O Tech, Tech! Where Fore Art Thou Technology (Open)

[Kingston Carmichael]

King had finished most of his homework. His math was done and so was his science. It took some efforts to get through his history. There was quite a bit of reading a textbook. The only assignment left was his English reading. King looked at the book that was on his bed. “Romeo and Juliet”. He wasn’t found of any of the assignments from English. He really didn’t like Shakespeare. It didn’t make any sense to him.

The technopath grabbed his laptop and booted up the device. It was good to touch technology. It was much better than a book, although, there were plenty of people who would disagree with Kingston. King went to the Internet and logged in a chat box that he frequently used.

DarthStrawberry logged on
DarthStrawberry: Hi
DarthStrawberry: Anyone on?

[Nicholas Bennet]

Nicholas stretched himself out on his couch with a loud yawn, he turned his head looking through the living room of his apartment, his couch was angled in front of the tv and his laptop was on a small coffee table in between the two. He scratched his back before turning to his laptop and lazily moving his wireless mouse around on the kinda old couch, a soft grunt escaped his lips as he turned on his side to place his head on a pillow to support it ,as Nicholas looked at the laptop's screen.

He heard a soft notification sound, like that of a ringing bell, in his earbuds. Nich sleepily rubbed his eyes as he grabbed the laptop off the table and placed it on his lap before he read what appeared in the chatbox.

DarthStrawberry logged on

He'd been frequenting this chat for a while now, mostly while he was at work during periods when he wasn't helping customers or doing some checkups on the stocks. Not like Nich's manager cared much about it, that guy browsed Facebook while at work. The notification sound was heard again, twice. Each came quite quickly after each other to the point the jingling bells overlapped.

DarthStrawberry: Hi
DarthStrawberry: Anyone on?

Nicholas hadn't talked to this guy before, but hell... here he was bored out of his mind and this person was  that probably too. Guess he should meet up with this kindred spirit huh? He pulled the coffee table closer, closing the gap between it and the couch, and began typing.

AdmechMag0s: Yeah, yeah. I'm here, just half-asleep that's all. I got no fucking clue where everyone else is so you'll have to make do with me I guess.

He scratched the back of his head as he pressed enter, waiting a few seconds before typing again.

AdmechMag0s: So, how's it going?

[Kingston Carmichael]

While King waited for someone to answer, he checked his emails. He had gotten an email from his parents. The computer binged. King checked the chat box. Someone had answered.

DarthStrawberry: Yeah, it’s oddly quiet here today.

He read the next message.

DarthStrawberry: Got most of my hw done. Most likely going to use SparkNotes to do my last assignment.
DarthStrawberry: What about you? How are things on your end?

The user name AdmechMag0s didn’t seem familiar to Kingston. King had talked to many people in this chat box. There were a few people that he befriended. Since AdmechMag0s was the only person on so, Kingston was going to chat with that person.

[Nicholas Bennet]

DarthStrawberry: Yeah, it’s oddly quiet here today.

A soft chuckle escaped Nich's lips as he saw that he already had a reply, one that he didn't see since he already had slightly focused his thoughts on the next sentence he had typed up. He moved his cursor back to the chatbox as he started to read what "DarthStrawberry" had typed at him.

DarthStrawberry: Got most of my hw done. Most likely going to use SparkNotes to do my last assignment.
DarthStrawberry: What about you? How are things on your end?

Nicholas quickly read the replies and looked at the last thing... SparkNotes huh, he shrugged and stretched himself out with a loud grunt before typing his reply. He began to think about how his day went as he typed up the first bit.

AdmechMag0s: Aah, writing a book report are we? What are they making you read? Catcher in the Rye? Of Mice and Men? Some Sherlock Holmes book? I can... probably help, might be from across the pond, but I'm pretty sure you guys are forced to read the same books as us. And on how everything is going on my end? Heh, let's just say that what I'm doing now was the same thing as I did at work, had a slow day, not many customers and mostly did some stocks while shitposting on the internet while checking rumors of BoLS.

He chuckled as he pressed enter and pushed the table away for a second, taking out his earbuds as got up and walked towards the kitchen. Yep, today was a quiet day but those are usually the greatest, he opened up his fridge and took out a small can of some cheap energy drink.
He sighed as he stretched again, eh he was kinda tired perhaps... but this would keep him going for a while. He cracked open the can ,which let out a satisfying soft psst sound as it was opened, before taking a quick sip and walking back. Perhaps the guy had already replied, who knows?

[Kingston Carmichael]

King opened another window. He set the two windows next to each other so; he didn’t have keep-switching tabs. King read the message AdmechMag0s sent.

DarthStrawberry: Romeo and Juliet act 1 scenes 4-5. It’s so painful to read. I’m one who prefers technology over books any time.
DarthStrawberry: sounds like you had a productive day

He clicked back to his email to read what his parents sent him. It was the typical email from his parents. King clicked the reply button. King filled in his parents with what was happening at school and how he was doing.

[Nicholas Bennet]

Nicholas took another sip and pointed at the table, yawning softly as he pushed it to the side with his telekinesis. He knew it was going to give him a light headache, but honestly he didn't really care about that. After a while you just accept that stuff like that is going to happen, taking another sip from his can Nich sat down and pulled the table back to him with his telekinesis. His head began to softly thump, he felt the headache already pop up even though these were minor uses of his abilities, still they wouldn't be bad. Just wait 10 seconds and they'd be over.

DarthStrawberry: Romeo and Juliet act 1 scenes 4-5. It’s so painful to read. I’m one who prefers technology over books any time.
DarthStrawberry: sounds like you had a productive day


He placed the can beside his laptop as he stared at the chatbox, a soft chuckle escaped from his lips as he stretched himself out with a loud grunt before, taking another sip of his energy drink he popped in his earbuds, he switched tabs for a second to start some music on YouTube and started to type his reply.

AdmechMag0s: Ah damn man, they're making you read fucking Romeo and Juliet? They didn't make us read that and the guy came from England.
AdmechMag0s: See it like this, just use some site that gives you a great summary and copy everything from there, re-write it a little in your style but keep the important bits. Teachers won't be able to find it then because you changed too much. Also, there are good books out there... just, nothing School will make you read.

Nicholas pressed enter, grabbed the can of energy drink and chugged it until it was empty. Placing it back down with a satisfied sigh.
There were actively good books, oh yeah, Shakespeare might be one of the writers he'd enjoy if he could just get into it. But that was like bashing your face against a wall until you break through it, no prize could be worth the time and energy put into something like that. With a soft chuckle as he scratched his chin, he began to type back.

AdmechMag0s: Try finding books about things that you find interesting, then, and only then, you'll enjoy reading.

[Kingston Carmichael]

The laptop binged when AdmechMag0s wrote something. Kingston finished his email to his parents. He sent the email and then checked what AdmechMag0s had said. Kingston made a face at what was said.

DarthStrawberry: Unfortunately
DarthStrawberry: That’s what I already do. Sometimes it works really well and I get a good grade. Or not so much and I don’t get a good grade.

Kingston knew he couldn’t copy someone else’s work and try to pass for his. English class was always the subject he struggled with. His teacher knew that King struggles. Sometimes King’s assignments are a little different from the rest of the class.

DarthStrawberry: No
DarthStrawberry: Technology wins ever time.

[Nicholas Bennet]

DarthStrawberry: No
DarthStrawberry: Technology wins ever time.

Nicholas read the replies with a slight hint of annoyance, egh. Another one of -those- people. The kind that thinks that some things are just better because there's an electric current running through it, he was that kind of person sometimes too. So this is probably a bit hypocritical, especially from someone named "AdmechMag0s", but fuuuck that, he chuckled as he typed up his reply.

AdmechMag0s: Honestly I know several things that have become worse by adding technology.
AdmechMag0s: Books, one of them. Those Tablets on which you download books can run out of energy, normal books don't.
AdmechMag0s: "Smart-Watches", in all honesty those things are pretty dumb. But oh look! A watch that you gotta recharge so you can tell the time! 
AdmechMag0s:  Honestly, I can go on with this for quite a while, but in general my point will come down to battery-life. Haven't you seen Dawn of the Planet of the Apes? There's a scene in that movie that proves my point a bit on that front, everyone is storing pictures and stuff (Even me) on electronic devices and shit like that, but what when there's a power outage? What when those devices break and all y are lost? What then?
AdmechMag0s: Hell, even I do the same things most of the time, eschewing things just because Technology makes the job a bazillion times easier so I'm kiiindaa a hypocrite now.
AdMechMag0s: Besides, I just picked out the worst examples of dumb tech too.

Nicholas typed these in rapid fashion, his fingers dashing across the keyboard of his laptop like a hacker in a movie, as he mentioned multiple times already he was kind of a hypocrite, usually just using Tech all the time and now bashing someone for doing the same thing, oh well... no one is perfect.

[Kingston Carmichael]

King read the messages as they binged after one another. Ah, King found someone who wasn’t a huge fan of technology. It was kind of hard to explain to someone why King was so pro to technology without saying he was a technopath. And the same goes for identifying emotions. The whole meta-human thing kind of had to remain hush hush. King could see the points AdmechMag0s was making. Technology most certainly had its flaws.

DarthStrawberry: I see what you are saying.
DarthStrawberry: I’m still in favor for technology

[Nicholas Bennet]

After typing all that, Nicholas stretched out again, hearing the music in his earbuds switch over to the next track as he took a large sip from his energy drink. He shook the can side to side quickly, trying to determine how much still was left in the can. Soft sounds of liquid splashing against the insides was heard, he shrugged and took another sip. Guessing there was just half of the drink left. Hm, alright. A soft bing was heard over his music as he looked back at the chat. 

DarthStrawberry: I see what you are saying.
DarthStrawberry: I’m still in favor for technology

Nicholas shrugged, eh some people just like technology more then others. He couldn't do much about, he grabbed the can and slammed back the entire can. Putting it down he dented it slightly before he slammed his hand on it, crushing the can flat as he began to type his reply.

AdmechMag0s: If you think that, sure. What I typed was kinda hypocritical anyway hah. I tend to use quite a lot of tech during my daily life, so me complaining about relying too much on tech was kinda dumb anyway.
AdmechMag0s: Anyway, you got any points to make? Or should we start looking for other talking points to try to liven up this place?

[Kingston Carmichael]

Yes, King was a technopath. That was pretty good point on why King liked technology. If Kingston only learned on thing from Hammel, it was not to go around saying he was meta-human. Bad things would come.

DarthStrawberry: Liven the place up

It would be nice to talk someone else. Not that he had any problems talking to AdmechMag0s. Having at least one other person it would be nice. It was really quiet in the chatbox today.

DarthStrawberry: Anyone silently stalking the c-box?