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[gavotte.livejournal.com]

Oh, is this thing on? I was given to understand that if I wrote something in here, other people would be able to see it. Is that true?

I must say, I've never written journals on a computer before. I'm sure there's some degree of efficiency to this method, although surely in the long run people will neglect pen and paper in favor of this method. Too much of a good thing, as they say. At the very least this... ah, whatever, may be useful in the future, so it will have to do.

I'd like to add that I've found myself in a rather strange environment. It is both similar to and unlike the human world all at once. There is life here, and yet it seems remarkably scarce. Moreover I'm certain I've never been anywhere quite like this before, and you'll have to take my word for it when I say that in itself is a remarkable feat. You wouldn't happen to know where I am, would you? Or... well, whoever "you" may be. I don't suppose this is directed to anyone in particular, really.

... might this be what they call an "internet," I wonder?

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[reversebladed.livejournal.com]

These computers do take some getting used to! I have been told that they can be much faster than writing by hand, but typing still seems very slow to me.

[gavotte.livejournal.com]

I should say they do. Why, I had no idea so many people could read this! What will they think of next?

[reversebladed.livejournal.com]

Compared to where I came from, they seem to have already thought of quite a bit! The technology is remarkable...and a bit much to take in.

[gavotte.livejournal.com]

Oh? Where do you come from, if I may ask?

[reversebladed.livejournal.com]

Tokyo, Japan in the eleventh year of Meiji. It had little in common with this place, I must say.

[gavotte.livejournal.com]

Oh, my dear! Are you really from the past? How fascinating! Why, I can hardly imagine hearing a first-hand account of history from another. Tell me, what was it like?

[reversebladed.livejournal.com]

It was a welcome relief from the chaos of the Bakumatsu, but I suppose it was still a bit chaotic in its own way, since there was quite a bit of change going on.