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[nerine]

Different worlds? Okay. Still, I gotta see what I'm working with here since the last time I was in a place with people from whatever universe was at 1 AM at the coffee shop and everyone had the grand idea to suddenly order Neapolitan frappuccinos. So here's how I'm going to narrow down and categorize all of you for my sake.

First off, how do you pronounce GIF? With a 'g' or a 'j'

Answer carefully 😉😉😉

(and if you don't get it, don't worry about it, you just get sorted into the other category)

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[fossick]

[He's already aware of the audio option, of course, given that he’s using it right now. And the rest are not so surprising, now that he thinks of how everyone is spamming utilizing the “network” so soon after their arrival. Video options. Written messages, delivered instantaneously. Always connected with each other.

It sounds equal parts convenient and utterly, utterly terrible.]

It creates a still image, no? And what are you to do with them after you “take” a picture?

[Is that… the end goal? That they just exist on this device forever?]

[nerine]

Well. Like I said, it's for the memories. Sentimental value. And if you have the know-how, you can get the pictures printed and put on the wall, like art.

And sometimes you never know when a picture can be useful. It's a glimpse of the past and if you happen to forget something, an image in physical form or at least on the screen works well as a frame of reference.

[He's asking good questions. It's making Monts think of the possibilities especially when...]

If we take pictures around the city, we could start figuring out if anything is out of place or suspicious.

[fossick]

[Ah, see, now she's speaking his language. Sentimentality does not appeal to him on the surface level, and certainly not so soon after being pulled into a strange new world, in an eerie, empty city.

But as a device to aid in investigating and recording clues? That's another matter entirely. Weir's mind is already churning in that direction, and it's reassuring to hear that she's giving it some thought, too.

Maybe she has a brain in that head, after all.]

As you said, a "frame of reference." If it can truly capture a single moment in time to the degree you seem to imply, then it's an indispensable tool.

[Oh, he could have taken a picture of the city map he saw in the station...]

[nerine]

And that's why most devices have it as a basic function.

[Monts straddles the line of playing dumb and letting things slip her mind naturally. Still playing glib doesn't do her favors in some circumstances.]

Don't get me started on videos. That's super useful too but only if there's a lot going on.

[fossick]

[Video, the function he's seen on this network a few times already. The ability to play back an event -- a moving picture, if you will.

That would be handy should they find anything worth to catalog.]

Show me, then.

[please and thank you-- He could manage it on his own in time, he's willful and problem-solving enough for it, but if she's willing? Why waste the time.]

[nerine]

Well, you're a raring to go. Let's set aside some time later this week if nothing too significant happens.

[Because who knows what's going to happen? The possibilities are endless.]

[fossick]

I want to use what's available to me as soon as possible. I'm already at a disadvantage in some ways.

[Because there appear to be a whole array of individuals who are more accustomed to this level of technology than he is. And being at a disadvantage is not something that Weir takes lightly, not in a situation like this one.]

You know how to reach me.