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Merlin (legendandmyth) wrote in compass_comm,
@ 2013-12-17 16:20:00

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[Accidental CB Post. He doesn't how to use his Cell yet]
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[The sound of button beings poked at, followed by his confused voice]

...It's definitely magic.

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	tenth_doc 2013-12-18 12:39 am UTC (link)
	...What's definitely magic? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 12:45 am UTC (link)
	[Startled noise and the sound of the cell being dropped] Forbearnan! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tenth_doc 2013-12-18 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Oww [Pulls phone away from his ear for a moment as the impact of the drop goes through it] ...hello? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 12:54 am UTC (link)
	[There's the sound of flames before the spell fades, followed by the rustle of it being picked back up.] ..H-hello? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tenth_doc 2013-12-18 01:03 am UTC (link)
	Aha! Hello. Blimey, what was that all about then? Everything ok? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 01:14 am UTC (link)
	...You're alive? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tenth_doc 2013-12-18 01:22 am UTC (link)
	What? Of course I'm alive. Why wouldn't I be alive? I'm talking to you aren't I? Well... I suppose, things that aren't alive can still talk.. sometimes. But! I, I'm, I'm definitely alive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 01:37 am UTC (link)
	[Sharp intake of breathe, followed by a few moments of silence] I didn't...I didn't know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tenth_doc 2013-12-18 01:41 am UTC (link)
	...Right. Oh-kaaaay. [There's a pause and then] ...What didn't you know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 02:15 am UTC (link)
	That you're alive. [Mutters under his breathe about enchantments] Er, sorry for dropping you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tenth_doc 2013-12-18 11:14 am UTC (link)
	Well... Right. Yes. What? For dropping m... OH! Oh, oh, no. No, you didn't drop me. You dropped the phone. ...you don’t know what it is do you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	[Mutters to himself]I didn't know things could be enchanted to talk before ...some kind of magical artifact? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tenth_doc
2013-12-18 09:52 pm UTC (link)

No. It's not. It's technology. It's a device, used for communication over distances. I'm going to assume that you're from a time or place that hasn't developed such a device yet. It's not magic, it's just a thing. A thing made by someone from pieces of metal and plastic... and some other stuff.

You can use it to communicate through text or speech - as we're talking to each other right now - with anyone else who has a similar device. Like yourself, I'm on a different part of this island, standing, talking through another phone over this open connection that you activated. By accident I'm guessing.

Also, sorry, I'm the Doctor, hello.

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	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	...How can something like this not be magic? [His voice comes off more baffled then anything else.Followed by a few moments of silence, clearly trying to process everything.]A ..what made of what? ...I'm Merlin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tenth_doc
2013-12-18 11:01 pm UTC (link)

Clarke's Law. "Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic." But in same worlds, the reverse is true. So... "Any advanced form of magic is indistinguishable from technology."

People adapt, they learn how to use the world's resources around them, to develop new things, ideas, inventions. As more knowledge is gained, more advanced and complex things can be accomplished. Something as simple as a... as a... a cup! Yes a cup. Something as simple as a cup, had to be thought up and designed and crafted - what did people do before cups? How did they drink? How did they... give toasts!

As cultures grow, they think more of what they need. What if we do that? What if it this way? How do we make this better? Faster? More efficient? Knowledge. Ohh knowledge. It's the most powerful and driving force in the Universe.

[There's a long pause and then]

I'm sorry. Hang on a minute! Did you say Merlin?

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	legendandmyth 2013-12-19 12:23 am UTC (link)
	Is he a king? .....Why are you talking about cups? I did, yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tenth_doc
2013-12-19 12:43 am UTC (link)

Clarke? No. He's a writer.

Well, it, it was supposed to be a thing, an analogy. It may not have come across right.

Ha, Merlin. You're not me are you? No, I suppose you can't be, I'd remember that... unless a future version of me ended up calling himself Merlin again? But then you'd know what I was going on about, so, then...

Hello, Merlin, you're a long, long, long way from home. Or a long, long, long when from home.

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	legendandmyth 2013-12-21 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	...I'm not anyone. Not really. This...isn't one of the 5 kingdoms? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aphotic_auror 2013-12-18 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Sorry to tell you this, sir - but it's sorta the opposite of magic... I mean, by Muggles - you know, non-magic folk? - to make something that will connect them in the same way that magic can do....! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 02:20 am UTC (link)
	[There's a sort of fumbling noise as he struggles not to drop the cell. One voice is strange enough, but two?] ...There's two of you?! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-12-18 02:51 am UTC (link)

Indeed, there are two of us - probably quite a few more, too... I mean, there are close to a hundred people or so on this island- and so - yeah.... I suspect that some people don't have their phones upon their persons... And others - well - others probably just aren't bothering to answer you!

[She chuckles softly, away from the microphone, before adding with a small gasp of realisation:]

I'm sorry, I haven't even introduced myself, have I? I'm so bloody rude, aren't I? I'm so sorry... But I'm Rhonda Jugson Hemingway, sir.... And you are...?

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	legendandmyth 2013-12-18 05:14 am UTC (link)
	[There's a few moments of silence before he answers] I'm Merlin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-12-18 02:09 pm UTC (link)

Oh my G-d, MERLIN!? Actual, like, real Merlin? As in, King Arthur's Merlin?! Oh my G-D....!

[She's clearly hyperventilating from the sound of her voice]

S-sorry, sir....! Merlin... Is it "Sir" or "Sire" for you, really, at this point in your life? I mean, I'm sorry, but- you sound so bloody young...! Bloody Merlin!

[and it's clear from the tone of her voice, hyperventilating and high though it is, that she is using the last repetition of his name as an oath, rather than merely addressing him again....!]

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	nobleone 2013-12-18 02:39 am UTC (link)
	[There is a sound of buttons being pushed and a string of curses follow soon after] ssshrerjhbdkjfksnre ..Merlin? What's this about magic? [his voice is really loud like he is too close to the phone]* AM I DOING THIS RIGHT? (Reply to this)