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a little mermaid in a fantasy larp school
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In that case Cyllene will try More Things, based on whatever seems to get the most positive reactions from the bird.

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The bird is willing to play a game with her where it hops to a different perch depending on which one she has her face closest to!

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Awwwww.  She would like this game much less if not for the glass but since the glass is here it's very cute.

But this doesn't elicit any more cawing?  What if she plays a few notes on her harp for it.

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CAW CAW!

Another crow comes over too. CAW!

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YESSSSSS.

It's worth her fingers getting a little cold to test whether they seem to have any sense of musicality.

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Nope not a speck.

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Aw, okay.  She waves goodbye to the crows (for now) and walks over to inspect the engalleried quilts.

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They are colorful and detailed and one says it was hand sewn and one is sparkly and one is a quilt that is also an overcoat!

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Oooooohh she likes the sparkly one.  She doesn't know enough about sewing to have an idea of what it means to do it with or without hands but it's pretty and pretty cool regardless.

Okay now the curio shop - neat tchotchkes, what are those like?

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Wire trees with amethyst or amber or lapis lazuli leaves. Fist-sized glass marbles with swirls of color inside. Strings of raw semiprecious rocks. Stacking bracelets in beaten copper and twisted gold and braided silver. Air plants and their accessories in unique little blown globes. Wall scrolls with calligraphy reading Perpetuity or Peace or Longevity. There's a cat in the store and a sign that says to ring the bell if the cat is unable to handle your transaction.

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Cyllene loves humans so much.

She wants so many of these things and if she understands correctly then in at most a few days she'll be able to do magic for money and in pretty short order after that she'll be able to buy as many as she wants.

She staaaaaares for a bit and waves at the cat when it passes by.

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"Mrow," says the cat politely.

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Will it play any games through the window with her?

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Nope. It is a very professional cat.

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That's too bad.

What's also too bad is that human bodies get cold very easily, and she hasn't yet learned all the human ways to keep herself warm in spite of this.  She heads back houseward, but if she sees anything else interesting on the way there she's willing to dawdle.

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Things are basically the same on the way back. There is a tiny horse in a horseblanket pulling a wagon through the plowed street full of packages, though.

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That isn't dawdle-warranting; Cyllene goes straight to her room unless someone catches her on her way and practices writing until interrupted.

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She is not interrupted at this. The family doesn't lock their doors.

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She's used to more hunger than missing breakfast and lunch elicits, so she only comes down when the lights flash for dinner.

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Dinner features all the veggies that were chopped this morning and also silken tofu and mashed potatoes.

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Cyllene will have lots!!

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Shavan mentions, "A Committed of Truth is going to come by this evening, are you ready to demo some magic for her?"

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'I don't know.
Are they mean?'

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"- what? I don't know this one personally, but probably not?"

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Cyllene looks over at Sesh.

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