Conduit Convergence, Name Pending meets Arbor Lynne
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"That... would be faster than drawing it all out myself," she says. "Although some of these might be too big for a copy machine?"

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"Yeah, my mess of maps has grown at an unsustainable rate. I kept telling myself I'd draw it all out but I kept putting it off. I think we should draw a smaller and unified version of the mess, combine it with your map, then I take it all and make copies for both of us. What do you think?"

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"Hmm... all right."

Her notebook is pretty big but she definitely can't fit this whole thing onto a single page in any reasonable level of detail. A few pages, though, atlas-style, and a sort of overview page with a zoomed-out version... yes, that seems doable. She attempts to convey this creative vision, speaking hesitantly and gesturing at which sections of the Map Mess she thinks would work well as individual pages.

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Strawberry goes along with her vision. She lets her take the lead and helps her as best she can.

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Then in a more or less reasonable amount of time, they will have a finished atlas! Or at least an up-to-date atlas.

"I do still want to make more detailed copies of the whole thing, at some point. But I think this is a very good start. And we can keep expanding from here!"

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"This is great! It will be nice to have floor space again. I make copies and then I'll make new copies whenever we make big additions."

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"Good plan."

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She scoops up the condensed maps and puts them in a binder. "What should we do with the old maps, do you want them? Should I take them?"

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"Hmm... if you don't mind leaving them here, I could work on copying out the details in my spare time..."

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"Yeah, sure. I'll head out, I shouldn't be long" She vanishes with the binder.

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Groundskeeper observes that they've been at this for hours and she's kind of hungry. She wanders into the kitchen to make jam sandwiches.

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"Victory! An honest to god positive social interaction with a new friend!" She giddily makes a few jumps to the nearest college, she will return in the next twenty minutes.

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If she comes back twenty minutes later then she will find Groundskeeper sitting on the park bench where they had their first conversation, reading a book.

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"Hey buddy, whatcha got there?"

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Mild startlement.

"Oh! Um, a book." Was that too inane? Maybe that was too inane. "It's about..." what can she even say that's not a spoiler "...a girl who goes on a boat." She has perhaps failed at making contentful statements about the book. "It's good?" she tries. Help.

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"Boats are good!" She sits down next to her. "So your Bevin just materializes books?" She peeks at the book over her shoulder. "Are they all in English or can you read other languages?"

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"I have the language-learning power from Earth, so I can pick up languages easily, even just by reading them a lot. This one is in English but I have some in my library where I don't even know the alphabet yet."

The cover does indeed depict a girl standing at the railing of a sailing ship, her hair blowing in the wind.

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She eyes it curiously. "I think I have that power too. I have been listening in on some of the classes here and I've been picking up the language." Oh! "Do you know anything about translating Old English? Or whatever language they speak in the dark and rainy world?"

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"I think 'listen to people speaking the language or try to read the books' is how the language power generally works. I could see if I have anything in my library in Old English? But that only helps if it really is the same language, or a related one..."

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"Ah, yeah, well," She focuses, then a red book with gold filigree materializes in her hand. "I've had this book for a while, I found it in the prison I told you about. I'm pretty sure its filled with evil knowledge, but I'm hoping to learn more about the world and maybe ideas on how to apply my powers. I've been trying to read it on and off for a bit now but its slow going. I've just started picking up a few words."

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She peers at it. "That does look plausibly Old English-related..."

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She sighs. "I think I just need to knuckle down and really study this thing." She sets the book down between them. She opens the binder.

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"...if it's hard to find time for it, I could study it for you?" she offers. "I spend most of my time reading books."

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She turns to her. "I'm pretty sure this book is evil though. Given what I've seen, I'm fairly certain that this book details some pretty nasty things. The illustrations weren't encouraging." She fishes out some pages from her binder and makes sure the set is complete.

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"...well, if it's going to be upsetting, all the more reason for only one person to have to put up with reading it, and if I'd get through it faster because I spend more of my time reading, then..."

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