on heading to outer_divide

[facilitating]

Well, okay. I'd say it could definitely get worse, but you have this weird tendency to take that as a challenge? I will say this: At least it's not quite as easy to get me and/or my friends gruesomely killed. ...Also a challenge, pretend I never said it. [An amused grin.] There's nothing like impending injury and death to teach me how to watch what I say.

But hey, remember that thing I said about 'no dial-up'? I was thinking more along the lines of 'DSL or better', not 'walkie-talkies and cave-paintings'. [Okay, yeah, she's exaggerating a little, but that's not the point.]

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[bloomesday]

If it's cave paintings you're having difficulty with, I can show you how to make a mean hand-turkey.

[facilitating]

Y'know, I think that one I could actually manage.

[bloomesday]

I know you're a very capable woman, but I hear that even turkey drawings can be more intricate than you'd think.

[facilitating]

So are we talking more or less complicated than screwing in lightbulbs?

[bloomesday]

Definitely more. You have to mix colors, very artsy.

[facilitating]

...Aren't turkeys generally brown?

[bloomesday]

Brown isn't primary.

See? First lesson and it was on the house.

[so public school art classes ended up having a use, how about that]

[facilitating]

[Grinning, she's quick to argue:] Hey, they make brown paint. [No mixing necessary.]

[bloomesday]

No thank you. That wouldn't exactly capture the essence of the turkey.

[soft spoken bs mode is a go]

[facilitating]

The turkey with four feathers and a head shaped like a thumb. [All of the skepticism, Davis. All of it.]

[bloomesday]

It's abstract.

[facilitating]

I think I'll take your word on that one. Art was never really my strong suit.

[worldkiller]

The communication isn't so bad.

[facilitating]

...Something's telling me 'not our Kara' is appropro here.

[worldkiller]

No. Not... 'that' Kara.

[facilitating]

....

[More genuine:] Sorry, that... wasn't exactly the most sensitive thing I could've said.

Any chance we could start over? I'm Chloe.

[worldkiller]

It's okay. I can be just as bad sometimes.

Hi, Chloe. I'm... Kara. [ Obviously. ]

[facilitating]

[A grin.] It's nice to meet you.

[Back to the earlier topic, though:] You say communication isn't that bad, but I'm used to twenty-six computers over sixty monitors and a smart-phone for every occasion.

...None of which probably means anything to you, so trust me, I'm talking about communication Verdana's never even seen.

[worldkiller]

[ A smile of her own. At least she knows she doesn't get half of what she's saying. ]

A lot of Earth technology is archaic compared to Kryptonian technology.

Verdana's... gets the job done.

[facilitating]

I guess that's fair. From what I hear, it's enough to work with, at least.

[worldkiller]

I can only communicate with the technology on Verdana, so it kind of helps me a lot.

[facilitating]

That almost makes me wish I were coming from the same timeline as last time. It would have been handy to have someone else around who spoke your language.

[whatheroesdo]

Up side: that's still a step up from smoke signals and cave paintings.

[facilitating]

Down side: Have you ever tried hacking a walkie-talkie?

[whatheroesdo]

If you mean co-opting the signal, yeah. Cracking a database using a walkie-talkie and a coconut...not so much.

[facilitating]

Exactly.

[After a second though, she's conceding:] Like I said, though, it could definitely be worse.

I'm sure you remember.