horseshoe 22, voice

[blitzcheer]

Okay, so, favour. Last time before the storm we got one of those info briefs, it was about the voidsickness, right? And it said it gave it to us because a bunch of us asked.

Can people take a minute to ask on the feedback option for info telling us why we get called to the conductor, and why those people end up getting to leave. See if it works? It put the stupid clocks up for polling, so...

[ There's a muttering here before an exhale. ]

That's it. If anyone wants something else asked about a bunch, share it I guess.

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[flatteries]

I can't believe you're calling the clocks stupid after I put in so much effort to help you ask for them.

[ Is this a productive conversation to have over the ICPs? Probably not.

But the point matters, so he's going to do it anyway, dangit! ]

thanks bro

[blitzcheer]

Who's gonna vote for clocks? And we can't even get the clock Rol got to sync up to the train. It's stupid! I hate this dumb train!

[ whine whine whine whine whine ]

[flatteries]

[ Inigo doesn't even bat an eye as he listens to this, probably just so used to it.. ]

I voted for clocks. For you.

[ Petulant child mode is on. TWO CAN PLAY THIS WHINING GAME. ]

Besides, I'll do this for you too, but are you sure it won't backfire somehow?

[blitzcheer]

[ what a waste of a vote, dude. ]

How? It'll put it up on a poll? Kick me off the train? Tell me to go see the conductor? [ His voice becomes more and more smarmy. ]

Seeing if it listen's the point of this. And it's a reasonable question. [ Reasonable! From him! ] I'm thinking this is something that might happen on other void rides.

[flatteries]

[ He starts, almost saying something, but it instead ends up just being a half-choked sound as he swallows his words right back up. Tidus is being so huffy that he'd just feel stupid for saying he's worried about Tidus. He knows Tidus would just make fun of him!

It leaves his cheeks a little pink though as he says something else instead. ]

We asked it plenty of stuff before though that it's never replied to.

[blitzcheer]

Sure, so have I. But how many of the same question does it take it to listen? Five? Ten? And does how you ask it matter?

It's an experiment. [ You can almost hear him nodding at how much sense this makes to him. Look Inigo! It's like he's a smart person! ]

[flatteries]

[ ...

There's momentary silence on Inigo's end of the feed. You can almost hear the Wii menu music in the air as he thinks.

Then, finally: ]

Alright. I'll help. [ He will follow your idea, oh wise bro Tidus. ] Is there any particular way I should ask it then? You know. Since we are experimenting.

[blitzcheer]

[ See dude!! See! He's a genius! They're both geniuses! ]

Just ask for any info on why a person gets asked to see the conductor on a void ride, and why they end up leaving sometimes. [ After all- ] What if it happens on other void rides, right? Like that whole tethering we talked about that one time.

[ With a lot more creepy avenues it went down, but that's not for this discussion. ]

[flatteries]

Hold on.

[ He may already be starting to type up his message to the train here.. Because Inigo is well aware of his abilities. This is going to take forever, so he may as well get a headstart while talking to Tidus. ]

Why someone gets asked to.. [ His voice trails off, and a few moments later his incredibly slow typing stops as well. ] .. Tidus, how do you spell 'conductor'?

[ Please, this is not an Ylissean word. ]

[blitzcheer]

[ Oh?? Oh, let him just start listing off every letter without pause- ]

C-o-n-d-u-c-t--

[ want to tell him to slow down there- ]

Text

[iamnotgod]

That would be 'conductor', Inigo.

And before you ask, this is Webmind, not the Voidtrecker Express.

[No chance of mistaken identity here!]

[flatteries]

[ Sweet Naga, this is going way too fast. How quickly do you think Inigo types, bro! He's only two letters in and he's already getting confused!

But then there's suddenly a text message popping up. And Inigo, at first definitely assuming it's from the train, shrieks instinctively. Sorry for your poor ears on the other audio end of this feed, Tidus. ]

B-- By Naga! Tidus, Tidus, someone is talking to me on the screen!

[ Inigo, please don't be rude.. ]

1/3

[blitzcheer]

Oh-- [ ow, his ears-- okay, back on track ] Thanks, Webmind!

[ Huh, look at him come out of nowhere. That's not weird at all. ]

2/3

[blitzcheer]

[ ... ]

[blitzcheer]

--Wait a minute.

Have you been listening to us?

[ WAIT A MINUTE HERE. ]

[Voice]

[iamnotgod]

[For this response, Webmind takes pity on the both of them and speaks aloud instead.]

You did not filter your discussion to a particular cabin. I was simply working more on my coding project for the textchat program.

[And happened to overhear as a matter of course.]

[flatteries]

Wait, are you saying you're always listening along to everything?

[ Granted, Webmind is right - anyone could easily do that over these ICPs. But that doesn't mean Inigo just assumes the whole train is always listening along to something as normal as his and Tidus's dumb half-bickering! ]

[iamnotgod]

Inasmuch as I am capable when I have to have my ticket inserted into an ICP to do so, yes.

[Which meant during stops, sometimes, he had to take it out, and he'd risk losing it if he left it somewhere 'overnight'.]

Though I assure both of you that I'm not saving any information I encounter for others to view, not without your permission at the least.

[blitzcheer]

Whoawhoawhoa, I haven't said anything worth sharing with anyone, so good!

[ And thinking of that (and this whole 'forgetting everyone can hear you' detail)- ] And I haven't said anything worth being worried about now. It's fine. Right, Inigo? Who cares who's listening? Train's stupid, clocks on polls are stupid. Nothing interesting here!

[flatteries]

[ 'Right, Inigo?' Tidus says.

And there's just no answer from Inigo's end. Nothing at all.

He's definitely mentally blue screening at the thought of all the embarrassing things he's ever said across the ICPs. And that there was at least one other person listening along most of the time.

Can a huge dragon appear and destroy everything again right about now? Thanks. ]