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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:28 pm
What is it? *she asks, curious, walking along the bookshelves next to him as he looks over them*
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:34 pm
A ha! Here we are! *He pulls a thick paperback volume off the shelf. He presents it to Maggie*
The height of 20th Century advancement. The Sears catalogue!
They used to say you could get anything at Sears....
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:48 pm
*Maggie looks at the catalogue with wide eyes - she wanted pictures of things she'd never seen before, and now she's got a few hundred pages worth* Oh, good heavens! *she laughs a little* 'Tis astounding, how many amazing things ye have in the future. I canna imagine how ye e'en begin te keep track of them all.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:51 pm
*Bard takes Maggie by the hand* Let's go sit down at a table. You can practice your power, and I'll tell you about the things in the catalogue.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:01 pm
*Maggie smiles, squeezing his hand gratefully, and nods* I'd like that . . .
*She heads over to one of the study tables with him to sit down and start looking through the catalogue*
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:17 pm
*As they reach a table, Bard pulls a chair out for Maggie. When she takes a seat, he sits down beside her, placing the catalog between them. He flips it open to a random page*
What shall we practice with?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:29 pm
*The page he's flipped open to is in the toy section of the catalogue. Maggie looks in wonder at the pages of everything from dolls and stuffed animals to racecars and nerf guns, frisbees and bubblemakers, bikes and board games. She smiles at the pictures of children playing with all the different things* These are all toys, then, aren't they?
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:39 pm
*Bard chuckles* Yes, they're all toys... we have a lot of toys for children of all ages.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:49 pm
How wonderful . . *a thoughtful expression flickers over her face, but then she continues pages through the catalogue.*
*They work together for some time, Maggie asking questions about all the different items, listening attentively as Bard explains them. Every now and again, when she comes across an object that looks manageable, she'll close her eyes in concentration and try to bring it in. She's successful more often than not, though she still has to take breaks to rest in between attempts*
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:04 pm
*Maggie leans back in her seat after materializing in a cordless phone, pale from the effort, and starting to get pretty winded overall from so much practice. She turns it over in her hands to study it carefully* ... and people can truly use these te talk to each other o'er any distance?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:13 pm
*Bard grins, suitably impressed at Maggie's talent* They do. You can talk to someone from anywhere in the world, as long as they have one of these also. Unfortunately I don't think we have anything like this that will work here, but....
*he peers off into space for a moment* .... Maggie... can you bring in one more thing?
*he begins to page through the book*
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:17 pm
*Maggie looks at the phone pensively for a moment longer, her eyes distant. She shakes herself out of it at Bard's question, though, and sets it down on the table, nodding*
Aye, I think could manage something else. *she leans forward again to look at the catalogue as he flips through it*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:21 pm
*He stops on a page* I want you to conjure.... *runs his finger across the page* ...these. We'll need both of them for it to work. Think you can you manage it?
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:24 pm
I think I may be able te . . . *She tilts her head to study the picture carefully* What are they?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:28 pm
They're called "walkie-talkies." *he grins* I'll show you what they do once we have them.
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