Day 164 | Open

[aprettyred]

Who: Red Anna and Anyone
Open: Open
When: day 164
Where: About the bastion
What: Anna has a camera and no way to play the video. She also knows what happened
Format: do as you like
Warnings: She's adorable, and likely to induce feels by accident C:


After talking to Zulf, Anna got confirmation to what she thought had happened - Rin had been hurt, she had noticed that, but Night... Well, that was the explanation for the definite lack of feeling that she had come to associate with the other girl.

Which means that there's going to be another funeral. There would be no Mikoto to make sure of no blood, no bone, no ash remaining, but that wasn't what bothered her most. She had her camera, and she'd been doing her best to make sure she had some of everyone. Memories, the way Tatara would keep them.

The problem was, she couldn't play them. And Tatara had been right, she thought, because happy memories needed to be kept. She was sure she had some on here.

So Anna decides, after sleeping, to find anyone who looked like they might come from a world where video was possible (the time in the bubble proved that not all worlds had video)... or maybe anyone who just looked like they didn't come with the Bastion.

Someone had to know how to get the video off the camera.

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[stoleyourshit]

Toshiko, at least, is wearing clothes that are pretty obviously modern. A sleeveless top and decent pants are pretty normal wear for her, and it's not like she really hides it. Right now she's sitting near the Dragonfield, writing in a notebook. She is easily approachable by a smile child.

[aprettyred]

And so a small child approaches, holding that camera the size of her head in her arms.

She watches for a moment, then reaches to tug slightly on her sleeve.

[stoleyourshit]

Huh who wha - oh. Tiny girl. She looks down at her, leaning down to be closer to her level. "Hm?"

[aprettyred]

"Do you know how to get cameras to work?" Anna pauses after that. No, that wasn't quite right. "... How to get the video off of them?"

[stoleyourshit]

"... To a computer, or just to watch them on the camera?"

[aprettyred]

"To a computer. This camera is too old for watching them on the camera."

Anna holds up her camera. See, no spot to watch the recording on it.

[stoleyourshit]

"Well... you need a computer, first. And then you need a cord to connect the two."

... Though she's not totally sure if that one can even be connected to a computer. "If it's just film though then you need a projector to put it into."

[aprettyred]

"... I don't know how to get a computer." Other than there might be some in the hospital. Hmn.

"... I think it might be that old, that it needs a projector." Is that the name for what they used to watch them last time? Probably. "... Then I don't know where to find one of those..."

[stoleyourshit]

Oh. Well. That might be a problem...

"Maybe ask Colin? He seems like the kind of nerd who would be able to figure something out."

[freedom_engineer]

Colin, for his part, is where he can almost always be found. He's sitting at a workbench in his workshop, head down as he tinkers with some new invention or another.

He doesn't seem to notice that Anna's there.

[aprettyred]

Colin seemed to be rather busy so Anna headed to that workshop later.

And he's still busy with something. Its a bit of a careful habit that has Anna stepping over, still behind him to wait until both hands are empty before reaching for his sleeve.

[freedom_engineer]

"Hello there," Colin says quietly once Anna has settled in to wait. "You're not bothering me, you don't need to be shy."

Colin glances back at her and smiles warmly at her.

[aprettyred]

"You looked busy." And that ought to explain why she was waiting - until he didn't look quite so busy.

But now that he's giving her attention, she can ask her question. "Are you good with cameras?"

[freedom_engineer]

"I'm always busy," Colin tells her, that warm smile turning into a friendly grin. "You don't need to hold back on my account."

He sets down his tools and turns to face her fully. At her question, he cocks his head, and he smiles. "Many cameras are different, but I can work with most of them," he tells her. "You've got something on a camera, I assume?"

[aprettyred]

"Yes." She holds up the one she has - its old enough that there is no place to watch video on it.

"I have memories of Night. And I think they ought to be shared, but I can't share them, because I don't know how to watch them."

[freedom_engineer]

"Hmmm. Does it use external storage, or does it have a data drive?" Colin asks aloud, studying the camera in her hands. "May I see it?"

He can certainly appreciate what she wants to do, and he's moderately certain he could come up with something. But first, he needs to know what he's working with.

[aprettyred]

Anna nods, holding the camera up.

"It was Tatara's. I don't know, other than he said it was 'old fashioned'." But the standard technology of their world is ... interesting, so she doesn't really know. "I remember when we watched them, they came in round tins."

It is film, Colin. What do.

[freedom_engineer]

Colin gently takes the camera from her hands, and he studies it curiously. He spends several moments turning it over in his hands, examining the device with great care, his lips moving even if he isn't actually saying anything.

"This is very interesting," he says finally, holding the camera back out to her. "There are a couple things you can do if you want these memories preserved and playable for everyone. If you can wait a day or so, I can probably put together some sort of player, but I'll have to get some special parts from the scrapyard first. Otherwise, if you've got Shards, or if you know anyone who has shards to spare, I can show you how to bring in an old fashioned vid display unit."

He pauses, regarding the camera again, and he laughs. "Really old fashioned. I'll draw up something good, now that I think about it," he adds. "Whatever you choose, I'll be happy to help. It's a very nice thing you're doing."

[aprettyred]

Anna takes her camera back and thinks about that. She didn't play many of the games at the festival, and the skyway is the only other place she's seen people get shards.

"I can ask about shards. Maybe someone will give me enough for one of the pieces you are looking for, but not for the... display unit?"

[freedom_engineer]

"You don't need to worry about getting a lot of shards," Colin tells her, smiling. "If you don't have them, I have most of the parts I need already. I'll just need a quick trip to get a few select items. I can whip them together tonight, no worries."

He's not the least bit worried, or even apprensive about his ability. A film projector is easy, and they've already got speakers. Anna will have her film with very little trouble at all.

[aprettyred]

"I don't know where to get them, other than the skyway, so..." She doesn't go out there.

Mind you, that's just because she doesn't have Mikoto, or anyone else from HOMRA. She would follow them out if they were here.

But here is a smile, Colin, because you do seem busy and you're going to help her anyways. "Thank you. ... Do you need my camera to stay with you for a little bit?"

[freedom_engineer]

Colin gives her a grin, and shakes his head. "You don't have to worry about that at all," he tells her. "Not everyone needs to go out on the Skyway."

He smiles then, and waves off her question. "I've got all I need from that camera, for the moment. You can keep it with you," he says. "I'll come and get you when the player is ready for you, and we can get it all set up then."