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[chainsawspistice]

[This gray-skinned horned girl will be wandering around with a strange candy corn ball thing in hand until she reaches the town square. She'll be hovering on the edge of the celebration looking one part contemplative and one part unsure. If you look human, chances are she'll be giving you a very interested look as well.

Also, if you look at your CAT, you'll find an oddly typed message in jade green font:]

I Dont Know This All Seems So Callous
The Gifts Were A Nice Gesture
But Allow Me The Delusion That A Basket Of Inoffensive Food Items And Paraphernalia Might Be An Insufficient Catalyst To Heartfelt Gratitude
Even If The Basket Appears Very Well Made
And The Two Wheel Device Was Unexpectedly Generous
Still Id Like To Return Home As Soon As Possible
If Anyone Can Direct Me To The Mayors Office I Would Appreciate It Thanks

Comments

[chainsawspistice]

[What...]

Wouldn't that be cumbersome for the primary occupant of the four-wheel device? Passage through doorways sounds particularly cumbersome. Perhaps even cumbermany.

[luke_triton]

Doorways? A car doesn't go through doorwa- oh, here. Hold on a minute.

[Taking out his book to draw a picture of the Laytonmobile is what he ought to have done in the first place. This girl from "another universe" probably doesn't even know what a car is! Right? She seems pretty perplexed by the bicycle, and cars are far more intricate.

He holds out the drawing when he's done.]

That's a car.

[chainsawspistice]

[She stares at his drawing blankly. Yeah, her mental picture was way off. Maybe the demand for luxurious four-wheel devices is just much higher on Earth? Though she's beginning to think there is something more fundamentally wrong with this picture. Figuratively, of course.]

Uh... hm. I think we are thinking of two different things here. Allow me to illustrate.

[She moves to take Luke's book and holds a hand out for the pen.]

[luke_triton]

Oh, sure. [He hands over the pen. While she draws he'll have time to readjust his hat and peer over her shoulder at the picture.]

[chainsawspistice]

Thanks.

[She very painstakingly begins to draw. These lines would put a stencil to shame. It takes her a bit longer to finish, but once it's done, she gives her drawing a satisfied look and turns it for Luke to see. In some parts, people might call this thing a "wheelchair."]

It isn't the most accurate representation, but you get the idea.

[luke_triton]

That's a wheelchair. [Luke seems perplexed.] You're right, though, only one person really fits in one of those. A car is completely different.

[chainsawspistice]

I see. [Kind of.] What is the purpose of a "car," then?

[Is it a super wheelchair or a super bicycle??]

[luke_triton]

It's to get you from one place to another place quickly. Especially two places that are far away, like across the country. ...Sometimes it's plain faster to walk in London than it is to take the car.

A wheelchair's for people who can't walk well or use their legs. That's completely different.

[Super bike.]

[chainsawspistice]

[Hmm. The necessity of such a device never occurred to her, but Aradia would have found it useful.]

That sounds really convenient, actually. Do you and "the Professor" journey often?

[luke_triton]

Oh yes! We've got to, people from all over have asked him to help him solve their puzzles.

...But he's not a detective or an inspector. He teaches archaeology. [Does she have archaeology where she comes from?] That's the study of ancient times and places and people.

[chainsawspistice]

Does being a human archaeologist make you an authority on puzzles?

[Though she has to admit that the ruins in Sburb did sound particularly ridden with puzzles. Even if their difficulty seemed to be more suited for wigglers.]

[luke_triton]

Not really. It makes you an authority on ancient things. Puzzles are his passion.

...I suppose there are some parts of archaeology that are like puzzles, but I don't really know. [It is not Luke's Thing.]

[chainsawspistice]

An archaepuzzleologist? [Okay, maybe not.]

Anyway, if you need food, I still have some left over from my appeasement basket. You might have one too.

[luke_triton]

Archa...puzzle...

[Nope.]

I have a basket too! I just don't think it's going to last me very long. [The biggest grin. Luke is a healthy eater.]