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[mindseer]

[So, it was a couple days after they'd gotten a network and she'd managed to finally track down the account of the guy that she'd fought alongside on horseback. he'd been intriguing, not to mention he had a whole lot of pent up rage that screamed that it wanted out, which she honestly liked quite a bit, so she threw him a text when she found him.

There was only one problem. could Ivar read l33t sp34k?]

H3Y Y0U!
H3Y 1 F0UND Y0U!

(OOC: For the sake of your eyes, let me know if you want the l33t garble to continue. If not, just assume that's how she texts. Girl's stubborn about it. At least it isn't teal ... yet.)

[ragnarsson]

[OOC: The l33t speak can continue if only because I just discovered in an article today Vikings legitimately did the same thing replacing letters with numbers. No, really. Medieval leet speak!]

[It takes Ivar a moment to decipher the message. He's one of the few literate Norsemen at home and they're not a culture much for writing things down. But surprisingly, they do have the habit of replacing runic letters with runic numbers since the former could sometimes represented the latter. So once he realizes that is what is going on, he's nonplussed about the whole thing.]

You can read and write?

[This isn't common for Ivar to find.]

[mindseer]

(OOC: That... is amazing. I learn something every day. Thank you for making today's something actually interesting. ^_^)

[Huh? That was not what she expected to see coming from anyone in this place. Of course she could... oh wait, some of these people were from the technologically degenerate boonyland times weren't they? That actually explained a little come to think of it.]

Y34H, 0F C0URS3!
1S TH1S R34LLY 4LL TH4T STR4NG3 WH3R3 Y0U C0M3 FR0M?

[ragnarsson]

It's not very common. I'm the only one of my brothers who knows how. We don't write much. Everything is told by word-of-mouth or stories.

[Hence why Vikings got a bad rep later on in history, since their enemies were the ones writing things down about them.]

[mindseer]

TH4T S3R10USLY SUCKS!
W3LL T4LK1NG 4ND T3LL1NG ST0R13S D03SNT
BUT 3V3RY0N3 1 KN0W 4T H0M3 R34DS

[ragnarsson]

There just isn't much call for it. We're more likely to use paper to help burn down a castle then to write anything down.

[Vikings are basically an entire culture of dumb jocks.]

[mindseer]

4HH
S0 Y0U GUYS 4R3 4 L1TTL3 L0W T3CH TH3N?
1 C4N D1G 1T
W3R3 4 ST4R F4R1NG P30PL3 S0 K1ND4 H4V3 T0 B3 4BL3 T0 R34D

[ragnarsson]

Try no tech. I'm from 819, so it's a lot different from this place or anything like it.

[mindseer]

TH3R3S 4LW4YS S0M3 T3CH
3V3N TH3 WH33L C0UNTS 4ND 1M GU3SS1NG Y0U H4V3 4T L34ST TH4T
ST1LL 1 TH1NK 1 G3T 1T
G0TT4 B3 4 L1TTL3 C0NFUS1NG

[ragnarsson]

[Ivar starts to imitate her strange way of typing. It's not something he's unused to, given how runes and numbers can be used in place of one another. Guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all.]

1 suppose you're right. We aren't complete barbarians no matter what the 3nglish think. Or what that one idiot around here who seems to think we live in caves.

[mindseer]

[She never minded a little imitation as long as folks didn't try to do the whole shebang. Couldn't have people swiping her style after all!]

WHY W0ULD Y0U L1V3 1N C4V3S?
TH4TS JUST W31RD
34SY T0 H4V3 P3RF3CTLY G00D H1V3S H3R3

[ragnarsson]

1 don't know. He's strange and ignorant and seems obsessed with apple juice. N0 idea why.

Hives? Like bees?

[Did he read that right?]

[mindseer]

4PPL3 JU1C3 Y0U S4Y?
1 M1GHT KN0W TH4T GUY
H3S M3SS1NG W1TH Y0U 1F 1TS H1M
L0V3S T0 G3T H1S CH34P D1GS 1N

[ragnarsson]

1 think he might be cracked in the brain or something. He's really weird.

[That's how you know you're weird, when Ivar of all people is calling you a weirdo.]

[mindseer]

1 4M G01NG T0 B3 UNCH4R3CT3R1ST1C4LLY H3LPFUL H3R3
S1NC3 1 L1K3 T34S1NG 4 L0T N0RM4LLY
H3 PR0B4BLY 1S US1NG L0TS 0F CULTUR4L R3F3R3NC3S TH4T W0NT M4K3 MUCH S3NS3
H3S V3RY MUCH 4 PR0DUCT 0F H1S M0D3RN CULTURE L1K3 W3 4R3
L0TS 0F 1N J0K3S

[ragnarsson]

That explains so much about him. Here 1 was thinking that he was just some sort of idiot as he went on babbling about bees, movies, dicks, and people living in caves.

[mindseer]

N4H H3S N0T 4N 1D10T M0ST D4YS
BUT H3S R34LLY B1G 0N H1S 1D34S 0F WH4TS FUNNY
H4H4H4 0UR T1M3S G0NN4 F33L 4LL K1NDS 0F W31RD T0 F0LKS FR0M 0TH3R T1M3S

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[353]

[ The first thing Ivar should notice is how much it suddenly looks like Mike had a growth spurt. ]

Hey, Ivar. Somehow I went home while I was asleep here - super confusing - but I'm back and want to get back into training again. Sorry if it seemed like I bailed on our lessons. I didn't on purpose. I was literally in some kind of coma or something.

[ragnarsson]

[Ivar would like to think that's one of the weirder things he's heard in this place, but hey, Asgard is really frigging weird, so that'd be a lie. He takes a moment to digest all that before answering Mike.]

Huh. Looks like you finally grew taller.

[Yep, gotta get that jibe in before anything serious.]

[353]

[ Rise above it, Michael... ]

Told you. [ Not that lankiness is anything to boast about. ] It's weird being back here. I feel like I never left but I must have... I dunno, I just wanna get back to training. I haven't forgotten what you told me. [ He thinks... We'll see. ]

[ragnarsson]

Most definitely. 1'm sure people would start getting confused if 1 started in with spouting off all the things that only make sense in my time and place.

[ragnarsson]

[Alright, now that's been said, he can get down to business.]

You better not have. I don't want all my expertise to have gone to waste in that blank, fuzzy space between your ears. [He sounds rather pleased Mike wants to continue in any case. Ivar's never really had the opportunity to train anyone for a length of time, but he's finding out he rather likes it.]

[mindseer]

3X4CTLY!
1 H4V3 4 F33L1NG 4 L0T 0F F0LKS D0NT G3T TH4T
WH1CH 1S H1L4R10US W1TH TR0LL STUFF S1NC3 TH3 D1FF3R3NC3S 4R3 GR34T

[353]

[ Sarcastically: ] Gee, thanks...

You didn't murder your roommates while I was away, did you?

text; (day ninety, afternoon)

[channellings]

[why the hell is he even messaging ivar?

most of their conversations haven't ended the best or have been so tentative, klaus is left wondering if he should respect the viking or deck him. in his defense, he's not quite stupid enough to try the latter move since his self-preservation's high enough to know better; it doesn't mean he understands why he feels the need to do this.]

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