fractales: (What a wonderous world)
Professor Turo ([personal profile] fractales) wrote in [community profile] shellphones2025-09-03 06:18 pm

Glimpse Into What Once Was

Type: Video
Sender ID: fractales(Professor Turo)
To: General
Subject: Nilatast Finding
Warnings: TBA

Hello everyone- pardon the bit of a mess.

[Papers strewn about, along with a few tools in view, as Turo picked up his shellphone with excitement there in his voice. Setting it down on somethin out of view as he was moving and turning out lights in an office after pushing his desk out of the way.]

As others may have been, perhaps still are, working on various pieces of technology recovered from down so deep, there was an item I discovered in Nilatast that I have finally gotten working! To a small degree, at least— I have only been able to recover one thing on it, but...

[There was an item that was the size of a jewelry box, covered in stars and constellations formed in colored enamel and shined up jewels, that Turo had picked up and was sitting down in the middle of the space he had cleared. Pressing a 'button' at the top.

It sparked to life as suddenly a still image was projected above the box; full of living color and capturing a moment of laughter and fun. The light having warmth and even those creatures outside of such large windows seemed to sparkle. Looking as if everything could be touched—]


Look at this! [Almost looked as if Turo was there, moving to sort of sit by the picture box.] I was able to retrieve the data for this image, I might have found what worked as a photo album, but the item itself came from within one of the ruined buildings down there.

They lived there, played in that city.

[Of course there weren't just human children there, smiling faces all. This was something either a parent or some child that had also been there in the moment wanted to treasure even after the day was over.]

Just a small view into what once was, I suppose.
telepathicignorance: (Nervous)

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-09-04 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
You mean the technology we bring?

I know there was some exploring going on. I ...wasn't doing well.


(Their breath quickens a little at the memory, but fortunately this isn't in person and Turo isn't there to see that flash of panic.)
telepathicignorance: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-09-04 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I think your video makes that clear.

What about you? Are you doing alright after ...everything?


(Notably, they don't comment on their own condition.)
telepathicignorance: (Brood 2)

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-09-05 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
(They should ask for their ring back... but they really don't want to tell him what happened.)

Good.

No one's giving you a hard time?

telepathicignorance: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-09-05 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Alright.

I should probably check things out down there.
telepathicignorance: (Smirk)

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-09-05 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
You can have first dibs on anything interesting I find.