I. Handwritten

[wastingtime]

You know, when I bought a new notebook, I wasn't aware that it could do this. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I heard anything about this in the news. Did I happen to get the notePad, or whatever it's called nowadays?

It's quite interesting, if nothing else. I've only had it about half a day and already I'm enchanted, though I remain baffled as to why it was only a dollar.

My name is Elian, by the way. Does anyone know if there's a manual I could study up on to understand what, exactly, is going on?

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( handwritten )

[argents]

Some of us were talking about putting a database together, but it's nothing exactly official. We're still learning too.

I've never tried this, so if you could be patient with me for a second.

[ Linking by computer or text was obviously easy, but he's ever tried anything handwritten. Neatly, he writes down the network ID for Hajime's post on all the information they currently had. ]

[wastingtime]

I'm afraid you may have to be the patient one. I have no idea how to work this 'magic'.

[and...more numbers. okay. he'll be trying to figure out what to do with those.]

[argents]

I don't mind. I wouldn't say it's magic, but I don't have a better explanation either...

I wonder if that even works. Maybe tap on them? Or write them out?

[ Also totally playing it by ear. ]

[wastingtime]

I'll give it a try.

[and about...oh, ten minutes later.]

Tapping seems to have done it.

[argents]

Somehow, it manages to be a really intuitive system. Whether it's magic or physics or some else all together.

[ As for the subject itself: ]

Not the most welcoming thing to share, but it's all true.

[wastingtime]

It's certainly something.

[there's a pause before he continues; almost a minute, actually. but it looks like he's tapping his pen on the page, trying to form his thoughts...]

It seems almost too outlandish to be false.

[argents]

You know what they say about truth and fiction.

[wastingtime]

All of the latter being based on the former?

[argents]

And the former being stranger than the latter, too.

[wastingtime]

Well said.

[argents]

[ A pause. ]

Thank you.