week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[hexensabbat]

[Wooooow!!!

Ringo blinks at the parts they're given and also just the general vibes of the store, and.

As she holds up a very old circuit board, she just looks baffled.]

... Isn't this, like. Stone age technology?

[fireball]

[ Poppy, meanwhile, looks delighted. ]

Pretty sure stone age involved actual stones. This is vintage! No, no — it's retro.

[ Said like it's the coolest thing in the world, which it kind of is. Retro. ]

I took a class on some of these in college. C'mon, let's rebuild it! It's going to be soooo cool.

[hexensabbat]

Huh... right, okay, why not?

[Ringo doesn't really get it, but Poppy's excitement is infectious.]

You'll have to walk me through it, though. I've never done anything like this before.

[For obvious reasons.]

Besides, Figure's more on the data and tech side of things.

[fireball]

Oh, for sure. [ So Poppy gets to show off her expertise, huh? In front of Ringo, who remains so cool? There are no downsides. ] I'll help you! It's kind of like meeting your ancestors, huh?

[ .... was that insensitive

She's just gonna breeze right along, peering inside the open, empty back of the computer they've got to work with. ]

Who's Figure?

[hexensabbat]

[Not me mistyping Ringo's sister's name LET'S PRETEND I TYPED FIGUE CORRECTLY.]

Ha ha, not even close! A floppy disk would be closer than an old computer like this. I'm data, all data.

[At least she's not offended at all, though.]

Anyway, she's my sister! The only other AI like me in the whooole wide world back home.

[fireball]

[ what typos I've never seen a typo in my life

Anyway, Poppy looks up from inside the empty computer to gape at Ringo. ]

You've got a sister... There are only two of you?

[ Probably a good thing?? ]

Well then! [ Recovering, shooting Ringo a grin. ] I guess this'd be like a house for your ancestors, which is also still really cool to build. Hey, hand me that circuit board.

[ The really old one! It's time to start putting stuff together! ]

[hexensabbat]

[Probably a good thing.

Ringo just laughs at that, and hands over said circuit board.]

Yeah. You'd like her. Figue's easy to get along with.

But anyway! Use me at will! I'm ready to be directed, Poppy!

[fireball]

I don't doubt it! You're also easy to get along with.

[ If Ringo's sister is anything like her, well... then damn, that must be a fun hangout. ]

But alright — will do!

[ This is where I pretend I know literally anything about building computers, so Poppy does indeed direct Ringo around. Look at all the progress they're making! Until a different thought pops into her head. ]

Does it, uh... does it get lonely, when there's just two of you?

[ She's curious... it's a thought that does have her stop their work momentarily. ]