002 ♌ [video]

[fundemetal]

[Once again, Leo's face appears on the screen, his eyes looking full of energy as always. He's tapping his fingers on the desk in front of him, tapping out the alphabet in morse code.]

Hey everyone, Leo here. So, uh... [He scratches his head with his other hand, trying to think how to explain his idea.] I noticed that there's not really any sort of protection put on these like cellphones back home to keep you from butt-dialing people. It's bad enough that the curse is making people tell others things they don't want to... [A pained look.] Can't do anything about the curse, but I thought it might be a good time to do something that might help against those accidents.

I made an application that I can program onto your starfish communicators that will give you a sort of lock on your device. Unlocking won't automatically post anything, you'll have to get at that the same way you do now. Locking it will keep you from accidentally calling anyone or making a video that everyone on the network can see when you're not intending to.

If you want to meet me to get it, I'll be out in the park the next few afternoons. If you're busy while I'm there, but want it, just let me know and we can work something out. I'm asking for 5 starfish coins in exchange for the installation. All things considered, it's a really good deal. [With that, the recording ends.]

[ooc: there will be an open log post going up soon, so you can reply here or there, depending on if you want to talk over the SFC first or jump right into action. Action can be hand waved via commenting here, but you gotta talk to Leo in some form IC if you want it installed. The app is completely optional and has mod approval. So if you or your character doesn't want/need it feel free to move along. He's just trying to help people out.]

Comments

[findsrisks]

Has gas really gotten that expensive?

[She lives in a big city and doesn't have a driver's license anyway, so she never paid attention to the price of gas.]

[fundemetal]

Yeah. Depends on where you are, but you're talking $3 or more per gallon.

[findsrisks]

[She frowns, since that number doesn't mean much to her. So she pulls out her cell phone from home and powers it on. There's no real use for it here, since there's no cell phone towers, but it does have a handy-dandy currency exchange on it.

Thirty seconds later, she finally looks shocked.]

That's a lot!

[fundemetal]

[He watches her figure out the exchange rate.]

Yeah. And it's a few thousand miles across the country.

[findsrisks]

...okay, yeah, flying is definitely cheaper.

[Curse you America, why do you have to be so big?]

And going from Texas to New York, that must've been a long trip, unless you took a plane.

[fundemetal]

[Seriously.]

Oh. I actually was at the Grand Canyon when Annabeth and Butch arrived in a chariot pulled by pegasii to take us to Camp Half-Blood. So we flew there. Took a few hours but we made it.

[findsrisks]

[She sort of just stares in disbelief at Leo for a moment, until she remembers all the god stuff.]

Oh right, there's magic stuff like that in your world.

[fundemetal]

[He laughs.]

Yeah. Percy can talk with them telepathically.

[findsrisks]

Woah wait a second, so now Percy has telepathy too?

[fundemetal]

Only with horses and sea creatures. Has to do with his dad.

[findsrisks]

Still, that's pretty amazing! Do you have telepathy too?

[fundemetal]

Not with anything living. I don't know if I'd call it telepathy, but I can sort of communicate with machines. I'm not really sure how to explain it. But I can touch something mechanical and figure out how it works and how to operate it immediately.

One time I accidentally reprogrammed the electronic billboards in Times Square to say "ALL DA LADIES LUV LEO." I thought it would be funny and then it just happened.

[findsrisks]

...

Okay, that sounds like one of the coolest powers ever.

[fundemetal]

[He shrugs.] I guess it's cool. But this guy I know can turn into any animal he wants. He's turned into a dragon and a dolphin and a bunch of other things.

[findsrisks]

You know, the very moment I say 'that's the coolest power ever,' you tell me about another one that's even cooler. I think that's just what your world is: cool people with cool powers.

[fundemetal]

I'm really not as cool as you think I am. But sure. I guess that's ne way to sum up my world.

[findsrisks]

[If not for the truth curse, Nanaki would think that Leo was trying to be modest.]

I disagree, you're way cooler than you think you are. I know it's hard to admit sometimes, since everyone is their own toughest critic and all, but I'm sure your other friends would agree with me here.

[fundemetal]

Thanks. [He's not sure what to say to that. Even the truth curse isn't strong enough to make him say something when there's nothing to say.]