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[There's a burst of static, and a garbled sound like someone talking for a brief moment before it clears, beginning a voice message.] -doesn't this thi-[More static, along with the sound of buttons being pressed. Likely buttons that should NOT be pressed, if the beeps that keep sounding mean anything.]-ith instructions or something?

[That? Is the sound of TEN MILLION BUTTONS being pressed. One of them has to let him write. But WHICH ONE?

Until now, this has been a mystery to Sora.

But apparently he figures it out, because suddenly, text!]

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oh, there it is! Now I can send messages to people. This is neat!

but writing everything out like this takes forever. [Because guess who's typing one. letter. at. a. time.

But there must be another way! Maybe if he can figure out how video works...

Oh, hey. Time to abuse the terminal's keyboard again.

This goes on for a few minutes, occasionally accompanied by various warning beeps and error messages. Finally, the video flashes on briefly, revealing the face of one (1) VERY SURPRISED Sora, who...was maybe starting to think that this wasn't going to actually work.

...but then he has the biggest smile because GUESS WHAT? IT DID. Computer: 58, Sora: 1.

He's definitely catching up, okay?]

Alright, it wor-huh?!

[And all of his hopes are dashed when the screen turns bright red, and the video shuts off after another, this time much angrier, error noise. Apparently, the terminals do not take kindly to misuse.

Finally, there's just a minute of silence. Then...]

...did I break it?

[Meet the future savior of all worlds, everyone.]

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Computers are delicate things sometimes. It really doesn't help when you push all the buttons at once.

I've only been here a little while but...I could teach you if you like?

Yeah, I guess that's not what you're supposed to do. Oops...

[Lesson learned? Or, well, hopefully Sora remembers not to try that again.]

Thanks, but I'll be okay! Someone else told me they'd show me how it worked.

[Still, Sora doesn't mind having the chance to meet someone new.]

I'm Sora, by the way!

I figured there was no harm in offering.

My name's Ken.

Nah, I'm glad you did. I guess if I'm really being honest, I probably should've asked someone for help first.

But it's nice to meet you, Ken.

Well that probably would've been for the best. My...my best friend's not very good with his patience when it comes to technology.

It's nice to meet you too. Has anyone told you to eat the oatmeal yet?

Really? Sounds like your friend and I have something in common.

[Sora doesn't normally take jabs at himself like that, but, at this point it's probably a lot better to admit that he messed up a little. That just means he can learn from it all later.]

Yup! Did that a good long while ago. Who's idea was it to make us eat that for our first meal, anyway?

[Someone is not an oatmeal fan. Especially not plain oatmeal. It's kind of gross, okay?]

He has his moments. I'm not sure how good he was before he started going to the Digital World.

[There's a pause as Ken realizes he mentioned the Digital World. There was probably no harm, considering there were people from other worlds here.]

I'm not sure really. I'm quite used to the taste of oatmeal myself, so I probably saw nothing wrong with it.

The...Digital World? What's that?

[And suddenly, Sora sounds REALLY interested - he can't help it! Even after ending up here, his interest in other worlds hasn't vanished. If he can't see them, then learning about them is the next best thing.]

[Whoops. Well...at least it was a good conversation starter? Ken still didn't know how to interact with normal people who knew nothing about it.]

It's a world filled with creatures known as Digimon. They can be evil at times, but mostly they're friendly. My best friend is one...well, my other best friend anyway.

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[voice] holy crap this is late. I thought I'd tagged back already

[voice] no worries! I'm fine with late.

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