With a contract, because she wants a smartphone that she can use the internet with and that she can actually use - she's a few years out of touch with the most recent developments, but she should be able to figure things out. And even back before Lars's death, she'd sometimes poked around internet forums for a feeling of normalcy, so that may work again.
The issue is that she needs to procure it more directly than just nicking it from someone, she can't risk those things being tracked. And the problem with that is that she can't really go into a store and just buy one. She could find money, but she's... not very presentable, and while being a fox or an owl might work for stealth normally, they won't do if she tries to go into a store and buy technology. Walking into a brightly lit store with cameras is just too risky. It would be easier if she had things like a computer and a bank account and could just order online, but alas...
So for now, she's just window-shopping a bit awkwardly, a malformed figure in a huge coat staring longingly into the windows of stores that display phones, trying to figure out what all the tech details on the price tags mean.
2. Owls
It takes her a bit to notice the owls. Actually not that long, but it takes her one or two nights, and then another night to make up her mind to confront them, opting for the park at the centre of the city. Parks are good, they have places to hide if necessary, lots of open ground, and shield one from curious eyes. And Lars always impressed on her that there was nothing better than a park for confrontations.
So this is where she'll sit in a tree and wait to see if they will gather. If not... she noticed that pattern with the feeding, so perhaps she'll need to fly around a bit and hope that there's some passed out homeless person lying around somewhere.
Malin | OPEN; closed to owls
She needs a phone.
With a contract, because she wants a smartphone that she can use the internet with and that she can actually use - she's a few years out of touch with the most recent developments, but she should be able to figure things out. And even back before Lars's death, she'd sometimes poked around internet forums for a feeling of normalcy, so that may work again.
The issue is that she needs to procure it more directly than just nicking it from someone, she can't risk those things being tracked. And the problem with that is that she can't really go into a store and just buy one. She could find money, but she's... not very presentable, and while being a fox or an owl might work for stealth normally, they won't do if she tries to go into a store and buy technology. Walking into a brightly lit store with cameras is just too risky. It would be easier if she had things like a computer and a bank account and could just order online, but alas...
So for now, she's just window-shopping a bit awkwardly, a malformed figure in a huge coat staring longingly into the windows of stores that display phones, trying to figure out what all the tech details on the price tags mean.
2. Owls
It takes her a bit to notice the owls. Actually not that long, but it takes her one or two nights, and then another night to make up her mind to confront them, opting for the park at the centre of the city. Parks are good, they have places to hide if necessary, lots of open ground, and shield one from curious eyes. And Lars always impressed on her that there was nothing better than a park for confrontations.
So this is where she'll sit in a tree and wait to see if they will gather. If not... she noticed that pattern with the feeding, so perhaps she'll need to fly around a bit and hope that there's some passed out homeless person lying around somewhere.