[SWITCHBOARD]

[in_extremis]

In an attempt to trace the Agrii communication and get a message back to them, Tony has made something of a mess of the network. Sorry, is it a bad time? For the next few hours, your messages seem to keep landing in the wrong place.

It's going to be fine, no one has any secrets that they're trying to discuss that they're worried about misfiring, of course.

Meanwhile, just about everyone receives one or a combination of texts from what appears to be several different sources, both names that exist on the network and some that definitely don't.

we come in peace

you haven't considered that I don't care

have you tried kidnapping them?

try asking nicely

come down here and fight me you punk ass bitch

we could have just talked about this

[ooc: You can try to direct your message to someone in particular, but anyone might reply to your top level!]

Comments

[deal_me_in]

uh

"have you tried kidnapping them?"

[beholding_archivist]

And you received that from 'me'.

[deal_me_in]

yeah!

i think

unless youre not really you

[beholding_archivist]

I am me, but I didn't write that. Who am I supposedly even suggesting to kidnap?

[deal_me_in]

i dont know im not you!

or whoever you is that isnt

me i figured we were talking about our invisible alien friends

also if youre seeing this gary hi

[beholding_archivist]

[ Jon will simply switch to video and frown at the screen. ]

We will have to address your punctuation habits at some point, Cayde. That was atrocious.

[Video] lolol

[deal_me_in]

Well you try typing on a tiny screen with gloves! You should be thankful I at least try to spell everything!

PRIORITIES!!

[beholding_archivist]

Take the gloves off?

[deal_me_in]

...dude, I have robot fingers.

[beholding_archivist]

And no one should judge you for that.

[ That's the point, right? ]

[deal_me_in]

[He squints, but there's a smirk there as he points at the screen. You.]

Next time I text you, I'm going to leave out all the vowels.

[beholding_archivist]

Please don't text me. Just call directly.

But that aside- You are familiar with punctuation marks?

[deal_me_in]

That works too.

Jon. You wound me.

[beholding_archivist]

It's a legitimate question. I had trouble figuring out what you were writing.

[deal_me_in]

But you were still able to figure it out.

[beholding_archivist]

I still wouldn't willingly subject anyone to such writings myself.

[deal_me_in]

Aw come on, I'm sure there's been worse.

[beholding_archivist]

There's always worse. Which doesn't mean I have to be bad if I know better.

[deal_me_in]

Hey, you've seen me write. If I had a keyboard, punctuation'd be way easier!

[beholding_archivist]

Your phone has an on-screen keyboard.

[ What a revelation, right? ]

For next time.

[deal_me_in]

What do you think I've been using! I mean like an actual keyboard. With keys.

[beholding_archivist]

Certainly not the punctuation mark buttons.

And I know what you meant, don't worry. I do own a laptop back in London.

[deal_me_in]

Still on that, I see.

Wow, a laptop. Now that is old school.

[beholding_archivist]

Can't all live in the future, Cayde.

[deal_me_in]

Nothin' wrong with that. The good ol' days seem to have had a lot of stuff going for it.