text; @trevor.belmont

[doesitanyway]

Greetings, fellow Displaced. I'm Trevor Belmont, and I have a slightly different type of inquiry than the sort I've been seeing 'posted' on here so far.

I haven't found a library or similar resource, and am struggling with learning relevant information using the network alone. Not facts about our situation, but about this strange future we've found ourselves in. Most people here seem to be from far further along than I am, enough to work the facilities and use a very different vocabulary to mine... I suppose I'm wondering if anyone has the time and inclination to be a tutor, of sorts? Just to explain some of this technology and catch me up on relevant terms and events from the past millennium or so, hopefully enough that I can stop turning every conversation I have into a game of a thousand questions. Folks have been fairly understanding, but it's not ideal.

My only request is that anyone who responds not treat me as a fool or a child. I'm fresh out of the past, not a crib.

I've no way to pay you, yet, but hopefully we can work something out. And I do thank you in advance for your consideration.

Comments

[kleptocratic]

No, but I'm never comfortable.

[ He isn't offended. He is just like this. ]

It does get easier.

[stolenpeace]

I have no doubt of your success.

[kleptocratic]

I'm always pleased by your faith in me.

[stolenpeace]

By all means, offend away. He does enjoy having something to complain about.

[ This is a happy marriage. ]

[stolenpeace]

You are remarkably tenacious once your mind is set on something. It is not always to your benefit.

[doesitanyway]

What are AI? They sound mystical.

[ He recognizes the name of the aliens, though, and comprehends the rest of the statements. The energy swords get a low whistle. ]

Quite a blade, then. How does one make a sword out of energy, if not by magic... electricity?

[doesitanyway]

What a glowing endorsement.

[doesitanyway]

Heights? No, not at all. I'm not afraid of much, truth be told. But I have no skill as a horticulturist, I'd need training. Would they provide?

[doesitanyway]

Sign language?

[ That doesn't exist in his time, but he can recognize it as a language just as any other. He nods his understanding that she can hear -- just mute, then? He has the good sense not to ask after if she was always unable to speak, just in case the answer is no. ]

I see. I should apologize for you having to listen to me, then.

[ He smirks, then blinks at the message popping up... okay. The explanation of the link is helpful, as he isn't certain he would have figured it out on his own, nor the navigation. It's less than intuitive if you don't already know what you're looking at. ]

This is really quite a complicated system, isn't it?

[doesitanyway]

Never? What a shame. Have you tried liquor?

[ He's kidding, and appreciates the latter comment. ]

I certainly hope so. I am a fast learner, at least.

[doesitanyway]

Oh, so I'm doing a service! Excellent.

[requiemshark]

They're machines, created to help with tasks. Entirely digital. Some of them were like people. Had personalities.

[ He never used one himself, but he's seen the aftermath. He takes another drink, dark thoughts churning, and tries to push it aside. ]

Similar principal. They have a power source that generate and shape the blade when it's activated. Went through our armor like butter.

[doesitanyway]

...entirely digital? Intangible, then, how do they function? I don't understand where the information actually is, on the network here.

[ Trevor lets out a low whistle at the blade cutting through armor like butter, shaking his head. ]

Quite a blade indeed.

Have you ever used anything like that?

[kleptocratic]

Often. I have some hidden at the safehouse.

[ He is nineteen and still drinks enough to get hangovers. 👍 ]

The hardest things are the questions you don't think to ask.

[doesitanyway]

Do you have any examples of that? Things I should know I might not think of now.

[stolenpeace]

Truly, you are most kind.

[stolenpeace]

I apologize if I have been overly sentimental.

[doesitanyway]

A generous spirit over here, that's me.

And how shall I address you upon calling, when I've learned to access the archives?

[requiemshark]

[ Sharkface leans back in his chair a bit, considering how best to explain. ]

Tech isn't my area, but....think of it like language. You can write a word down on paper and make a sign, or you can speak it, and cause another person to act. When information is digital, that means it's broken into code and then decoded at the access point. Intangible, but the impact is real.

[ He exhales slowly. The metaphor might have gotten away from him a bit there. ]

Energy swords? No. I had a hardlight shield, though. Similar principal to the sword, except the design was defensive. Saved my ass more than a few times.

[stolenpeace]

I prefer Attolia. And do you prefer Trevor or Belmont?

[kleptocratic]

Nuclear war, genocide, the definition of "kink".

[doesitanyway]

My time does have genocide, unfortunately. And war, though I'm unfamiliar with the terms 'nuclear' and 'kink' as anything besides a bend in a rope.

[kleptocratic]

Word of advice: Don't look the last one up. I'll explain it to you when you're older.

[unlucky7]

[His voice isn't so bad, but that's neither here nor there.]

The system is based off the idea everyone using it has used it for their entire lives and is based off centuries of assumed universal culture. Which makes it quite unfair for anyone outside of that.

[Her expression is sympathetic. Her world has comparable technology and it's made adapting fairly easy. Took to it pretty quickly and hasn't really looked back.]

It might be easier to work in a physical space for now if only to better see things?

[She demonstrates taking a window from the mental space of the implant and "throwing" it into the physical space as a floating screen.]

Personally, I still like reading things on a screen like this than keeping everything mental.

@klaus.mikaelson

[interminably]

For the record, you're seeking out a tutor and asking that one doesn't treat you like a child. Are children and young adults not tutored where you come from?