT JUST LEAVE ME WITH THAT BOMB? ]

Well if you have any other technology questions, fire away. Otherwise, may as well continue with your day. Or try figuring out the magic of the vending machines.

[ hm? ]

... You could explain how your stoves work, I guess. It would make my life a whole lot easier, for sure.

[ i'm begging you since when did fire emblem have a foot fetish ]

If you want? Well, I suppose I've been meaning to have a go at them anyway.
Do you know how to cook?

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