[IC] [Old Radio/Waiting in Earth Crossover]

[futureforbirds]

**Their travels bring them back to the cliff overlooking the ruined coastal city. Though it was the first visit for one of their party members - Miku, whom they'd met back at Kaito's home city. Since she acted so young and carefree, Kaito had tried to make their trip over as fun and happy as possible. But now that they were here, with the ghost town in sight, Kaito's smile sobered. This wasn't just a long camping trip. They had to get serious.

He shoved his hands in his pocket as he stared down on it. They'd probably want to pick up the supplies they weren't able to take last time. And more importantly, he really hoped that the boats in the harbor were seaworthy. The knowledge that their radio was in English was an excellent lead, but it meant that they had to get off of this island.**

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[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

Okay! Let's pick a good one, everybody!

[It was a good distraction from the gloomy city anyway.]

[abovethewall]

Okay.

**so they all set off toward the boats. While they're searching, Kaito realizes that oh shit he has no idea how to sail. Mekaito promptly forbids him from looking up sailing books in the library. They eventually find a pretty good-looking boat with an on-board computer, and attempt to become one with it.**

[deteriorated]

[To be honest, he was really, really skeptical about this idea.]

Do you really think it will work?

[futureforbirds]

Well. You hook up to other computers, why not a boat one?

[synthesice.livejournal.com]

[Because it's a boat.]

.....

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

[She smiles at KAITO.]

You never know until you try, brother!

[futureforbirds]

If this works out it'll be really convenient...

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

Really convenient!

[synthesice.livejournal.com]

[Thanks, Miku. He looks over to the computer. Well, better him than anyone else, at least. Hopefully it won't blow up on him. Or be chock full of viruses. Or have some sort of autorun uninstaller. Or some sort of malware that messes with his programming.

...yeah, he'd better get this over with before he loses what little nerve he has left.

It's surprisingly easy to connect to the system, but a little harder to navigate through it. It's somewhat unfamiliar and foreign with different names for certain functions and everything. He's... not quite sure about what he's looking for, so he just searches for something familiar.]

Oh. [He found something! Hopefully, this will...

Suddenly, the engine turns on as other screens on the boat light up. He has successfully found the 'on' switch.]

[abovethewall]

**looks around and seems satisfied as the boat comes to life.**

You did it.

[synthesice.livejournal.com]

[I'm sorry, the Vocaloid you've dialed cannot be reached at this time. Please try again later.]

[futureforbirds]

**Kaito was also excited when everything started up, and looked around with a "heh, told you so" kind of face. After a moment though, he noticed that KAITO was kind of spacing out, so he leaned over slightly to whisper to Miku.**

Uh - is he okay?

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

I don't know. [She actually looks kind of worried.]

Um. Brother? Is everything okay?

[synthesice.livejournal.com]

[His expression doesn't change, but he glances back at Miku when she addresses him.

He blinks once.

Then nods.]

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

Uh... I guess he's really busy with the system. It's probably keeping his other functions from working.

[Like, you know, facial expressions and the vocal stuff.]

[futureforbirds]

Oh... r-right.

I guess it is a lot of focusing. Sorry KAITO!

[synthesice.livejournal.com]

[brb not really replying, but he heard.]

[futureforbirds]

**...he's rubbing the back of his head now.**

At least it seems to be working.

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does.

What should we do now?

[futureforbirds]

... Well, I wanted to see how much stuff we could fit on board... I guess we could try to figure that out.

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[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

Okay! Let's go!

[leftsleeping.livejournal.com]

[Uh, but, the rumbling of the boat kinda reminds her...]

Should we leave the boat on?

[futureforbirds]

I... don't think we need to yet, no. Although KAITO, are you all connected? Do you think you could move the boat like that?

We shouldn't stop him if he's only halfway set up...

[synthesice.livejournal.com]

[His eyes glance around the monitors as some of the screens start displaying different things. These function names... he's still not sure about what they all do. Things like 'NAV' were self-explanatory, but everything else was Greek to him.

He shook his head and turned off the engines. The monitors were still flickering, one of them showing the fuel capacity, while he explored the other functions. He didn't seem to be stopping any time soon.]

[futureforbirds]

All right, he's still busy. We should let him get used to that while we check the rest of the boat.