Room 504, Friday Evening

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After calling Evie about computers, Ino could be found sitting with crossed legs on her bed reading over a scroll she'd brought with her from home.

Well, attempting to read anyway, the theory stuff her dad wanted her to go over was so dull that she wasn't retaining anything.

Ino was mostly just killing time.


[Open! Mostly for Evie, but anyone else is more than welcome to show up!]

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"Ooooo!" Evie said, leaning forward to study Ino's-- belt? "There's a few other ninjas here at school. Doesn't that take rather a lot of training, just to get through school?" She gave Ino a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry none of your teammates are here at Fandom with you... and yes! It is like a scroll!" she said, delighted. "They even call this little bar here on the edge the scroll bar." She shifted it back and forth, so Ino could see how the page progressed. "And it's ... oh, connected, I suppose is the best word, to a thousand thousand libraries. I adore that aspect of computers."

[and I am crashing out! SP to tomorrow?]

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Ino wasn't very enthusiastic about the mention of other ninjas. She had yet to go and check out Kabuto's claims of the Yondaime being here, and wasn't sure she wanted an answer either way.

"Years of training." Ino said brightly, "I started when I was five." At the mention of her teammates her face twisted, "I'm not sorry," she told Evie, "since Dad sent me here to have some time away from them."

Yay! She'd gotten something right about computers! Ino was delighted. "... a thousand thousand libraries?" She hadn't even known there were that many in the world!

[SP is fine by me! 'Night!]

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie gave her a sympathetic look anyway, despite the protest, and said, "Well, it's very nice here. I'm sure you've already noticed that." She beamed at Ino, who clearly had her priorities straight. "Yes! At least that many! You can find out nearly anything on the Internet!" Evie's faith in computers was slightly exaggerated, but compared to 1917, it really was the best comparison. "What would you like to know about?"

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Since Ino had never seen a computer before there was no way for her to know that it was an exaggeration so she took Evie's statement at face value. "Um, something about flowers? My Mom runs a flowershop back home."

And her mom would never believe this.

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie typed in flowers roses and then clicked on a image link. Blue, red, lavender.... "All different kinds, see?"

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"Oh wow," Ino stared at the flowers for a bit then said, "And all you have to do is type in the words? That's it?"

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Yup! And then click on the 'links'! The blue words that are lit up," Evie explained. "Here, you try. Type in something else." She sighed. "Of course, there's other problems with using the Internet..." And blushed.

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Ino was more than willing to try. "What should I type in?" She asked, "Something simple to start with would be good, right?"

Noticing the blush Ino had to ask, "What problems? It's not just an giant library thing? Is there more to it than that?"

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Well, there are auctions and movies and various other things, and, um. Pornography," Evie nearly whispered. She coughed. "Ahem. So, there are some links you shouldn't click on, even if they look innocuous. Girls-with-gloves dot com would be a *particular* mistake."

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Ino blushed at the very thought. "And people look at that on the compter?! That's, that's..." Something Sakura's sensei might be interested in. "I won't go looking for it!"

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"It's there all the same," Evie said dolefully. "I recommend being *very* specific in what you're looking for. Oh! And if there are 'pop-ups'-- little screens that just open with ads, or messages-- you should contact a teacher or one of the students who is good with computers to fix your computer. They're not always obnoxious, but sometimes they're very inconvenient." She sighed, then smiled. "What else do you want to know?"

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"I'll be careful." Ino promised, "And specific." She thought for a moment. "Are they expensive?" Ino asked, drumming her fingers along the side of the desk, "Computers, I mean."

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Well, this one is actually loaned from the school. I believe they *are* terribly expensive, but they're very cordial about loaning them to you, as long as you do schoolwork on them," Evie said. "Perhaps Principal Washburne can arrange for you to have a loan, since Professor Sciuto left the school?"

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"I'll ask her, if I remember, sometime next week then." Ino said brightly, "That's the basics then? Or is there more that you think I should know before trying it on my own?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"I really think that's it. Mouse. Keyboard. Screen." Evie pointed. "Off button! Very important. And, um." She frowned. "No, I can't think of anything else." She gave Ino another happy smile. "But you can come by my room at any time, to borrow those books, if you're really interested. And to get cookies! Mum sends them from home."

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"Do I have to turn it off in a specific way? Or can I just hit the button and have it work?" Ino said smiling back, "I'll come around for sure! You know all about pyramids, and I have to bug you about those definitely."

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"You need to shut off whatever you're doing first. Click the little 'x' box up in the right hand corner. Then, umm, this down here-- see where it says 'log off'? Then it'll shut off by itself." Evie brightened. "Lovely! And you can tell me things about ninja school. I've always wanted to know more about ninjas. And pirates," she admitted.

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Well, that seemed pretty self-explanatory.

"I'll be happy to tell you what I can about ninja - some things aren't supposed to be talked about though - but I don't think I'll be much help with pirates. Do we have any in the school?" Ino grinned at Evie, "I think that's everything then! Thanks so much!"

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"We used to?" Evie said in a doubtful voice. Now that Barbossa and Pippi were gone, she wasn't sure there were any left. "But mostly I think they've moved on." She snapped the laptop shut, and said, "You're very welcome! I'm just glad I could help. And remember what I said about the cookies!"

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"Well, I suppose that pirates aren't the sort to stick around for very long." Ino said thoughtfully, "And there's no way I'm going to forget about the cookies!"