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[runs_on_batteries]

[Someone may have been drinking, so the clarity of this message might be a little off. He toasts the screen with the mostly empty tumbler.]

Couple thoughts for you-

Don't forget we have some young children on board. Just keep that in mind if you're spouting off about something- you know- really traumatic or whatever, you guys know what I'm talking about, it could harm or upset them. Just.. don't be a dick to the kids. Be a dick to someone else. K?

Also, there have been a couple of ideas floating around for platform days and ways to welcome new people- which is great. I remembered a charity from back home for kids who were stuck in the hospital over Christmas and thought we could borrow that idea. If you have a spare 10 team points you're willing to donate by purchasing a mascot, I'll be- or someone.. maybe Peter, I don't know- but bears will be given to any new kids who show up. Oh, and they come with little hoodies, see?? So we could use people from other teams.

[As he's talking, you can see in the background, Ignis entering the room. Unfortunately someone else noticed he was there too.]

Hey! Tiger! Wave to the camera.

[Ignis frowns and quietly comes over and turns the ICP off.]

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[A short time later, Tony opens the chat again for an additional comment.]

Okay, due to some really generous souls on board, let's keep it to two donated bears per person, okay? Also, does anyone know what the souvenir is?

Comments

[runs_on_batteries]

Not too much more than what are in those books.

[The rest of this was curious. He wondered just what they could've learned if they'd had any idea what they were doing that first time.

He was just about to comment on that when Bucky distracts him with his remark.]

Why you need to see how a brain is supposed to look?

[And back to the girl and wow, he was getting shade there too. He was almost impressed. Almost.]

Great. Do it.

[unfavorableinstigation]

Well, that's a pain.

[Maybe they should order more books, try to average them out/look for commonalities...

But that's a thought for later; right now, Nita's taking that stereoscope back and... tapping it to her Manual. Yes, she does carry it with her everywhere.

Bobo?

/On it, Boss./]

I could go all out and draw out the diagram for this, but- there we go, now it's running.

[She can see it IN HER MIND. Not as impressive, admittedly, but as long as it gets results!]

Give me a few minutes and I'll share what I've got, okay?

[luckybucky]

That would require you to have one. [Bucky is grinning like the idiot he probably is, but that's really all he has to add to the conversation for now.]

[runs_on_batteries]

Says the man trained by a child's toy.

[He shot Bucky an amused, if slightly evil grin.]

I wonder if we should put up a sign for her saying 'Wizard at work'?

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita, smiling, tries not to focus overly much on their banter.

Eventually, though, the spell is done - and she's left curious, and frowning.]

Awful lot of inconclusive data, here. Apparently it's similar to plastic but not exactly the same, and-

Do either of you two know film? For photographs?

[Nita hands the stereoscope back out to them.]

[luckybucky]

[Bucky just rolls his eyes at Tony, and when Nita is done, he shakes his head as he takes the stereoscope back.] Not really, just that it uses lots of chemicals. [He knows more about gunpowder than film.]

[runs_on_batteries]

Of course.

[Because, obviously, Tony knew everything about everything. Except that he didn't really. He did know some about photographs but whether it was enough to be useful here was hard to say.]

What did you learn about the film?

[unfavorableinstigation]

Firstly, that they were taken digitally, then printed.

[Nita kind of wishes this was the sort of device she could just pop apart for demonstration purposes, but alas that is not the case here.]

There weren't any signs of excessive chemical treatment - or photo doctoring, for what it's worth. Nothing added or removed in the background or foreground.

Nothing to indicate when they were taken, either.

[luckybucky]

If it's a digital picture, isn't it easy to make undetectable changes? [He's exactly tech-savvy, especially when it comes to photography, but he does know he's seen some impressive fakes.]

[Or at least he thinks he has.]

[runs_on_batteries]

Very good, Bucky. Nita, you don't have a cookie on you, do you?

[He makes the move to pat Bucky on the head like a dog.]

So it would seem we've exhausted what we can learn from this. If you do learn anything more from it, I'll be interested to hear.