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[webdesigned]

[ username: beaker ]

( it's taken him awhile to build up the courage for this one. he wants to make this idea happen, yet a part of him wonders if he's the right guy for the job. without Clark he'd floundered a little, yet the need for a stable medium for sharing information remains, so here he is.

he waffled over voice, video, and text. in the end, he goes for text, because it makes him seem less nervous. maybe. though anyone that's texted him before might notice the difference — all the capital letters and punctuation, for example. lazy texting doesn't work when you're trying to convince people you want to put together a newspaper. )

Hey. Hello. I'm Peter, and I was thinking...

So back home, I worked at a newspaper. Not The New York Times or anything, but a paper, and it feels like we could use something like that here. Stories about what is going on in Olympia, or Thesa, or anywhere that people might need to know about. Classifieds, updates, tips for finding work and accommodations, sharing... anything and everything, really, because we're all starting over, here, and we've got to help each other.

I've got lots of ideas. Maybe you've got some, too. Either way, I can't do this by myself. If you have experience in journalism, or just writing, and you want to help out, then let me know.

I can't pay you. Gotta be upfront about that. But maybe that'll change? I dunno. Money or not, it'd help a lot of people. If that's worth it to you, then let me know if you're interested, and what you'd like to do. Questions, too, I guess, though I can't answer everything yet. It's kind of all up in the air until I know who I'm working with.

Yeah. That's it. Thanks for your time.

( ...okay, not a #nailedit, but... it could have been worse??? )

Comments

[punshots]

hey, that's long enough to learn your stuff!
it's not so much about the years anyway
it's about photographing what your heart tells you to, man!
and my heart tells me to photograph everything.
what do you usually snap pics of?

[webdesigned]

yeah, good point. i mean i know how to point it at stuff and hit a button so, things are going pretty well

hmm... back home, buildings. the skyline.
people too, like, in the middle of their lives, like trying to capture a moment of just living, if that makes sense

what about you?

[punshots]

oh man, i totally feel you!
i'm mostly about the people, but man
there were some amazing landscapes back on Eos, too
i guess what it boils down to is just what you said, capturing a moment of life
i dig it, bro

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hey its no fun to always work on the same subject, right? i like to mix it up
& im not above pretentious food instas either, or i wasnt before all this... you know

you have much of your work here? if you like showing off what you can do, id like to see it

[punshots]

oh, actually i do!
a whole bunch of my photos showed up on me when i woke up on Thesa
how lucky am i, right?
i'd be happy to show you.
bet you could give me some sweet pointers on my technique, too!

[webdesigned]

yeah, thats pretty lucky... i dont have many of mine, actually, beyond the ones on my phone

and i doubt it, we are probably even, man, but either way thats the way to get better, right? comparing work? or something?

[punshots]

oh man, i'm sorry dude!
maybe you can ask the Natha to try and recover them for you?
they seem to like to give us random stuff

but yeah, exactly! everyone photographs a little bit different so
we could totally talk shop and swap tips and all that jazz

[webdesigned]

maybe. i cant decide if it would help or hurt to have pictures from home.

lets do it then, dude. (￣^￣)ゞ

[punshots]

yeah, it's pretty bittersweet, i can tell you that

sounds like a plan, Sam!
i mean
i know your name isn't Sam
Peter, right?
mine's Prompto, by the way

[webdesigned]

yeah, i can imagine

haha, Peter, yeah! thats right
nice to meet you, Prompto
we will be p²

( I'm sorry that he's enough of a nerd to make this joke, Prompto )

[punshots]

[ Oh no, he lost him with MATH HUMOR... ]

lol yeah, totally!
i super know math so i'm laughing irl right now
i mean, math, am i right?
anyway, it's nice to meet you too!
let me know when you've got a few shakes and we can meet up to talk shop

im crying... prompto.....

[webdesigned]

( even peter can sense a bit of dissonance in that answer, but it is easily forgiven.

THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T MAKE MATH JOKES, PARKER. )

in the next couple of days, maybe? are you good with afternoons?

he tries....

[punshots]

[ To be fair, most people would probably get that joke just fine, but Prompto...is a special case. ]

you bet!!!
i usually work the morning shift so afternoons are a-okay!
maybe wednesday? if that works for you?

[webdesigned]

yeah afternoons are cool with me.
i can just head in to the institute in the morning

wednesday works (*＾-‘) 乃

[punshots]

hey, sounds great!
i'm looking forward to it, my picto pal!

[webdesigned]

me too
cya then, buddy 👉👉