3rd Special Operation/video

[trust_us]

[Petra is in one of the stores, near something she considers very, very strange--a CD. She picks it up, staring at the case, and then attempting to open it.]

"Christmas Music"....? This doesn't look like a record...[Afraid to break it, she groans, looking around for the shopkeeper. At that point, music started to play--Jingle Bell Rock, to be exact. And clearly, Petra gets into it, swaying slightly with the music. It was different than what she was used to, yes, but it was nice. She picks up the tune after a minute or two, then starts humming....

Until she remembers she had the camera on. She stops, shakes her head, and tries to look as if she could regain composure.]

So...what is this, exactly? [She holds up the CD case again.]

Comments

[theshabbiestofmen]

I haven't the faintest idea. Though I'd . . . well. If it says music, I think it ought to be music. In the same way these little bracelets are communication devices.

[trust_us]

....But then....how do you work it?

[theshabbiestofmen]

Ask the clerk. I mean, presumably there's some kind of walkman for it?

[trust_us]

....You get a man to walk around with you to listen to it?

[theshabbiestofmen]

I-- no. That's-- it's a device for audio tapes. But presumably, I mean, there's a device.

[trust_us]

Ah....

Thank you for your help. We don't really have these things in my world. It's nice to know I'm not the only one.

[She smiles.]

Petra Ral. Nice to meet you.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Remus Lupin. It's all quite confusing, believe me. My friend just came here; he's only just learning how to communicate via bracelet. You're hardly the only one.

[trust_us]

So you've been here a while now?

[theshabbiestofmen]

Around two to three months.

[trust_us]

Me too. I'd like to say nothing could catch me off guard, but then I'd be lying.

Which house are you in?

[theshabbiestofmen]

Odin. Yourself?

[trust_us]

Sigyn!

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[usurpers]

[ it . . . plays music. he's never seen something like that either, so he's going to stare! the music itself-- it's a tune that's completely alien to his ears, a mix of jingles and a booming voice that-- someone made that? it was . . . surprisingly pleasant. and for a moment he wonders just where the hell it's coming from-- ah. the cd-?

it's so-- weird though, the situation. the calmness and the lack of "work"-- seeing captain levi and petra just-- living, basically. he almost . . . doesn't know what to do with it. ]

Is it playing music? [ but he does still have curiosity. ]

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[trust_us]

...No, I don't...think so?

[She's questioning it now. It didn't sound like it, but...it was strange.]

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[usurpers]

Where's it coming from, then?

[ the label was pretty misleading in that case and to hell if music comes from thin air ]

[Voice]

[hadbadays]

It's a CD. You need a CD player for it.

[Voice]

[trust_us]

So I can't use a record player?

[Voice]

[hadbadays]

No, unfortunately not.

[becauseichooseto]

It's a CD. Much like a record, it requires a specifically designed player. It does store more music, if at the price of the flavour of a record.

[trust_us]

Oh, really? That's interesting, but I don't have the thing needed to play it.

[becauseichooseto]

Neither do I, I'm afraid.

[trust_us]

Where would I get one?

[becauseichooseto]

The gods give small things if you leave an offering at the shrine. Or there are shops or someone can lend it to you.

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[notsogrimreaper]

Huh? That's a CD. It stands for Compact Disc. It plays music and sound, I guess... you haven't seen one before?

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[trust_us]

No, they don't exist in my world.

[video]

[notsogrimreaper]

Really? That's strange. What's your world like, then?

[digophelia]

[That's really sort of entrancing -- she's never heard such a thing.]

That's Christmas music? It's not like anything I've seen and heard.

[trust_us]

I know, right?

[digophelia]

Although not nearly as lovely as "Gaudette" when it was sung by the church choir during Christmas Eve service.

[Hold up. Alice wants one now.]

Where did you acquire that? What district?

[piercedpainter]

It's a cd. Pretty much a smaller advanced record, though they're getting kind of out dated too.

[trust_us]

So...could I use a record player on this, then?

[piercedpainter]

Well no, you'd have to use a cd player. The grooves are actually read by a laser rather than a needle point.

[bossily]

It's a CD! Been a while since I've seen one of those. Almost feels like I'm looking at some sort of ancient artifact.

[It pulls a nostalgic smile and a little laugh out of her, anyway.]

If you're not able to find the right sort of thing to play it on, I might be able to help you locate something.

[trust_us]

....Ancient?

[It looks futuristic to her, so excuse her if she sounds incredulous.]

What's the thing you play it on? Is it like a record player?