thefarshore | [BBS 01]

[Hakkai hasn't yet learned the fancier tricks of working with this bulletin board -- it looks like some people have found a way to post moving images of themselves, with sound, or spice up simple text with color or different sizes of letters.

He's going to have to learn how to do all of that himself at some point, but since he'd rather get the information itself out before months have passed, he's perfectly content sticking with simple, unadorned text for now.]

- - - - - New School Opening - - - - -

Seeking students and teachers at Menrva's temple.

Students: Are you not finished with school? Is there a subject you want to know more about? All ages are welcome, including Gods and shinki.

Teachers: If you are an expert at any subject, we will connect you to students who want to learn what you know.

[Marketing is really not his strong point. That has all the information they'll need to know, though, doesn't it?

He throws in a little space and adds, at the end:]

Anyone who can teach us how to use these phones especially.

[...where "us" means, in fact, "me." Yes, that'll do.]

[ooc: open log for visitors to the school/teachers/students over here!]

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That'll be great. Thanks!
I'm Tatsuya Enomoto, Euterpe's shinki.
A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

The pleasure is all mine, Tatsuya.

I don't think I've met Euterpe yet. But I'm sure I'll catch up! I have a lot to learn here.

Eno's fine. I know my name can be a little bit of a mouthful.
And don't worry. It's big of you to organize this, really
I'm a newcomer myself.

It's really not! Do you prefer Eno?

I'm just glad to have something to do.

I do. There's something homey about it.
Not exactly something I can explain. (´-ω-｀)

Though I think everyone's going to benefit with their being a school around. There are a bunch of kids here who look like they still need to go to school, after all.

Yes, it's remarkable how many of us died young.

We seem to have plenty of interest. Eno, I think my phone isn't showing me something correctly at the end of your third sentence. What is that?

It's still a little hard to wrap my brain around, really. Dying, I mean.

That's an emoji, by the way! It's like a drawing of a face you make with the keyboard.

~ヾ(＾∇＾) See?

I'm sure it would be easier to accept if we remembered it, but it seems no shinki do.

[A face? Okay, he's not seeing the face. It looks like a jumble of symbols to him.]

Which part is the face?

It sounds pretty dangerous, if you ask me. I mean if I died pretty violently, I don't think I'd want to know how.

[ He's just shaking his head now. Part of him seems a little... scared at the thought of finding out how he died. ]

Let's see... (・_・ヾ

The two little dots are the eyes and the line is the mouth. The ( part is the cheek.

Well, there's nothing we can do to change it now.

[Whether they know what happened or not, it's just something to accept. With the youth of most of the shinki Hakkai's seen, he assumes their deaths were violent. Or of some sort of illness, perhaps. None of them seem to bear the marks of their death wounds.

He peers at the screen.]

Ah, I think I see it now! And what are the lines? Are those hair?

Kind of?
It's sort of like a reaction so it changes up sometimes.
( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ Like this guy

He's waving.

I see, I see! Isn't his arm a little small?

Yeah it is
But what can you do when you're limited by your own keyboard?
You didn't have cellphones back in your time, I'm guessing?

I couldn't say, but I'm sure I've never owned one before!

I have quite a lot to learn. I take it you're familiar with them then?

Not to brag, but yes. They're pretty commonplace.
Do you think that's something we should teach people, in case they've never really handled a phone before?

Oh, yes! I've been working on learning more about them myself.

I don't think I ever owned one before.

Would you be able to teach something like that?

I think I could!
It should be easy once people get the hang of it.
And you seem like a pretty smart guy so you should do just fine.

Why, thank you! I'll do my best. It is a lot to learn.

I hope to see you at the school!

(^_^)/

That's the spirit!
I'm looking forward to school so I'll definitely see you there.

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