Platinum-Gilded Misadventures [Discontinued/To be rebooted]

Introduction to Human Telephony

"Alright Vrel. I'm sure you know that your people's technology can't talk to human technology."

She snorted
"Obviously."

"Yeah well. I don't have enough cash to get you a brand new phone and I'm not about to leave you with a cheap piece of crap phone with buttons that could die on you at any given moment."

Blip. Blip. Blip.

"What are you doing ?."

"What I'm supposed to do."
Blip.

"I started the formatting process. I've got everything I need or want in my phone."

Vrel looked at the phone Carson was holding. It had a sleek design and while it didn't look half-bad appearance-wise the design was kind of ruined by the numerous scratches the phone's body was riddled with

"I started the formatting process. I've got everything I need or want in my phone."

Vrel looked at the phone Carson was holding. It had a sleek design and while it didn't look half-bad appearance-wise the design was kind of ruined by the numerous scratches the phone's body was riddled with

After looking at the phone's screen for a minute straight he looked up and back at Vrel. Startling her

"Ah ! Uuh hehe...was I ogling ?. I do that a lot when I focus."

"Vrel. Im not going to square off with you just because you looked at me for more than a second. I know you almost got mugged but that was at the wrong part of the city and I assure you that none of this ghetto shit will pass at the suburbs."

"Soooooo what else is there to know about the so called human telephony. Explain it to me like I'm a human infant."

"Oh right. I've set up the user profile on my old phone that is now yours"
He showed her a SIM card
"Now this is a SIM card. Think of it as an identification number. With this nifty thing you will be able to call me"

The curious vortian blinked twice
"Is that all there is to it ?"

"Nah uh. Not even close. You see Vrel. You must activate a package with the few dollars you have inside the SIM card from the get-go. That's the cue for our favourite corporate communication overlords at NC&C.
The only reason I bought you an NC&C card is because you'll get charged if you call outside their network. Before you ask me no, I did not have a choice in what network I could use. The company that made my current phone's model got into an exclusivity deal with those bloodsucking lizards"

He showed her the backside of his phone. It had the NC&C logo emblazoned on it
"I literally cannot use another carrier so I'm stuck with this one."

She grimaced
"Such hideous practices."

"Oh yeah. You haven't heard the rest of it."

He opened the envelope with the NC&C logo and showed her a card
"This one has three four-digit codes, get each one of them wrong three times and you'll be locked out of the card permanently."

He went to hand her the phone but stopped

"Huh ?."

"One last thing. If you somehow max out your messages or call time then don't bother using one of those two until I get you a code to recharge your money and buy another package. They'll bleed me dry out of my ass just for one message over the limit."

"Is that all I need to know ?."

"Yep."

He handed her the battered phone
"Enjoy the first-world privilege of somewhat reliable communication. It'll come in handy sometime in the future and you better believe that."