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The Telephone Booth of the Heapers' Hangout

Princess AlicePrincess Alice
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These are still a thing in Centralia because all the magical energy can make the mobile phone networks less reliable than they are in, say, Canada, Switzerland, or The Land of Ooo.

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  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    edited 2015-07-01 01:38:07
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    EDIT: nvm I can do things with this idea
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    does this booth accept coins?
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    (9 minutes, that was longer than I expected :P)

    Of course! What kind of payphone would it be if it didn't take coins? A not very useful one, that's what.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    edited 2015-07-01 01:37:18
    kill living beings
    All Centralian telephone booths are required by royal decree to accept coins as long as those coins have the princess's face on them and/or are chocolate coins. Please consult Annex 81 of Decree A6-1983-4 for standard monetary conversion rates as apply to telephony under current exchange rates. Or just guess that a chocolate coin is probably enough for a few minutes, like everybody else does.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    lol, i was elsewhere

    some of them are card only, so i asked

    what colour is the kiosk?
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Tachyon said:

    lol, i was elsewhere

    some of them are card only, so i asked

    what colour is the kiosk?

    Whatever colour your heart desires.

    (I only have the vaguest picture of what this thing looks like, except that a more ornate British kiosk is more in keeping with the Centralia theme than the few more utilitarian looking ones I've seen in America)
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    is there a Centralian equivalent of The Mojave Phonebooth
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    there should be

    something like this CA?

    image

    or a little more old-fashioned?

    image
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    The first one has a crown, but the second one looks more inviting and more Centie somehow
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    i like the second one more
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    I think it's the "Open Always"
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    and it is green
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Well, that's just the paintwork.  Red is more usual for British Post Office/GPO kiosks, but you do see other colours from time to time, usually when the kiosks are operated by someone other than BT.

    i see no reason you couldn't incorporate a crown into an otherwise K1-esque design, CA.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Tachyon said:

    i see no reason you couldn't incorporate a crown into an otherwise K1-esque design, CA.

    See, ideas like this are why you're the...uh...

    ...what was your Centralia title again? Royal Kitty Cat? No, that was Naney...
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i don't think i ever had a Centralia title
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    The Royal Tachyon
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Tachyon said:

    i don't think i ever had a Centralia title

    well this is a massive oversight if i've ever seen one

    unless you don't want one i suppose
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    Planet Jane said:

    The Royal Tachyon

    whose name, entirely coincidentally, is also Tachyon
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    a Centralia title would be rad
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    btw

    is there a particular colour associated with Centralia, or with public services in Centralia?

    because if so the kiosks should be that colour imo
  • CrystalCrystal
    Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    Central Avenue said:

    Tachyon said:

    i don't think i ever had a Centralia title

    well this is a massive oversight if i've ever seen one

    unless you don't want one i suppose
    The exact title is currently under consideration, good Tach.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Tachyon said:

    btw

    is there a particular colour associated with Centralia, or with public services in Centralia?

    because if so the kiosks should be that colour imo

    I suppose pink and purple would be too obvious a choice :P
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Also the unicorn would be our official animal except I think Scotland beat us to it
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    ^^^ rad!

    ^ alas, they did
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    have you considered the narwhal?  it's like a unicorn that's also a dolphin

    alternatively, alicorn
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    edited 2015-07-01 02:46:00
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Narhwal would be a nice choice, considering Centralia is the home of the King and Queen of the Ocean!
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Specifically, they live in a cool old reef off the coast of Buttercup Bay.

    Their daughter, the Princess of the Ocean, is a friend of mine

    Also she can breathe underwater
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