Event Ten.

[awashmods]

Little Willie, mean as hell, Pushed his sister in a well. Mother said, while drawing water, "My, it's hard to raise a daughter."

t's pretty dark and miserable down in the well. The cavernous area feels much larger than a well should be, bodies milling about in the darkness and knee deep, frigid water. So you're here -- and you're not alone, and the only way out appears to be the thin circle of sunlight from above, the opening of the well. (And elsewhere, in the Town, everyone's waking up to gifts of various usefulness, but hopefully they remember to check the well today even so!) What now? Welcome to Awash's tenth event log, and the intro log for this month, everyone! All new characters have found themselves waking in the well in the middle of the Town. Hopefully they can get a hand out! For more information, please go here! Meanwhile, the current characters have some new gifts. If there are any questions, please ask them here, and have fun! Thank you!

Comments

[allweather]

[He nods seriously like he knows exactly what hostage situations are like-- and he does, somewhat, if a sample size of one counts for anything. It should, therefore - he understands, for the most part.

And he just waits politely until the conversation comes back around... aha. Excellent!!]

Right! I'm in your care.

[It's just a laptop. Endure.]

[smaaaaaash]

I'll show you the basics, then you can take over.

[He starts by showing him what everything on the keyboard does, then explains the forum setup, how to click on things to navigate them, and how posts and their responses work, both with how to read them, and how to type and send a reply. It's a little weird seeing everyones' fonts being tied to a set colour, but then, there's nothing normal about this setup in the least.

Once he's done with his (hopefully not confusing) explanation, he passes the laptop to Reim.]

Do you want to try? I don't mind if you want to practice posting things with my username.

[allweather]

[Thankfully, Reim is a quick study, as long as he doesn't think too hard about how electricity works when this thing is plugged into nothing and also he doesn't really get electricity that much anyway, too new.

So he takes some notes on the basic functions, and then suddenly there's a laptop being passed to him and he just looks at it for a moment. He presses a key, and then a few more, and then he's typed out "reim" because...]

...I'm not sure what I should write about.

[smaaaaaash]

[Writing his name is a good start! He tries to offer an encouraging smile, even if he can't quite hide his surprise at just how unfamiliar with the technology Reim is.]

Ah, well, people use these things in a similar way to talking to others face to face. Only in this case, what you post is public. Some people use it to share news or information, others might just want conversation, maybe serious discussion. Some might want to share their interests with other people...

Why don't you start just by introducing yourself? Keep it simple.

[allweather]

[This is the Victorian lifestyle, big guy. Vague plucking at keys and abject wonder at light up screens. At least he's seen a typewriter before, but even those are kind of new and exciting.]

In that case, shouldn't I use my own...? [He pokes at the keys again, anyway, but all he actually does is hit enter a few times.] Or simply go outside and meet someone.

[You kids and your internet.]