Entertainment Box
Feb. 2nd, 2023 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hyperradianceNeth came back from hir laboratory's warehouse, carrying an indigo cube and a weird-looking control device.
"What exactly... is this?" Manu asked hir.
Neth put down the cube and started plugging in cables from the screen to the box, in the meantime trying to think of an answer.
"This is an entertainment box. It has been discovered in a human's house." hi replies, while continuing to set up the station.
The cube suffered some damage from not being used in centuries. It needed to stay in a warmer place and had to get some digital bathing.
"You see, I've been conducting research about human entertainment for a long time. My studies have concluded that one of the major factors in human entertainment were the plastic boxes."
Manu keeps listening to the theory whipped up by Neth as if the oldest truths of the universe were revealed in front of hir.
"Entertainment boxes came in various shapes and sizes over the human decades. In human literature, they're also called the "video game consoles". The metal bits and bytes inside it were the most important parts, as without them it would not work." Neth says, as hi manages to turn on the cube.
The screen shows a cube placing squares in the shape of a human letter G. It soon transitions into the settings screen.
"Here is the best part. Entertainment boxes would almost never work on their own... at least the older ones. You needed a disc or a rectangular data container, known in human literature as a "cartridge". The box I have uses discs... I think I have some in my warehouse."
Neth went to look for a disc. In the meantime, Manu grabbed the control pad trying to figure out what is this silly little thing. It was in the same color as the box itself.
After some time Manu realized that when the menu screen is on, hi could hear the ambience coming out of the screen speakers.
The ambience is somewhat sounding like space. It rang a familiar tone to Manu.
Neth came back with a plastic case containing a disc. After putting it in, the screen has changed to a rather unrealistic view of a sea with a cliff hosting a small hut on it. The music has changed to something only a human would be able to listen to.
"See? This is human entertainment. This media in particular was widely praised by humans all across the world.", hi said
"So you're saying the humans praised the sea despite their culture differences?", Manu replied.
"There's a lot more that unified humans rather than divided them.", Neth said.
"What exactly... is this?" Manu asked hir.
Neth put down the cube and started plugging in cables from the screen to the box, in the meantime trying to think of an answer.
"This is an entertainment box. It has been discovered in a human's house." hi replies, while continuing to set up the station.
The cube suffered some damage from not being used in centuries. It needed to stay in a warmer place and had to get some digital bathing.
"You see, I've been conducting research about human entertainment for a long time. My studies have concluded that one of the major factors in human entertainment were the plastic boxes."
Manu keeps listening to the theory whipped up by Neth as if the oldest truths of the universe were revealed in front of hir.
"Entertainment boxes came in various shapes and sizes over the human decades. In human literature, they're also called the "video game consoles". The metal bits and bytes inside it were the most important parts, as without them it would not work." Neth says, as hi manages to turn on the cube.
The screen shows a cube placing squares in the shape of a human letter G. It soon transitions into the settings screen.
"Here is the best part. Entertainment boxes would almost never work on their own... at least the older ones. You needed a disc or a rectangular data container, known in human literature as a "cartridge". The box I have uses discs... I think I have some in my warehouse."
Neth went to look for a disc. In the meantime, Manu grabbed the control pad trying to figure out what is this silly little thing. It was in the same color as the box itself.
After some time Manu realized that when the menu screen is on, hi could hear the ambience coming out of the screen speakers.
The ambience is somewhat sounding like space. It rang a familiar tone to Manu.
Neth came back with a plastic case containing a disc. After putting it in, the screen has changed to a rather unrealistic view of a sea with a cliff hosting a small hut on it. The music has changed to something only a human would be able to listen to.
"See? This is human entertainment. This media in particular was widely praised by humans all across the world.", hi said
"So you're saying the humans praised the sea despite their culture differences?", Manu replied.
"There's a lot more that unified humans rather than divided them.", Neth said.
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