TEST DRIVE MEME #3

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

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Re: Hazel Levesque | Percy Jackson: Heroes of Olympus | Seelie

[earthsend]

[Enma is pretty familiar with technology and is pretty happy to stick around the station and just never leave. Nothing good came out of leaving. He comes to a stop when he sees a girl just pressing a key to a computer. That...that was weird]

...s'not how that works.

[keeperfromtheflame]

[Great first impressions there]

[She shifted uncomfortably for a moment, wondering if she was being that obvious to a complete stranger. Was a girl her age supposed to know how to use these things? Did she seem like a complete idiot right now?]

...I think this one's broken.

[Best save, right there.]

[earthsend]

[Enma's just going to keep leveling her with a flat look because really? Really?

He's not that mean though so he'll give her a helping hand]

It's off.

[So turn the power button on!!! Enma it might actually be helpful if you told her that]

[keeperfromtheflame]

I knew that.

[No, she didn't.]

I just...have to turn it on...

[Her eyes immediately began scanning the keys on front of her. Even with her dyslexia, she should be able to recognize a two-letter word.]

[earthsend]

...

[The expression on his face speaks levels as to how much he believes her right now]

The button is there.

[Pointing. At the monitor. Not the keyboard]

[keeperfromtheflame]

[Well how was she supposed to know that was the button! There was nothing to indicate...]

[Oh, whatever. She pressed it, and was all too pleased with herself when the machine turned on.]

See? I told you I'm fine.

[earthsend]

[He didn't ask that


But ok. He can be...not awkward with people. Somehow. Really.]

If you say so.

[Was that not awkward]

[keeperfromtheflame]

[No, definitely not awkward at all.]

[Of course, then a few words popped up onto the screen, and Hazel immediately groaned in frustration.]

Doesn't this thing come with pictures?

[earthsend]

Dunno.

[a pause. Can she...not read? He scuffs his foot against the floor]

Maybe. There's...stuff to read the words aloud.

[But that was as far as Enma's computer expertise went]

[keeperfromtheflame]

[Oh, she could read. Sort of. Assuming this thing was willing to translated to ancient Latin.]

You sound like you're not sure, either. [That's hopeful. Suddenly, Hazel didn't feel like a complete idiot.] Do you...know what it says?

[earthsend]

We don't have a computer at home.

[Since they're a bunch of parentless kids and all. And it's easier just to use their phones for everything. Enma edges a tiny bit closer to the screen, not sure what the girl means]

What part?

[keeperfromtheflame]

All of it?

[She felt even better when Enma mentioned not having a computer. Maybe she could get away with this.]

I...um, I have this condition. It's called dyslexia. [And thank you, Camp Jupiter, for teaching her that word. The 1930s were a much simpler time, when children like her who struggled in school were simply called lazy.] A few of my friends have it too. It makes reading hard for us.

[Of course, they had the benefits of a modern education helping them along the way.]

[earthsend]

Oh.

[He feels kind of bad now for not helping properly]

It just wants you to make a username and password.

[keeperfromtheflame]

[She actually knows what that means! Finally.]

So it wants my name, and some sort of secret code. I can do that.

[She glanced back down at the keys. If nothing else, Hazel could at least read and spell her own name, which she slowly typed out one key at a time: H-A-Z-E-L. Her password? ...well, if she told anyone, then there wouldn't be much point in having one in the first place.]

Now what?

[earthsend]

Press the big button there.

[Enma points to the enter key]

Then...you just do whatever.

[Isn't he the most helpful?]

[keeperfromtheflame]

[She did, and a moment later, a series of images and...more words (yay) appeared on screen. Most of them were faces she didn't recognize, but the way they were moving made it look like they were speaking directly to her.]

Oh, wow.

[earthsend]

[Oh good it worked]

Yeah.

[keeperfromtheflame]

What do most people use this for?

[From here on out, it was pure exploration. Navigation links were all but useless to her unless they came with a picture, so Hazel stuck with those. Pulling up either files she couldn't read or video clips that looked like one-sided interrogations.]

[earthsend]

Internet. Games. And stuff.

[That was all the important things anyway]

[keeperfromtheflame]

Internet?

[She hoped that sounded more like surprise that this "internet" would be here, rather than a general question as to what the word actually meant.]

[earthsend]

Yeah. Can't connect to anyone outside of here though.

[He'll assume that's what she meant, unless she needs him to clarify]