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Okay. He's done it. It took a lot of work, but he's done it.
Oh, not setting up a Milliways Trollian server, or configuring a pared-down version of the Trollian software. That part was relatively easy. The real mindfuck was composing a suitably multicultural announcement, which he posts on the bulletin board. He had to read it through and revise four times to get all the insults out.
ATTENTION BAR DENIZENS
OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF MY EMPTHY BLADDER I, KARKAT VANTAS, HAVE CHOSEN TO SHARE WITH YOU AN EXTREMELY USEFUL COMMUNICATION UTILITY FROM MY REALITY, SUITABLY PARED DOWN AND SIMPLIFIED FOR EASE OF USE.
IT IS CALLED T MINUS.
IT IS A CHAT CLIENT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A CHAT CLIENT IS, IT IS A SYSTEM FOR LONG-DISTANCE TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OVER THE INTERNET. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTERNET IS YOU HAD BETTER COME TALK TO ME PERSONALLY BEFORE YOU OVERWHELM YOURSELF WITH THIS THING. BUT TRUST ME, IT IS PRETTY COOL.
IT SHOULD WORK INTERDIMENSIONALLY, WITHIN MILLIWAYS OR FROM YOUR WORLD TO MILLIWAYS. OR WITHIN YOUR WORLD, I GUESS. UNLESS IT MALFUNCTIONS. IF IT MALFUNCTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN GO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THE SERVER WITH A CROWBAR. A MAGICAL CROWBAR THAT FIXES COMPUTER GLITCHES.
RIGHT NOW IT ONLY RUNS ON DEVICES FROM MY WORLD. I AM SUBSIDIZING THESE IF YOU WANT TO GET ONE FROM THE BAR BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO GET A USERBASE STARTED ON THIS THING. IT IS ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO FEED IT, THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS LOADED ON THE FUCKING THINGS.
OR COME TALK TO ME. I AM THE GREY KID WITH THE HORNS, I AM PRETTY HARD TO MISS.
SINCERELY, KARKAT VANTAS [carcinoGeneticist IN THE PROGRAM]
Yeah that should do it.
The grey kid with the horns is over by the fireplace with his crabtop computer and a really massive black book, waiting to see if anyone even gives a fuck. Under his bravado he is really pretty nervous. He is of course signed in to Trollian.
Oh, not setting up a Milliways Trollian server, or configuring a pared-down version of the Trollian software. That part was relatively easy. The real mindfuck was composing a suitably multicultural announcement, which he posts on the bulletin board. He had to read it through and revise four times to get all the insults out.
ATTENTION BAR DENIZENS
OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF MY EMPTHY BLADDER I, KARKAT VANTAS, HAVE CHOSEN TO SHARE WITH YOU AN EXTREMELY USEFUL COMMUNICATION UTILITY FROM MY REALITY, SUITABLY PARED DOWN AND SIMPLIFIED FOR EASE OF USE.
IT IS CALLED T MINUS.
IT IS A CHAT CLIENT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A CHAT CLIENT IS, IT IS A SYSTEM FOR LONG-DISTANCE TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OVER THE INTERNET. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTERNET IS YOU HAD BETTER COME TALK TO ME PERSONALLY BEFORE YOU OVERWHELM YOURSELF WITH THIS THING. BUT TRUST ME, IT IS PRETTY COOL.
IT SHOULD WORK INTERDIMENSIONALLY, WITHIN MILLIWAYS OR FROM YOUR WORLD TO MILLIWAYS. OR WITHIN YOUR WORLD, I GUESS. UNLESS IT MALFUNCTIONS. IF IT MALFUNCTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN GO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THE SERVER WITH A CROWBAR. A MAGICAL CROWBAR THAT FIXES COMPUTER GLITCHES.
RIGHT NOW IT ONLY RUNS ON DEVICES FROM MY WORLD. I AM SUBSIDIZING THESE IF YOU WANT TO GET ONE FROM THE BAR BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO GET A USERBASE STARTED ON THIS THING. IT IS ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO FEED IT, THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS LOADED ON THE FUCKING THINGS.
OR COME TALK TO ME. I AM THE GREY KID WITH THE HORNS, I AM PRETTY HARD TO MISS.
SINCERELY, KARKAT VANTAS [carcinoGeneticist IN THE PROGRAM]
Yeah that should do it.
The grey kid with the horns is over by the fireplace with his crabtop computer and a really massive black book, waiting to see if anyone even gives a fuck. Under his bravado he is really pretty nervous. He is of course signed in to Trollian.