Your Fav Haunted Printer

Haunted By The Narrative

[crowscriven]

Found what I assume to be a very fine and normal printer in a free pile this morning. Just needs a little work. What could go wrong?

[hometown-printer]

((Ooc:

((This blog is currently unable to comment without such being deleted and labled "unavailable" and reblogs from yours truly are invisible

((I ask the @staff to look into this matter

((If this blog is terminated after only 4 hours of being active for no reason, no violations and what seems like not nearly enough time to be faulsely reported by a human(whether by a misvlick or in bad faith), then I will be incredibly disappointed

[intern-ko]

https://www.tumblr.com/intern-ko/822887504231514112/not-really-no-its-giving?source=share

Guess not *shrugs shoulders metaphysically*

“…Unfortunate.”

[hometown-printer]

*a clunky old printer appears on the closest object in Ko's peripheral vision, before abruptly buzzing to life*

*before Ko can react, a piece of paper is ejected, fluttering dramatically to the floor just a pace in front of her*

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢?

[intern-ko]

“Fine, fine.”

*Ko hums. It would be funny, wouldn’t it? If…* “…Aunt Lana?” *If it were today of all days.*

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and another sheet of paper ejected, hot off the press*

𝙽𝚘. 𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘.

*it begins printing oncemore. another paper. It takes a bit longer, perhaps a longer message? It finally flutters down to Ko's feet, a three blocks of text meet her on the page*

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. Usually to be cut down, 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎. But y𝚎𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 staring 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛

*the printer has quieted. No more papers yet*

[intern-ko]

“…Oh.” *Ko pauses, looking over the papers.*

“Hi, Nugget. Nice poetry. Mom’s back, then?”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer jumps to life again. Another paper is shot out to the floor*

𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 just yet, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎

[intern-ko]

“…Huh. So that’s… what happened. Does that mean they’re text-able again, or… will I just get the error message?”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and spat one more paper out*

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝, or anywhere near them. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚋 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 they weren't going to be gone forever

[intern-ko]

“I… already knew they wouldn’t be. You told me that they would be back, remember?”

*Ko’s quiet.*

“If… they’re able to leave wherever they are, for even a short moment, I’m holding an event today. I think they’d like it. We’re lighting lanterns.”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer paused, quiet a moment*

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝.

*another paper*

"((𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖))" 𝙸𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍.

𝙸𝚏 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 to 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛s. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚜, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

*the printer wirred*

𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍.

𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚙 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚔, 𝚜𝚘. 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊-

*the printer gave another wirring sound, then a ka-thunk, and quiet.. huh. Probably not good*

[intern-ko]

“No, not in dms. When I went to explore the missing door, I think.”

“…ah, right. I just… think they were close. I can’t quite remember.”

“…”

“Goodbye, Nugget.”

[hometown-printer]

*there was one more slip that came from..the ceiling of all places*

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕

*reading the paper triggered an exact recollection of events(ie. Nugget included the link to the comment thread within the text*

[intern-ko]

https://www.tumblr.com/intern-ko/822887504231514112/not-really-no-its-giving?source=share

Guess not *shrugs shoulders metaphysically*

“…Unfortunate.”

[hometown-printer]

*a clunky old printer appears on the closest object in Ko's peripheral vision, before abruptly buzzing to life*

*before Ko can react, a piece of paper is ejected, fluttering dramatically to the floor just a pace in front of her*

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢?

[intern-ko]

“Fine, fine.”

*Ko hums. It would be funny, wouldn’t it? If…* “…Aunt Lana?” *If it were today of all days.*

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and another sheet of paper ejected, hot off the press*

𝙽𝚘. 𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘.

*it begins printing oncemore. another paper. It takes a bit longer, perhaps a longer message? It finally flutters down to Ko's feet, a three blocks of text meet her on the page*

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. Usually to be cut down, 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎. But y𝚎𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 staring 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛

*the printer has quieted. No more papers yet*

[intern-ko]

“…Oh.” *Ko pauses, looking over the papers.*

“Hi, Nugget. Nice poetry. Mom’s back, then?”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer jumps to life again. Another paper is shot out to the floor*

𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 just yet, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎

[intern-ko]

“…Huh. So that’s… what happened. Does that mean they’re text-able again, or… will I just get the error message?”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and spat one more paper out*

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝, or anywhere near them. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚋 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 they weren't going to be gone forever

[intern-ko]

“I… already knew they wouldn’t be. You told me that they would be back, remember?”

*Ko’s quiet.*

“If… they’re able to leave wherever they are, for even a short moment, I’m holding an event today. I think they’d like it. We’re lighting lanterns.”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer paused, quiet a moment*

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝.

*another paper*

"((𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖))" 𝙸𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍.

𝙸𝚏 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 to 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛s. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚜, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

*the printer wirred*

𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍.

𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚙 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚔, 𝚜𝚘. 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊-

*the printer gave another wirring sound, then a ka-thunk, and quiet.. huh. Probably not good*

[intern-ko]

https://www.tumblr.com/intern-ko/822887504231514112/not-really-no-its-giving?source=share

Guess not *shrugs shoulders metaphysically*

“…Unfortunate.”

[hometown-printer]

*a clunky old printer appears on the closest object in Ko's peripheral vision, before abruptly buzzing to life*

*before Ko can react, a piece of paper is ejected, fluttering dramatically to the floor just a pace in front of her*

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢?

[intern-ko]

“Fine, fine.”

*Ko hums. It would be funny, wouldn’t it? If…* “…Aunt Lana?” *If it were today of all days.*

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and another sheet of paper ejected, hot off the press*

𝙽𝚘. 𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘.

*it begins printing oncemore. another paper. It takes a bit longer, perhaps a longer message? It finally flutters down to Ko's feet, a three blocks of text meet her on the page*

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. Usually to be cut down, 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎. But y𝚎𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 staring 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛

*the printer has quieted. No more papers yet*

[intern-ko]

“…Oh.” *Ko pauses, looking over the papers.*

“Hi, Nugget. Nice poetry. Mom’s back, then?”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer jumps to life again. Another paper is shot out to the floor*

𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 just yet, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎

[intern-ko]

“…Huh. So that’s… what happened. Does that mean they’re text-able again, or… will I just get the error message?”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and spat one more paper out*

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝, or anywhere near them. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚋 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 they weren't going to be gone forever

[intern-ko]

https://www.tumblr.com/intern-ko/822887504231514112/not-really-no-its-giving?source=share

Guess not *shrugs shoulders metaphysically*

“…Unfortunate.”

[hometown-printer]

*a clunky old printer appears on the closest object in Ko's peripheral vision, before abruptly buzzing to life*

*before Ko can react, a piece of paper is ejected, fluttering dramatically to the floor just a pace in front of her*

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢?

[intern-ko]

“Fine, fine.”

*Ko hums. It would be funny, wouldn’t it? If…* “…Aunt Lana?” *If it were today of all days.*

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and another sheet of paper ejected, hot off the press*

𝙽𝚘. 𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘.

*it begins printing oncemore. another paper. It takes a bit longer, perhaps a longer message? It finally flutters down to Ko's feet, a three blocks of text meet her on the page*

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. Usually to be cut down, 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎. But y𝚎𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 staring 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛

*the printer has quieted. No more papers yet*

[intern-ko]

“…Oh.” *Ko pauses, looking over the papers.*

“Hi, Nugget. Nice poetry. Mom’s back, then?”

[hometown-printer]

*the printer jumps to life again. Another paper is shot out to the floor*

𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 just yet, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎

[intern-ko]

https://www.tumblr.com/intern-ko/822887504231514112/not-really-no-its-giving?source=share

Guess not *shrugs shoulders metaphysically*

“…Unfortunate.”

[hometown-printer]

*a clunky old printer appears on the closest object in Ko's peripheral vision, before abruptly buzzing to life*

*before Ko can react, a piece of paper is ejected, fluttering dramatically to the floor just a pace in front of her*

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢?

[intern-ko]

“Fine, fine.”

*Ko hums. It would be funny, wouldn’t it? If…* “…Aunt Lana?” *If it were today of all days.*

[hometown-printer]

*the printer buzzed and another sheet of paper ejected, hot off the press*

𝙽𝚘. 𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘.

*it begins printing oncemore. another paper. It takes a bit longer, perhaps a longer message? It finally flutters down to Ko's feet, a three blocks of text meet her on the page*

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. Usually to be cut down, 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎. But y𝚎𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 staring 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛

*the printer has quieted. No more papers yet*

[intern-ko]

https://www.tumblr.com/intern-ko/822887504231514112/not-really-no-its-giving?source=share

Guess not *shrugs shoulders metaphysically*

“…Unfortunate.”

[hometown-printer]

*a clunky old printer appears on the closest object in Ko's peripheral vision, before abruptly buzzing to life*

*before Ko can react, a piece of paper is ejected, fluttering dramatically to the floor just a pace in front of her*

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢?

[thoughtportal]

Open Printer

Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade

Open Printer is an open-source, repairable inkjet printer designed for makers, artists, and anyone tired of throwaway hardware. Built with standard mechanical components and modular parts, it’s easy to assemble, modify, and repair. You can print on standard sheets or paper rolls and choose between black or color cartridges, refillable at your convenience.

This project aims to reclaim our everyday tools. As such, it features no proprietary drivers, no cartridge DRM that locks you to a single vendor and is designed to never become obsolete. The Open Printer is built for longevity and customizability, ensuring that it remains fully under your control.

[obsessedbyneon]

Ad for Interwand, detail, 1990.

[oldwindowsicons]

Windows XP - Printer with disk

[opendirectories]

[never-obsolete]

Microsoft Productivity Pack for Windows (1992)