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[ It's a small, plump girl nervously glancing at the camera. One hand twirls her hair endlessly, while the other stiffly holds the iphone. It takes her a while to speak, but when she does, her voice is endlessly soft, accented heavily. If you recognize a southern German accent, she is basically a stereotype of it. ]

Um... Hello, someone. I am not understanding... the making of film here... [ Her hand moves from her hair to try and indicate the screen. After a few moments, the English comes to her: ] on small-internet. Netverk? I had numbers, and it put me here? Who does make this? I... Sorry, sorry. But...

[ It seems she's losing her nerve. If it was possible for her voice to go quieter, it does. ]

My English isn't so good. I only want to say hello. And, um... Ask what this means? The netverk and... Sorry. [ Hand back to twirling her hair. It's obvious she's too nervous to continue. She glances away briefly before turning her video function off. ]

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[Normally he strays away from video replies but god what]

Julia? Is that you?

Yes! Hello, Victor!

[ ... ]

Um... Did I... call you on mistake? Sorry, sorry, ah.

Er, well no, actually... [how2explain]

... Welcome to the secret numbers club?

[ club??? FIRST CONCERN: ]

Must I pay money to be in the club?

[SIGHS] No, membership is free, you don't have to worry.

God, I don't know where to start with this. Give me a moment. [gotta root through the network a bit ugh where the hell is that FAQ at

after a couple minutes, he attaches a text link]

That's the gist—idea of it, anyway. Although it's rather long and wordy... [yyyyeah he's gonna have to try and rephrase half this shit anyway, isn't he]

[ oh jesus that is a lot of text. she just makes the biggest uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh expression in the world, then turns off her video for an hour while she works on translating this shit. ]

[ wait make that two hours ]

[ wait now we're going to starbucks let's make that three hours ]

[...yeah he's gonna reply well before the 3-hour mark hits, whether she replies or not]

Err, well, if it's too tedious I could... summarize...

[how much more awkward can this get???? lots, i'm sure]

No, thank you! I will get it!

... If you insist?

[twiddles thumbs for hours

like a boss

wow]

[ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannddddddddddd

we good w/ iced chai latte in hand, translation is a GO. ]

One moment, um, was "saga of Earth" important? And... It is legal? Illegal? I don't understand this, the mine things. What occurred here?

[his reply is really late because WOW he made like half a dumb cyberpunk jacket in the time it took her to finish that translating. luckily, it is not 3-hours late, and he replies from what appears to be the shiny surface of his sewing machine.]

Saga of Earth? You mean the sage, right?

... I imagine collapsing a mine like that is illegal somehow, but I don't think that's the right word. The part we're unsure of is whether the sage was who he claimed to be. Those who went to the mine to meet him were trapped inside and attacked, like it was planned that way from the start. Does that make more sense?

Ah! Yes! Thank you, Victor! [ :)!!! ]

This is all so very merkwürdig... merk-- weird! Did you write this? Is it a fun story for your club? I have pride for you over this!

You're wel— wait, no, no that is not what this is! [JULIA NO exasperated sigh]

This isn't a story, it's all true. You can see the videos for yourself, everything really happened! Have you tried writing the numbers down yet? On paper? If you haven't done that yet, you should do it now. Then you'll understand.

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that I'll have to ask you to leave. The literacy rate on this board is already abysmally low, we can't risk anyone new taking our statistics crashing through the basement. Perhaps you should seek out some children's picture books instead.

[~~does Shou even own a computer? He's always answering on his phone.~~ the bleached blond smiles into the camera, his accent strong but he takes pains to make his English clear.]

That's okay so long as we can understand you. Don't be nervous. [smile smile ~~at least he doesn't sparkle~~]

Welcome to the secret numbers club. Is someone trying to explain it to you?

[ On one hand, her writing is significantly better than her speaking. On the other, rose's criticism is exactly what makes Julia so self-conscious about speaking.

Needless to say, after a mild panic attack + rolling around in embarrassment, and then some translatin', she responds: ]

Do not be rude, please. Because one does not understand English, it does not make one entirely illiterate. I come to the United States to learn English, which the English learning takes time.

Not entirely, no, but enough of a bad example that we simply can't have someone of your ilk hanging around. Unless you've been in this country for about a week, you may want to focus more on your poor grasp of basic words than making an embarrassment of yourself on a semi-public forum.

After all, just because you have a learning disability doesn't mean that we have to tolerate your poor performance.

[What a poor sweet and hapless-seeming mare!

It doesn't occur to Cinderella that her clear newness ought to mean she should tread lightly - she goes right to offering an eyeroll and shaking toss of the head in sympathy.]

Unfortunately, not one of us seems to have the slightest idea what it all "means", darling.

Only that we've all got a set of numbers and a curious tendency to gain these strange little thoughts that aren't ours - among other things!

A~and that we can all talk to each other like this.

And that we must keep this all our secret. [Last line said hastily as an afterthought. An important afterthought, still.]

Edited 2013-07-02 17:53 (UTC)

Hello! Welcome to the secret numbers club, as everyone's started calling it.

If you'd be more comfortable using another language, you can say which one(s) you know - I'm not going to be of much help with that myself, but there will probably be someone here who knows. I know I've seen a little Japanese on here before.

If you'd rather practice your English, that's all right too.

[ uhrughruhgurhughrusghusghfklhgfjksghkdfj EVERY INSECURITY, YOU ASSHOLE. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. ]

I'm sorry; however, I would not like to speak to you. Have a nice day, and good bye.

Edited 2013-07-02 18:21 (UTC)

Off for an overdue visit to the gym, I hope? Be sure to take your vocabulary book with you - perhaps with enough effort you can progress past the first chapter. °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

[now it's every insecurity.

Hikari: 6 network: 0]

Edited (herp wrong tag closer and the icon too just kill me) 2013-07-02 18:24 (UTC)

[ She fiddles a bit with her hair before composing her thoughts enough to answer. At least she's run into this guy before-- it makes speaking less nerve wracking. ]

Ah! Um, yes. I read the observation post, and a friend, Victor, he is explaining this to me. Are you also friend with him?

[ .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

she puts down her beer. ]

Am... I am drunk?

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