E______M___
12-23-2009, 02:10 AM
I have a character in my novel that is getting teleported via a cell phone. They will be digitized and travel through the cellular network, land lines, and possibly air. I am drawing a blank as to how this would feel. I welcome any examples from books or even your opinion on how you think it would feel.
C___
12-23-2009, 02:15 AM
Considering it would at some point detach your nerves from your body, you wouldn’t feel much of anything.
S______F_____
12-23-2009, 02:16 AM
I think it would tickle.
E______M___
12-23-2009, 03:15 AM
I was thinking about the sick route. At least it would give a strong sense of vertigo.
S___________
12-23-2009, 03:17 AM
I teleported home one daywith Ron and Sid and Meg.Ron stole Meggy’s heart awayand I got Sidney’s leg.
Mr F______
12-23-2009, 03:27 AM
How do you want it to feel? Kinda like an elastic band.
T_____
12-23-2009, 06:07 AM
If it’s through the cell phone, then I imagine the manufacturers of the technology would have come up with a way to make it not feel too painful, otherwise the technology wouldn’t sell rite?
E______
12-23-2009, 07:06 AM
There’s also the problem of people asking “Where does your soul go?” The company that does this will no doubt have a customer service department with priests and rabbis on call to answer these questions and quell custoners’ fears.Ha! I like that a lot.
D_____
12-23-2009, 11:17 AM
My first thought was that you shouldn’t forget about SOUND. Describing the sound effects could be just as interesting as the visuals. My second thought was that, if the scene is written from the character’s POV, and he/she is being broken down into elemental particles, or whatever, how will the character be able to experience the sound and sights without organs? Just a little conundrum.
S____________
12-23-2009, 11:23 AM
Quoting myself = sad, but…I teleported home one daywith Ron and Sid and Meg.Ron stole Meggy’s heart awayand I got Sidney’s leg.To clarify, I stole that from Douglas Adams. I think it was from the first Hitchhiker book although I can’t be sure. The Vogon poetry did a CTRL-ALT-DEL on my brain.
L_____ de V_______
12-24-2009, 06:34 AM
Sounds less like the general idea of “teleportation”, and more like digital transportation.
S____________
12-24-2009, 08:03 AM
Why do you have to feel anything? Couldn’t it be instantaneous?
C.B_____
12-24-2009, 08:14 AM
Afterawards, you feel a little itchy, but that passes.
S____________
12-24-2009, 08:17 AM
Teleportation gives you a residual fascination with shower curtains.
D_____ W_____
12-24-2009, 08:18 AM
Sounds like the after-effects of a one-night stand.
C.B_____
12-24-2009, 08:21 AM
LOL!It’s more subliminal. e.g. “I really want Triscuits!” and then, “Nighty night, mmmph.”
C.B_____
12-24-2009, 08:22 AM
Last time I teleported to Deathwizards, he was already out of cheese, so I had to go. No hard feelings, though! You have to understand what it’s like without cheese.
S____________
12-24-2009, 08:26 AM
I line my doorway with cheese especially for last minute teleporters.
C.B_____
12-24-2009, 08:28 AM
Oh, see! Thinking in advance always renders good results! SP planning ahead!Sorry, DW. Next time, I’ll grab a hunk of brie in the teleporter.
D_____ W_____
12-24-2009, 08:30 AM
There’s a Last Tango in Paris joke in here somewhere.
C.B_____
12-24-2009, 08:38 AM
I might make a brie in pastry for the family party on Jan. 2nd. If you te;leport there, I will share!Teleporting, however, seriously, can make you itchy. Best to teleport to a warm climate with a spa.
E______M___
12-24-2009, 08:50 AM
I’ll bring some guac!Can I come too? I’ll bring a back scratcher for all the teleportation itchies.
C.B_____
12-28-2009, 06:48 AM
I would know what it was like to “glitter.”You’ll have to ask Mariah Carey.:D
J____B27
12-29-2009, 02:52 PM
It feels unpleasantly like being drunk.I can’t believe no-one has said that yet…
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