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[what is this??? A network post?? FROM EREN?? who is this kid. He's been here for months and this is his first time making his own post...

Look, he's not the most social boy.]

[the video feed seems to be... bobbing, slightly. As if the pokégear is floating]

Zappy, godsdamnit, hold it still...!

[an electronic voice with a bit of feedback follows -- because it's coming from the speaker on the Pokégear and being picked back up by the speaker]

Bzzzaaat! I'm tryin', dummy!! It's not easy!

[the boy grumbles, but this was probably as good as it was going to get] Ok, you can start recording.

ZzztZzztZzzzt!! I started recording 30 seconds ago! What do you think of that?

Zappy! [djlsakjdjd. Eren rubs his temples and then takes a breath, composing himself] Whatever.

Uh... Hi. My name is Eren. I don't... really use this thing very much. But I have a question that my friend Armin hasn't been able to answer.

[he digs in his bag and pulls out a badge that probably looks familiar to plenty of people]

I've had this thing for like... months, now. And when I got it, I was told it meant I could use a "hidden machine" called "Fly", which can in turn be used to ride Pokémon around in the air. Great. Now, I know it's called a "Hidden" machine, but how freakin' hidden is it?! We're almost all the way to Olivine City and we STILL haven't found it. It would be really useful to have.

....

So uh...

That's all I guess. Thanks.

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[pocket-Jeans are worthless. Jeans with pockets, on the other hand, are comfy and easy to wear.]

Yeah! It's cool, right? I've been messing with it a little. [he turns it on and flips through a few of the pictures. The very first is a picture of Eren and a young woman, surrounded by camera equipment and photographs on the walls. She must be the one who sold him the camera. The next few are black -- the lens cap was left on. Then there's some thumbs. Eren's surprised face. Finally, after ten or so shots, he seems to have figured it out. There's a picture of Hildegard with only a little bit of thumb in the way. Then his other pokémon... then a view of a town from a hill above it. He got better at taking pictures really fast] I did keep the manual, of course. If you wanna read it. But I got all the important bits... I can turn the camera off and on, I can turn the flash off and on, I can look at my pictures, I can zoom in and out... and the lady at the store said I could bring it in any time and have my photos printed out.

It's probably best to read the manual just in case.

[But, you know, that is Armin. He doesn't do much living on the edge. He'll also make sure Eren keeps that manual, even if he needs to put it with the rest of his books. Who knows. They might need it at some point.]

So, how does it work?

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