♪ First Note [TEXT]

[nyakama]

[Hummy was told this... device could communicate with others, like a telephone or a computer screen. The robots had showed her how it worked briefly, but she's...kind of already forgotten a lot of it. The shock of arriving in a new world makes it hard to focus on any one thing for too long, y'know? But! She's been staring at it for a while now and thinks she figured out how to get it to work after testing a variety of different buttons.]

hELKO CAJN ASHYBODY OUT THEERE RWEAD TH IS

[...Look, she is from a time before smart phones and she has no thumbs and she is trying her best, okay? She hasn't figured out how to do audio transcription yet, much less voice or video.]

Comments

[nyakama]

[Hummy nods, takes a deep breath and begins to sing for Minato as they travel. This special, sacred song that protects the kingdom... it makes her happy to share it with someone new.

She only gets through the complete melody once before she notices that she’s drawn the attention of several robots en route. They watch the two of them closely, some simply staring or smiling and others murmuring among themselves. She scratches the back of her head, a little embarrassed to have made a scene.] Oops, nyehehe. I was a little loud, I guess.

[jivitadana]

[This is so much better than the music on his MP3 player. Minato doesn't stop walking as he's listening, but he does when she's finished and also spots the robots who've ended up eavesdropping and becoming part of her audience.]

This might be the first time they've heard anything this beautiful.

[And she did get to share that song with even more people! Or robots. They still count! But maybe it was good timing: They've made it to an electronics shop storefront.]

Thank you, Hummy. I don't know why those notes would want to escape something that makes people happy.

holy smokes sorry for the delay on this orz

[nyakama]

Mm, I don’t think they know better. They’re just lively and curious, you know?

But I'm very glad you enjoyed it, nya! I hope that they did too. I hope it touches their hearts and fills them with happiness! [Well. Their metaphorical hearts, at least. She gives the robots a big smile before glancing up at the storefront.] Ah, we're here?

that's okay! backtagging is a go!

[jivitadana]

I hope it's not hard to coax them back.

[Because notes going away like that sounds a little inconvenient. But if everyone gets to hear her sing, then that's the best price to pay.

He really did enjoy that song and smiled again. He nods and lets them into the shop. He'd been in there before to get a charger and didn't have to pay for it. He's hoping that they could get her a stylus also free of charge. He asks the robot there for a stylus or two for the cat on his shoulder and is told to wait.]

After this, we can go explore the rest of the town?

[nyakama]

[Honestly yeah it's both inconvenient and weird and canon never really explains why they try to outie every year in the first place?? But Hummy doesn't seem to worry about it much so it's probably fine. She watches the robot come and go, glancing around the shop. Lots of gadgets and gizmos and mysterious parts for upgrading and repairing their bodies. It's all very foreign to her.

She gives a cheerful little fist pump in response to Minato's suggestion.]

Yeah! Let's explore!

[jivitadana]

[It's true, in a shop full of electronics and gadgets, there has to be a stylus around. The robots probably don't need to use them often or if they did, things like a stylus, a charger, or adapter had to be a dime a dozen.

And tada! There's a robot coming back with two styluses (styli?) that looked kind of clear like their communication devices. Neat. Those can go safely into Hummy's pink kerchief bag. He inclines his head as thanks to the robot before heading back outside.]

Mission accomplished. Onward?

[To the exploring! And closing out the thread?]