Jeejah

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A jeejah is a small device carried by persons extramuros which enable distant voice communication and often other functions. The name is probably a pun on "geegaw", a distracting bauble.

Jeejahs are forbidden within the mathic world, except by Ita or during apert.

[edit] Known optional features of jeejahs

• Recording or playback of speelies
• Access to the reticulum
• Providing navigational aid
• Assisting with syntactic computations
• Displaying the current time

[edit] Incoming notifications

Jeejahs often play various, user-defined sounds or music clips to indicate incoming communications. While these signals are accepted extramuros, the avout find their longer-than-average attention spans challenged by the interruptions.