Roleplay: C.H.A.T.T.

A crisp, newly printed flyer hangs just a touch off center in the store window. Bright colors splash and play like a fountain spraying in all directions behind an abstracted scene of Humans, Charr, Sylvari, Norn and Asurans smiling into the soft glow of a little book-sized tablet each of them holds.

Below this colorful scene are words printed in a soft gold-toned leaf-like font:

'Would you like to C.H.A.T.T with me? The Chat Hyper Action Transport Transmitter will let you talk to friends, family, loved ones and even comrades in arms on the battlefront quickly, easily and efficiently.

Sold only at the finest retailers: C.H.A.T.T -- Be Heard.' 

 Link to the C.H.A.T.T. Thread

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Maranari had been wandering about Lion's Arch, she needed out of the Lab. Things had become rather hectic with Iron getting his new armor and she wanted to stay out of the way while they discussed things that was well over her head. It's not that she wasn't interested it was she simply didn't understand this new bond to a Charr that Abranka had found.

It was about noon as she was heading over to the beach to enjoy the sand between her toes and the sound of the water, one of her favorite places. She could hear other residents of Lion's Arch chatting happily and a few children running around throwing buckets of water at each other. This made her smile as it seemed to be simple pleasures that made her really happy. 

While heading east along the beach she nearly stepped on some flat black device a bit smaller than the height and width of a book, yet only a centimeter or two thick. She set her staff in the sand that she had been using as a walking stick bending over to pick it up and dust off the sand from it. Looking at it she turned it over not seeing any initials or name on it as it started to make pinging sounds which startled her. Turning it over she saw messages on the screen.

It seemed to be a conversation happening live, tags of names beside each message as she looked at the device she pressed the screen as a little window poped up saying "Type your message here!" she looked about once more hoping someone would come back for the device as she typed into the box.

???: "Hello? I found this device..." 

Maranari blinked looking at the device as it pinged and a reply to her message..

Etainne Deneuve: "My little C.H.A.T.T. is beeping, saying there are new connections! Welcome, whoever you are!"

???: "Thank you, the C.H.A.T.T.? Is this what this device is? It was laying here in the open has someone lost theirs?"

Etainne Deneuve: "Possibly. Either way, it's yours now."

???: "How many out there have these intriguing devices?"


Etainne Deneuve: "I'm not sure!"

Spokko: "By my current count, 66. Likely more that use it for personal use and are set to private, however."

With that Maranari went silent recognizing the last name of the person who replied. She looked about once more to make sure nobody had come back for the device as she tucked it away into her bag picking up her staff again continuing to walk along the beach in thought. She would sit down in a secluded place to change the settings on the device - something poked at her that someone might come looking for it, but whomever this Etainne Deneuve was on the C.H.A.T.T. was right, in a way - it was her's now... Right?

 Graphic I created for the C.H.A.T.T. device. Enjoy!