un: galaxyranger - text (misfire)

[forkeroni]

Beg your pardon, miz guizhong, but i think i need sum help.

Ignore the typos, voice to text aint workin rite now. Given the finger pads a try for textin and they seem to be workin but i aint super comfurtable with my spellin jus yet. So no makin fun!!

Anyhoo, the horse went down an i dont think its anythin major but im still haven sum trouble figgerin out the problem... legs seem to be workin fine, shes alert, so i think its sumthin inturnal.

Can you come over and take a look?

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text; un: haagentus

[godofdust]

I'll be right there, darling~

[Did she even notice it was misfired..? No.]

[forkeroni]

thanks 👍

[He even figured out emojis! Look at him~.

Anyway, Boothill will be at the apartments, but over by the open area at the stables. The cyborg horse is, indeed, alert but laying down on the ground. Boothill already had the chest area opened where one would be able to see the mechanical internals.

He was looking at all the moving parts, head tilted in thought.]

Just what's got you all like this, huh, ol' girl? Eat somethin' you weren't supposed to?

UN: MelodyMania

[melodymania]

psst.

this is public.

thought you ought to know.

[forkeroni]

[Excuse me, what?! Boothill was not happy to see that this person was correct, seeing now that instead of sending to Guizhong only, it sent to everyone.

Ugghh, great. Well, he can't do voice to text right now like he liked, and he sure as hell ain't showing off his spelling skills again, so he's switching to voice.]

Well, fork me. Ain't no way to change now, huh?

[melodymania]

unfortunately not.

Its stuck that way with people knowing your leg is acting up and so is your speech-to-text.

but hey. Look on the bright side.

it wasn't anything embarrassing.

[forkeroni]

Ain't my fudgin' leg that's actin' up, it's the horse's. That's why I called for Miss Guizhong. She knows a thing or two 'bout machinery and the like.

Ah, hell, I guess not.

[melodymania]

robot horse.

cool.

UN: Intergalactic Baseballer 🌠text

[starwill]

You got a horse and you didn't tell me?

un: DYNAMIGHT, text

[boombam]

[....how cute. It's like someone's old man got hold of the cell phone and is trying his absolute best to send a text--]

Aww, did grandpa forget how to send private text messages again?

[forkeroni]

Can it, kiddo!

I got new things in my fingers and im still lernin!

[forkeroni]

...was i suppost to tell you?

[forkeroni]

she sure is! when she's workin anyway

[melodymania]

maybe we could all see her when she is. i tots want to see a robot horse from another world.

[forkeroni]

she ain't from anuther world, actually. miz guizhong helped build her at the reserch center. Its the reason i called her.

back home, imma galaxy ranger so horses arent good for space. got a ship for that.

[melodymania]

technically still another world.

i know a robot horse in my own. named Steal Hooves.

so i wanna see how it's different.

Okay that sounds like a badass job. Is your ship horse shaped? You should look into a horse shaped ship.

[starwill]

That is what friends do, yeah.

[forkeroni]

it is?

[Horses had been a part of every day life for him since he was a baby. There was usually not much fanfare when getting one.

Then again, Stelle was from someplace else.]

well okay. sorry bout that. Im at the stables by the main apartments in nightwake if you wanna see her.

[forkeroni]

The hell? Why would I have a horse shaped ship? Why would I want a fudgin' horse shaped ship? Sounds like a flight risk waitin' to happen.

[starwill]

I definitely have to!

When she's feeling better, of course.

[forkeroni]

yule be the first to know once miz guizhong has had a look.

[starwill]

[melodymania]

I mean it worked for the Grecians against Troy.

Never underestimate the power of something horse shaped.

[forkeroni]

The who against the what?

[boombam]

*Learning.

You need me to teach you how to spell? Or are you going to try and figure that out yourself?

[melodymania]

Guess that isn't common between our worlds.

It was a war. The Trojan War. The Grecians besieged a city called Troy. Yet Troy's defenses were absolute.

So in order to get inside, the general of the Grecian armies, tricked the Trojans. He build them a giant wooden horse and presented it as a gift to their enemies as a sign of respect.

The Trojans accepted. Inside the horse were Grecian soldiers. Come nightfall, they slipped out, opened the gates, and Troy fell.

[forkeroni]

[Damn it, he forgot about the a. Words with "ea" in them were difficult to remember sometimes, ugghhh.]

no im not. actually already got a teacher, mostly for readin but spellin is in their too.

wait.

there?

they're is two words, rite?

[He really should have hit the books more as a kid, huh? Better late than never, though.]

[forkeroni]

Well, I'll be the darned. The ol' switcheroo. That sounds like a cool war story.

[He'd certainly like to add it to his reading list but it depends if it's in his current level or not.

It's not]

[melodymania]

It really is. The sequel is too. The general tries to get him and his men home after the war.

And oh boy does it go crazy.

They probably got books in the library about it in Amberfall.

[boombam]

It's "there". "They're" is short for "they are". And "rite" should be "right".

[Katsuki can't help it-- he's a tutor back home for some of his stupidest friends... he has to correct a mistake when he sees it.]

I don't think this teacher of yours is doing a good enough job. I mean... you're struggling pretty bad with five letter words. That's kind of sad.

[forkeroni]

Learnin dont come as easy when your an adult compared to when your a kid. Im tryin.

[He gives up and finally switches to voice.]

And Miss Guizhong is a mighty fine teacher! I ain't in fudgin' school everyday like you kids are so I learn when I forkin' can! Don't you go disparagin' her efforts like that! Most people woulda not even bothered since I'm an adult an' she's taken time outta her day to help me.

[forkeroni]

They jus' might. What're the titles? I'll hafta to see if it's at my reading level, first. If not, I can save it for when I improve more.

[melodymania]

The Iliad and the Odyssey. They are more advanced considering they were written a long time ago and translated from ancient Greek.

So maybe not if you have trouble reading.

But if you find them, I could turn them into moving picture books. That way you can see the story unfold without needing to read it. Then you can read it when you're ready.

All I'd ask in return is a minor favor at the time and place of my choosing.

A simple deal.

text | un: leonhart

[lyingheart]

Did the horse end up being okay?

Signed,
Annie

audio; un: hammertime

[malleiform]

Did you get it figured out? Your spelling is alright for someone who is learning.

[forkeroni]

You do know how fishy that sounds for a forkin' picture book, right?

[forkeroni]

Ye, she good. Miz Guizhong is one of the best mekanics there is.

[A couple seconds later.]

mechanic.

[forkeroni]

Yeah, Miss Guizhong an' I got 'er figured out.

Thanks. It's a lot different writin' it out meself than when I'm learnin' to read the words.

[lyingheart]

( Annie would have let the spelling issue slip, considering she's already had her own on the phone and suspects that won't be a one-off incident. )

I hadn't realized your horse was mechanical. Does she have a high energy consumption, or does she power herself internally?

[godofdust]

[She is very proud, well done. And it's good to see those little things she made for him are useful too.

When she shows up she's quick to join him, bobbing down into a crouch beside him as he peers into the mechanisms.]

You started without me.

[Fake pout.]

[forkeroni]

How else was I s'pposed ta know to call you?

[Don't you pout at him, fake or not. He gave her cheek a poke.]

I did nothin' else but open 'er up. Have at it. I'm thinkin' somethin' is stuck but I can't find it. Mebbe yer little baby hands can find it.

[boombam]

So you're saying it's a you problem that you can't learn five letter words? Got it.

[Sorry Boothill... the more he likes you the more he bullies you.]

Though to be serious... I kind of understand. I haven't really been to school proper in months, and I feel like I've forgotten anything that isn't related to being a Hero.

I'm at the top of my class usually but if I took a test on math right now I'd probably flunk.

[who the hell is remembering calculus when you're in the middle of trying to save the world??????]

[malleiform]

It is. And it can take a long time to learn, too. But the only way you'll get better is with practice like this.

[forkeroni]

The hella kinda math you learnin'?

[Even Boothill knows math! Okay, he doesn't know calculus, that's definitely outside of his wheelhouse even if Nick and Graey had sent him to school, but he knows enough.]

They have schools here, kid. Why not just go to one o' them? You even got some o' yer friends here, they could go with ya.

[forkeroni]

Well i werent tryin to send the message to all of you otherwise i would have said it.

Shes got an internal battery like i do, so she needs chargin every so often but shes also a cyborg so her internals power her for a long while.

[forkeroni]

Just wish I hadn't made it public. 's what I get for not forkin' payin' attention, though.

[boombam]

The kind that you never use in the real world and makes no sense to make kids learn.

Also I've got no time for school. It's on the bottom of my list of priorities so I've never even considered going. I'd rather spend my time doing Quests or sparring than sitting in a boring classroom doing tests.

And I know when I go back home my senseis will re-teach us everything we forgot or missed out on. The constant fighting with Villains had disrupted our classes for a while before I even got here.

[lyingheart]

Yes, it seemed like a misdirected message.

I didn't know that the kind of internal battery or system made that much of a difference. Makes sense. How long should she be good for now?