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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?

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[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.