GOJOU

[aubins]

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[aubins]

[ he's looking at the door whatcha think he's doin' ]

Blue eyes.

[ congrats gojou, you don't even get a name. he reaches out and raps his knuckles against the door in front of him. ]

Any good at breaking things open that don't want to be opened?

[mukagen]

Usually, yeah! But...

[ He knocks on the door— ]

This is pretty solid and I don't have tools on me. I'm guessing you tried force?

[aubins]

[ yuri... kicks it. a little petulantly. maybe. ]

There's no lock to pick, so force was the only option. It's not budging for me, at least.

[mukagen]

Did you slide anything between the wedges?

[ He will kick the door, too! ]

[aubins]

[ another! kick! ]

Hmm. Not yet.

[ hang on he's going to try and find something to try that with. ]

[mukagen]

[ He'll follow after and also try to find somethin to just jam it in.

What about a spatula? Let's go. ]

[aubins]

[ he may take the spatula, as a treat. yuri finds what looks like a flat grater of some description and settles for that. ]

Alright. If this doesn’t work then I suppose I’ll just have to think of a different approach entirely.

[mukagen]

[ Thank you. He will just edge the spatula into the crevice and it barely wedges in, but not too far. Hmm. ]

I would say maybe a hacker would be able to open the doors, but I don't think there's any semblance of a control hub or its pods anywhere around.

[ Okay, just time to jam the spatula in and it basically bends from too much force. Oops. ]

[aubins]

A hacker...?

[ ...

... ... Oh.

Oops. ]

Hopefully we won't be needing that later.

[mukagen]

They'll just give us some a new one if we complain enough.

[ Like how the food keeps showing up. Gojou isn't too worried at how the spatula stays lodged into the door... Then finally falls. ]

Hackers are like... Technology terrorists, but they need the tools.

[aubins]

[ a sad spatula, rattling to the floor. moment of silence for the spatula. ]

We hope.

[ ... hm? Hm? ]

Tech-no...? [ does he look like he knows what technology is, gojou? ]

[mukagen]

[ HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH? ]

... Yurin, what's your home like?

[aubins]

That's a pretty open ended question. What's it like... how?

[ just ask him if he's a techless bumpkin, it's fine. ]

[mukagen]

What's the height of civilization where you're from? I guess that would narrow it down.

[ NO YURI HAS TO SHOW HIM ]

[aubins]

That's still somewhat vague.

[ the HEIGHT of civilisation? ] Magic use, maybe. But we mostly use that for combat.

[mukagen]

[ It's okay. He got it. Since Yuri didn't mention anything about missiles or like... Satellite. I don't know. Not even Siri? Gojou will gesture to him. ]

All right, come with me!

[aubins]

[ this immediately feels like a bad idea, but sure. this whole place is just Bad Ideas, so.




he will follow gojou. ]

[mukagen]

[ THE ROOM OF ENTERTAINMENT! ]

You see all these things? The metal boxes with glass. They're considered technology, but so does the metal stuff in the kitchen.

[ There. He did his job. ]

But since there's nothing we can do about the door, I can at least help you out with the techy stuff.

[aubins]

[ you could've led with this. ]

Oh. The kitchen stuff.

... Yeah, that's all waaaay beyond anything I know or recognise. [ so there's your answer. ] Why is the only thing for cooking made of glass? Where's the fire?

[ what are your OVENS? ]

[mukagen]

There's a knob that turns on the fire. Some machines don't need fire to cook, too.

[ No firewood! ]

Did you want to fiddle with kitchen things? Or—

[ Gestures at all the arcade games and the TV. ]

[aubins]

[ what sorcery is this. ]

... I'll... figure out the kitchen stuff later. At least there's something willing to dispense food to those of us who don't know any of the stuff in the kitchen in the first place.

[ the tragic life of an olde. ]

Alright then. Explain that to me. [ the tv! the moving picture frame. ] It's not a painting, but it's ... what, a similar size to some of them? And it moves.

[mukagen]

The vending machine is super convenient. Abuse it while you can.

[ Cause Gojou feels in his bones that THINGS CAN'T BE THIS GOOD. THEY JUST CAN'T. ]

So... This machine is a form of entertainment, but you got the idea. It displays moving pictures. They're "recorded" like how people record history in books. Instead, the TV shows moving recordings—a full visual.

[ does this make sense. ]

[aubins]

Where does the food even come from? [ how does he make magic that can do this? also yeah it's ABSOLUTELY too good to be true, why do you think he ate like four onion gratins on day one? ]

...

Like... documenting through image, instead of written word? [ but the pictures move. he's squinting. ]

[mukagen]

I have no clue, actually. Usually, vending machines store the food in them, but... The technology is more futuristic than anything I know.

[ He snaps his fingers! As in Yuri is correct. ]

Yes. Moving images, capturing life itself in motion. Most of the things that show on TV are fictional, though.

[ let him turn it on.

It is A Recipe For Seduction. ]

[aubins]

... That's.... strangely unreassuring. At least we can cook, if the food runs out in the machine. [ the fridge and the pantry are doing their best. ]

...

[ yuri just looks tired. ]

You'd think they'd let you look at something different.