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[eatsyourscience]

[With the arrival of Bill the Lizard on the scene, Souji has been considering some important things. Naturally, he takes to the network to poll the other residents.]

Bill's new, isn't he? Where do you think they come from?

[He adjusts his glasses, which he is actually wearing for once. They just make him feel more sexy focused somehow.]

Speaking of them... Has anyone seen the Duchess?

[...]

Did she take the sword with her?

[Those who know him can probably hear in his tone that he's legitimately worried about this. It doesn't show on his face, though.]

Comments

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[thepointisdolphins]

How can it possibly be this easy to lose track of the most powerful and important sword in this world?

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[eatsyourscience]

The same way that lizard is going to build stuff on his own.

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[thepointisdolphins]

...

...

...Fair point.

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[eatsyourscience]

He already finished a playground out in the hills.

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[thepointisdolphins]

Exactly what we needed.

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[eatsyourscience]

It could have been something worse.

Like a trebuchet.

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[thepointisdolphins]

You're just full of wisdom today.

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[eatsyourscience]

I'm in a weird mood.

[A beat.]

I have no idea what to do about the missing sword, though.

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[thepointisdolphins]

I suppose searching for it isn't really an option.

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[eatsyourscience]

We could, but without any clues, we'd probably only find it by luck, even if everyone helped out.

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[thepointisdolphins]

That's what I mean. Like a needle in a haystack. Or hay in a needlestack.

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[eatsyourscience]

[Souji winces at the thought of looking for the latter.]

Any suggestions?

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[thepointisdolphins]

I'd need to know the Duchess better, and I'd really rather not.

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[eatsyourscience]

Yeah...I'm not sure I would either.

...Although the Christmas present she gave me wasn't too bad.

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[thepointisdolphins]

What did she give you? She gave me something that...well, I don't know what it was, but it proved rather entertaining. [Chemistry is super fun when you do it with Jesse Pinkman.]

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[eatsyourscience]

I got most of a chess set. It was pretty nice, but one of the white rooks was a salt shaker.

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[thepointisdolphins]

She has an odd sense of what...makes sense.

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[eatsyourscience]

Yeah. They all do, I guess.

...You know, Bill talked like he'd been here before. I wish there was some way to know where they go when they're gone.

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[thepointisdolphins]

Someone could try tailing one of them. Perhaps.

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[eatsyourscience]

I'll give it a try. [Like he has anything else to do.]

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[thepointisdolphins]

Be sure to share with the class if you find anything.

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[eatsyourscience]

I will. Don't worry.