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Are you free at the moment, Annette? I was wondering if you might help me with something.
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I sure am! What's up?
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Well, I wish to conduct an experiment outside today, though naturally I'm a touch hesitant about it.
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Because your mood changes outside, right?
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Exactly. And though I'm deeply reluctant to experience that, one cannot make an omelet without throwing a few eggs against the wall.
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Well, I think you're a genius regardless, so I'm happy to help!
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No time like the present, right? Let's do this!
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Please stop pulling me along! I haven't even told you what the experiment is yet!
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Oh dear, oh dear... Are you certain you want to do this, Annette?
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I sincerely doubt any magic built upon my crude ideas could ever work.
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Aw, it'll be fine! Let's get started.
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Well, if you insist, I suppose we must begin this foolish experiment.
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Hey, I forgot to ask: What is the experiment, anyway?
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Oh, just a completely useless spell meant to gather cats from the surrounding area.
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Oh gosh, cute! What are you waiting for?! Let's get started!
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Hmmm. The spell seemed to go off all right, but nothing happened.
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I knew it. I'm an utter failure. My research papers should be gathered up and used to wipe mud from the hooves of swine.
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Perhaps this is fate's way of telling me magic is beyond my comprehension and I was a fool to ever try.
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Look, moping about it won't help anything, so let's both take a deep breath and figure out what went wrong.
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OK, I've got an idea. If we take the flower catalyst and use wind magic to spread the fragrance...
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Oh look. It attracts insects. Quick, grab that cockroach before it scurries away. It's clearly a finer sorceress than I.
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Ew, gross! But yeah, that didn't work at all. Hm... Maybe if we use this mineral instead?
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Goodness. The reflective light has attracted the attention of birds.
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And they're really mad for some reason! Run, Constance! Ruuun!
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Whew! I had intended that to be a brief exercise, but it proved to be quite the ordeal.
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Sorry that all my tinkering just made things worse. But hey, I did notice one thing!
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When those insects and birds showed up, there sure were a lot of them.
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True, each attempt did seem to attract a single type of creature in unnaturally vast numbers.
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Does that indicate that the spell can indeed effectively summon a swarm of one specific species?
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It would certainly explain why the flower attracted so many bugs... Blech.
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And why the light of the mineral called down such a huge flock of birds.
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Why, this is a magnificent discovery! I feel we're on the cusp of breaking new ground!
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Maybe it didn't go as planned, but I guess this turned out to be a pretty big success, huh?
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There's no time to waste, Annette! We must investigate the cause of this phenomenon at once!
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Yeah! I bet you'll create something revolutionary!