IC Contact - Exsilium

[maddeninghatter]

[ Thirty seconds of tuneless humming--beeeeeeeeep! ]

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[maddeninghatter]

Eh?

[ You unloveable brat ]

What's so funny?

[velveteened]

It's exactly what I sent you! Only, ( and he hands the device back to break, leaning over the back of the sofa to reread his text ) it's a little too exact. You can make something called "emotes" - like little faces - with the keyboards!

( there's the obvious pitfall to sending those to a blind man in the first place, to which he adds - )

But I thought the tablets would be able to say something like, "you've received a happy face emote," or something.

[maddeninghatter]

[ ... ]

Oh, I see. Ha! Ha! Ha! Well, well. I must say that makes more sense.

[ He sets his tablet aside and spreads his arms wide. ]

All is forgiven. Now come and hug your cuddly papa, okay?

[ If Oz sees a GLINT in Break's sightless eye, that's just his imagination. ]

[velveteened]

( ...ah. well that's in no way ominous. )

Wouldn't I need a cuddly papa in the first place, to be able to do that?

( straightens up, in no way because it puts a little extra distance between them.... )

[maddeninghatter]

[ He could make some pithy remark in response to that.

Or he could just LUNGE!!!

There's a good chance that there's a choke hold in your future, Oz. ]

1/2

[velveteened]

( WHY IS THIS HAPPENING )

[velveteened]

( WELL DOWN THEY GO

and not for the first or last time he wonders if break is really blind )

[maddeninghatter]

[ It's okay Oz, he's just going to rub your head... ]

I'm touched, the way you always are thinking of me!

[ ...with his knuckles. ]

[velveteened]

( that is not even remotely comforting! )

Well, that's good.

( sounding dreadfully reassured, as he reaches to push those hands away. )

[maddeninghatter]

[ He does let go (EVENTUALLY!) because...

he's had... an idea... ]

Say--

What sorts of faces can one make with the keyboard?

[velveteened]

( is he going to regret this!! )

Any kind of faces!

[maddeninghatter]

Animal faces? Like dogs or...

[ in the most innocent of innocent voices ever, how could you suspect such an innocent person ever? ]

...cats?

[velveteened]

( as if he doesn't immediately understand what break is going for.

luckily it's hilarious and an objective he's on board with. )

Yes, that's right. Anything.

[maddeninghatter]

Oh, reaaaaaaallllllly?

[ A few moments of thought and then: a bit of dictation.

He'll even show you his handiwork, Oz, because he's nice like that. ]

[velveteened]

That's good! But you can even do more like -

( - that! )