Meanwhile, in the castle, outside RosenQueen today...

[lazyvassals]

[There's a pile of boxes today on the Rosenqueen counter, along with balloons, streamers, party horns and confetti! Also a banner that reads:


RosenQueen Co. Presents:

The Hellberry


Today RosenQueen is launching a brand new product, dood!

The Hellberry!

We're also going to be having a special promotion just for all you newcomers to the Netherworld, dood! Anyone who's come through the dimensional gate recently gets one FREE, dood! That's a 49999HL value for free, dood! Isn't that incredible offer, dood?

Be sure to come get yours while supplies last, dood!

(OOC: Come get your network, folks. :D OOC post is here! Anyone not in the castle can handwave that they got a delivery from a prinny, that, yes, tracked them down to get their free phone to them. The RosenQueen prinny will talk if addressed, but feel free to also use this post to mingle!)

Comments

[musicalplum]

[staaaaaare. Who has two thumbs and is terrible with technology? THIS GUY]

What...what is this? It's shaped so strangely...

[lazyvassals]

...it's a phone, dood.

[musicalplum]

I-I can see that! It's obviously a phone!

[he fiddles with it and then holds it upside down] But why is it in such an unwieldy shape!?

[lazyvassals]

It's the latest technology, dood! All cell phones will be like this soon!

[musicalplum]

You mean shaped like you? How does that make it the "latest?"

[lazyvassals]

Oh, that! Well... it is just a case, dood.

[musicalplum]

Case...ah. So it can come off? [he begins prying it off, rather roughly, as if venting his frustrations on the adorable prinny features]

[lazyvassals]

...If you break it, you're not getting another for free, by the way, dood.

[narsheprincess]

[This gets Terra's attention, but technology such as this is completely unknown to her. She pauses and stares, brow furrowing.]

A...Hellberry? I don't understand. It does what?

[lazyvassals]

It's a device for communication, dood. You've never used a cell phone, dood?

[narsheprincess]

[She shakes her head.]

No, never. Can you show me how to use it?

[lazyvassals]

...Sorry, dood. My salary isn't enough to afford one of these, but I can give you this, dood.

[Have the instruction booklet, Terra. :Db]

[narsheprincess]

[Aw, poor prinny. Terra takes the booklet, hoping it makes sense.]

Um...thank you. But aren't they free?

[lazyvassals]

Just for all you newcomers to the Netherworld, dood.

Nooot exactly sure why, dood. Something decided by the higher ups, I guess, dood.

[narsheprincess]

Oh, I see. Well, thank you for the booklet. I hope it's easy to follow....

[Because if it isn't, the device might just end up becoming a fancy paperweight.]

[lazyvassals]

No problem, dood! And if it doesn't, well, maybe one of the others who got one will know how, dood.

[bound_skyward]

What is the purpose of this item?

[Kain doesn't exactly look thrilled to get the new Hellberry, giving it a suspicious glance-over.]

[lazyvassals]

It's a communication device, dood.

[bound_skyward]

How is such a thing possible?

[He's never seen such a thing, so has no idea what he'd even do with it. What is technology, really...]

[lazyvassals]

Technology, dood!

...I donno how I'd explain it if you've never seen something like this though, dood.

[bound_skyward]

The technology in my world is for transportation... I've never seen anything like this. I don't understand why I should want to communicate using it...

[heartfulsong]

[She pulls out her own cell phone for comparison, sighing as she pushes it back into her pocket.]

...Hm. It's nowhere near as attractive as mine, but I suppose it'll make communication in this place easier.

[lazyvassals]

Can't hurt to try it out, dood!

[heartfulsong]

[She will...but she's still iffy.]

[melnics]

( meredy is inspecting the device by turning it over and over, bringing it in close to her eyes to get a better view of some of the buttons -- her expression brightening -- )

It looks great!