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[UPDATE] Quirky Acuity 20th May 2006
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brat-sampson
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 		[UPDATE] Quirky Acuity 20th May 2006
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Time: 03:46 PM

That took some doing and a little more use of certain connections than I would have liked.

Went to the museum last night to persuade them to lend me one of their collection of ferrogramatographs. The assistant I spoke to was very pleasant, said that yes of course if I was a member of library staff intending to use the item for educational purposes this would be no problem only the request had to be approved by a senior museum administrator and unfortunately they were all out this afternoon so perhaps I could come back Monday?

I explained, politely at first, that I certainly could not come back Monday.
The assistant, a mousey-haired man who had at first seemed so friendly and helpful displayed an astonishing lack of initiative by refusing to bend the rules even a little bit for me.
It perhaps did not help my case that, after trying to be polite, I eventually pointed out his astonishing lack of initiative to him.
He got quite cross with me then and indicated that if I didn't stop harassing him he might have to call security to have me escorted from the building.
That did it.
I took a deep breath and used the words I have always vowed never to use in dealings with anyone at the Academy.

"Do you know who I am?"

The assistant did not know who I was.
I enlightened him.
He stared at me for a little while.
Then he said: "I'm not sure how this changes anything."
I pursed my lips.
"I have been sent here on a special request by the Master of the Academy. Surely that is better than any stupid approval by a museum administrator?"
He narrowed his eyes.
"Of course, approval by the Master is perfectly acceptable. You won't mind my calling him to confirm that, will you?"
"No no," I said, thinking privately that he'd never get through to my father and that his assistant, Patrick, who's always been up for a laugh, would back me up and ask his questions later.
But instead of Patrick, my father answered the call.
"Ah, Master Kiteway," said the assistant. "I have your daughter here about your request?" A pause. "For the ferrogramatograph?"
He listened for a moment, then passed the key to me.
"He wants to talk to you."
I connected my earpiece to the key.
"Violet," said my father, "I presume this is urgent?"
"Yes."
"Are you in trouble?"
"No," I said. "Not me."
"Are you going to do anything dangerous?"
"No."
"We are going to have a talk very soon aren't we, Violet?"
The assistant was still watching me.
"Yes," I said.
"And you promise me there will be no danger?"
"Yes," I said. "I promise."
"Then hand me back to that gentleman."
My father spoke to the assistant for all of about 15 seconds before his eyes widened, he looked at me, hung up the call and scurried off to fetch the keys for the ferrogramatograph case.
Within 10 minutes I was holding the device - surprisingly heavy, made of brass and dark wood, with a dial face and two swinging needles. I'd have to learn how to use it as I travelled.

So, I had the ferrogramatograph. But how was I going to get it all the way to wherever Kurt is now? I could hire a car but there are rules about those things, regulations and time was ticking away. I could take the train but it would be too slow, much too slow. And it was then that a little message beeped through on my key. It was from Scarlett. Just two lines of text.
-- Dad mentioned what happened in the museum. He's hopping mad. I wanted to say. If you need a car, I've got one parked a few miles outside the city. --

I didn't ask Scarlett any awkward questions as we travelled to the outlying town where her car was parked. I didn't say anything but "thank you" when she handed me the keys and showed me how to work it. I didn't comment on the battered exterior and the camping gear piled in the back. But it seems to me that maybe Scarlett and I need to have a talk when I get back home from the Silburn-Griggs mines. (Which, incidentally, appear to have a rather hideous website which you can take a look at, should you so desire.)

In the meantime, I'm driving south and west on old, empty roads, with a device of polished brass and wood sitting on the seat beside me, hoping to get to Kurt in time.

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 		I love Sente. I really do. He can be firm and authoritarian with me any time he likes.

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 		OOO dear the demon headmaster is now involved! Will this interfere with future adventures you think? He may curtail Scarlett and Violets activities and keep a closer eye on Kurt....
Hmmm
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psyche wrote:
I love Sente. I really do. He can be firm and authoritarian with me any time he likes.


Jesus wept, are we really working at this level. Laughing
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European Chris wrote:
Jesus wept, are we really working at this level. Laughing


Razz The nice thing about women is they can work at many levels at once.

But in all seriousness, it is nice to see a little more of him. For such a prominent figure both in Perplex City generally and specifically in our cube-hunting activities, we don't come across him very often.

I'm inclined to agree with loqust, too - I'm sure it can't be long before someone has to tell him something - Violet's going to have to come up with *some* kind of explanation for using his name. And I wouldn't be surprised if she and Scarlett started talking more soon, which may mean Scarlett tells Violet about Sente being linked to the business in the mountains, and it'll be interesting to see how Violet responds to that.

Surely it can only be useful for Scarlett and Violet to start cooperating? I'm not suggesting that we try and encourage it - there's the perennial problem of not wanting to break either's confidences - but if it happened to happen it could save everyone a lot of time and sneaking about, and cross-fertilise the process of figuring out what on earth's going on. What on PXC's going on. You know what I mean.

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Surely it can only be useful for Scarlett and Violet to start cooperating? .


Not if one of them is really a 3P spy... not that I'm naturally distrustful..
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ALISDAIRPARK wrote:
Not if one of them is really a 3P spy... not that I'm naturally distrustful..

Well, that's true, but then by that logic we should never want any of these people to work together, and that would make things much harder and slower than they need to be.

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 		Hmm.
The way he helped so quickly and didn't f*ck us around asking questions goes a long way to restoring my faith in him...
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 		I just hope violet makes it before the 3p get onto her...........
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