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Tweak says, "whatever with a twist"

Annie Wagner (cyberpath) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2012-02-09 13:25:00

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Wandering (Open)
There was a lot of this place to explore, and Annie didn't have all the time she wanted to do so. She had the store to take care of, and she wanted to do that right. Already, she'd filled it with more computers, more game consoles, more phones, more electronics. Instead of just parts, there were actual machines in there. It was busier than she'd thought it would be, as well. She had no idea, but some days, she felt like it was the only shop of it's kind. She'd had to pick a day and close Fixit entirely, just so she could have some real rest. Some days, she didn't even get a lunch.

So she was taking this day off, in addition to the day she usually closed the store, to explore the city some more. It wasn't an easy task, because besides the size of it, there was the fact that everything moved. She knew that she was seeing some shops more than once. Some streets, as well.

She'd passed a botanical garden that she told her phone to note for later, and a zoo. She wondered if Rufio would go to the zoo with her. She saw a park, and a district that she noted to never come back to that was by the water. It looked very sketchy and scared her. She felt like she might run into people there that weren't nice, and weren't looking out for her best interests. People that she did not want to meet.

Eventually, she found a place that sold the stuff that Charlie had been eating. It turned out there were a lot more flavors of ice cream than just banana. Annie stood, staring at the sign, unable to make a decision on what she wanted to have.

"Holy crap."

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i_blink
2012-03-29 05:38 pm UTC (link)

Jeannie paused and got a speculative look on her face. She had never thought of that before. Anything with moving parts could be considered a machine. It put an entirely different perspective on things. She had been only thinking of things like that new Radarange that made things explode when she tried to use it.

But there was no hesitation in her mind when Annie said that she talked to machines. It was not at all odd to her. Jeannie herself could speak to several species of animals. And given her past experience with the machines that gave her trouble, she did not doubt they could talk back. She had always thought the blender was a bit on the cheeky side.

This was something she would have addressed, but all of a sudden, her new friend seemed to be having some difficulty. It took a moment for her to understand what the problem was. “Oh!” she gasped with abrupt comprehension. “Ice cream headache!”

Fortunately there was a simple solutions, one that she had known since ancient times. “Put your tongue against the roof of your mouth and rub it back and forth. Like this.” Jeannie opened her mouth wide to demonstrate how to create warmth with friction. It looked, and felt, silly, but it did work.

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cyberpath
2012-03-30 12:45 am UTC (link)

Looking through a squinted eye, Annie watched what Jeannie did and then copied her. Sure enough, the sensation passed quickly after. Annie took a moment to look at the world and make sure that it wasn't going to come back.

"What did you call that? An ice cream headache?" It hadn't been pleasant at all, but Annie had to admit that the ice cream was well worth the headache if it only happened every once in a while.

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