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Aldaras lets the university have hold of the necklace again so they can finish learning everything about it. He'll start molding it when the Dean's learned all of its quirks - trying it now could accidentally make some aspect of it worse. Besides, it takes time, it's not like he can manage any progress in the time that it'll take for the Dean to identify anyway. Best to know where he's going when he starts going there.
News spreads pretty quickly about the knife's new location at the bottom of the ocean. Aldaras and Sintre become celebrities, along with being rich. Sintre is nigh-impossible to find in his hermithood. Aldaras - is not. The necklace is his. The mission to go encase the knife in concrete was organized by him. He's now deemed to be an important person, and as bewildering as that is, he works to roll with it.
He ends up invited to a party. It's the type of party with lots of important, famous people attending. He can bring one guest with him.
Right, he knows who he wants to bring, but first he has to ask her. Time to go find Annie.
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touchedinthehead
keep_busy
They're super cute. They could pose for greeting cards if only that wouldn't mean holding still and not getting their hands all over each other.
touchedinthehead
Good luck with that. Because that is not happening any time soon.
touchedinthehead
Very.
But. Alas. They can't keep this up for literally ever. They're only human.
But. Alas. They can't keep this up for literally ever. They're only human.
keep_busy
So eventually they are snoozing on each other. In, mercifully, Aldaras's bed.
keep_busy
Annie eventually wakes up, but she doesn't get up right away. She stays snuggled up, thinking.
touchedinthehead
Aldaras is out, she's entirely free to think in peace. And privacy, thanks to the necklace.
keep_busy
Yes, that's very nice. She gets up eventually and puts on enough clothes to slip out of the room and look into the breakfast availability situation.
Thinking, thinking.
Thinking, thinking.
Breakfast is available, in various cookable and non-cookable forms! And Zevaia is not present. She's a smart girl.
keep_busy
Annie gets some cereal and goes to eat it in Aldaras's room because he is nice to be near.
touchedinthehead
He stirs soon enough, yawning and blinking blearily. He smiles, when he sees Annie.
touchedinthehead
"Mornin', beautiful," he mumbles. A morning person he is not.
keep_busy
She eats her cereal. Think, think.
"That guy who told you the - unsettling thing - what's the main effect of his artifact?"
"That guy who told you the - unsettling thing - what's the main effect of his artifact?"
keep_busy
"And its side effect involves talking. Do you think we could put out a false rumor about what it does that would make it appealing to the thimble thief and set a trap?"
keep_busy
And she finishes her cereal and puts the bowl aside and flops on him. "Something transportational or maybe stealth-related. And maybe the original owner can be convinced to take the thing home so the thief's not risking an assault on the university again when they're expecting it."
touchedinthehead
"Bet the university," he adds, "will help. S'not like I don't have their number..."