paradisalost | ○ 013 Transmission

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○ 013 Transmission

[Originally, Rookie had planned on spending the morning outside today to enjoy the fresh air, but decided against it when recalling the piles of leaves that were still littering the castle's grounds. Having no real interest in wasting the duration of his afternoon with plucking foliage out of his armor - as that usually tended to be how his evenings were spent once he returned indoors - the ODST could instead be found sprawled out in a nice little corner of Paradisa's lobby with the journal purposely propped open over his helmet.

Luckily for those listening, however, it wasn't snoring that was being transmitted over the pages today.]

[Filtered to those in the UNSC - except the Meta.]

Hey. Been meaning to bring this up, but I have some technology for you guys to check out. Grabbed it back when we all got separated during the expedition. Not sure if any of you would actually be interested in it though, seeing as a lot of it's broken, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to mention.

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[Once that was said and done, Rookie gave a soft sigh before moving on to the next two filters. Since he may as well cover all his bases while he was doing the whole journal thing.]

[Ted]

Doing any better, civvy?

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[Kallen]

Hey... [Bit of an awkward pause, since he was still trying to settle on whether or not to go through with this.] You have a moment?

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(ooc: Feel free to come across Rookie in the lobby, but other than that replies will be after I sleep. o/)

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Oh yeah? Seem patterned, like a transmission or a recording? Or random, like art?

And could you tell what was causing it to turn on and off?

Random. Or at least, that's what it looked like before it shorted out.

[He'll then give a second to considering the next question, before slowly shaking his head.]

No. Not really.

[He rustles around a little on his desk and pulls out one of Flora's crystals.] We could always test one of these, if we can find a place to insert a power source.

[York gestures a few times and Delta pulls up a 3-D hologram of the device, which York spins a little with his hands.]

We could. Might end up doing the same thing when Kallen gave me her's, but it's worth a shot.

[Rookie slants his visor in the direction of the hologram, pausing to take it in with rekindled interest, before he's leaning forwards to gesture towards the spot he had used before.]

How about there?

Might be worth a shot.

[He delicately picks up the device. Yeah, that might be some kind of power source.]

Now we just have to figure out what kind of connection it takes. Does this pry off, or?

[A light nod.] Yeah. Had to use a knife last time, but it should.

Edited 2011-12-08 05:02 (UTC)

No worries there.

[Using the extremely cool solid hologram projection system that Yuki had given York for Christmas last year, Delta makes for York a thin blade of light - thin enough to pry open the power supply without danger of damaging it.]

There you go, open up for me.

[He chuckles.] Now you're just showing off.

[But Rookie will stand off to the side and watch. That knife getting far more interest than the actual box, truthfully, but seeing as he'd never seen anything like it before that wasn't much of a surprise.

As for the latch, it opens with very little difficulty. The inside appearing to be somewhat worn down and old, but there was indeed a spot that seemed like it would allow Flora's crystal to be inserted.]

Someone's gotta do it.

[He lets the lightblade dissolve once the panel comes off - he'll gladly make another one if the Rookie would like to investigate it, though.]

Looks like we got a winner here.

[He carefully slips a crystal into the slot....]

[He's really tempted to ask, but for now he'll just let his focus drift on back to the strange tech in York's hold for now.

Although that might have also been because the second that crystal pops in, the device glows. Then hums, loudly, and comes to life in the same way it had back in the expedition. Except the petals stayed as they were, and just shook a little while the music simply faded in and out underneath. Like a broken, ghostly melody.]

Well. That's promising.

[York speaks slowly, observing carefully. After a moment he turns around to grab the other crystal and chain them together to boost the power.]

Let's see if more juice will help.

[Rookie nods, but continues to stay quiet in order to watch.

The second crystal does seem to do the trick, though, and the petals lifted up. Albeit slowly, and still shaking in a way the gave hints that the device was still struggling to work. The music, as well, growing louder and more distinct, but still skipping ever now and again.

Eventually though, once the petals were finally pointing straight up into the air, there would be a 'click' as something metal in each one slide open to revel a tiny, circular hole. Which was then followed by a blinding bright light that shot out from the center of the box. Any of it that went through the circles gave off a multitude of colorful images, ones that flickered and danced around like phantoms, but if York paid close enough attention he might be able to tell that they were all familiar to him in one way or another.]

Whoa!

[The light causes him to jump back and almost unconsciously draw his weapon. He barely registers any of it...but fortunately, they have Delta. York's AI is much quicker and more objective than he is.]

The power is still less than recommended. I would recommend building a battery with approximately two point five times the energy capacity of a single crystal. [i.e. about ten double-A batteries]

Did you--did you see that, Rookie?

[Rook's calm, or at least appears as such. He's seen this before, so in someways he was expecting the light - although York's yell does cause his helmet to jerk up a little in surprise before he's tilting his head when hearing Delta.

Then he nods lightly, and pushes away from the wall to move closer.]

Yeah, I did. [Sounding a little amused.] Really think it'll work with more power, though?

Seemed an awful lot like something that was low on batteries, if you ask me. D, playback what I saw if you can.

Complying. [He uses the holotable to recreate with uncanny accuracy the visions as they appeared to York, albeit on a smaller scale.]

Was this the same as you saw, or was it different?

[Another short nod, before he's turning to look towards the holograms when hearing the question.]

No it... seems different somehow. [He pauses to tilt his head completely, trying to get a better angle in hopes of figuring out what exactly he was looking at.] Doesn't have the same feeling to it either.

[Which is no surprise, considering it had been trying to transmit York's conscious through music and visions. Not Rookie's.]

That doesn't surprise me. [He crosses his arms, having Delta freeze a particular frame of the hologram. It's a scene of some people gathered around and roasting...lizards? over a campfire.] This is--this is a memory of mine. Back when we went to that Jurassic Park place.

Seems really personalized. How do you think it's doing that?

[Rookie just perks up completely before glancing over.] So all these images are just memories?

[That's... interesting. Although he had wondered why he noticed something familiar about the holograms when he had activated it himself. Guess that makes sense now.

York simply gets another shrug, though, before he's leaning back.]

Sensor, maybe? One that taps into the last person who touches it somehow. [Pause.] Or it could be magic too, knowing the way stuff works around here.

I don't know if magic usually needs batteries.

[He taps the device curiously.]

And I'm not sure they're all memories, but that one is, at least. If it takes a quick mental scan or something, that could explain it.

Where in the ruins did you find this, anyway?

[There's a hint of a smile, given the way he expressively shifted that helmet.] Good point.

And I found it inside one of the residential rooms of that old castle, while we were exploring.

So it could be something common--or it could be unique to that old person's world. [That narrows it down.]

And we still don't really know if it has a purpose, or if it's decorational. I'd say the first order of business would be making it its own dedicated power supply.

[He sounds a little excited, since it seemed like fixing this thing wasn't going to be as much of a pain as he thought.]

Sounds simple enough. Shouldn't be too hard to find something that would work with it, right?

Right. All you really need is some kind of interface between the power source and the device. You find something the right size and strength, I'll have D whip something up for you.

[Rookie seemed a little distracted as he took a second to respond, since he was already trying to think of a variety of things that might be able to work.]

Got it. I'll see what I can come up with.

Edited 2011-12-15 09:50 (UTC)

And if you get it working full time? I'd like to take another look.

[Anything that could project an impression of him like that was something he'd definitely like to take a look at.]

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