reading about phreakers all trying to make that 2600 Hz tone to mess with the phone line, to the point of collecting birds that could whistle at that exact frequency

it was a choice between skunk and bird once upon a time, and the other Grace is out there right now thinking about Bird Call and turning the idea of a skunk over in her head

Princess Grace: home of two telecommunication-themed supervillains

setting Bird Call in the 80s and 90s because cool phone tricks are somewhat less impressive these days

hypnokink 

Bird Call calling someone up to sing hypnotically at them, but kids don't answer the damn phone these days

also, she uses an old telephone handset with the curly cord to beat people up with

and just like that, we have a clear dichotomy: Modemoiselle is the classy lady, Bird Call is the rough and tumble one.

Bird Call smacks the cell phone out of your hand. "The feds can turn that thing into a microphone and tracking collar whenever they want. Stay here and don't look up too much." She kicks off the ground and flaps up to the phone lines. They only bend under her weight a little. She effortlessly patches her handset in and places the call with a few seconds of pitch perfect listening. Someone halfway across the country sees their caller ID light up.

WE GOOD
1-420-723-2473

They pick up the phone, press a button, and hang up.

She lands back on the ground. "Two if by sea. Let's go."

I think she's a crow or a raven so she can be with the FCC (Fucky Corvid Collective)

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