[I was about to go do something else but booms you before i walk away
Richie will wave him closer.]
Come see.
[He'll click on the turn table, carefully setting the disc down.]
See the grooves on it? They're a way to translate sound. This needle fits in them, and the way it rubs up against them replicates whatever was recorded.
[He sets the needle down, and an old tune starts up. A soft pitch for an ancient soul, though he suspects that anything from his time will sound like so much caterwauling to a guy centuries behind. Every generation hates the culture of the ones after it, tale as old as time.]
anyway, he's right. anything more modern would have just sounded like absolute nonsense to mizu's ears. this is still kind of out there, but not as wild when you just got jettisoned from the 17th century straight into anime girl heaven. help.]
... Huh. [visibly surprised when the singing begins.] It records voices as well. Impressive.
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squints at him.]
Yes.
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That's what these are. Records. As in, music put to permanent record, like how you'd write words on paper.
Takes a special machine to play them, is all.
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... There's nothing on it. [it's a flat chunk of future plastic???] How?
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Richie will wave him closer.]
Come see.
[He'll click on the turn table, carefully setting the disc down.]
See the grooves on it? They're a way to translate sound. This needle fits in them, and the way it rubs up against them replicates whatever was recorded.
[He sets the needle down, and an old tune starts up. A soft pitch for an ancient soul, though he suspects that anything from his time will sound like so much caterwauling to a guy centuries behind. Every generation hates the culture of the ones after it, tale as old as time.]
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anyway, he's right. anything more modern would have just sounded like absolute nonsense to mizu's ears. this is still kind of out there, but not as wild when you just got jettisoned from the 17th century straight into anime girl heaven. help.]
... Huh. [visibly surprised when the singing begins.] It records voices as well. Impressive.
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I hate to report that this makes him so very happy. He's outwardly cool though, because he's 37 and not 13.]
Glad it passes muster. [Even if it's outdated...tch.
He gets up, hopping down to wherever the actual storage is for all these lovely records.]
They do have stuff from all over the place. Japan included. Maybe there's something here closer to what you know.