amber -- 001 -- attempt #17

[greatrage]

[wait, seventeen? Yes, you heard that right. Eren has been trying for days to figure out how to make a post to the amber network. This has resulted in.... well. Many very short posts, most less than five seconds, usually upside-down and including Eren cursing colorfully. His face isn't always present

For the sake of not spamming everyone, these will not be posted. You're welcome.

Finally, he thinks he's got it right. Technology. Not his strongest suit. He squints into the glassy surface]

Is it working...? Ok. Yeah. I think it's working.

Sorry, I think I may have messed up a lot. Looking at other peoples' messages hasn't been a problem, but making one of my own... this is so confusing!

A... anyway. I almost forgot what I wanted to message you all about in the first place.

Back when we were fighting the spiders, there was a giant. I just wanted to let everyone know that giant is me, it's my power. So it looks scary but you don't have to be afraid.

Probably.

Comments

[greatrage]

It ended up being pretty useful, didn't it? The thing I didn't think about was getting out of the tree... I had to dump the Titan body inside it. I hope the steam didn't cause any damage.

[he grumbles and blushes a little] It's just weird, alright? We don't have ANYTHING like this back home! ... It would make missions so much easier, though.

[monster_san]

I didn't notice any damage, so I think it was all right. [...] Do you mean you turned back, or is it more like you pilot it?

Rapid communications have done a lot to make the world an easier place to live in. But you don't have phones or walkie-talkies? [She thought his clothes looked modern, but maybe she was wrong?]

[greatrage]

I use both words, but... I guess it's more like I "pilot" it. Because my real body is still inside the Titan, just attached with muscles and nerves and stuff.

[he shakes his head] No. I don't even know what those things are. We communicate long-range with letters and smoke signals.

[monster_san]

It sounds quite complex. And it follows the movements that your body makes?

[If so, it would be similar to the way she piloted her Mashin.]

Both of them are ways to communicate over long distances, using electric wires or radio waves... but we don't have the resources to build anything similar here. [Not even tin cans on string.] Knowing smoke signals would be more useful--[Another thought strikes her.] What about tapping and light signals, like Morse code?

[greatrage]

Yes. Not that I can actually move inside the Titan... I'm not really even aware of my real body most of the time. Only vaguely. It's really hard to explain.

... Er. Electrical wires? Radio waves? I don't know what you're talking about...

[monster_san]

Hmm, it sounds like something a biologist would have lots of questions about.

Ah--well, electricity is a way to power machines without labor, and radio waves [are the stretched-out lightwaves from the Big Bang SHE DOESN'T KNOW THIS IT JUST STILL AMAZES ME] are a way to send messages over very long distances.