Mmm... okay. It's a thing you can talk into that lets you talk to someone far away in real time. You hold it up to your ear like this [ demonstrates! ] to hear what they're saying, and there's a microphone down at the bottom that you talk into so they can hear you.
And then this is like, a way more advanced version of that.
Uh... well, the old ones used cables, similar to telegrams. But most phones are wireless now, so they just transmit things through, like, waves in the air or something, I think...?
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drymonster) wrote2024-06-08 01:47 pm
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Huh, really?
[ he was figuring she was just into egl fashion and not like, actually victorian. there is so much going on here. ]
Well, technically its primary function is to be a telephone, which— do you know what a telephone is?
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And then this is like, a way more advanced version of that.
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What would it need to connect to?
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[ as much as a victorian cryptid can. ]
So you'd need something that can... make those waves in the air?
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... Though it may be better that way, anyway. Do you have anyone you would like to try speaking to?
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[ to alert them to this MASS CROSS-DIMENSIONAL KIDNAPPING ]
But I'd also want to let my mom know what's going on.
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[ imagine having police. ]
Are you and your mother close?
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[ yeah you see her every fucking day because you STILL LIVE WITH HER ]
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