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[throwsdown]

 I've been practicing pretty hard!!

[HEY GUYS WHAT IS UP. Takeshi is looking far more cheery than his last entry had been around here, his hands into excitable little fists.]

We're gonna be the best team ever! This is so great; we're gonna be heroes like this, and we'll work together, and... I made stuff from my old house with my head — really!! Really, I did! I made a chair, and I made a... a lamp! And I made the TV — it... it didn't turn on or nothin', and it goed — it went away like all the other stuff from my head... but it was a TV! 

[He is super stoked about this power business. He's likely been terrorizing the people who stay in the gardens with it. Tragically.]

We should get connected more! If I don't know you! So we can share pictures in our heads. And words! 

Watch — look at this, look, I can show people pictures!

[He closes his eyes, putting his hands on his head in deep concentration. Anyone who is around Takeshi enough to have one of those connections — someone he's bumped into, someone he finds his friend, someone deserving of teamwork — will get the very brief flash of memory through Takeshi's eyes. It's only just him back in his world, crouched down in someone's dirt patch that is supposed to be a garden; he's playing with two mangled-up action figures, the paint scraped off in random places. 'Pow, pow, pow! Don't run from Muscle Rider — you can't get away!! Villain!'

Then the memory flickers out. Takeshi breathes out deeply, rosy-cheeked but proud.]

That's... that's all I'm good at so far... so — we should practice...!

[RIGHT MOM, RIGHT. LET'S PRACTICE BEING COOL POWERED PEOPLE KAY.]

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[tongueamok]

You'd want to share thoughts with strangers?

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[throwsdown]

[blink, blink]

Ummm — yeah! What's wrong with sharing?

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[tongueamok]

Some thoughts are probably not... appropriate for everyone.

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[throwsdown]

Mmmm... well....! I don't wanna hear about anyone pooping!

That'd be gross.

But we can share nice thoughts!

[GOT IT ALL SORTED OUT]

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[knackered]

[Arthur's been too preoccupied, tuning everything but his camellia out to really notice... and yet... and yet...

The joy of a young child at accomplishing something, the optimistic excitement... Oh it's really endearing and it actually makes Arthur smile. He doesn't know what a TV is, but he's assuming it's some clunky communications device.

He's seen Takeshi around, Arthur spends so much time in the gardens, and they both know Heather... Clearly this was meant to happen.]

That's wonderful! Yes, they do say practice makes perfect. I don't know if I'd want to bore you with all my boring old memories but we can practice making things together. You're getting very good at it.

[Arthur is reminded of America and he pales a bit, but he keeps smiling. There's little that's so uplifting as a child proud of their accomplishment no matter how great or small.]

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[throwsdown]

[He beams proudly, so very proudly.]

Practice makes perfect!

[He will parrot that into eternity, Arthur, thank you.]

You make stuff, too?

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[knackered]

[It's a good thing to parrot! THERE COULD BE WORSE THINGS...]

Yes, that's it! And yes to that as well. I do. I've made a cane, a tea set... [slight pause] ... a rather delicious sandwich. [Arthur grins.]

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[throwsdown]

[AAAAAAH.]

A sandwich! Does this mean I can make my mom really cool dinners??

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[songburdened]

You're practicing, too? [ She smiles brightly, excited that she hasn't been the only one, that these abilities have seemed to do more good than harm. ] You really seem to be doing well! I'm not sure that I can share memories, yet, like you do.

[ Nor does she want to, given what her memories might reveal. ]

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[throwsdown]

[He nods eagerly. It's nice to have people complimenting his work, okay!!]

I can't share them with lots of people. Mostly... um, most — most of them are people I know good.

And the stuff I make always goes away and comes back and goes away.

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[songburdened]

[ And she means it! ]

People you're close with! I think that makes sense... you'd feel more comfortable with them, of course, so your mind might be a little more open.

[ Ah. There's a thought! ]

The same thing happens to me. I tried to make some bread once, but it didn't stay for very long. I've gotten a bit better, though. ... At least, I think so.

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[throwsdown]

[He laughs a little at that.]

You made bread?? And you didn't even get to try it?

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[bailedontheempire]

[Bail smiles at the boy. He always enjoys his enthusiasm]

That's very good.

You haven't had any bad memories wander into your head?

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[throwsdown]

[He shakes his head, looking a bit worried.]

No! You don't think my bad memories got into people's heads, do you??

[BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE JUST AWFUL]

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[bailedontheempire]

I haven't heard about yours in specific. But a lot of memories are wandering. I think we all have some we'd rather no one see.

[He hopes Takeshi's aren't all that bad. But none of the children here have had easy lives.]

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[throwsdown]

[Nodding, he looks surprisingly serious.]

Bad, bad memories. It's hard to see them even the first time! Nobody's gotta see them again.

[muscovy]

...I could show you my sisters!

[If he. Had trained at all. BUT HE CAN START NOW.

Friends know each other's families, right?]

[throwsdown]

I'd like that! I'd like to see your sisters!

I bet they're all real nice and pretty.

[muscovy]

...Maybe I can manifest them, too.

[He hadn't even thought of that, yet, but now that Takeshi mentioned those weird new powers and he mentioned them...]

Because I can't show people pictures like that.

[notyourutopian]

You're practicing with these powers?

[Eleanor has been mostly trying to ignore hers. It hasn't really worked.]

Somebody's watching you while you do it, right?

[throwsdown]

Mmmhm! I've been careful! I stay around other people.

Just in case I mess up with them, someone can help me. It's important to be — respond —

Respondab —

Responsible.

[notyourutopian]

[She can't help but smile.]

Yes it is. [Hmm.] So what else have you...made?

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[sweetmotherofgod]

[HELL YES]

Pretty fancy, buddy.

[Wait, wait. Practice, right? So the next bit isn't over the network, but an attempt to send it just to him. With her brain. Why isn't there someone around who knows her history to tell her this is a terrible idea???]

You're getting really good at this.

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[throwsdown]

[!!!]

You think so? I'm getting good? I wanna be good! So if we need them, we can use them!

And protect each other.

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[sweetmotherofgod]

[Oh, it worked then. Cool. She beams, back at the camera now.]

Yup. Stuff like this is gonna be great if something happens and we're not near to each other. Or if we need to hide. Have you tried making things yet? Not pictures or memories, but - you know, stuff.