voice test for this young tech geek

[callme_hal]

Ok, so you know I need to finish my computer programming school work, don't you? It's kind of serious to me, as I don't want to finish last. The code it gets technical but it's nothing I can't fix. [He's typing away even now on his ancient machine by nowadays standards.]

Also, are you going to let me rent out some more movies to watch? I need some more videos to watch because it gets pretty boring sometimes. You know the ones I like? I'm kind of into Akira at the moment. Not Sailor Moon, as that's for girls. Although the short skirts do have some appeal.

Yeah, so a pizza or two will do nicely too. [He slurps on his Pepsi cola, as he types away at lines of code.]

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[solidson]

...Akira? That's Japanese, right?

[ Fluent in 4 languages so far... ] What's Sailor Moon?

[callme_hal]

Don't tell me you haven't heard of Akira before? [Because everyone has seen Akira, right?]

Sailor Moon is a anime series with magical girls fighting bad guys. You should check it out if you like girls in mini-skirts. I'm more for mecha anime myself.

[anachronologistics]

Dude, why bother renting when you have the insurmountable power of bit torrent at your disposal?

[solidson]

[ Blinks. ] Anime?

[callme_hal]

Torrent? What are you talking about? [He's completely lost, dude.]

[callme_hal]

Yeah, anime. You know....uh, Japanese animated cartoons for teenagers and grown ups? You've never heard of it?

[solidson]

Nnope.

I don't really get to watch a lot of TV, I just go to the cinema to see the newest action flicks when I've got time.

[callme_hal]

Oh, really? You don't rent much then, huh? I rent all the time. [Because he spends most of his time at home at the computer or the tv. Mostly the computer.]

What action films do you like?

[solidson]

[ Smiles. ]

The ones with a lot of explosions and guns! Right now, I love Escape from New York. It came out three years ago, and it was so cool.

[callme_hal]

Didn't that come out in '81? [This guy seemed to think it was still the eighties. Weird.]

It's been a while since I've seen that movie. The last movie I saw that I really liked was...Terminator 2.

[solidson]

Terminator 2?

[ He stares, wide-eyed. ] No, man, they just released The Terminator this year!

[callme_hal]

Huh? That's not right. Terminator was out years ago! [What was with this guy? He doesn't know anime and he thinks it's the eighties.]

Do you still carry a ghetto blaster around with you?

[solidson]

[ Okay, this was too weird. ]

Nah, one of my foster dad's had one but he never let me take it anywhere.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Sailor Moon?

...And what's this about short skirts? [Dresses are bad enough as it is Hal, don't tell her that the skirts actually vary in size.]

[callme_hal]

Yeah you know? Super hero girls who fight for justice and things? You must have heard of them. They wear short skirts because they're anime girls?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

[Whoooosh, right over her head there.]

Anime?

[callme_hal]

You don't know what anime is? [Sheesh! What is it with people here?] Japanese animated cartoons?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Where I'm from we don't get alot of anything.

...So why do these girls all wear skirts if they're fighting? Isn't that kinda well dumb?

[callme_hal]

Aw, that's a shame. I've always wanted one, but my stepmom really hates the sound of loud machines. [He really hated how she acted sometimes.]

[solidson]

[ Gives a grin. ]

Why don't we get one right now? Then we'll play it as loud as we want.

[callme_hal]

Yeah? I have to admit this does sound a really cool idea. [Always a good thing in Hal's eyes.]

So, uh, what's your name? I'm Hal Emmerich.

[callme_hal]

It's not dumb. It's actually really cool. [Because it is, right?]

They fight and wear special sailor suit magical dresses, so they can fight.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

So you're saying if I have to fight anything I should be wearing one of these magical dresses?

[callme_hal]

I never said you should. Why should you wear a magical dress? I'm talking about anime here, not real life.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

But why would thy make one of these anime things where the girls all have to wear skirts?

It's almost like they're insisting we all like to wear them or something!

[solidson]

Hal? Heheh, you're like that computer in that one movie.

I'm David, but you can call me Dave.

[callme_hal]

Hal? Yeah, my dad named me after the computer from the movie. Nice to meet you, Dave.

[callme_hal]

Because anime girls usually wear short skirts. It's just the stereotype they place with them.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

...I don't think I'll ever understand anime.

[solidson]

Your dad named you after that thing? That's seriously creepy, dude.

[callme_hal]

How is it creepy? It's a cool sci-fi intelligent robot. What's creepy about it?

[callme_hal]

I think you should watch some. Then, maybe you'll understand a bit better.

[solidson]

It tried to kill everyone on the Discovery One! You don't think that's creepy?

[callme_hal]

Yeah well, he didn't think that I would be just like the robot. He just liked the name I guess.

[solidson]

Maybe he knew you'd love computers someday.

[callme_hal]

Yeah, maybe he did. [It was a good point.] Well, I actually want to get into robot building someday. Like the ones in the animes.