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[papermagic]

jdiweks[oh there's the video button]--onder what this thing is?

[There's a new face staring at the screen, turning the device this way and that in an attempt to figure out how it works.]

Hmmm I bet Fourth would know. But where'd he go....[A frown as he looks around in search of this fourth person, left, right--and suddenly someone tottering behind him, carrying a dangerously large pile of shopping bags, trips and drops the whole pile on his head.

Viewers can catch a couple shocked voices and the sight of the poor kid getting knocked over before the screen gets totally covered up in the avalanche.]

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[virginwings]

Ah, careful--!

[alas, it is too late and she winces as the avalanche of bags covers him up. now to wait...]

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[papermagic]

[it takes a few minutes for apologies and cleanup to happen, but eventually the fancy talky gadget is unearthed from beneath Mount Present!

....why is there a face on the screen]

Um.

[...let's press more buttons.]

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[virginwings]

[for the minutes that pass, Gazelle stares worriedly at the scene, contemplating the opinion of getting up to find him and help. however, what happens is just a lot of staring and blinking until he pulls himself together.]

[she smiles at him when he looks at the screen and-- eh, wait, don't press more buttons!]

Uh, um- stop! Don't you know how to use the... thing you're holding? [a pause]

[oh, she should explain...] You talk to other people with it.

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[papermagic]

[o-oh wow the person in the thing is talking what is this thing--but she sounds kind of nice, and...]

...I can talk to people?

[a pause.]

Can I talk to Fourth with this thing too?

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[virginwings]

Yep! [points to herself] You're talking to me!

[a pause for a pause]

Fourth who?

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[papermagic]

So you're not inside this thing?

[shaking the device, just to make sure]

Oh yeah, I'm looking for Fourth Caluanthes! I can't find him anywhere since I woke up here.

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[virginwings]

[magically is not shaking with the device, but it does make her a little dizzy to watch so she shuts her eyes momentarily before replying again.]

No, um - I'm just like you. Right now I'm somewhere else and I'm talking through this device too. Get it?

... Ah, I've never heard of him.

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[sixwinged]

Are you okay?

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[papermagic]

Ah--[where'd the talky thingy go...he fumbles for a moment before finding the thing and offering a still-kinda-confused smile.]

Um. I'm fine! Just fine, really.

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[sixwinged]

Are you sure? ..did you find that Fourth person?

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[papermagic]

Oh, I...haven't found him yet....but I will eventually!

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[sixwinged]

Ah-- he might not be here. I don't think I've met anyone named Fourth.

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[papermagic]

Really? But then where could he be?

[signatures]

You mean the device?

[papermagic]

Yeah, the device! Is that what it's called?

[signatures]

That's what we all refer it by. I'm not sure if it has an actual product name.

[papermagic]

Oh, okay. Do you have a device too?

[signatures]

I do - it's how I'm contacting you.

[papermagic]

.....Oh! I hadn't thought of that.

[misfortunes]

Ah. . . you're lost, I think.



And a mess, too!

[papermagic]

Oh! Do you know where I am?

Um, I'd clean up but I can't find the train.

[misfortunes]

Isn't it better to do one thing at a time?

[papermagic]

--Right! That's true. I should find Fourth first!

[misfortunes]

A brother?

[papermagic]

Nope! I mean, he's somebody else's brother, but he's not mine.