Fifty-Seventh Theory [Written/Voice/Action]

[i_speak_softly]

[It's sunny and warm and spring, and Don can't wait to get outside. Or he wouldn't be able to wait, if he didn't have such impressive self-control.]

[He diligently starts the morning with his usual exercises, then sits down to leave a few messages in his journal before leaving the house.]

[Tutoring Beast in reading has made Don reconsider his own literacy skills, and after much thinking he's decided to do something to improve them. To that end, he easily constructs a filter, then labors through writing a brief message:]

Filtered from Housemates | Unhackable

[In translation-shielded kanji:] I WANT PLEASE: SOMEONE IS ABLE TO TEACH TO READ JAPANESE A SLOW STUDENT.

[There. Anyone who can't read that is automatically disqualifed as a teacher; anyone who can should immediately see the need for some teaching.]

[Reminding himself that lack of knowledge is not a cause for shame, but an opportunity to learn, Don closes that filter and opens another.]

Filtered to Leonardo | Unhackable

Hey, Padawan. If you ever take a break from mastering the Force, call your otouto and let him know you're okay.

[And finally:]

Filtered to SHELL members | Unhackable

The world visit experiment should be happening soon, if we can believe anything that blue man says. After that I'd like to have another meeting.

I'm taking nominations for other topics of discussion or club activities.

[Don will check for replies later - for now, he closes the journal, takes his gear, and quietly leaves the house. He'll be spending the next few hours meandering among the cherry trees, looking for early blooms.]

[Anyone who meets him may notice he now wears a silver chain around his wrist, half-visible where it laces through the leather wrappings.]

Comments

[Voice|Filtered]

[fearless_leader]

[Leo's currently perched up on the roof of the community house. The warm sun is so nice.]

I'm trying to master light magic. [He smiles though, glad to hear from Don.]

How are things, otouto?

Under SHELL filter

[notshadowfever]

Oh ho! I'm glad to see SHELL is still around. I feared it had disappeared during my absence.

[Voice, New Filter to address both]

[geniustheveil]

I'd be happy to work with you, if you'd like. And I hope we'll be able to meet. I don't trust the Malnosso, especially right now; we should discuss their offer.

[Action]

[semper_cogitans]

[Had something to ask him about, housemate?

Whenever Don gets back - or even before he leaves, doesn't matter to Robert - he'll find a cup of coffee waiting for him in a thermally-insulated mug, and a scientist sitting at the table, poring over a book of astronomy. There's an eclectic mix of topics on the ones sitting next to him, but the ones that might stand out the most are several books on Earth history, and a book about Japan.

Someone's trying to prepare himself for going to another world. (And maybe gathering information to simulate the world of a certain friend.)]

[Filtered]

[musubi]

Hey Don.

[Voice/Written], under the Kanji filter

[faithfulflame]

[Rei is intrigued. Ami's told her about the Turtles, and she's spoken to Leonardo, so she figures she'll offer to help. Calligraphy, after all, is her favorite subject. In a beautiful, flowery script, she'll respond in hiragana, since clearly he knows some Japanese]

Good Afternoon. My name is Hino Rei. I would be happy to help you learn to read Japanese.


[This is later followed by a Voice call]
Good Afternoon. If you weren't able to read my earlier message, my name is Hino Rei, and I would be happy to help you learn to read Japanese. Consider that to have been a bit of a test.

[Filtered]

[most_unwanted]

I don't trust what he says, which means there should be a hell of a discussion to follow.

By the way, I hope you don't mind me inviting my partner along to the next meeting? She's a skilled scientist- a medical doctor, actually- and I know she'd have a lot to contribute.

[action]

[cop_an_attitude]

[Sally is just out minding her own business among the cherry trees when she rounds a corner and finds herself face to face with a giant anthropomorphic turtle.

Try not to take the alarmed shriek personally. She's new. :|]